MBA Recommendation Letter Tips | Ultimate MBA Game Plan

As the only part of your MBA application not authored by you, your letters of recommendation are a vital element of your overall narrative. So who should you ask? And what can you do to best prepare recommenders to champion your candidacy? View three key tips for securing a powerful recommendation in this 6-minute video strategy session with Fortuna’s Silpa Sarma, former Stanford GSB Admissions Reader, and Poets&Quants Editor-in-Chief John A. Byrne.

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