We offer a wealth of tips and strategies across a range of topics—from application advice on Harvard or INSEAD to acing the GMAT, writing essays, navigating MBA interviews and more.
MBA Interview Prep: ‘Which other schools have you applied to?’
Oct. 23rd, 2018
Here’s a classic MBA admissions interview question that gives many candidates pause: Which other schools are you applying to? Every school wants to know they’re your first choice. So how to answer this tricky interview question? First, you want to demonstrate sound reasoning for why you’re applying to other programs in the context of why this school […]
Free, live webinars in October: Behind the scenes of MBA Admissions with “The Committee”
Oct. 9th, 2018
Discover the discussions that take place ‘behind the curtain’ in MBA Admissions Committees. Join Poets&Quants Editor-in-Chief John A. Byrne for a series of in-depth strategy sessions that take you behind-the-scenes to look at how MBA admissions decisions are made. Listen in as the Fortuna Admissions team of former gatekeepers from HBS, Wharton, INSEAD and other […]
HBS interview invites out today: How to get ahead
Oct. 1st, 2018
Word is out: Harvard Business School releases round 1 interview invites today, Oct. 1, with a second wave going out on Thursday, Oct. 4. If you, along with many of our clients, are among the fortunate few to receive an invitation to interview, it’s a tremendous validation of your hard work and talent. Yet having […]
Make Me Forget About Your GMAT Score – Q&A with Kellogg’s MBA Gatekeeper
Sep. 16th, 2018
Ahead of the CentreCourt MBA Festival in Chicago, Fortuna Admissions Director Matt Symonds catches up with Melissa Rapp, Director of Admissions for the full-time MBA program at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, to share her insights and admissions advice. If we draw back the curtain on a typical day in the life of the Kellogg […]
MBA Trend Alert: Americans head to Europe
Sep. 10th, 2018
We’ve seen a dramatic increase in interest for the top European business schools from the US market over the last 18 months, which made us curious if this was a broader industry trend. What we heard back from heads of MBA Admissions affirms that, yes, they are seeing a significant spike in US applicants pursing […]
The Harvard Business School Essay & What HBS Really Wants
Aug. 29th, 2018
With the Harvard Business School round one deadline around the corner, Fortuna’s Karla Cohen offers her insights on what HBS really wants. Whether HBS is on your list of target schools or not, Karla’s incisive advice is invaluable for anyone in the throes of crafting a standout MBA essay. In a revealing and candid article […]
US News MBA Rankings Analysis: It’s Chicago Booth for the Win
Mar. 26th, 2018
Ranking success isn’t unusual for Chicago Booth, which has enjoyed the #1 in BusinessWeek and The Economist, and #2 in Forbes, and maintained its top four ranking in our annual Fortuna Ranking of Rankings for the past seven years. Yet Booth’s first place finish last week at the top of the US News MBA […]
Tailoring Your MBA Application to Yale SOM
Nov. 14th, 2017
If you’re serious about Yale SOM, make sure your application is specifically tailored to its unique mission, values and culture. Any business school, for that matter, wants to be your number one choice. That means cutting and pasting isn’t going to win hearts and minds. But what does it take to effectively customize your MBA […]
Walking Our Talk: Announcing Fortuna’s New Website & Evolved Brand
Sep. 27th, 2017
We feel you. It’s taken us many months of self-reflection, writing and countless revision to produce a product we’re proud of. We sought fresh perspectives to better understand our strengths, motivations and distinctive qualities. We sweated the deadlines. We’ve stretched to be introspective about where we’ve been, where we want to go and how we […]
Your Winning Strategy to Apply in Round 3
Feb. 6th, 2017
This is the time of year when applicants ask our advice about whether or not to apply for their MBA in R3. Here at Fortuna Admissions, our response is often, “it depends.” After all, it is well known that top schools have selected the bulk of their classes by early April, so odds seem far less favorable for anyone applying for the last deadline. At the same time, not applying now means waiting until the admissions cycle begins anew next fall. And there can actually be some advantages to submitting your application now.
Dinged From Your Dream School? What’s next?
Dec. 6th, 2016
Have you been dinged in your Round 1 MBA application? Without receiving direct feedback from the school, rejected applicants are left speculating what on earth went wrong? It can be challenging to figure out what next steps to take if you don’t know why you were unsuccessful in the first place. You need to think about what to do next and move on, but first, you need to realize what you can learn from this failure. Read on for how to conduct a do-it-yourself ding analysis.
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