Academic Performance

Imposter Syndrome: A Sign of Success, Not Failure.

Imposter Syndrome: A Sign of Success, Not Failure.

The weight of imposter syndrome can be soul-crushing. Especially, when numerous MBA application deadlines are nearing. The overshadowing worry you feel that you are not worthy to be accepted into business school is real. The good news is that this feeling is temporary and is often accompanied by an achievement.

Wharton's New Dean: A New Direction for Wharton?

Wharton's New Dean: A New Direction for Wharton?

In July 2020, Wharton appointed a new Dean Erika James. How can you use this information to apply for your MBA to Wharton this year? You can capitalize on any new direction by including it in your essay. Wharton's pedagogy, culture of innovation, and learning environment has survived several deans.

The Secret Ingredient to Great Mentorship

The Secret Ingredient to Great Mentorship

Finding a mentor is a commonplace piece of career advice. In the past, some scholars believed a mentorship has side-effects which include favoritism and “cloning” — where the mentor’s tendency is to push their proteges toward career paths that replicate their own. A recent study shows mentorship is indeed beneficial.

4 GRE Vocabulary Strategies To Help You Approach Your Test

4 GRE Vocabulary Strategies To Help You Approach Your Test

If you’re a native English speaker or English is your second, third or fourth language, you may come across GRE vocabulary problems. As well as finding Sentence Equivalence (SE) and Text Completion (TC) challenging. According to a recent Poets&Quants article, here are four strategies to improve your score.

Academic Performance

Academic Performance

A winning MBA application has multiple components, but one which consistently causes stress for applicants year after year is the transcript. Your undergraduate academic performance is one of the only things you can’t really improve upon once you graduate college.  Here are a few tips to help assuage your discomfort.

How Important is the Integrated Reasoning Section of the GMAT

How Important is the Integrated Reasoning Section of the GMAT

This is the time of year when many b-school hopefuls are taking the GMAT test in anticipation of nailing down a great score before application season begins in earnest.

 After all, your score will help determine where you will be a competitive applicant and can also help you narrow down your school selections. It is essentially everyone's jumping off point in the application process, and one that gets most people feeling anxious.  A common point of stress is often over which sections of the GMAT are most important.

What do I consider to be the critical b-school admission factors?

I taught the GMAT for about 3 years. In that time, I had the pleasure of teaching over 250 students. Along the way, I also had the privilege of helping a select few craft their admissions packages. Based on my experience and in order of importance, I present the following 8 factors I consider critical to getting into a top b-school:

  1. GMAT Score
  2. Application Essays
  3. Work Experience
  4. GPA
  5. Extracurricular Activities
  6. Recommendations
  7. Interviews
  8. Applicant Submission Round