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		<title>MBA Admissions: About You, About More Than You</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2011/10/about-more-than-you/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2011/10/about-more-than-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics & Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The military style and ethos of management is usually best avoided in MBA admissions, because it is not subtle or complex enough for the real world of business. If Adcom is interested in your leadership style (and they are) they are interested in how you are able to motivate people without threats or force or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amen Mr Jobs</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2011/10/amen-mr-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2011/10/amen-mr-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Interviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[career plan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MBA blogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[why-an-MBA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The sad news today is Steve Jobs is dead, and America and the world has lost one of the most capable and innovative leaders ever born. Steve Jobs’ Commencement address to graduating Stanford students in 2005 is the kind of orienting motivational document that is worth reading from time to time no matter who you [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[case method]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darden MBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kellogg MBA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MBA life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA video]]></category>

		<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>Digging Deep for MBA Admissions Value &#8211; Take Karate for Example</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2011/07/karate-mba/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2011/07/karate-mba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions Book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essay Questions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[admissions red flags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-school recruiting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[success record]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=1683</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m often, &#8230; no correction, always telling MBA applicants to extract the full MBA admissions value from what they have in their bio, and what they have done. Doing this is the only way to present as more valuable than the next applicant to the business school in question; that is, the only way to [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essay Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[essay writing]]></category>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essay Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knight Management Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Dean]]></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>Answering the QS World MBA Tour&#8217;s admissions questions in 100 words or less</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/10/answering-the-qs-world-mba-tours-admissions-questions-in-100-words-or-less/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/10/answering-the-qs-world-mba-tours-admissions-questions-in-100-words-or-less/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-school]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=1395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Topmba.com recently asked for my brief and succinct summary input for an upcoming story on MBA application essays and letters of recommendation. If nothing else it was a challenge in writing tightly. And as it turned out, it provides a summary of some key deliverables and concerns, so I thought I&#8217;d share the experience here: What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The value of a bad boss in MBA admissions</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/09/value-of-bad-boss-in-mba-admissions/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/09/value-of-bad-boss-in-mba-admissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mba interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profiling]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=1269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unless you are independently wealthy or have been lucky enough to work for yourself all your life (and most of us fall into neither category,) chances are you&#8217;ve had a bad boss or two along the way. You know the type: the boss who sets ambiguous tasks and then micromanages them. Who offers a grunt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The business school campus visit, and how the HBS Director of Admissions writes about it</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/08/the-business-school-campus-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/08/the-business-school-campus-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director of MBA Admissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[essay writing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=1198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Keeping up with Adcoms&#8217; blogs as I do (and I suggest MBA applicants do too) my eye stopped on this recent post by Dee Leopold, Director of Admissions at HBS. It offers two things: First it clears up some of the shibboleths of who&#8217;s noticing what in your b-school visit and how it is weighed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haas&#8217; ad for a new Executive Director of Full-Time MBA Admissions shines a light on Adcom&#8217;s roles and processes</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/08/haas-ad-full-time-mba-admissions/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/08/haas-ad-full-time-mba-admissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[b-school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember when you were in grade school and you suddenly came across your teacher out of school, in the supermarket or at a ball game, and you were completely tongue-tied, not fully realizing until that moment that they had lives out of the schoolroom? Well, admissions officers also have lives and careers to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business jargon will sell a book, but it won&#8217;t sell you to Adcom</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/05/business-jargon-will-sell-a-book-but-it-wont-sell-you/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/05/business-jargon-will-sell-a-book-but-it-wont-sell-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=1044</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I try to keep this MBA Admissions blog fresh and personal (like an MBA essay should be!) and don&#8217;t just rehash or repost keyword-rich MBA admissions news. In this spirit I offer you a bit of whimsey from The Wall Street Journal &#8220;Speakeasy&#8221; where Teddy Wayne explains how his job as an MBA essay editor [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[HBS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profile development]]></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>Take a tip from George Soros in Managing the B-School Failure Essay</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/10/take-a-tip-from-george-soros-in-managing-the-failure-essay-in-b-school-admissions/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/10/take-a-tip-from-george-soros-in-managing-the-failure-essay-in-b-school-admissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[INSEAD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maturity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[setback essay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weakness essay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing style]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The setback-failure-weakness essay is commonly asked for in MBA Admissions because it is a test of an applicant’s maturity, self-knowledge, honesty, and ability to learn from mistakes. It is, in other words, the biggest indicator of real leadership ability and potential. Sample questions that approach this topic are: Tuck-Dartmouth (Essay 3): Describe a circumstance in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MBA essay word count: we can&#8217;t go over it. We can&#8217;t go under it. Or can we?