The MBA Admissions Studio
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The MBA Admissions Studio is a personal admission support service for MBA applicants. I've advised candidates successfully since 2002, so I know there are no shortcuts or easy tricks to getting in. What works is a compelling statement of your worth as a candidate. This site provides the tools to develop and present your competitive value.
The MBA Admissions Studio
11M ago
The big question for this year’s MBA admissions is not whether but how to use ChatGPT in writing admissions essays. Or which part of the writing process do you do, and what can AI do better than you. ChatGPT / large language models (LLMs) will spit out credible text. And the more you tell it ..read more
The MBA Admissions Studio
1y ago
There is an old post from Business Week that I find as current as ever, about how MBA Adcoms set about thinking up MBA admissions essay questions. The context is, increasingly over time, business schools are asking fewer essay questions in total, often swapping text questions for multimedia input. Part of the reason b-school Adcoms ..read more
The MBA Admissions Studio
1y ago
Character development is often the most interesting thing about someone. What path they've chosen and why, and what stimulates and inspires a person in making them, is much more interesting to MBA Adcoms than the bald facts of career progress ..read more
The MBA Admissions Studio
1y ago
In your MBA application, demonstrate awareness that your management career will need to simultaneously satisfy three competing stakeholder priorities: People, Planet, Profit ..read more
The MBA Admissions Studio
1y ago
If you look back through the 10-year archive of posts here on this site, and see my book, you’ll know I’ve written many times on how to write a winning MBA admissions essay. There’s no formula. But as we look ahead to a new admissions season, some particular issues come to mind when I look ..read more
The MBA Admissions Studio
1y ago
I don’ t talk a lot about myself. I’ve been doing MBA admissions essay advisory and interview support successfully for 18 years. I have many hundreds of client application wins to top business schools. Occasionally I update client feedback in the sidebar on this page, but do not normally post in full, particularly not the ..read more
The MBA Admissions Studio
1y ago
At the moment there is particular MBA admissions value for those who can show evidence of flexibility in crisis, holistic thinking, overcoming a significant change event, reducing uncertainty, or collaborating to create better outcomes ..read more
The MBA Admissions Studio
1y ago
Here’s a question I get a lot from clients: “How strictly do I have to stick to the essay word limit? How much can I go over? Does it matter if I’m under?” To answer this, it is essential–as always–to think about it from the MBA AdCom’s point of view. Put yourself in their shoes ..read more
The MBA Admissions Studio
1y ago
Traditionally the 'optional' MBA essay has been the place to mention and mitigate weaknesses. But should you use it ..read more
The MBA Admissions Studio
1y ago
MBA fairs are events where many business schools are present in one place, each at a school-branded stall or booth, ready to interact with and provide information to prospective applicants. How should you, the applicant, navigate these events? Here’s a 10-point guide: 1. Know why you are there. You are there to find out information ..read more