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What does a nonprofit manager who graduated from Harvard Business School (HBS) in 2010 and studied ethics and leadership have in common with an investment banker applying to HBS in 2024 to study finance and global business? Virtually nothing. At mbaMission, applicants often ask us if they should work with a consultant who earned their … Read More  

Choosing which MBA program(s) you should apply to is one of the most important—and certainly one of the earliest—decisions you need to make in the application process. Yet we often see candidates targeting business schools without having fully thought through their options. These applicants typically end up in one of the following predicaments: So, how … Read More  

Before we can offer any guidance on whether submitting your business school application in Round 3 is a good idea or not, we need to clarify some terminology. Business schools typically have three admissions deadlines by which candidates must submit their applications: Round 1 (usually in September or October), Round 2 (typically in January), and … Read More  

One of our consultants was chatting with a potential client one time who had applied to business school on his own the previous year but had not been accepted. Together, they were exploring what he might do differently this time, and our consultant asked whether he had discussed any of his community service activities in … Read More  

Military applicants are extremely well regarded by MBA programs because of their leadership experience, discipline, ability to work with a team, and commitment to goals. Admissions committees also know that recruiters view military applicants very positively because of those same attributes. But to make your application as compelling as possible, you should be aware of … Read More