The highly regarded Saïd at Oxford MBA program provides students to a global, diversified network at a world-class school over the course of one year. As a result, Oxford is looking for motivated students and experienced professionals.
MBA Application Strategy & Business School Demographics - What We Call "Demo-lition Derby"
When you charge people thousands of dollars to help them with their MBA applications, you had better be sure to look in every nook and cranny for an advantage.
We pride ourselves on doing just that and that mentality has allowed us to come up with incredibly helpful strategies for our clients. Everything from "structure your essays like a Hollywood screenwriter" to "finish your energy strong with a simple shift in body language" to "add an alternate short-term career goal to your first paragraph on your first Columbia essay" has come from a dogged determination and willingness to constantly find advantages. Obviously, most of those advantages are not for public consumption as it would neither be fair to our clients or terribly bright to reveal every "state secret" we have. That said, there are some tricks and methods that we find ourselves talking about so often on initial consultation calls that we figure no harm can come from letting the whole world know about it.
Today we've got one of those tricks, which we fondly call "demo-lition derby."
In Brief - What Counts as Significant International Work Experience?
Tougher Standards for Foreign Born MBA Applicants?
A significant number of my clients are from India (non-US citizen). In my consulting conversations with them, the one thing I bring up with them is their status as an over-represented applicant group. That is, there are a lot of applicants applying from India, probably more so than any other group. Applicants to business school are not necessarily going to be compared against the whole pool but rather a subset. Additionally, a majority of my clients are from the IT consulting and operations arena within India, further reducing their opportunities to distinguish themselves from the pack. While you many never hear an adcom talking about this phenomena, any grade, GMAT, work or extracurricular activity not up to snuff is a dealbreaker. The Indian undergraduate institution is of particular importance to the adcoms as well.