How often have you seen this on online forums for MBA admissions? (Few puns intended in the profile below.) I’m planning to apply to MIT, Wharton, Stern, and Tuck in round 2 this year. Can someone evaluate my profile for…
You’re through your GMAT with an expected score, and with that you’ve taken a firm step toward getting accepted to one or more MBA programs of choice. And, then, while finalizing (sometimes at a later stage) the target schools, you’re…
Are you facing the dilemma as to which test – GMAT or GRE – to write when applying to MBA programs? It was a straightforward choice – GMAT – before 2009, as GRE wasn’t an accepted test for admission to…
Here is an example of strategy for an application with two major weak areas – high age and extremely low GPA. GMAT was above the median, but not too high. (Note: Admission policies of schools and guidelines for standardized tests…
You’ve an MBA degree and have worked for 4 years now, but you aren’t satisfied with your career- either you didn’t get the right opportunities post-first-MBA or, after few years, you found that this industry isn’t your true calling. It’s…
Does the quality of English in your essays matter? That’s no-brainer. It does. Higher the quality, the better it is. After all it’s reflective of your communication skills. But how accommodative are admission committees of your sub-par English – rule-based…
We mostly hear about Full-Time MBA programs. But there are others as well, which may be a better fit for you depending on your unique situation and may also be more cost effective. And these other MBA programs aren’t on…
You’re working on essays of your target MBA programs for the last three weeks, often struggling for good, punchy lines. Sometimes, you face blank laptop screen, when you can barely write two sentences in thirty minutes. You struggle for words,…