</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/09/mba-essay-word-count-we-cant-go-over-it-we-cant-go-under-it-or-can-we/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/09/mba-essay-word-count-we-cant-go-over-it-we-cant-go-under-it-or-can-we/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How strictly do I have to stick to the essay word limit? How much can I go over? Does it matter if I&#8217;m under?&#8221; is a question I get a lot from clients and people who pop up on email. To answer this, it&#8217;s essential, as always, to think about any process or task or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A little parody on MBA ethics and the Harvard MBA Oath, from Comedy Central</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/08/a-take-on-mba-ethics-and-the-harvard-mba-oath-from-comedy-central/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/08/a-take-on-mba-ethics-and-the-harvard-mba-oath-from-comedy-central/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics & Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-school]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harvard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MBA Oath]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey it&#8217;s August, and even though it&#8217;s definitely, seriously, MBA application season we can still have a little fun, right? Here&#8217;s a video from Comedy Central / The Daily Show, featuring intrepid reporter John Oliver who enlists the &#8220;help&#8221; of a former convict to convince hold-out MBA students at MIT and Harvard to sign the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting distinctiveness into your MBA application even if you think you have none</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/07/getting-distinctiveness-in-your-mba-essays-and-interviews-even-when-you-think-you-have-none/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/07/getting-distinctiveness-in-your-mba-essays-and-interviews-even-when-you-think-you-have-none/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ambition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[career plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ding analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distinctiveness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[essay writing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[self-insight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[top-tier MBA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest problems I have as an MBA admissions adviser – friend, coach, confidant, drill sergeant, etc., to applicants trying to crack top-tier schools – is explaining to clients that &#8220;good is nice, great is nicer,&#8221; but neither will get you into a top-tier MBA program. Only &#8220;good + special&#8221; will get you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adcom members&#8217; backgrounds and personalities &#8211; who are they really?</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/06/adcom-backgrounds-and-personalities-who-are-they-really/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/06/adcom-backgrounds-and-personalities-who-are-they-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International MBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[admissions red flags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career path]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[essay writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UCLA Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing style]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As an MBA applicant one of the things to get straight is who you are talking to, in general, when you write your essays. This doesn&#8217;t mean you should be looking to target or &#8220;game&#8221; your essays in a narrow sense. But getting your head around who is on the other end is a crucial [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essay Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[essay writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profile development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stanford GSB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[success record]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[top-10 MBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing style]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/?p=309</guid>
		<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>More World MBA Tour legacy, 18 principles of MBA admissions which I still stand by</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/04/more-world-mba-tour-legacy-stuff-which-i-still-stand-by/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/04/more-world-mba-tour-legacy-stuff-which-i-still-stand-by/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essay Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[application timeline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World MBA Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing style]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mbastudio.net/blog/?p=144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last piece moving resources off the old MBA Studio site, and into the land of blogs and permalinks. It&#8217;s from a talk I gave on the World MBA Tour in 2003 &#8211; proving, if nothing else, how long I&#8217;ve been around doing MBA admissions consulting . Seriously, from year to year, the basic insights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>16 Reasons to Choose the MBA Admissions Studio as your MBA application partner</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/04/reasons-to-choose-the-mba-admissions-studio-as-your-mba-application-partner/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/04/reasons-to-choose-the-mba-admissions-studio-as-your-mba-application-partner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international MBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profile development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[top-10 MBA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These are the reasons to choose us for your MBA applications support and admissions coaching: Verified past successes: Our admission rate for all applicants to all schools is close to perfect (over 96%). On average our clients tell us we improved their prospects by 3x. But don’t just take our word for it – where [...]]]></description>
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