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Applying After an MBA Rejection?

Applying After an MBA Rejection?

It's all too simple to second-guess yourself after a rejection. However, don't make any conclusions about what went wrong. Find someone who isn't too close to your candidacy to read your application and tell you what impression you left on them. You might be shocked by how your application appears on paper. A professional admissions consultant may provide you with valuable insight, and many will provide valuable comments... gratis.

5 Pieces of Advice for your MBA Reapplication Process

5 Pieces of Advice for your MBA Reapplication Process

Finding the energy, passion and confidence to embark upon this repeat journey can be tough. So, we hope this proves helpful and gives you a little wind at your back when you're reapplying for your MBA. Year after year, we receive a huge number of inquiries from applicants readying for the reapplication process.

Rejected? The Ding Analysis "Triangle" for MBA Applicants

Rejected? The Ding Analysis "Triangle" for MBA Applicants

These days, in addition to helping our clients navigate financial aid decisions and a few waitlist scenarios, we also meet a lot of new folks who didn't use admissions consulting services to apply - but now are wondering if perhaps they should have.  Most often, they are asking for "ding analysis," which is basically "please tell me if I did something wrong and whether I can fix it for next time."  We are happy to oblige, of course, and so we see a lot (we mean A LOT) of rejected applications, to a lot of schools.  In giving feedback time and again, we naturally are starting to see some of the same issues cropping up.

Tips for reapplying to business school: Getting feedback, determining why you got dinged

Tips for reapplying to business school: Getting feedback, determining why you got dinged

If you have decided to give another attempt at a school where you were rejected, one of the most valuable things you can seek is feedback on why you didn’t make the cut last time.

Some schools will actually provide this information if you ask for it, so don’t be shy about reaching back to them.

Tips for Reapplying to MBA Programs

Tips for Reapplying to MBA Programs

So you've been rejected at business school? Solicit feedback from the admissions committee, alumni or even current students.  This is the first step in successfully getting in the subsequent year. Then assess your feedback efforts through this questioning framework:

Must Read for Reapplicants - A Word of Advice

Must Read for Reapplicants - A Word of Advice

This time of year, we get a huge number of inquiries from students gearing up for the reapplication process.  This makes sense, as this subset of students is often driven to succeed, still hurting from the sting of getting rejection letters, and aware that going at it alone all over again might not make much sense. Here are a few techniques and things we have discovered that can help all reapplicants, not just those who become our clients: