Andrew Hoff
What's Working in M7 Applications
What's Working in M7 Applications
Chicago Booth
Amerasia Consulting
Chicago Booth Ph.D. Program Receives $100 ...

On Monday, May 1, Chicago Booth stated that businessman and philanthropist Ross Stevens, Ph.D. '96, had given the school's Ph.D. program $100 million to help push the boundaries of academic business research.  The program will be called the Stevens Doctoral Program to honor Stevens.

Chicago Booth Ph.D. Program Receives $100 Million
Application Advice, Application Process
Amerasia Consulting
Are You MBA-Ready? Here Are 5 Indicators You Are

People often decide to pursue an MBA without giving it much thought, but that's not a good idea. Before you start getting ready to apply, you should really think about why you want to get the degree and make sure it's the right choice for you. Here are five indicators that can help you decide if you're ready to apply to business school or not.

Are You MBA-Ready? Here Are 5 Indicators You Are
B-school Life, Key Thoughts, Leadership
Amerasia Consulting
How to Prepare for Important Career Moments

Have you ever woken up from a recurring nightmare in which you had to take an exam for which you hadn't studied? No one likes the feeling of not being prepared. And this worry takes over many parts of our professional lives. No one wants to be caught off guard in front of an MBA admissions committee, a current client or boss, or even a networking event. The answer is to be confident in all of these conversations and presentations. How? Preparedness. In this blog post, we'll talk about what you should do to get ready for a variety of common career scenarios.

How to Prepare for Important Career Moments
Key Thoughts, Leadership
Amerasia Consulting
5 Ways To Becoming an Effective Manager

Becoming a great manager is essential for becoming a great leader. Good managers not only extract great output from their employees, but they also relieve the executive team of most of the day-to-day operations, allowing them to focus on more tactical challenges. Leaders develop a vision, while managers develop goals and guide their teams toward shared goals connected to that vision. This blog post will go over five strategies to becoming a successful manager.

5 Ways To Becoming an Effective Manager

Key Thoughts

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How to Prepare for Important Career Moments

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How to Prepare for Important Career Moments

Have you ever woken up from a recurring nightmare in which you had to take an exam for which you hadn't studied? No one likes the feeling of not being prepared. And this worry takes over many parts of our professional lives. No one wants to be caught off guard in front of an MBA admissions committee, a current client or boss, or even a networking event. The answer is to be confident in all of these conversations and presentations. How? Preparedness. In this blog post, we'll talk about what you should do to get ready for a variety of common career scenarios.

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5 Ways To Becoming an Effective Manager

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5 Ways To Becoming an Effective Manager

Becoming a great manager is essential for becoming a great leader. Good managers not only extract great output from their employees, but they also relieve the executive team of most of the day-to-day operations, allowing them to focus on more tactical challenges. Leaders develop a vision, while managers develop goals and guide their teams toward shared goals connected to that vision. This blog post will go over five strategies to becoming a successful manager.

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Women And Equality at the Leadership Table

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Women And Equality at the Leadership Table

Imposter syndrome for women is real, according to Kris Mercuri, director of MBA admissions, recruiting, and outreach at Yale, and women must acknowledge it as one of the things they can manage. Women are required in all areas as thought leaders and decision-makers but how do women can actually get there? In this blog post, we discuss the obstacles of gender parity and how to overcome them.

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Choosing an MBA Admissions Consultant

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Choosing an MBA Admissions Consultant

Choosing the ideal consultant is entirely dependent on if you connect. It's similar to selecting a personal trainer, real estate agent, or therapist. You want to come away from your meetings with a sense of confidence, optimism, and drive. Additionally, you should explore the best fit in terms of communication, culture, working methods, and personality.

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Don't Want To Settle?

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Don't Want To Settle?

It's cliche to be told that you should "never settle." Sounds fantastic in a TV commercial or in movies, but is it realistic in real life? When it comes to returning to applying for your MBA, what do you do when the offers simply don't come in? Choosing a backup strategy does not have to be a compromise.

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Is Your Life a Reflection of Your Values?

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Is Your Life a Reflection of Your Values?

With the start of a new year comes an enormous amount of pressure to establish a variety of ambitious goals. Most individuals struggle with balancing things because they haven't been self-reflective enough to find out what they're attempting to balance. We examine how self-reflection may help you connect your behaviors with your values in this blog post.

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7 New Year's Resolutions for 2023 Applicants

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7 New Year's Resolutions for 2023 Applicants

It's that time of year again: the start of a new year. A new beginning. If you're reading this to acquire some ideas for goals you want to achieve in the coming year, you've come to the perfect place. This blog post is meant to help you become the greatest version of a prospective MBA applicant by inspiring new goals or building on existing ones.

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5 Essential Soft Skills for Your MBA Application

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5 Essential Soft Skills for Your MBA Application

The 5 Intangible Skills Your MBA Application Cannot Do Without

Soft skills are transferrable personality traits and behaviors that can be applied to a variety of situations. Soft skills, as opposed to technical or "hard" skills, are interpersonal and behavioral skills that help you work effectively with others and help advance you in your career. Soft skills are a combination of social skills, character traits, and employment qualities.

