Applying to business school in 2011? 2012? It’s not too early to start planning! By taking action now, you can dramatically improve your chances of gaining admission to a top MBA program in the coming years. Indeed, it is never too soon (and certainly not too late) to take several crucial steps to shape your MBA candidacy. Join mbaMission Founder Jeremy Shinewald as he leads prospective applicants through a Long-Term Planning Seminar. Topics of discussion will include the following:
* Creating Your Ten-Month (and Beyond) Timeline
* Maximizing the Impact of Community Activities
* Accelerating Personal Goals
* Building an Alternative Transcript
* Taking and Retaking the GMAT
* Making the Most of Campus Visits
* Understanding the Differences Between MBA Programs
* More…
Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m. EST Location: Midtown Kaplan Center, 131 W. 56th Street (between 6th and 7th Aves) Price: Free!
Whether you are applying to an evening and/or weekend EMBA program, a global MBA program that meets abroad and connects online or anything in between, the EMBA admissions board wants to know that you can contribute at a high level and that you will be committed to the program through the very end. In this new webinar, Jeremy Shinewald, the founder and president of mbaMission, will help you identify your ideal target EMBA programs and prepare you to start shaping your applications—from your essays to your resume to your interviews.
After the presentation, Jeremy will remain on site for a Q&A session to answer your questions and help you take the next steps in your career.
Date: Monday, March 7, 2011 Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m. EST Location: 138 West 25th Street (b/w 6th & 7th Aves: to enter press Call then dial 132), New York, NY 10001 Price: Free!
Mission Admission is a series of MBA admission tips; a new one is posted each Tuesday.
We find that because the pool of MBA candidates is so anonymous, many applicants believe that any minimal difference that exists between them and their fellow candidates represents a huge disadvantage. For example, a candidate may have no alumni connection to the school and therefore becomes anxious that he/she is already “behind” at the starting line. We can assure you that if you are a strong candidate, you will not be “dinged” by a school if you don’t know any of the program’s alumni. In fact, the vast majority of candidates will not have direct connections to alumni from their target schools.
The bottom line is that in some cases, if you know a powerful alumnus or alumna, he or she can likely help you in your candidacy. However, the standout candidate without an alumni connection will generally still succeed, and the weak candidate with the alumni connection will still fail. So focus on crafting your best application possible, and do not worry about minor perceived weaknesses. You can succeed on your own, regardless of whom you know—or don’t know.
Whether you are applying to an evening and/or weekend EMBA program, a global MBA program that meets abroad and connects online or anything in between, the EMBA admissions board wants to know that you can contribute at a high level and that you will be committed to the program through the very end. In this brand new webinar, Jeremy Shinewald, the founder and president of mbaMission, will help you identify your ideal target EMBA programs and prepare you to start shaping your MBA applications—from your essays to your resume to your interviews.
After the presentation, Jeremy will remain online for a Q&A session to answer your questions and help you take the next steps in your career.
Date: Sunday, March 6, 2011 Time: 7:30-9:00 p.m. EST Location: Online Price: Free!
One way to save words in your application essays and short-answer responses is to pluralize nouns whenever possible. Singular words often require an article such as “a,” “an” or “the.” These words add unnecessarily to your word count, and they can clutter your page without contributing to your argument or style. Consider the following example:
“A manager with an MBA will be able to ascend the corporate ladder faster than a manager who lacks an MBA.” (21 words)
versus
“Managers with MBAs will be able to ascend the corporate ladder faster than managers who lack MBAs.” (17 words)
As you can see, the same idea is presented in both sentences, but one sentence has four words fewer than the other. Given that essays include dozens or even hundreds of sentences, pluralizing wherever possible is helpful in meeting word count requirements.
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