Search Results for: essay (719 results found) How To Land A Job At McKinsey (NEWS) By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: August 1, 2022 For MBAs, McKinsey & Co. is one of the most sought-after consulting firms, with starting base salaries around $175,000. Adriana Crespo, McKinsey’s manager of recruiting operations, recently sat down with Fortune and offered insight into what the recruitment process is like for MBAs and what the firms seeks in recruits. SUMMER INTERNSHIP RECRUITMENT KICKS OFF… How To Get A Full Ride At A Top Business School (NEWS) By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: July 18, 2022 The average cost of an MBA education—including two years of tuition plus fees—is nearly $200,00 across the top 25 B-schools. But, experts say, there are ways for students to secure partial scholarships, or even full rides for their MBA education. Fortune recently delved into a few strategies to secure funding and avoid paying full cost… What Role Do Grades Play In Hiring? (NEWS) By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: July 9, 2022 What Role Do Grades Play in Hiring? Over the years, a number of business schools have adopted grade non-disclosures (GND)—a policy that prevents students from revealing their grades or GPAs to potential employers. Some studies have shown that GND policies actually cause students to put in less academic effort. But what do grades really demonstrate,… Hottest MBA Degree Now? Supply Chain Management (NEWS) By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: September 12, 2021 Hottest MBA Degree Now? Supply Chain Management When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, everything from face masks to toilet paper was in short supply. As companies look beyond the pandemic, more are placing a heavier emphasis on supply chain management to ensure that they can meet increases in demand, whenever and wherever it spikes. “Consumers will… What MIT Sloan Seeks In MBA Applicants (NEWS) By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: August 1, 2023 What MIT Sloan Seeks In Applicants MIT’s Sloan School of Management ranked number six in P&Q’s latest “Top Business Schools” ranking. The prestigious business school, with a 14% acceptance rate, is very selective about who it accepts. Fortune recently spoke to experts about what kind of students Sloan seeks and how applicants can best approach… How To Overcome Imposter Syndrome (NEWS) By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: March 6, 2021 How To Overcome Imposter Syndrome Feeling like an imposter is a common feeling for many. And it’s especially common amongst minority students. The feeling of imposter syndrome is based on that “you’ve only succeeded due to luck, and not because of your talent or qualifications,” according to Time. Brandon Monteith, an Harvard Business School alum,… The Right & Wrong Reasons For Getting An MBA (NEWS) By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: January 9, 2021 The Right & Wrong Reasons for Getting an MBA An MBA can certainly pay off. For many, the degree can offer a path to a new career, higher pay, and better job prospects. But it’s also expensive. Very expensive. Top B-schools can cost upwards of $200,000. And it seems like it isn’t getting cheaper any… How To Get Into Columbia Business School (NEWS) By: Gregory Yang | Last Updated: July 27, 2020 How To Get Into Columbia Business School If you want to get into Columbia Business School’s MBA program, you might want to highlight your leadership potential and any engagement you’ve had with the CBS community. Elizabeth Kiefer, of Business Insider, recently spoke to Columbia alumni and admissions officers about what the b-school seeks in applicants… How To Get Into Columbia Business School (NEWS) By: Gregory Yang | Last Updated: October 2, 2019 How To Get Into Columbia Business School If you want to get into Columbia Business School’s MBA program, you might want to highlight your leadership potential and any engagement you’ve had with the CBS community. Elizabeth Kiefer, of Business Insider, recently spoke to Columbia alumni and admissions officers about what the b-school seeks in applicants… Stanford GSB 2019-2020 MBA Application Deadlines (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: June 14, 2019 Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business today moved up its round one MBA application deadline this year to Sept. 12th, six full days earlier than last year and also moved back by five days its third and final round to April 8th. The changes give 2019-2020 MBA applicants a bigger window to apply to the… NYU Stern’s Gatekeeper On The New EQ-Focused Application (NEWS) By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: September 13, 2023 For Isser Gallogly, the associate dean of MBA admissions at New York University's Stern School of Business, admissions essays are so 1886. "You know, where people have the quill and the ink and parchment and they write these letters to one another that would be delivered on horseback months later," Gallogly says. "Essays, to me,… Stanford GSB Graduates 392 Full-Time MBAs (NEWS) By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: June 21, 2017 Not all that long ago, more than 500 students jumped over one of the highest admission hurdles in the world to gain entrance into Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. This past weekend they bid farewell to GSB with degrees in hand. Keynote speaker Penny Pritzker — a GSB graduate and billionaire whose family made… Five MBA Application Tasks You Can Do Now (NEWS) By: Nisha Trivedi, Senior Consultant, mbaMission | Last Updated: May 30, 2017 With many Round 1 deadlines approaching in a few short months, here are some ways to kick-start the application process early and ensure yourself a little less stress later! The ink has barely dried on the last batch of acceptance letters for the Class of 2019, yet MBA programs have already started releasing their applications… Why INSEAD’s Time Has Finally Come (NEWS) By: Caroline Diarte Edwards | Last Updated: January 24, 2016 INSEAD’s number one spot in the Financial Times' ranking has been a long time coming. In the 18 years that this ranking has been published, the top spot has been held only by Harvard, Stanford, Wharton and London Business School. As INSEAD’s Director of Admissions, Marketing and External Relations from 2005 to 2012, I… HBS Sets Sept. 9 Round One Deadline (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: May 1, 2015 Harvard Business School is going to give a lot of MBA applicants who want to attend the school a break this year: It's newly announced Sept. 9th first round deadline, moved up by a full week last year and 15 days earlier than the cutoff in 2013, will stay exactly the same as it was.