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Should You Take an MBA Admissions Test Even If It’s Not Required?
July 3, 2024
The global coronavirus pandemic disrupted standardized testing, making it challenging for MBA applicants in some parts of the world to secure a seat in a testing center. As a result, test takers could also opt to take an online (at-home) version of the GMAT, GRE, and Executive Assessment (EA), but this was not an option for…
Seven Must-Do Things in July to Move Your MBA Applications Forward
July 1, 2024
Early July is about two months before the first regular-decision MBA application deadlines. If you’re preparing to apply to business school, you’re likely pretty overwhelmed by all there is to do, but it helps to lay out the tasks in steps to keep all the moving parts together. Here are some things you should do in…
Tips for Your Harvard Business School Application Essays
June 28, 2024
Harvard Business School Essay Tips, 2024-2025 For the first time in more than ten years, Harvard Business School (HBS) has changed the essay questions for its MBA application. This year’s essays veer away from the open-ended, 900-word “What more would you like us to know?” and toward three shorter essays. In these essays, HBS seeks…
How to Build Your MBA Leadership Profile at Work
June 28, 2024
MBA programs are focused on developing future business leaders. However, they expect that MBA applicants already will have started flexing their leadership skills before matriculation. For many applicants in the early stages of their careers, managing people, projects, or budgets is not part of their role. And young professionals working long hours often cannot commit…
Five Ways to Be a Compelling MPP Candidate
June 27, 2024
Applying to an MPP program means assembling a clear, compelling application that reflects what you value, what you’ve accomplished, and what you aim to do in the future. Here are five tips that can help your application make its mark: 1. Be Genuine. There’s only one you, so don’t pretend to be someone you’re not!…
Tips for Your London Business School Application Essays
June 25, 2024
London Business School Application Essay Tips, 2024-2025 According to London Business School (LBS), what makes its program so unique and valuable is its continued business impact, global growth, and world-class people. LBS is particularly proud of its multinational students who hail from a variety of professional and personal backgrounds. The school’s application has just one…
Tips for Your Stanford Graduate School of Business Application Essays
June 24, 2024
Stanford GSB Application Essay Tips, 2024-2025 And then there were 1,000… The application essays for the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) are among the more expansive and demanding of those for the top MBA programs; the GSB truly wants to get to know you. With a 650-word essay that necessitates some soul-searching, 350 words…
Tips for Your NYU Stern Application Essays
June 24, 2024
NYU Stern Application Essay Tips, 2024-2025 Stern’s collaborative, dynamic, and diverse culture is truly shaped by the school’s location in the heart of New York City and can be defined simply as IQ + EQ. The cocurricular program “Change: Studio” highlights Stern’s commitment to embracing and facilitating change, and the school’s essay questions for this…
Tips for Your Dartmouth Tuck Application Essays
June 24, 2024
Dartmouth Tuck MBA Application Essay Tips, 2024-2025 Known for its extremely close-knit, down-to-earth community, Dartmouth Tuck wants to learn about you and how you will embody and add to its culture. Through its application essays, Tuck asks you three questions intended to highlight a side of you that is not conveyed in the other parts…
Three Questions to Answer Before Applying to MPP Programs
June 21, 2024
If you’ve already gotten a sense that a policy program might be right for you and you’d like to start preparing for the application process, it’s time to ask yourself three essential questions: How Do You Want to Serve? Lots of students apply to policy programs because they have a general sense that they’d like…
Urgent Policy Meeting! – An MPP Thought Experiment
June 20, 2024
Picture an urgent meeting in the Oval Office. A vigorous conversation is underway, and it includes this cast of characters: Now ask yourself… If you were in this room, who would you be? Take your time, and write down your thoughts. If you’re keen on several of these roles, rank them by preference. Then ask:…
Tips for Your UVA Darden Application Essay
June 17, 2024
UVA Darden MBA Application Essay Tips, 2024-2025 UVA Darden is looking to understand how you will collaborate with others to create impact as a Purpose Driven Leader through its application essays. And your past actions are the best indicators of your potential to make an impact in the future. Before you sit down and look…