Choosing the Right People to Write Your Letters of Recommendation
Letters of recommendation can make or a break your candidacy for anything, whether it be a job or an undergraduate program of study. Continue reading…
Get an MBA in Seattle without the GRE and GMAT
If you’ve been out of school for a while, there’s no doubt that applying for an MBA program can be a daunting prospect. Not only do you have to write essays, go through interviews, and fill out a detailed application, for many programs you have to take the GRE or GMAT.
Demonstrating Community Contribution in Your MBA Application Essay
“What will you contribute to our business school’s MBA community?”
If you are applying to the Henley Business School or any of several other MBA programs, you are very likely to find a variation of this question as part of your application. So what’s the best way to tackle it? Ensuring your specific examples fit in with your Continue reading…
Showcasing Leadership in Your MBA Application Essays
Essay questions are a crucial component of almost every MBA application, and many programs call on candidates to demonstrate their leadership capacity as part of their responses. This only makes sense. Business schools are training future managers, so their admissions committees are naturally keen to make sure that applicants bring leadership potential.
So how can you showcase your professional or personal leadership experience? To learn more about the best ways to approach these particular questions and really sell yourself as a great candidate, we spoke with long-time business school admissions consultants Alex Brown and Eliot Ingram.
Choosing Between the GRE and GMAT
GRE and GMAT: Which One to Take?
As you begin to explore an MBA education, the question of whether to take the GRE or GMAT may soon arise. While the GMAT has traditionally been the test that MBA applicants take, more and more top graduate business programs are starting to accept the GRE as well. Ultimately, accepting both tests gives the schools a larger pool of applicants, allowing them to be more selective in terms of which students they accept into their programs.