… D-Day At Harvard Business School (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: September 9, 2014 As if by wizardry, the deadline for early bird MBA applicants at Harvard Business School is here. It's the earliest round one deadline at HBS ever and from all indications, this round will be a big one. It also opens the starting gate for the new 2014-2015 MBA application season at the most highly selective… Before You Apply To Business School… (NEWS) By: John Lyon and Ellen Skinner | Last Updated: June 1, 2020 Business schools are unique. Business school is unlike almost any other graduate or professional program. It isn’t precisely a professional school, like law school or medical school, insofar as it isn’t training students for a discrete vocational path. At the same time, there does seem to be a common thread of professional training – it is called business school, after… MIT Asks Applicants To Write Own Recs (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: June 3, 2020 MIT's Sloan School of Management today (June 12) asked applicants to its full-time MBA program to write their own professional letters of recommendation. The decision to make the change--announced on the school's website--follows reports that a high percentage of MBA candidates are often asked by recommenders to craft their own endorsement letters. MIT Sloan will… What MBA Admission Consultants Charge (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: June 4, 2020 Four years ago, a prospective MBA student to Harvard Business School had to complete four separate essays to apply for admission and submit letters of recommendation from three different people. Today, there’s just one optional essay and only two recommenders. It's not only HBS that has reduced its required essays. Stanford University's Graduate School of Business… My Story: From Yale and McKinsey to Harvard Business School & A Novel Road Trip (NEWS) By: Maya Itah | Last Updated: October 21, 2021 Amaris Singer could easily pass for Rory Gilmore, the brainy, sweet and straight-laced lead character of Gilmore Girls. Singer even attended Gilmore's alma mater, Yale, as an undergraduate. But the Albuquerque native and self-described desert child is edgier, saltier and more business savvy than her TV counterpart - plus, she'll soon bag a business degree from… MBA Applications Still Shrinking (NEWS) By: Lauren Everitt | Last Updated: October 21, 2021 Last year Poets&Quants wrote about the "incredible shrinking MBA app" - top schools were slashing essays, cutting word counts and dropping questions. Harvard, Stanford, MIT and Kellogg had all trimmed down the written requirements for candidates in the 2012-2013 application cycle. The trend toward essay minimization doesn't show signs of letting up. This year even… Ross To Roll Out Team Admission Interviews (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 22, 2021 After Harvard Business School last year cutback on the number of words required of MBA applicants, several other schools did the same, prompting us to write about “The Incredible Shrinking MBA App.” Well, it’s shrinking again. The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business has now reduced the total maximum word count of its new… Duke Asks Applicants For 25 Random Things (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: November 18, 2021 Top ten lists are a humorous staple of the David Letterman Show. Now a top 25 list has become an essay question thrown into the mix by a top business school, Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. In announcing its new essays for the 2012-2013 season today (July 17), Fuqua is asking MBA applicants to… Confessions Of An MBA Consultant (NEWS) By: jesussalazar | Last Updated: November 18, 2021 I’m looking down the barrel of, what could be, a client’s colossal error. She’s about to make a life altering, could cost her admission to B-school choice. The only appropriate response I can think of is: F&#k. You should know that I am pre-disposed to disliking gimmicks in general, but especially when it comes to… Wharton Posing New Applicant Questions (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: November 23, 2021 The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School yesterday (June 18) made some substantial changes to the essay questions it is requiring new MBA applicants to answer. But the school apparently decided against the addition of a more innovative test it had piloted for some third round candidates earlier this year. The labor-intensive test involved inviting groups… Two Applications Down, Two More To Go For Round One (NEWS) By: The Phoenix | Last Updated: October 10, 2019 So, I managed to submit two of my applications yesterday. I will leave it to you to guess which two. To me personally, it represents a big milestone as it involved pulling together a myriad of components, essays being the toughest of all. I believe that I have put in a strong application especially since… Having Trouble Hitting the Submit Button (NEWS) By: Richard Battle-Baxter | Last Updated: September 16, 2010 fter speaking with so many people who are embarking upon this GMAT journey this season I've realized something. As much as we all want to be done with applications and what not, we just can't seem to hit that submit button. As you guys know I've been working on my Tuck diversity essay for about…