One of our consultants was recently conducting a ding review with a potential client who had applied to business school on his own but not been accepted. Together, they were exploring what the applicant might do differently this time, and our consultant asked whether the candidate had discussed any of his community service activities in his previous application.
You walk out of your Harvard Business School (HBS) interview, and you are either floating on cloud nine and feeling amazing, or your mind is racing with “could’ve, should’ve, would’ve.” You wish you could run back to the interviewer to clarify your answers or add details. With the HBS Post-Interview Reflection, you can! Not literally, of course, but this additional submission gives you the opportunity to follow up on anything you think was left incomplete, unclear, or unsaid.
Finance professionals make up a significant portion of the student body at many MBA programs. In this episode of The mbaMission Podcast, host Harold Simansky is joined by mbaMission Founder Jeremy Shinewald and Senior MBA Admissions Consultant Julie-Anne Heafey to explore how applicants from investment banking, venture capital (VC), private equity (PE), equity research, credit, insurance, and other finance backgrounds can successfully differentiate themselves in the MBA admissions process.
If you want to go to business school but are not coming from a “traditional” background in consulting or finance, you might be worried that you will not be accepted to a top MBA program. Maybe you are a teacher, an athlete, or a journalist. Perhaps you are in the military or have a background as a chef. Nontraditional applicants like you are different, and believe it or not, admissions directors love that!
Applying to business school as a nontraditional candidate or reapplicant can come with unique challenges—and unique opportunities. In this conversation, Senior MBA Admissions Consultant Heidi Wiese Granner sits down with Harvard Business School (HBS) 2023 graduate Zoe, who shares her journey to the elite program after building a career in education and consulting. As both an older applicant and a reapplicant, Zoe faced important challenges related to timing, positioning, and narrative. Together, Heidi and Zoe explore what ultimately resonated with the admissions committee, what life at HBS is really like, and how candidates with unconventional paths can turn perceived weaknesses into strengths.
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