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		<title>What If You Wrote MBA Admissions Essays Not To Turn Them In? (And Then You Did)</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2012/01/mba-admissions-essays-not-to-turn-in/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2012/01/mba-admissions-essays-not-to-turn-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting the tone right in MBA Admissions essays &#8212; particularly a fine balance between self-confidence and humility &#8212; is really tricky. There are no hard and fast rules for this, and the exact mix depends on the candidate. The swaggering quant at BlackRock, NY, is going to have to adopt an altogether more modulated tone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Not To Fall Down on the Harvard Business School Setback Essay</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2011/12/hbs-setback-essay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over many years I&#8217;ve written extensively &#8212; both here and in my book &#8212; about the weakness-failure MBA admissions essay and how to approach it. In fact, it has to be about 8 years since I pioneered the notion of using the failure essay to position the applicant as a leader, because all successful leaders have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get the Feel of an MBA Classroom Experience Before You Apply</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2011/08/get-the-feel-of-an-mba-classroom-experience-before-you-apply/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2011/08/get-the-feel-of-an-mba-classroom-experience-before-you-apply/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essay Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[admissions red flags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-school]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=1728</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few years back I put up this link to a Darden class (particularly it shows &#8220;the case method&#8221; in action) to make the point that applicants should make themselves aware of what it is like to be part of it. I you&#8217;re going to talk about your great affinity for case-method learning, make sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reinvent Management to Get Noticed in the &#8216;Creative&#8217; MBA Essay</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2011/02/reinvent-management-to-get-noticed-in-the-creative-mba-essay/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2011/02/reinvent-management-to-get-noticed-in-the-creative-mba-essay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=1577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some schools, notably Chicago Booth, UCLA Anderson, and NYU Stern, ask for open, creative essays where you set the agenda and can submit (within reason, per guidlines) whatever you think is important. The test is (a) how you deal with unstructured situations, (b) whether you have any creativity/imagination ,and (c) what your broader communication skills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HBS augments case method teaching: a call to ‘doers’</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2011/01/case-method-hbs-curriculum-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2011/01/case-method-hbs-curriculum-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Haas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harvard Business School this week announced first moves toward its long-awaited curriculum reform in an email from Dean Nitin Nohria and Senior Associate Dean Youngme Moon to incoming students. The essence of it is: HBS is creating a new required first-year course called &#8220;Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development&#8221; (FIELD), and will provide greater modularity and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you know where the &#8216;empty calories&#8217; are in your MBA admissions essay?</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/12/do-you-know-where-the-empty-calories-are-in-your-mba-admissions-essay/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/12/do-you-know-where-the-empty-calories-are-in-your-mba-admissions-essay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me quote wikipedia: &#8220;Empty calories are a measurement of the energy present in high-energy foods with poor nutritional profiles, typically from processed carbohydrates or fats. An empty calorie has the same energy content of any other calorie but lacks accompanying nutrients such as vitamins, dietary minerals, antioxidants, amino acids, or in the case of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Dedicated to the things that haven&#8217;t happened yet and the people who are about to dream them up&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/12/dedicated-to-the-things-that-havent-happened-yet-and-the-people-who-are-about-to-dream-them-up/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/12/dedicated-to-the-things-that-havent-happened-yet-and-the-people-who-are-about-to-dream-them-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=1531</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent a few minutes today catching up with the Stanford GSB Dean&#8217;s &#8220;State of  the School, Fall 2010&#8243; message, which anticipates the GSB&#8217;s move into the new Knight Management Center in Spring 2011. What caught my attention, from an MBA admissions perspective, is the inscription on the new cornerstone of the new center. How is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;I&#8217;ve traveled the world, this is good for MBA admissions, right?&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/11/ive-traveled-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/11/ive-traveled-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=1464</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d estimate that 3 out of 5 MBA applicants to top-tier schools have traveled widely, for work or for fun. It follows that in their MBA applications they cite travel as an activity they value and put it among the important experiences they have had. They think that journeying across the world speaks for itself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wharton&#8217;s MBA admissions essays for 2010-2011: a challenging set of questions</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/06/whartons-mba-admissions-essays-2010-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/06/whartons-mba-admissions-essays-2010-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=1071</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wharton&#8217;s MBA essays for 2010-11 are great; and very significantly reformulated from previous years, demanding new comment and analysis here. The required question: What are your professional objectives? (300 words) This is in some senses the classic Why-an-MBA? question. What&#8217;s new is that it is really short, particularly when compared with the longer questions that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 minutes of solid gold MBA admissions podcast advice from Haas &#8211; Berkeley</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/04/12-minutes-of-solid-gold-advice-on-mba-admissions/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/04/12-minutes-of-solid-gold-advice-on-mba-admissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[itunes MBA podcast]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a little gem of a podcast from the Haas-Berkeley admissions committee, &#8220;Admissions and Application Information for Prospective Full-time MBA Students,&#8221; answering the question: &#8220;What are we looking for as we evaluate candidates?&#8221; It&#8217;s only 12 minutes long and really worth listening to. It&#8217;s up on this link at iTunes (item 10) or click here. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super Bowl advertisements and soul of the MBA admissions applicant</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/02/super-bowl-ads-and-the-mba-admissions-candidate/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/02/super-bowl-ads-and-the-mba-admissions-candidate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Super Bowl time. For me this mostly means Augusta (and Spring!) is just around the corner. But the football is always watchable and, as everyone knows, it&#8217;s as much all about the half-time show and of course the ads &#8211; which I believe for Super Bowl XLIV cost more that $2.5m for a 30-second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to dent the universe (or how to apply for an MBA like Steve Jobs would)</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/01/how-to-apply-like-steve-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/01/how-to-apply-like-steve-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics & Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ambition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[billionaire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEO-in-waiting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[excellence]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In dealing with MBA admissions clients, I&#8217;m always looking for ways to push them beyond the ordinary, both in terms of how they frame their life to date and what they plan to do in the future. I also counsel applicants to &#8216;think like a CEO-in-waiting,&#8217; that is, ask: what would a senior executive do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making messages stick: an MBA Studio &#8216;bible&#8217; gets some airtime</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/11/making-messages-stick-an-mba-studio-bible/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/11/making-messages-stick-an-mba-studio-bible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have integrated every aspect of it into MBA Studio's client offerings ever since. It's not the only resource I use of course (and my own MBA Admissions Strategy, which predates it, has many of the same principles.) But Made to Stick is unsurpassed in focusing on one single thing: getting a message across. Formulating it so that the reader reads it, understands it, remembers it.]]></description>
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		<title>Listening to HBS Adcom, and other MBA Admissions Committees too</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/10/listening-to-hbs-adcom-and-other-mba-admissions-committees-too/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/10/listening-to-hbs-adcom-and-other-mba-admissions-committees-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics & Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s important to listen, to really, really pay attention when Adcom talks, because they do tell applicants everything they need to know. Below are extracts from an interview with Deirdre Leopold (57) executive director of MBA admissions and financial aid at Harvard Business School, recently published in the Boston Globe. It&#8217;s low on the usual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What does the &#8220;MBA Oath&#8221; mean for MBA admissions? Ways to broaden your ethical platform, for a start</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/06/what-does-the-mba-oath-mean-for-mba-admissions-some-ways-to-broaden-out-your-ethical-platform-for-a-start/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics & Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year, in the wake of the financial meltdown and global recession, much of which (rightly or wrongly) is blamed on MBAs, the accent is squarely on business ethics and long-term sustainability of decisions. These issues have been on the rise for a while, but their sudden prominence is demonstrated in the emergence and rapid spread of the "MBA Oath.]]></description>
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		<title>Stanford GSB essays 2009/2010: the focus is tightened towards results and successes</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/06/stanford-gsb-essays-20092010-the-focus-is-on-results/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/06/stanford-gsb-essays-20092010-the-focus-is-on-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stanford&#8217;s essays are notoriously &#8220;introspective&#8221; and give many applicants trouble. Stanford Adcom do really want to get to know the real you through your writing. This year the flavor is the same, but (and possibly to avoid waffle) some important tweaks have been made in the optional essays to shift the focus squarely towards communicating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvard Business School essays (2009-10) add a cover letter just like MIT Sloan&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/05/harvard-business-school-essays-get-a-bit-more-like-mit-sloans/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/05/harvard-business-school-essays-get-a-bit-more-like-mit-sloans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 10:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harvard has released their new essay questions, and deadlines for 2009-10, adding a cover letter essay (optional) which MIT Sloan&#8217;s has as a standard request for years. Still only four essays are required for HBS, and the first two compulsory questions remain the same: 1. What are your three most substantial accomplishments and why do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn founder, offers some reality on entrepreneurship lifestyle</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/05/reid-hoffman-linkedin-founder-offers-reality-on-entrepreneurship/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/05/reid-hoffman-linkedin-founder-offers-reality-on-entrepreneurship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 11:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship plays well in admissions. This is because business schools want to put their effort into and brand on the person who will build great new companies or institutions, rather than someone who will become a salaryman, no matter how big the salary. Problem is, it&#8217;s easy to say &#8220;I want to start a company,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peering into the MBA classroom is good preparation for MBA admissions</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/05/peering-into-the-mba-classroom-is-good-preparation-for-mba-admissions/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/05/peering-into-the-mba-classroom-is-good-preparation-for-mba-admissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 14:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week or so I blogged about Harvard case method and included the HBS promotional video featuring the case method. Here&#8217;s another one, this time from Darden (University of Virginia Business School). The video &#8220;Highlights of a Darden Case Study Class&#8221; is here: First, this shows how widespread the case method is in b-schools. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best MBA blog awards 2008-09</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/04/best-mba-blog-awards-2008-09/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/04/best-mba-blog-awards-2008-09/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clear Admit has released its 2008-2009 MBA blog awards see here. It is a good guide to what&#8217;s out there, particularly from MBA students and current MBA applicants. There&#8217;s some great on-the-ground advice in there, and lots of shoulders to cry on. Good stuff! Top 10 Applicant Blogs 1. TienyChesney &#8211; mbaveggie.blogspot.com 2. D.G. &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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