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March 1, 2024
HBS Deferred MBA: Top Tips for the 2+2 Essays
Application season for deferred entry programs is heating up, with deadlines coming up in April. Business-bound college and master’s degree students applying for Harvard Business School’’s 2+2 program are no...
December 19, 2023
Mastering the ‘Overcoming Adversity’ MBA Essay: Tips for Success
Your MBA application essays — and, increasingly, video submissions — are a wide-open opportunity to tell admissions committees who you are in a memorable way. As former admissions professionals, Fortuna...
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...
June 13, 2023
CBS Ends Rolling Admissions and Early Decision
In a major change, Columbia Business School has ended its longstanding practice of admitting students to its MBA program on a rolling basis. With this change, CBS also eliminated its...
August 2, 2022
MBA Video Essay Tips + Sample Video Questions
Video questions have become a more common component in MBA applications at top business schools over the last several years. With some preparation and practice, the videos let you add...
August 19, 2019
New Stanford GSB Short Answer Essay: 3 Insider Tips
There have been no major changes to the Stanford GSB admissions essays in some 15 years (see our recent how-to article on GSB’s enduring ‘what matters most’ essay) – until...