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• MBA Admissions Highlights from the World MBA Tour

  By Ben Baron – posted Oct 29th 2009 at 11:15 AM

  During the last six weeks I had the opportunity to attend and present at World MBA Tour events in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.  For those not familiar, these are large grad school fairs, co-sponsored by Kaplan, featuring dozens of the world’s top business schools.  They also include admission seminars and panel [...]

  Comments(0) | Catgeory Business School Admissions | Tags: admissions seminars, business schools, panel discussion, World MBA
  

• Psst…Wanna know what admissions officers are saying?

  By Ben Baron – posted Oct 16th 2009 at 3:34 PM

  Using my finely honed investigative skills, I’ve been able to obtain the results from Kaplan’s most recent survey of 260 business school admissions officers, including many from the most selective schools.  Of course by “investigative skills” I mean I simply asked for them.
  Here’s some of the juicier tidbits:
  51% of admissions officers stated that the [...]

  Comments(0) | Catgeory Business School Admissions | Tags: admissions, GMAT, performance, score, World MBA
  

• Caution: Deadlines in Your Mirror are Closer than they Appear

  By Ben Baron – posted Sep 16th 2009 at 2:55 PM

  Here it is, mid-September, and your business school plans are moving along on schedule.  Your GMAT is (or will be) fine, you’ve researched and perhaps even visited your top-choice programs, and you’ve lined up your recommenders…
  Well don’t look now, but first round deadlines are rapidly approaching.  Check out just a few:
  Harvard Business School - October [...]

  Comments(0) | Catgeory Business School Admissions | Tags: applications, b-school, deadlines, schools, strategy