100 Best Blogs for MBA Students

graduatedegree.org published a list of what they consider to be the 100 best blogs for MBA students. While the list has some interesting elements (such as professors blogs), I was surprised to see how no blogs from prospective students was featured. Why? Their compiled list covers life during, after an MBA and consultant blogs for [...]

Critique of a HBS Application

Joshua Steimle publishes his whole HBS application online. He got dinged, but what an act of openess. Maybe too much, but we can all agree it provides some great insights on how an adcom may come to the decision to reject an applicant. You can see the feedback he gets here.

….And I’m Back at it (And What You Can Expect From Me)

Hi people,
First of all I must apologize for not writing for the last…um…well…for a long time. What can I say except give you the classic excuse: I was busy.
On a serious note though, among other things, my team and I have released a great product that a lot of people will be using going forward. [...]

Long-Term Planning for an MBA

While working my ass off at work and waiting for my GMAT books, I stumbled upon an article by Jeremy Shinewald from MBA mission about how to plan applications to MBA.  In a nutshell here is what he recommends:

Visiting campuses now to get acquainted with the school culture
Meeting with alumni to make sure the schools [...]

Quick Thoughts

I was reading HBS blog on admissions. The committee says they are looking for 3 core qualities:
- evidence of leadership
- evidence you actually love intellectual and hard work
- evidence you can have a great impact on my peers
Great. You convey it through different accomplishments, essays and recommendations that are based on what you actually did/do, [...]

Quick brainstorming: Having a plan and more

My approach to realize a goal has always been more or less the same: I define my objective as much as I can, find people who have already succeeded and emulate them, come up with a plan then try to break it up into small steps. The last thing I do is this: I start [...]

Let’s get started!

Hey there,
This is a blog about how I’m moving towards getting accepted to a top MBA program. I intend to list all the steps I’m taking to get there, and hopefully you will find some information here, correct some or even help me to achieve my goal.
So what is my goal exactly? More specifically:
1. Get [...]