Reblahgging this because it’s about the time for this reminder again! Note that this is not directed at any specific person; this was first written years ago and it’s useful advice to share more broadly with everyone. We’re not subposting about anyone today! We know you know what we think about using Columbia Early […]
Continue reading...($) Explaining Early Action, Early Decision, Early Admissions, and all these confusing options
Let’s take care of the easy one first: “Early Admissions.” As usual, MIT has to be unique: The MIT Sloan “Early Admissions” application option is for college students who are looking to apply to an MBA program while they’re still in school. It is the same as what other MBA programs might called “Deferred Admission” […]
Continue reading...Our annual reminder: Ethics matter. (aka: Early Decision at Columbia and Duke are binding)
Some of you may have guessed what we were alluding to in yesterday’s “What’s wrong with this picture?” post, but if not, here you go. That person sounded like they were definitely headed to Booth, right? Based on how they related the results? Did you examine where else they applied and what their outcomes were? […]
Continue reading...($) Should you apply Early Action / Early Decision?
We’re reblahgging this from the ‘snarchives since it’s an important topic!! You can see some comments below from BSers who’ve gone before, asking about their own strategies — feel free to post your own such questions too if you have them! Should you apply Early Action? (Note: Not to be confused with MIT Sloan’s...
Columbia MBA early decision deadline & acceptance rate
Now that Columbia has officially released its 2018 MBA essays and application, and the essay questions are, as usual, focusing on career goals and “why Columbia?” with the second one asking about being at the center…. So given the focus on an “early” application that we often see at this time, we wanted to dig […]
Continue reading...We were bummed to have discovered this.
Well-meaning or not, a BSer we worked with this past season ended up executing on an application strategy decision that, had we known about it, we would’ve advised against. This person used our help to apply to a bunch of top-tier Round 1 schools. They did a good job on those essays. Apparently somewhere along...
($) Renegging on an Early Decision offer
Reblahgging this from 2010… since some people didn’t get the memo about “binding.” Apparently, there’s lots of people who didn’t carefully consider the big picture when they pulled the trigger on an Early Decision/Action application to Columbia or Duke or whomever. Because as you now know, those are “binding” apps, meaning that by...
Ethics and Early Decision
The “early action” concept is much more common in undergrad admissions in the U.S. Among top business schools, only a small handful have such a thing for MBA admissions. They are: Columbia Early Decision – binding Duke Early Action – binding Tuck Early Action – not binding UNC Early Action – sort of binding? Tuck...
Ethics and your MBA application
Back in February, we did a little series on the blahg about ethics, and when compiling some examples of real-life ethics and challenging situations, we of course thought of the many ethical issues involved in applying to business school. We know that none of you would ever think of copping someone else’s essays as your […]
Continue reading...($) Columbia MBA: Early Decision, rolling admissions, when to apply
Columbia does things differently. For one, as you may have noticed, they open their application earlier than a lot of their peer schools. Because of the unique processes and options, between the Columbia Early Decision and the J-Term Accelerated MBA, and how all of their admissions is rolling, it can be a little confusing. So...