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MBA Interview Prep: 3 Key Qualities of ‘Professional Presence’

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There’s an awkward coaching moment that most of us hope to avoid when preparing our clients for the MBA interview. As former senior admissions professionals at top-tier schools, my fellow MBA Admissions coaches and I are seasoned at navigating sensitive subjects while guiding candidates to convey their greatest potential as future business leaders. But anything

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How Parents Can Help (Or Hinder) Their Children on the Road to Grad School

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As you slice up the Thanksgiving turkey, sit down to a big family meal, and begin to pass side dishes around the table, your son or daughter announces they want to get an MBA, earn a JD, or get a graduate degree in public health. You haven’t even gotten to dessert–your grandmother’s famous pumpkin pie–and

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ChatGPT and the MBA Essay: What Applicants Need to Know

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Full disclosure: A chatbot wrote a first draft of this article. For demonstration purposes, we asked ChatGPT+ to write about the use of artificial intelligence and generative text tools like Chat GPT when applying to MBA programs. In about three minutes, it churned out nearly 750 words as requested, all perfectly grammatical and logical, if

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Should I Waive my Right to See Letters of Recommendation?

Should I Waive my Right to See Letters of Recommendation?

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When applying to a business school, just as in applying to college, you’ll have two options: waiving your right to view your letters of recommendation or retaining this right. It’s as simple as checking a box. But when it comes time to choose, many students are unsure of the best option. Generally speaking, waiving your

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Deep Dive into HBS vs. Stanford GSB Admissions Trends

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 Earlier this month, Fortuna Co-Founder Matt Symonds sat down with Poets&Quants Editor-in-Chief John Byrne for a deep-dive interview into the Fortuna team’s extensive research profiling and comparing the successful MBA candidates in the Class of 2020 at Harvard Business School and Stanford GSB. Fortuna’s Deep Dive Analysis covers 95% of HBS & 85% of

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Fortuna Admissions Harvard Business School MBA Deep Dive Analysis

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What does a Swedish world rope-skipping champion, Obama Foundation Chief of Staff and reality TV star from CBS’s Survivor: Ghost Island have in common? They’re all MBA candidates in the Harvard Business School Class of 2020, where 9,886 applicants vied for one of 930 spots. The rope-skipping champion is also an entrepreneur who worked at

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