With the rapid changes taking place in the MBA application world due to coronavirus (COVID-19), I have been getting a lot of questions from candidates on whe...

I hope you are all hanging in there with the many disruptions that I know have taken place in your daily lives. There is no doubt about it –

Applying to business school requires A LOT of hard work – there are many steps involved in the process and there can be myriad frustrations along the way. As...

Are you planning to apply in Round 3 (or in the last round) of a school’s application cycle? As you may be aware, the final application round is a very diffi...

Are you an older candidate who is thinking about applying to business school? Although most applicants are in their mid-upper 20s, if you are 30 years or old...

Business school essays are an extremely important element of the application; unfortunately, however, I often see candidates not giving the essays the attent...

Most business school applications will have either an essay or a short answer question where you can provide optional/additional information to help shed mor...

Having worked with hundreds of clients on their MBA applications, I have noticed that there are a few interview questions that tend to come up over and over ...

When applying to business school, it’s only natural to try and get your hands on as much information as possible. After all, the more knowledge that you have...

Most candidates who apply to business school tend to have, on average, four to five years of full-time professional experience (i.e. the “sweet spot”), but d...

A common misconception of applicants is that gaining acceptance to the top MBA programs comes down to having strong statistics – in other words, a high GPA s...

Being able to demonstrate a strong professional trajectory is important when applying to MBA programs. Business schools want to see that you are taking on ad...

As a top-tier MBA program, thousands of candidates apply to Wharton each year. Based on my experience, there are three main qualities that Wharton looks for w...

One key area that business schools will evaluate as part of your application is your academic performance, both during college and on the GMAT/GRE. While bot...

Over the past decade, the average GMAT scores at the top business schools have steadily been rising. Why is this the case, and what are the implications for ...

Those with non-traditional backgrounds often believe they are at a disadvantage when applying to top-tier MBA programs, but that is definitely not the case! ...

A phenomenon that is becoming more common as part of the business school application process are video essays. Essentially, these are short questions that sc...

Business school essays are an opportunity for candidates to share aspects of themselves with the MBA Admissions Committee in order to provide a more holistic...

Almost all of the top-tier business schools will want you to state your Post-MBA career goals (both in the short-term and in the long-term) as well as how th...

You’ve made the decision to apply to business school, which is great! But as you educate yourself more and more about the MBA admissions process and realize ...