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The row about Wharton’s new behavioral interview questions … The row about Wharton’s new behavioral interview questions is mostly bullshit. Yes, I know my opinion is a little late on this one, but I just wanted to provide an alternative POV to what I am reading online.  Whether or not Wharton denied they were out in [...]

Getting Off of the Waitlist and into School. A Few Tips. Waitlist season is here. It’s inevitable that you will be waitlisted at some of your school choices. My opinion is that an effective hedging strategy should include a stretch, safe-stretch and backup school selections. Getting waitlisted at a stretch school means that you hedged [...]

HBS 2+2′s New Look Today, on her “Director’s Blog”, Dee Leopold of HBS explained some of the new ins and outs of the HBS 2+2 program.  Her explanation centered on the way all college seniors are being folded into the 2+2 pool of applicants and she stressed that it did not signal a sea change [...]

Thinking about a JD/MBA? Slow Your Roll This time of year, we start to hear people ask a lot about the JD/MBA degree path. It’s understandable, given the popularity of both programs and the temptation to get two degrees normally totaling five years of school in just three or four years. That said this is [...]

I tell my clients up front that they have to waive their right and that it is not really an option to not do so.

Not waiving your right could tell the adcom that you don’t trust your recommenders.

This time of year, we start to hear people ask a lot about the JD/MBA degree path. It’s understandable, given the popularity of both programs and the temptation to get two degrees normally totaling five years of school in just three or four years.

That said this is a time we usually ask people to stop and think things through. Why? Because you can shoot yourself squarely in the foot if you rush off and apply as a JD/MBA applicant instead of one or the other.

Let’s work through this.

For starters, we are not speaking to the small group of you who has your heart set on this path. For someone who is dead set on a JD/MBA, it is worth any risks to go ahead and put your cards on the table because you need to know exactly where you have this specific opportunity. So please, don’t abandon your dreams because of this post.

From a recent client: What can I do to get off the waitlist and into Kellogg and Wharton? Waitlist season is soon approaching. It’s inevitable that you will be waitlisted at some of your school choices. My opinion is that an effective hedging strategy should include a stretch, safe-stretch and backup school selections. Getting waitlisted [...]

Late October/Early November often means one thing: a host of people contacting us about NYU Stern Rd 1 applications. (If you are one of them, hurry and connect with us as we are running out of spots.) We wanted to pass along 5 tips that should prove helpful as you attack this application: 1. Understand [...]

A significant portion of my MBA admissions consulting applicants come to be with little to no extracurricular experience since their undergraduate days.  While this is a problem that can be addressed, it can show a lack of proper planning over the long term.  A lot of applicants don’t think about the impact of their actions [...]

For international experience to be significant it has to be something that you can write about at length and appropriately in a b-school essay. Can you articulate how you lead a team in a multi-national or cross border environment?  This is what the adcom would want to see if you were writing an essay.  A [...]