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May 20, 2024

How To Negotiate An MBA Scholarship + Example Letter

You’ve won an MBA scholarship, but not from your dream school. Should you take it? It’s a fortunate dilemma to have, but one that ties many of our clients in...
Average Age to Get an MBA
April 27, 2024

What is the Average Age to Get an MBA?

Your boss has an MBA from a top business school. So does your boss’s boss. As does, needless to say, the CEO of your company. You want to move up...
Duke Fuqua MBA
March 15, 2024

6 Insider Tips on Applying for the Duke Fuqua MBA

Duke University’s Fuqua School  has ascended to one of the top international business schools in its somewhat brief history. Fuqua is routinely ranked among the best domestic MBA programs —#6...
How to Get into INSEAD
March 12, 2024

How to Get into INSEAD: Advice for 6 Common MBA Profiles

During my seven years at INSEAD, where I served as director of MBA admissions, marketing & financial aid, I oversaw all aspects of candidate evaluation and policy decisions for INSEAD...
GMAT Foocus Wdition and GRE
February 6, 2024

GMAT Focus Edition and GRE: Your Best Test Strategy

Since September 2023, two major standardized tests for admission to business school have been significantly revised. Both the new GMAT exam and the GRE are brand new to us all...
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January 24, 2024

How to Get Into the LBS MBA

If London Business School (LBS) isn’t yet on your radar, it should be. LBS offers a flexible and rigorous applied MBA program with an immensely diverse study body. Typically 90%...
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January 15, 2024

MBA Trends for 2024

At Fortuna Admissions, we love to keep a finger on the pulse on what is happening in the world of business education. I recently polled my colleagues to find out...
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January 6, 2024

What To Do Now That You’ve Submitted Your MBA Application

You’ve logged long hours at work to keep clients happy, agonized over essays, juggled GMAT study sessions amid competing priorities, and exhausted loved ones with your near-obsessive commitment to perfecting...
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December 4, 2023

US vs. European MBA Programs: The 7 Key Differences

As the former Director of Admissions at INSEAD, I often get asked about how an MBA at a top international school is different from a top US school. It’s a...
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November 15, 2023

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

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...
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November 14, 2023

MBA Reapplicant: How to Reapply to an MBA Program

Responding to Business School Rejection So, the acceptance letter you have been anxiously awaiting from your top-choice MBA program did not arrive. A rejection showed up instead. Don’t lose hope....
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September 11, 2023

How to Answer “How Will You Contribute to Our MBA Program?​”

Are you gearing up for the MBA application process and feeling stuck when trying to answer essay questions like “How will you contribute to our MBA program?” This challenging question...
Application Opportunities
August 2, 2023

Applicant Opportunities in the Wake of the Affirmative Action Decision

Writing Your Way Aboard “Spaceship MBA” While many in the admissions world were dismayed by the Supreme Court ruling that ended the use of Affirmative Action in US college admissions,...
IMD MBA
July 8, 2023

The IMD MBA Experience is Unique from the Start

In IMD’s top-ranked MBA program, the unique learning experiences begin before applicants are even admitted.  Candidates submit the usual application form, transcripts, test scores, and a recommendation letter. Top applicants...
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May 24, 2023

Two-Year vs. One-Year MBA Programs: Which One is Right for You?

As you conduct your business school research and consider which schools are best for you, one way to narrow it down is by length of program. The typical MBA program...