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MBA Networking

How MBA Networking Can Boost Your Candidacy and Career Success

May. 9th, 2025 | by: Melissa Kate Joelson

You’ve polished your resume and perfected your essays, but have you made real connections with your target MBA programs? While many candidates focus on their application materials, building relationships with students, alumni, and faculty should not be neglected. Strategic networking not only strengthens your candidacy but also lays the foundation for your future career. MBA […]

Stanford GSB Class Profile: Deep Dive Into Who Really Gets In

Mar. 10th, 2025 | by: Heidi Hillis

Stanford Graduate School of Business has long stood as a beacon for innovation, excellence, and transformative leadership. As the most selective MBA program on the planet, Stanford GSB attracts thousands of highly accomplished candidates each year—but only a few hundred secure a coveted spot. At Fortuna Admissions, we have conducted our own analysis that goes […]

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How to Ace the Berkeley Haas Interview Questions

Oct. 7th, 2024 | by: Sharon Joyce

With an acceptance rate of less than 20% at Berkeley Haas, receiving an interview invitation is a significant milestone for any candidate hoping to secure a spot at this top MBA program. As a former Associate Director of Admissions at Berkeley Haas and as an admissions coach with Fortuna Admissions for the past seven years, […]

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The GMAT Score Results: Key to Your Test

Sep. 10th, 2024 | by: Rachel Erickson Hee

As of February 1, 2024, the Graduate Management Admissions Test has been replaced with a new exam: the GMAT Focus Edition. With it comes a new GMAT Scores Chart. Many aspiring MBAs preparing to take a test before applying to B-school are wondering how to make sense of your new GMAT Score Results.  If you’re […]

MBA Trends for 2024

Jan. 15th, 2024 | by: Caroline Diarte Edwards

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 what they think 2024 has in store on the MBA front, and I also peered into the crystal ball in a recent Business Casual podcast […]

Why Hire a Fortuna MBA Coach? Why Choose Fortuna?

Jun. 2nd, 2023 | by: Fortuna Admissions

It’s no secret: the MBA marketplace is crowded and competitive, and getting into a top business school is tough. The details of the application process are complex and can be confusing, and conflicting advice and bad information abounds online.  MBA candidates are, more often than not, leading busy lives with demanding jobs and many other […]

5 Strategies for MBA Admissions Success

Feb. 9th, 2023 | by: Matt Symonds

Applying for the MBA represents more than the next step in your career, but the opportunity to pause amid the velocity of your fast-paced life and enter a meaningful process of self-discovery. It’s an invitation to really think about where you want to see yourself five to 10 years, what matters most to you, and […]

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FORTUNA RANKING OF MBA RANKINGS 2019 – US BUSINESS SCHOOLS

Nov. 6th, 2019 | by: Fortuna Admissions

Fortuna Admissions has compiled the results of the big five MBA rankings of the last 12 months to produce the ninth edition of the Fortuna Ranking of MBA Rankings 2019. Every year we combine the results of the MBA rankings published by US News, the Financial Times, The Economist, BusinessWeek and Forbes to produce a wide-angle […]

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MBA Advice for the Entrepreneur: INSEAD Grad Mike Davis

Sep. 13th, 2018 | by: Matt Symonds

Mike Davis was running three successful startups from a rented office in Manhattan when he decided to pursue the MBA. Before co-founding the student lender MPOWER Financing, where he’s currently Chief Investment Officer, Davis founded more than a dozen startups, served as Director of Innovation and Strategy at Avon, and earned his MBA from INSEAD. […]

Applying to Business School when you’re 30+?

Jun. 3rd, 2015 | by: Matt Symonds

Why does it seem like most top full-time MBA programs focus more on applicants in the 20 – 30 year old age range rather than those who are older? It’s not as if you’re too old to learn, and for many it’s not until later in their careers that they decide to focus of a […]

If you can’t score a 700+ GMAT, can you still get into a top 10 MBA school?

May. 29th, 2015 | by: Matt Symonds

Scoring a 700 on the GMAT today isn’t worth the same as it was 10 years ago. While achieving 700+ in 2003 would place you in the top 92% of test takers, the same score today means you’ve scored in the top 89%. This is due to the fact that applicants are investing more time […]

What Matters Most to you and Why? Stanford Wants to Know and So Should You

Mar. 10th, 2014 | by: Matt Symonds

This question seems straightforward; though coming up with your answer can be a lot more difficult. This infamous essay is at the heart of Stanford GSB’s MBA application, and typically ties applicants in knots as they try to come up with an answer that they hope is clever, striking, or even profound. Many business schools […]

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