...tap...tap...is this thing on? It's been a while since I've posted a new entry to the blog. It hasn't been a priority. But after a recent caller mentioned the website, I remembered..."oh, yeah, the website. I've been neglecting it." Since most of my clients are word-of-mouth, I tend not to use this website as a marketing tool, but rather, as a repository for odds & ends, of which there are many in the admissions consulting world. Still, even the odds & ends had fallen off the radar given everything that's been going on. To summarize the last two years, since the pandemic began: brutal. With round 3 deadlines extended to mid-summer in 2020, the pace was relentless. I didn't have a moment to rest before r1 began. The 2020-2021 admissions cycle was particularly intense, with applications (and thus demand for services) way up. My clients know that I make myself...
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Your MBA resume
06 Jun 2021
An admissions resume for MBA and most master’s degree programs is not a job-hunting resume and it’s not an academic resume or CV. You don’t need to include the right buzz words or to enumerate your academic achievements.Following is the template I've reco...
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The dust settles
06 May 2021
The 2020-2021 MBA application season was more chaotic than any I have ever experienced. But then, it's been my first pandemic too. Round 1 -- with deadlines occurring in the midst of a pandemic surge ...
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Send a cake
14 Jan 2021
As I was starting to write this, a small box labeled "cake" arrived for my daughter, whose birthday is next week. She took it to her room to open it. Surprise! Eight butterflies flew out of the box and buzzed around her room before crashing to the floor. ...
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The Letter v 2020
06 Aug 2020
There’s a letter, known as The Letter, that’s been making the rounds among MBA students for decades. Although I am a Stanford MBA alum, worked in MBA admissions there for five years, and now work with MBA applicants, I read The Letter for the first time a...
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