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10 Reasons Why Soft Skills are Important

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10 Reasons Why Soft Skills are Important

Admissions committees know that soft skills are important for business schools, so it's important to show that you have them, especially when applying to top MBA programs. Through your soft skills, the admissions committee can get a sense of who you are and what makes you successful. Here are ten reasons why soft skills are important for your MBA application and, in turn, your career goals:

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How To Develop Emotional Intelligence

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How To Develop Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence, or EQ, is an awareness of your own emotions as well as the emotions of people around you - and how to act on that knowledge. In this blog post, we discuss the four components of EQ as well as ways for developing each of these: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.

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9 Transferrable Skills and How to Use Them

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9 Transferrable Skills and How to Use Them

In yesterday’s blog post, we discussed what transferable skills are, why you need them, and why they are important to include in your MBA application. But in today’s blog post, we will discuss nine different examples of transferrable skills and how you can incorporate them into your MBA application.

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What are Transferable Skills and Why Do You Need Them?

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What are Transferable Skills and Why Do You Need Them?

Transferable skills are skills that are needed independent of a professional role. These abilities enable you to be successful in any position. Furthermore, they enable you to enter positions, sectors, or departments for which you may not otherwise be fully qualified. There is one universal truth that we have discovered that appears to be largely ignored by the rest of the MBA admissions landscape, and that is the critical importance of adhering to what we call the Art of Transferability. In this blog post, we discuss what transferable skills are, why they are so important, and how to include them in your MBA application.

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Laid off? Five pointers IT Applicants Should Consider

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Laid off? Five pointers IT Applicants Should Consider

Since October of this year, over 60,000 tech workers have been laid off. Kellogg Northwestern stated in November 2022 that it will waive the GMAT and GRE tests for laid-off IT professionals. Other top business schools have followed suit in order to attract the market's flow of elite talent. For newly laid-off individuals, MIT Sloan and Berkeley Haas have extended round-two deadlines. Cornell Johnson is waiving the application cost and the application test. And, for its January 4th deadline, UCLA Anderson reduced the application procedure to just one essay question, as well as extensions for test scores and recommenders. So, how can you prepare to submit a competitive, yet timely, round two application in four to six weeks? Here are five pointers for IT applicants considering an MBA.

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4 Trends Changing the MBA Application Over the Last Decade

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4 Trends Changing the MBA Application Over the Last Decade

Fewer and shorter essays, increased gender equality, and the popularity of the GRE testing (instead of the GMAT) are just a few of the developments in MBA admissions that might be informative for today's applicants. The types of MBA applicants schools are looking for and what makes them stand out have undergone significant changes. In this blog post we talk about how business school applications have changed over the past ten years and how these patterns affect the way you should approach your MBA application today.

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What Does It Take to Get Into a Top MBA Program?

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What Does It Take to Get Into a Top MBA Program?

Business schools are professional schools that teach students how to do well in the business world. Because of this, they look for students who have the leadership skills that will help them do well in business. In addition to your test scores and grades, a top MBA program will look at whether you have made important contributions to the places you have worked. This blog post will discuss the five essential qualities an MBA candidate who wants to be competetive should think about.

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How To Become a Stronger Mentor

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How To Become a Stronger Mentor

Leaders have access to an abundance of resources and advice. But how do you mentor others? Whether you are a professional or personal mentor, there are things you can do to make your mentee's experience as positive as possible.

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Wharton’s Team-Based Discussion: The Most Important Thing to Remember

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Wharton’s Team-Based Discussion: The Most Important Thing to Remember

The most important thing to remember during your Team Based Discussion at Wharton is to adhere to Wharton’s DNA: “Knowledge for Action and Collaborative Innovation.” However, a lot of MBA candidates come in thinking it’s all about coming up with the best idea. However, it's not and here's why.

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The MBA Interview: What Happens if You Aren’t Sure How to Answer a Question?

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The MBA Interview: What Happens if You Aren’t Sure How to Answer a Question?

You got the interview. How do you not mess this up? Prepare, prepare, prepare. But also know - even if you’ve been preparing your heart out – there will always come a moment where you could strike a blank. What happens if you aren’t sure how to answer a question? The number one thing you need to do is be confident.

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Waitlisted? Answers for Those Currently in MBA Purgatory 

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Waitlisted? Answers for Those Currently in MBA Purgatory 

It’s that time of year again, where many MBA applicants find themselves stuck in the waitlist process. This can be a very slow and painful waiting period. Not only are you competing against everyone on the waitlist from R1, but you could also be competing against new MBA applicants applying in R2 and R3. What does waitlisted really mean?

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TIPS ON DUKE'S “25 random things about yourself”

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TIPS ON DUKE'S “25 random things about yourself”

This Duke essay always produces a lot of handwringing and dismay from applicants. But Duke is dropping a gift from heaven on an unsuspecting applicant tool. So, ask yourself, what is it that most applicants want most? The chance to differentiate themselves. Well, here it is.