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.
The 12 Steps on How to Apply to Business School Series – Step 2: Plan your Timing
Apr. 30th, 2015
On average, leading business schools organize three or four rounds of admissions in the 12 months before matriculation (with the exception of Columbia Business School and a small handful of other schools who have rolling admissions and review applications as they’re received). Common sense suggests you should apply only when you’re ready, but let us […]
Preparing for your b-school interviews
Feb. 9th, 2015
With many schools now extending interview invitations, now is a great time to get ready for your upcoming interviews. One of the most useful interview tips that we can provide is to prepare well in advance! As former admissions directors at top MBA programs, we interviewed thousands of applicants and it was always pretty clear […]
Applying to B-school in Round 3
Jan. 26th, 2015
Every year around this time, applicants ask for our advice on whether they should apply to MBA programs for Round 3 (R3). Our response to them is often “it depends”. One thing we tell them is clear – you don’t want to apply halfheartedly, thinking that you can simply re-apply a few months later. If […]
3 Tips for Perfecting Your MBA Application
Dec. 29th, 2014
There are a number of steps you can take to perfect your MBA application, and, based on our years of experience in admissions, we’d like to pass on a few tips: 1. Don’t wait until the last minute to work on your online personal data form. The forms may seem like an easy, even tedious […]
Fortuna Ranking of MBA Rankings 2014 – European Business Schools
Nov. 12th, 2014
We have compiled the results of the major media MBA rankings of the last 12 months to produce the Fortuna Ranking of MBA Rankings 2014. How do the top business schools in Europe perform when you combine these results? LBS continues to dominate, with INSEAD close behind for the third year in a row. In […]
Top Insider Tips for Applying to HBS
Oct. 16th, 2014
Since Harvard Business School reduced its application requirement to just one essay in 2013 (which is now an optional essay), applying to HBS became a lot easier. But getting in is a whole other story. Several other top MBA programs have followed the lead of HBS by reducing their essays and it’s no surprise that […]
Our Insider Top Tips on Applying to Ten Top Schools – Columbia
Sep. 16th, 2014
Attending business school in New York City is a unique experience and those attracted to the fast pace of a global city should consider Columbia Business School (CBS). The symbiotic relationship between Columbia and the business world is a major program benefit, and the school notes that more business leaders visit Columbia’s campus than any […]
Getting Into London Business School – Insider Tips For LBS
Sep. 12th, 2014
This week we’re focusing on insider tips for another top-ranked European business school – London Business School (LBS). It’s hard to believe that until the mid 1980s, middle management from the Commonwealth had a free ride for their business education at LBS. It seems it was mostly French and U.S. students who bore the total […]
Our Insider Top Tips on Applying to Ten Top Schools – Wharton
Sep. 10th, 2014
With additional b-school Round 1 deadlines just a few short weeks away, Wharton is next up on our list for insider tips to share. As one of the oldest business schools in the world, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business is regularly ranked in the top five, this year it ties for #1 […]
Our Insider Tips on Applying to Ten Top Schools – INSEAD
Sep. 5th, 2014
The next b-school on our Fortuna Admissions list of ‘Top Tips’, for insider advice on applying to selective b-schools, is INSEAD. One of two top non-US based b-schools in our Insider Tips series (alongside LBS), INSEAD rightfully sees itself as “The Business School for the World”. With over 80+ nationalities represented in the program, and […]
Fortuna Ranking of MBA Rankings 2013 – European Business Schools
Oct. 15th, 2013
Fortuna Admissions has compiled the results of the major media MBA rankings of the last 12 months to produce the Fortuna Ranking of MBA Rankings 2013. Methodology Very few of the European business schools are ranked by four of the major media rankings. BusinessWeek and Forbes assess only a limited number of non-U.S. […]
Fortuna Ranking of MBA Rankings 2012 – European Business Schools
Nov. 20th, 2012
Fortuna Admissions has compiled the results of the major media MBA rankings of the last 12 months to produce the Fortuna Ranking of MBA Rankings 2012. Methodology Very few of the European business schools are ranked by four of the major media rankings. BusinessWeek assesses only a limited number of non-U.S. business schools, and […]
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