We’ve told you before that in terms of getting into bschool, it does not matter if you don’t have a name like Deloitte or Tata or whatever impressive-sounding corporation you can think of on your resume already. We covered this in a “3 Myths” post back in 2013 and then expanded on it more fully […]
Continue reading...($) MBA application challenge: “I work for a small local employer…”
This is actually a pseudo-essay critique in disguise; we can’t claim it literally as a Wharton career goals essay critique since the Wharton essay questions haven’t been released yet. And this one is from a past season. But we’re going to talk mostly about a common question among the applicant crowd, about the size of...
*Really* debunking the “big-name company” myth
In our 3 Myths about MBA Admissions post last week – one of which is the idea that you need to have brand-name firms on your resume to get into bschool – someone posted a comment basically saying “Prove it!” (They didn’t say it in a mean way, just a doubting and skeptical way.) Here’s […]
Continue reading...3 Myths about MBA Admissions
We should probably make a “READ THIS!” sticky post at some point, since these ideas about applying to business school seem to never go away. And they’re wrong. 1. “I’m at a disadvantage because I don’t have any ‘brand name’ companies on my resume.” Not true, buckaroo. The adcoms totally don’t care where you work; […]
Continue reading...Success Story! From an oversubscribed pool, a no-name school and below average GPA!
Even though we’re still in Reapplicant Month, this guest post is from a BSer who made it through the first time. One point of clarification: They started the process much more than 9 months ago. The first contact we got from them was back in December 2011 after they’d purchased one of our essay guides […]
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