Blog: Archive for the “Business School” Category

Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) admits a smaller share of applicants than almost any other MBA program in the country. That is exactly why GSB’s application deadlines deserve more thought than simply setting a calendar reminder. When you apply is more of a strategic decision than a scheduling one. In this article, we break … Read More  

Rather than framing its required application essay as a traditional “essay,” the MIT Sloan School of Management requests that applicants submit a “cover letter,” including even the standard formal correspondence elements of an address and opening salutation. Writing cover letters will undoubtedly be a large part of students’ career development efforts at Sloan, after all, … Read More  

The admissions committee at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business provides its applicants with the opportunity to paint a well-rounded picture of themselves, but they must do so with significant brevity. For each of the program’s four prompts, candidates are limited to just 300 characters—not words. And this includes spaces! Because this equates … Read More  

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is one of the top MBA programs in the world, holding a spot among the elite M7 and boasting several Nobel laureates among its faculty. Yet despite Booth’s strong reputation, many applicants are surprised when they learn about all its MBA program has to offer. 

With its straightforward approach to the traditional goals statement and one other required essay (allowing applicants to choose between two prompts), the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University seems interested in getting to know its applicants both professionally and personally. The admissions committee wants to first understand your professional aspirations in the short … Read More