In this Haas Video Essay Strategy tips, I explain the optimum speed of delivery, incorporating more than one principle, personal vs professional experience, and understanding leadership traits vs. principles.

The Video Essay question is:

In this Extracurricular tips series for MBA Applications, I will cover 3 Impactful Education related narratives that worked for top MBA programs:

For this MBA Application Time Management Series, I will share 4 Strategies for your GMAT/GRE prep and your MBA Application.

1)  Plan According to your Starting Hour

In this NYU Stern Change Essay Tips series, I will share 2 strategies to approach the NYU Stern MBA Application Change Essay.

Today I will share three stereotypes you must address in your essays to stand out from competing Investment Banking MBA applicants.

When applicants think about the different contexts of leadership potential, most will gravitate towards the extremes, like changing the culture or the scale of the achievement in a technical function.

In today’s Stanford MBA Application Essay Tips series, I will share three tips to answer the Why Stanford MBA Essay

The first version of the Stanford MBA What Matters essays are often extremely idealistic or extremely analytical with a growth narrative included in it.

In today’s Stanford MBA Application Essay Tips series,  I will share a few examples where Fear was successfully used as an emotional vocabulary for the Stanford What Matters Most to You and Why Essay.

In this Stanford MBA Application Tips series, I will show how to use one of the Emotional Vocabulary – Anxiety, to transform your Stanford MBA What Matters Most to You and Why Essay.

Columbia MBA Essay #2: We believe Columbia Business School is a special place. CBS proudly fosters a collaborative learning environment through curricular experiences like our clusters and learning teams, an extremely active co-curricular and student life environment, and career mentorship opportunities like our Executives-in-Residence program.

Columbia MBA Essay #2: We believe Columbia Business School is a special place. CBS proudly fosters a collaborative learning environment through curricular experiences like our clusters and learning teams, an extremely active co-curricular and student life environment, and career mentorship opportunities like our Executives-in-Residence program.

Today’s question is from a Management Consultant who asks:

Q) A lot of my peers are targeting Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, and Kellogg MBA programs. I have a good career progression, but I am struggling to find ways to differentiate myself from my peers.

Don’t get intimidated by the word ‘achievement.’ The school is not just targeting Type A candidates. They are more interested in candidates who have a perspective about their achievement in the grand scheme of things.

Here are five themes that you should capture in your professional achievement essay:

Atul Jose (Admissions Consultant, F1GMAT): Today I will talk about three common weakness narratives that can jeopardize your admission chances.

1) Hard work

Today’s question is from a consultant who has experience in over three countries with a diverse range of projects. His question is

Q) How should I shortlist leadership experiences for my MBA Application

In today’s application tips series, I will talk about 3 things that will make your essays realistic for MBA admissions.

1) Dilemma

Many times, applicants trying to be contrarian share their post-MBA goal where the industry or the function is unique. They think that by doing so, the Business School will pay attention. I have noticed this pattern among applicants from competitive demographic like American Investment bankers or Indian IT professionals, or VC analysts.

Don’t use this strategy.

Before writing your essays, have a look at your life with an unbiased perspective.

For the 2024 Entering Class, Harvard Business School has one long-form Essay question with a 900-word limit.

The question is

Every applicant for an MBA program has a weakness.