You may be in the in-between phase, all apps done, interviews already completed, hopes of additional invites starting to fade, and you’re wondering what you should be doing with your time. The other important task to tackle? Take a serious look at your finances. If you’re successful with these apps — and we certainly hope […]
Continue reading...($) To Round 3 or not to Round 3?
As we introduced recently, it’s Round 3 Debate Time! How do you make a decision on whether to try for an MBA in Round 3? Are there standing rules for who should, or should not, try at this time of the season? Are there schools that you should never try at for Round 3, or […]
Continue reading...($) Another reason Round 1 can be particularly advantageous: Scholarships
When you’re aiming for the most selective and “elite” MBA programs, our stance is you should be aiming to be accepted. Don’t try to maximize for scholarship dollars, since that’s near-impossible to control — unless you’re willing to be flexible on the tier of the school you’re trying for, and you have a profile (particularly […]
Continue reading...How are you going to pay for it?
We admit to being DownerSnark when the subject of MBA scholarships comes up. Mostly it’s because it’s….one of those things. Where applicants are often woefully misinformed or unaware of the realities of the situation. If you’re applying for a graduate program in many other fields, there is a significant amount of free money available. That’s […]
Continue reading...($) If you’re waitlisted and you’ve also been accepted somewhere else…
Should you pay the deposit at the “somewhere else”? What to do, what to do. You have one admit in hand…. but you really really really want to go to this other school. Our advice is to look at this in very stark black and white terms: Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium […]
Continue reading...($) Can you make too much money to get into an MBA program?
One of the points we offered in our post about MBA recruiting a few months ago was about how much money you made pre-MBA. This relates to a question we got some time back, that some others of you may be interested in learning about too: Hello! I’ve been wondering why schools ask for salary […]
Continue reading...($) ROI and the MBA
This perhaps snarkier-than-standard post from several years back is worth reblahgging just as a way to maybe open things up in how you’re looking at the MBA and what you’re hoping to do with the next few years of your life. As with most everything here on the blahg, it’s heavy on the opinion, so […]
Continue reading...($) One weird trick (no really!) about financing your MBA
Here’s a tip in the category of planning ahead! Because we just know you’re going to land an admit to some school this year!! Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. Don’t wait till December when you get final word of your admit before you start doing this. In […]
Continue reading...Will you be looking more closely at affordability as part of your MBA plans?
Certainly there’s no part of our lives that covid-19 has not touched. Even if you have not had a change in employment, it’s likely that the past year has had you re-examine some core values. Maybe you’re thinking differently about family, and how far away you want to be from them when you embark on […]
Continue reading...Did you know that there may be more essays to write?
If you’re planning on starting your MBA in the fall – regardless of whether you know where you will be attending yet or not – you may want to start doing some legwork to find sources of funding. (We talk about this topic and many others in greater depth in our Accepted Student’s Pre-MBA Guide.) […]
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