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		<title>Experience Diversity is &#8216;The New Black&#8217; in MBA Admissions</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2011/08/experience-diversity-is-the-new-black-in-mba-admissions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[B-schools with luxury of choice of whom to accept into their MBA classrooms have always valued diversity in the matriculating class. The news is this trend is strongly on the up. Not only are schools admitting more minorities and foreigners and women – both HBS and Wharton hit record numbers of female enrollment with their current incoming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unpacking the Categories of MBA Admissions Dings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s July, and a new admissions cycle year starts at the MBA Admissions Studio. As it happens, during my off-season sabbatical time &#8212; which new clients have patiently waited out (thank you) I’ve had numerous emails of the “I-was-dinged-last-year, what-did-I do-wrong?” type. So this seems as good a place as any to start the discussion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;I scored 700, should I retake the GMAT or focus on the rest of my application?</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/09/i-scored-700-should-i-retake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago I wrote a GMAT article on the Business Week b-school forum called &#8216;The Myth of the 800 GMAT,&#8217; arguing that a geek-level GMAT score could be counterproductive when applying to professional business-management MBA training. It&#8217;s probably still up there somewhere, along with a firestorm of comments &#8212; gratifyingly mostly &#8216;agrees.&#8217; Last year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Myth of the 800 GMAT</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/12/the-myth-of-the-800-gmat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote this GMAT article last year on the Business Week b-school forum. It&#8217;s probably still up there somewhere, along with a firestorm of comments &#8212; gratifyingly mostly &#8216;agrees.&#8217; (Speaking of gratifying, readers are still popping up on Amazon.com to say nice things about &#8216;MBA Admissions Strategy&#8216;. I don&#8217;t know who you are, but thank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The recession adds weight to the voice of Career Services in MBA Admissions</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/07/the-recession-adds-weight-to-voice-of-career-services-in-mba-admissions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Future employability, career placement and likely starting salary have always been a consideration in MBA admissions, but these considerations are increasing in the recession. Career Services are having a say in who is gets admitted to business schools. ]]></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>
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		<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>The &#8220;World MBA Tour&#8221; MBA essay advice session transcript</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/04/the-world-mba-tour-mba-essay-advice-session-transcript/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/04/the-world-mba-tour-mba-essay-advice-session-transcript/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transcript of a World MBA Tour online admissions essay advice service, where Avi appeared live as expert MBA essay advisor. ]]></description>
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