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Tips for Your Columbia Business School Application Essays
May 27, 2025
Columbia Business School Application Essay Tips, 2025-2026 Columbia Business School (CBS) has made minor changes to its essay questions for this year. August term applications have three rounds of deadlines (Round 1 is September 3, Round 2 is January 6, and Round 3 is March 26). There are two application deadlines for the January term…
Tips for College (and Pro) Athletes Applying to MBA Programs
November 25, 2022
The phrase “An athlete will die twice, the first time at retirement” will ring true for many athletes. After years of investing so much time and energy to the sport, they’ve created lasting memories, built lifelong friendships, and developed personality traits during the peaks and troughs of their career. The extensive personal sacrifice required often…
Four Ways to Use an MBA to Transition into Media/Entertainment
June 13, 2022
While working in series development at a television network, one of the main reasons I decided to apply to business school was my desire to understand and better anticipate the factors contributing to major shifts in the media and entertainment landscape. Ultimately, I ended up using my MBA from Columbia Business School (CBS) to transition…
Eight Ways to Quantify Your Business School Resume
May 27, 2022
Your resume is one of the most critical pieces of your business school application: it is the first component that admissions committee members review, and it is often the only information that they provide to interviewers before your interview. Quantifying your value on your resume is worth the extra effort because doing so adds credibility…
Five Tips for Media and Entertainment MBA Applicants
March 31, 2022
My decision to apply to business school was a long time coming. I had been working in entertainment for almost six years—first as an assistant at a talent agency, then at television networks, and eventually as a development executive for comedy and drama series at MTV. Meanwhile, I was tracking the growing power of major…