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5 Top Tips: Reapply to Harvard Business School
The first question I am usually asked is, “What did I do wrong?” after an MBA applicant is rejected. Don’t assume you did anything wrong – it could be you...

5 Tips to Show Leadership Potential in the MBA Application
Are you applying to an elite business school this fall? If so, the most important thing you can start doing now is to cultivate your leadership potential. From Harvard to...

MBA Letters of Recommendation: Strategy for Stanford GSB & HBS
Stanford GSB Admissions Director Kirsten Moss put a fine point on having a strategic approach to securing MBA letters of recommendation during a panel discussion of Admissions Directors at the CentreCourt MBA...

How To Research MBA Programs: 4 Key Tips in an Atypical Year
Until now, my advice to business school hopefuls looking to research MBA programs was to find a way to visit campus to get a gut feel for whether you can see...

Deep Dive into HBS vs. Stanford GSB Admissions Trends
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...

Fortuna Admissions Harvard Business School MBA Deep Dive Analysis
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...
Is a Brand Name Company Essential to get into a top MBA program?
As former directors of admissions, we know that having McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Goldman Sachs, or aspirational companies such as Google or Facebook on your resume is far from a...