The always insightful Forte Foundation just posted an article on their blog by Tricia Felice, Chicago Booth '14 about how to tell your boss that you are leaving to go to business school.
This time of year, many applicants are receiving good news about their applications and will be going on to the next chapter. Indeed, many of you also asked for
This time of year the same question comes up: is it worth applying in Round 3?. And every year students get in an go to their dream schools. But is it too risky?
Fewer Spaces, Tired Application Readers
Well, it is more competitive, as admissions committee bloggers from Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business recently optined. But it is not impossible, In fact, a work - or even a life chan
Just about everyone, that is, other than McKinsey consultants and Goldman analysts, call themselves non-traditional candidates for business school. Why? Because they think that everyone who will populate the next MBA class comes from management consulting or finance.
We all of know a few consultants, investment banking types, and more than a few engineers at business school. And indeed, if you look at the profiles of many business schools (here’s a...
I recently attended a workshop at the Stanford Graduate School of Business on pitching business plans to entrepreneurs. The experts there kept hammering it home: consider your audience.
An MBA application is like any sales pitch. Your audience will not only determine what you have to say, but how you are going to say it.
Your audience is your target market. The audience can be one person, it could be hundreds, or...
There are those who revere her and those who fear her--but one thing is certain about Dee Leopold, director of Harvard Business School admissions—she tells it straight. After the May 22 announcement that HBS would modify its admissions process, Dee made herself available to answer questions. She granted an exclusive interview with Poets & Quants...
On May 22, 2012, after dropping hints for years, Dee Leopold, director of admissions for Harvard Business School announced that they are revising their application process in a significant way. For those of you who may have missed it, here are the details:
Essay Questions
All applicants must submit answers to two essay questions listed below.
Essays required for all applicants:
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "authentic?" My bet would be that you don't automatically think of an MBA student. But someday, you just might.
Why? The top business schools are not only looking for applicants with academic potential, but they’re seeking out a new breed of leader—someone...
Some business school applicants are legitimately wondering whether they should go ahead and apply in Round 3 for the 2012 entering class. Some realize that if they don’t apply in this round, they probably won’t matriculate this year. Others figure that they should take advantage of this one last chance to round out their choices.
If you are thinking of Round 3, take a look at the following list of do’s and...
As we come up to the business school application deadlines, thousands of aspiring MBA students are asking their bosses, former bosses, senior colleagues, and even clients for recommendations to business school. Some might argue that it’s already too late to hit up a busy executive for a b-school recommendation, but if you plan and execute right, the amount of time remaining should be reasonable.
It’s funny, but almost everyone I know is a non-traditional candidate for their MBA. And it scares them. They think everyone else applying to business school comes from consulting or finance, and those not from those fields should just give up. We all know a few consultants, investment banking types, and more than a few engineers at business school. And indeed, if you look at the...
