Long Term MBA Planning: Developing Your Personal Profile
Similar to your community endeavors, personal achievements enable you to differentiate yourself from the indistinguishable masses. While every candidate has his/her work experience and academics, you...
View ArticleLong Term MBA Planning: Cultivating Relationships with Recommenders
While you may be like many others, worrying about your recommenders’ titles, what is far more important is that you select an individual who knows what is demanded of a recommender. Recommenders need...
View ArticleLong Term MBA Planning: Visiting Campuses and Networking with Students and...
As we have noted in previous posts, it would be ideal for you as a prospective candidate to have nothing but your applications to manage come July (when most applications are released). While many take...
View ArticleLong Term MBA Planning: Selecting Additional Coursework
MBA programs are far more forgiving of previous academic problems than virtually any other graduate discipline. For most, candidates’ academic experience is far in the past and their GMAT, references...
View ArticleLong Term MBA Planning: Resume Preparation
Throughout this series, we have repeated a simple mantra – get anything and everything (class visits, coursework, GMAT exams, etc.) done now so that you can focus on your applications come July. Your...
View ArticleLong Term MBA Planning: Review Existing Applications
A simple exercise that can be quite helpful in addressing your strengths and weaknesses is reviewing previous applications to programs that you are certain you will apply to in the future. While the...
View ArticleLong Term MBA Planning: Firm Sponsorship
Firm-sponsored candidates are quite appealing to Admissions Committees, as the committee knows that these candidates will be employed upon graduation and that their post-MBA goals are within reach....
View ArticleLong Term MBA Planning: Short Answer Completion
Throughout this series, we have focused on freeing candidates from all other constraints so that they can pay careful attention to their essays as the questions are released. Short answers – the small...
View ArticleLong Term MBA Planning: Informational Interviews and Job Shadowing
Virtually every MBA program (with the notable exception of HBS, whose career-goals question is now optional) requires that candidates write an essay on short- and long-term career goals. We find that...
View ArticleJuly 19: Long Term MBA Planning (Live Online)
Applying to B-School in 2011? 2012? It’s never too early to start planning! By taking action, you can dramatically improve your chances of gaining admission to a top-MBA program, whenever you choose to...
View ArticleLong Term MBA Planning: Firm Sponsorship
Firm-sponsored candidates are quite appealing to Admissions Committees, as the committee knows that these candidates will be employed upon graduation and that their post-MBA goals are within reach....
View ArticleLong Term MBA Planning: Short Answer Completion
Throughout this series, we have focused on freeing candidates from all other constraints so that they can pay careful attention to their essays as the questions are released. Short answers – the small...
View ArticleLong Term MBA Planning: Informational Interviews and Job Shadowing
Virtually every MBA program (with the notable exception of HBS, whose career-goals question is now optional) requires that candidates write an essay on short- and long-term career goals. We find that...
View ArticleJuly 19: Long Term MBA Planning (Live Online)
Applying to B-School in 2011? 2012? It’s never too early to start planning! By taking action, you can dramatically improve your chances of gaining admission to a top-MBA program, whenever you choose to...
View ArticleWhich mbaMission Service Is Right for Me?
Over the years, many MBA hopefuls have come to us with one resounding question: Which admissions consulting service is right for me? Maybe you are just getting started with the GMAT exam and admittedly...
View ArticleNext Year Starts Now: A New Webinar Series for 2019–2020 MBA Applicants!
Are you planning to apply to business school in 2019–2020? If so, now is the time to start preparing for your applications, and we can help! The leaders in the MBA admissions space—mbaMission and...
View ArticleMeet mbaMission’s Rachel Beck and Susan Kaplan at Poets&Quants’ CentreCourt...
Are you considering applying to business school sometime in the next few years? Whether you are still in the contemplation stage or ready to choose your target schools and start applying this season,...
View ArticleGet All Your MBA Application Questions Answered in This Five-Part Online...
Are you thinking of applying to business school this year? Perhaps you are just starting to prepare for the GMAT or GRE exam, or maybe you have not yet begun to assess your overall fit at the top...
View ArticleWhich mbaMission Service Is Right for Me?
Over the years, many MBA hopefuls have come to us with one resounding question: Which admissions consulting service is right for me? Maybe you are just getting started with the GMAT exam and admittedly...
View ArticleDecember 2019 Event Roundup
Are you applying to business school this year? If so, you can enroll in one of our free business school workshops, which are offered both online and in person in major cities across the country! This...
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