MBA Admissions Tip: Planning for the Round 1 MBA Deadlines

This MBA admissions tip comes to us from our friends at Clear Admit. For more expert MBA admissions advice, check out their blog. Anyone who’s familiar with the MBA application process knows that August moves forward at an accelerated pace, and come September, entire weeks seem to disappear.  To help …

 

Law School Admissions Tip: How the Credential Assembly Service Works

This post comes to us from our friends at Clear Admit. For more expert law school admissions advice, check out their blog. Most law schools require applicants to be registered for the Credential Assembly Service (CAS), which is a function of the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC), the organization that …

 

MBA Admissions Tip: Using Rankings to Your Advantage

This post comes to us from our friends at Clear Admit. For more expert admissions advice, check out their blog. There are numerous sources that can knowledgeably rank the “top” MBA programs.  However, because business schools receive different rankings depending on sources’ criteria, it can be difficult to understand which …

 

Law School Admissions Tip: Academic Strengths

This admissions tip comes to us from our friends at Clear Admit. For more expert admissions advice, check out their blog. While we’ve previously offered advice on addressing weaknesses in one’s academic record, today we wanted to explore the other side of the issue: your undergraduate record’s strengths. 1. The …

 

MBA Admissions Tip: School-Hosted Blogs

This weekly MBA admissions tip comes from our friends at Clear Admit. For more expert b-school admissions advice, check out their blog. As the summer progresses and applicants begin researching their target schools in more depth, we would like to highlight a valuable research tool: school-hosted blogs. The last few …

 

MBA Admissions Tip: Addressing Unemployment or Gaps in Employment

This MBA admissions tip comes to us from our friends at Clear Admit. For more expert MBA admissions advice, check out their blog. Given the emphasis that schools place on a candidate’s work experience, it is important to be proactive in addressing gaps in employment.  When applying to business school, …

 

MBA Admissions Tip: Visiting the Campus

This weekly MBA admissions tip comes from our friends at Clear Admit. For more expert admissions advice, check out their blog. As many applicants are finding out at this time of year, conducting thorough research on MBA programs is an essential step in formulating a list of target schools and …

 

MBA Admissions Tip: Crafting Your Business School Resume

This post comes from our friends at Clear Admit. For more expert MBA admissions advice, check out their blog. We wanted to offer some general tips for the Class of 2014 applicants on getting the most mileage out of resumes in the admissions process. As many of our readers know, …

 

MBA Admissions Tip: Crafting Strong Essays — the Rewards of Reflection

This weekly MBA admissions tip comes to us from our friends at Clear Admit.  For more expert b-school admissions advice, check out their blog. With several of the leading schools having already released their essay questions for this admissions season, we’re sure that quite a number of early birds are …

 

4 Ways to Make Your MBA Application Stand Out

This MBA admissions tip comes to us from Igor Khayet, founder of My Resume Shop. There are two broad categories of MBA applicants: those who naturally fit the MBA stereotype, and those who naturally stand out. No matter what group you fall into, the challenge is to present yourself as …