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It’s abundantly clear that I should have brought more razor blades with me. It seems that the bathroom setup and two of us showering at least once a day is leading my razor blade to rust. I contemplated having my boyfriend or parents bring new blades to Paris as I will see them there later [...]

There’s been a lot of press lately on the gender gap in higher education. As of the most recent report by the American Council on Education, while men currently make up only about 43% of college enrollment, the gender gap is for the most part holding steady.
The following chart, published by Inside Higher Ed, shows [...]

This is the time of year when, every time the phone rings here at Veritas Prep HQ, there’s a good chance it’s an applicant calling to ask us if he should apply to B-School in the third admissions round, or if he should wait until next year. The answer, as is the answer for most [...]

   WHY GET A MOCK INTERVIEW FROM  SANDY–WELL, HERE IS ONE HAPPY CUSTOMER (NOT PICTURED ABOVE BUT YOU GET THE IDEA)
Sandy,
Just finished my Wharton interview. 
After you bitch-slapped me during the mock interview earlier this week, I canned the notes/list and simply started preparing questions in my head.  There were zero “robotic” responses as a result.   I [...]

CAN A STUDENT AT STANFORD HELP YOU GET AN INTERVIEW????

Sandy my man! Been reading your posts religiously. Wanted to know your thoughts on getting an existing stanford student (GSB) to recommend my case to the admissions committee. How exactly is he/she supposed to do it? Send an email to the dean? do you think [...]

Every once in a while, we get questions from our listeners asking for personal b-school advice. We try our best to answer them all, and sometimes we post the really good questions on our site. We recently received the following question from a listener and we thought it might be relevant for many others too. [...]

Round 3 MBA Special: Save $100 on all orders over $1,000 placed by February 22, 2010. Can be used for MBA essay editing, waitlist letters, and mock interviews. Use coupon code R3100.

In the State of the Union address, President Obama urged colleges to “get serious about cutting their own costs.” [...]

The majority of last year’s MBA graduates accepted job offers within a few months of finishing school despite the tight labor market, according to a recent report from the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC).
Results from GMAC’s semi-annual Alumni Perspectives Survey, released last week, showed that three-quarters of survey respondents who graduated from full-time MBA programs [...]

Read the full article: Good News About Job Prospects on Business School Campuses

Admissions Tip: Waitlist Correspondence

In addition to actively evaluating the applications of Round Two applicants at this time of year, many top programs revisit their Round One waitlists and consider the strength of those individuals with respect to the new information about the pool. While schools vary in their receptivity to correspondence from applicants, those programs that do welcome [...]

February 08, 2010 Question of the Day: Problem Solving

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Guest Post – How to Ace Your B-School Application Essay

I hope everyone had a great weekend. My was snowy and such, but more on that later. This is something that I have wanted to do for a while, but haven’t really followed through with it. A guest post, by someone who does this stuff for a living. So without further adieu, I present, Brenda [...]

Admissions Tip: Waitlist Correspondence

In addition to actively evaluating the applications of Round Two applicants at this time of year, many top programs revisit their Round One waitlists and consider the strength of those individuals with respect to the new information about the pool. While schools vary in their receptivity to correspondence from applicants, those programs that do welcome [...]

Admission: Apply in the 3rd round vs waiting for the next year

Now that the most of the second deadline are behind us, many prospective students are wondering whether they should apply in the 3rd round or wait for the first round and apply early next year. Here are some general guidelines to help you approach this decision.

Read the full article: Admission: Apply in the 3rd round [...]

MBA Deadlines in February and March

February and March are busy months for MBA application – there are multiple deadline  in the US and  Europe. Here’s a selected list of upcoming MBA deadlines, as well as resources regarding the program, the essays and more.
February 2010
February 2nd  -INSEAD – France
February 22nd IESE – Spain
February 22nd – 22 Jones – [...]

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