As many of you are well aware, at 12noon Eastern time today, October 6th, Harvard Business School will be deciding your fate: Do they want to meet you for an interview? Are they cutting you loose as an “early release”? Or are they hanging onto you for Further Consideration? What should you do in each […]
Continue reading...We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: All MBA decisions are independent events.
Now that the craziness of the first round deadlines is pretty much behind you (and some decisions may have already hit you hard), we wanted to make an important point clear: All school decisions are independent events. It matters most to remember this once decisions start coming out and people start getting rejected. Just because […]
Continue reading...($) Can you take the GMAT or GRE too many times?
tl;dr: Yes. When going through the MBA admissions process, can you take the GMAT or GRE too many times? Is there a chance you can jeopardize your admissions potential based on re-testing frequently? If so: How many tests is too many? Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends.
Continue reading...A valuable planning exercise: Imagine that you won’t get in.
The exercise we’re proposing today may strike fear into your heart. And that’s OK. Fear can be a valuable motivator! Fear is a big part of life. Fear is probably the only reason you floss your teeth; fear of the dentist, fear of your teeth falling out, fear of being a bad boy (or girl) […]
Continue reading...($) When should a Columbia Regular Decision MBA app get submitted?
If you have Columbia Business School on your list of school targets this season, you may be wondering: When exactly do I need to submit my application in order to have the greatest chances of success? For any other school that you’re planning to try for, it’s not that complicated: Round 2 deadlines are coming […]
Continue reading...($) “What about moving School X to Round 2?”
As we started yesterday, in the category of “Oh crap! How did this happen?!??” aka Yes, Round 1 is here! Here’s the thing: Regardless of how awesome your profile may be, you should still have a balanced strategy if you’re committed to sitting in a bschool classroom next Fall. That means including a less-competitive school […]
Continue reading...($) Explaining gaps in the resume on your MBA apps
If you were out of work for more than a month at any time after graduating college, then it needs to be explained on your resume. Most schools ask for a “Reason for Leaving” when you list out all your jobs on the application dataset. Sometimes we see people get coy in what they say...
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($) Sophisticated application strategies: Who says what?
Lots of people manage to get into bschool by winging it. Winging it with the essays, winging it with which schools they’re trying for, winging it by putting it all off till the end. Lots more people manage NOT to get into bschool BECAUSE OF winging it. If we tell you “You need a strategy!” […]
Continue reading...($) “How do I show teamwork on the resume?”
Part of the assessment in our Reworking Your Resume App Accelerator (which, by the way, is one of our most popular services – for good reason! everyone needs to redo their resume for their MBA apps) is a look at whether or not that important application asset is conveying teamwork. We got a question about...
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($) “Do I submit in Round 1? Or retake the GMAT and submit in Round 2?”
This is a tougher and tougher call to make. It used to be rather a straightforward question: If your GMAT or GRE score is low(er) and you think you can do better, yet you’ve got deadlines staring you in the face, it used to make sense to delay those apps in favor of a retake....
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