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The Wharton EMBA adcom, through its three required questions, expresses its values and its interest in students who share those values. Its questions ask you to

How Should I Choose Which Essay Questions to Answer When I Have Choices? May 25, 06:30 AM Comments [0] You’re sitting down to face your application, and you are glad to see that you can choose which essay questions to answer. You’re not stuck answering a particular set of questions.  It’s good to know you have options. After all, you are determined to answer the questions that allow you to portray yourself at your best – to present your most impressive qualif...

Harvard Business School has consistently remained one of the highest regarded MBA programs in the world. Last year, just 12% of applicants earned a spot in its

4 Sure-Fire Ways to Ace Essays Showing Resilience in the Face of Failure May 16, 06:00 AM Comments [0] Recently we worked with a client applying to MBA programs who had experienced a failure that could have been the kiss of death for his job. Not only could it have gotten him fired, it also risked ending a lucrative business relationship between his employer and a major customer.  How one applicant transformed a failure into a professional leap forward This is what h...

Discover INSEAD’s unique one-year MBA [Show summary] Virginie Fougea, Global Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at INSEAD, shares what’s new for the school’s MBA program and what prospective applicants with global business ambitions should know. Do you aspire to do business internationally? Consider INSEAD! [Show notes] Are you a citizen of the world? Do you aspire to be one? Do you have global business ambitions? Then you should be interested in the business school for the world, I...

Upskilling: 4 Steps to Choose your Next Learning Opportunity May 14, 06:00 AM Comments [0] In today’s ever changing professional world, the nature of each job, the skills it entails, and the tools it utilizes are changing more rapidly than ever. Thus, we are being forced to embrace “ongoing learning,” or “lifelong learning” (continuously learning beyond traditional schooling). The answer to this is “upskilling,” which is the act of developing one’s skill...

Talk about diversity! Seven distinct, vivid cultures – each with its own history, values, characteristics, opportunities, and challenges. Sure, there are many commonalities among the M7 schools: all are highly competitive, all feature deep academic resources, all are supported by committed and involved alumni, all attract top-tier recruiters (even in down business cycles). Yet the most important commonality is their individual uniqueness! Their strong and determined “individualism” litera...

How Will MBA Programs Going “Test-Optional” Affect Your Chances? May 2, 06:00 AM Comments [0] The COVID-19 pandemic has left an indelible mark on pretty much every facet of society. This application cycle, more and more MBA programs are electing to waive the GMAT or GRE test as a requirement for applicants. How will this affect acceptance rates? On Wednesday, May 12th at 10am PT/1pm ET, we’re hosting a live session entitled  Applying to Business School in a Test-...

Among the major disruptions of the coronavirus era was last year's shuttering of nearly all colleges and universities, as well as in-person admissions testing

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