{"id":4934,"date":"2011-03-08T15:20:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T21:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=4934"},"modified":"2022-01-26T14:09:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T19:09:33","slug":"march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/","title":{"rendered":"March 10: MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed (Online)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What have you been told about applying to business school? With the  advent of chat rooms and blogs, armchair \u201cexperts\u201d often   unintentionally propagate MBA admissions myths, which can linger and  undermine applicants\u2019 confidence. For example, some applicants are led  to  believe that schools want a specific \u201ctype\u201d of candidate and expect   certain GMAT scores and\/or GPAs. Others are led to believe that they  need to know alumni from their target schools and\/or get a  letter of  reference from the CEO of their firm to get in.<\/p>\n<p>Join Jeremy Shinewald, founder and president of mbaMission, as he  debunks these and other myths, strives to take the anxiety out of  the  admissions process and refocuses you on your applications.<\/p>\n<p>A Q&amp;A session with Jeremy will follow the  presentation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Thursday, March 10, 2011<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> 9:00-10:30 p.m. EST<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Online<br \/>\n<strong>Price:<\/strong> Free!<\/p>\n<p>To register for this event, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manhattangmat.com\/EventShow.cfm?EID=3&amp;eventID=7099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What have you been told about applying to business school? With the advent of chat rooms and blogs, armchair \u201cexperts\u201d often unintentionally propagate MBA admissions myths, which can linger and undermine applicants\u2019 confidence. For example, some applicants are led to believe that schools want a specific \u201ctype\u201d of candidate and expect certain GMAT scores and\/or &hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/\">Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;&nbsp;<i class=\"fal fa-sm fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>March 10: MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed (Online) | mbaMission - MBA Admissions Consulting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"March 10: MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed (Online) | mbaMission - MBA Admissions Consulting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What have you been told about applying to business school? With the advent of chat rooms and blogs, armchair \u201cexperts\u201d often unintentionally propagate MBA admissions myths, which can linger and undermine applicants\u2019 confidence. For example, some applicants are led to believe that schools want a specific \u201ctype\u201d of candidate and expect certain GMAT scores and\/or &hellip; Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;&nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"mbaMission - MBA Admissions Consulting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-03-08T21:20:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-26T19:09:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mbam-yoast-fallback-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeremy Shinewald\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeremy Shinewald\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"March 10: MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed (Online) | mbaMission - MBA Admissions Consulting","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"March 10: MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed (Online) | mbaMission - MBA Admissions Consulting","og_description":"What have you been told about applying to business school? With the advent of chat rooms and blogs, armchair \u201cexperts\u201d often unintentionally propagate MBA admissions myths, which can linger and undermine applicants\u2019 confidence. For example, some applicants are led to believe that schools want a specific \u201ctype\u201d of candidate and expect certain GMAT scores and\/or &hellip; Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;&nbsp;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/","og_site_name":"mbaMission - MBA Admissions Consulting","article_published_time":"2011-03-08T21:20:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-26T19:09:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mbam-yoast-fallback-image.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jeremy Shinewald","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeremy Shinewald","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/"},"author":{"name":"Jeremy Shinewald","@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/74216774a1761e746e2426c9c8171f5f"},"headline":"March 10: MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed (Online)","datePublished":"2011-03-08T21:20:23+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-26T19:09:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/"},"wordCount":156,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Events"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/","name":"March 10: MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed (Online) | mbaMission - MBA Admissions Consulting","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-03-08T21:20:23+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-26T19:09:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/march-10-mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-online\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"March 10: MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed (Online)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/","name":"mbaMission - MBA Admissions Consulting","description":"World&#039;s Leading MBA Admissions Consulting Firm","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"mbaMission","url":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mbam-yoast-organization-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mbam-yoast-organization-logo.png","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"mbaMission"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/74216774a1761e746e2426c9c8171f5f","name":"Jeremy Shinewald","description":"In addition to being Founder and President of mbaMission, Jeremy Shinewald is a Darden MBA, published author, and the recipient of Poets&amp;Quants\u2019 Lifetime Achievement Award in MBA Admissions Consulting. With more than 20 years of experience and a background as a professional speechwriter, he combines deep industry insight and exceptional storytelling skills to help applicants create powerful, distinctive MBA applications.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/who-we-are\/team\/jeremy-shinewald\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jeremyshinewald\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/author\/jeremy\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}