Let’s talk about pitching the business schools on your post-MBA goals — specifically the long-term goal, which some schools are still asking for (and some have ditched, for reasons we’ll touch on today). If you want one-on-one personalized feedback on your actual short term and long term goals for your MBA apps, our Career Goals […]
Continue reading...($) Writing essays for complex environments: When is a deep dive beneficial?
Since we’re in WRITING TIPS! mode again, with the ramp-up to Round 2, let’s continue the topics we started last week with identifying stellar stories to write about in your MBA essays. We’ve been coaching you on strategies for what to include and how much detail to go into, and how to write about the […]
Continue reading...Another prep step: App Fee Waivers!
Hopefully when you did your tour of your target school’s online MBA application you paid careful attention to their policies around issuing a waiver of the application fee. All schools offer at least one category of waiver, typically around service-based professions like military, TFA, and Peace Corps. (BTW, we have programs like that, too! Though […]
Continue reading...Military awards and the Wharton app dataset (with insight for civilians and other schools too)
One of the most helpful things you can do as you’re procrastinating on actually getting started on writing your MBA essays is to spend some time with at least one school’s actual application. Last season in the lead-up to Round 2 we got this question from a military BSer about the Wharton application fields: (If […]
Continue reading...($) The pre-MBA internship: Pros and Cons
Every now and then we get a bulldog-type BSer come to us saying they’re going to do an internship. We usually get confused, thinking they’re talking about the internship that’s a standard part of the two-year MBA experience for most people. But then we realize that they’re talking about doing an internship like NOW. Before...
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($) essay critique! HBS essay from a Navy submariner
As you likely have memorized, the Harvard Business School MBA essay asks: “As we review your application, what more would you like us to know as we consider your candidacy for the Harvard Business School MBA Program?” We had a request for a freebie review of this Harvard essay come in a few weeks back […]
Continue reading...Success Story! A post-MBA retrospective (part 1)
We’re of course always thrilled when a Brave Supplicant makes it into a school of their dreams, and even more gratifying is when we get to follow them through the process and back out into the Real World again! It’s always slightly disconcerting to realize how quickly the time passes. Any of you BSers who […]
Continue reading...Talk to current students… just not about how to get in.
In the category of well-intentioned but potentially damaging: We keep having BSers tell us what they’ve been told by the current students attending the schools they want to go to. It’s awesome when they report to us about their experiences or what new changes are happening or some amazing popular course or professor. It’s often […]
Continue reading...Success Story! And some incredible tips for all of you trying this year!
REBLAHGGING THIS FROM LAST AUGUST BECAUSE THE ADVICE IS SO TIMELY!! This most generous contribution was sent in by a former BSer back in April 2017 and we must share it with all of you who are facing the same challenges ahead! Thank you so much, Former BSer Sender Inner!!! Greatly appreciated indeed. […]
Continue reading...($) Success Story! And advice to the new crop of BSers (military)
We are guilty of sitting on this particular Success Story submission for oh, like two years? Eeek! Did not mean to leave it unloved for so long but sometimes we get so many of these coming in at a certain time of the year that we get overwhelmed and we just…. lame out. Anyway, this […]
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