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		<title>What &#8216;Angry Birds&#8217; Can Teach Us About MBA Admissions Success</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2011/09/angry-birds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luckily, back when I applied for b-school there was no such thing as ‘Angry Birds.’ As Oscar Wilde said: I can resist anything except temptation. Even now, my iPhone winks at me… I resist. But I maintain everything we do and everything we are is potentially of value in competitive MBA admissions. So what can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment Setback Can Set You Apart for MBA Admissions</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2011/09/unemployment-setback-can-set-you-apart-for-mba-admissions/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2011/09/unemployment-setback-can-set-you-apart-for-mba-admissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Failure essay]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As things roll towards R1 deadlines I’ve been seeing quite a few unemployment stories used in the setback/failure essay slot, for example in the HBS “Tell us three setbacks you have faced” essay. This makes sense. Unemployment is a real setback. And it’s understood by Adcoms that many applicants have been laid off for no [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Essay Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HBS Dean]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mba curriculum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nitin Nohria]]></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>Top-3? Top-6? Among elite MBAs does it really matter where you go?</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2011/01/top-3-top-6/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2011/01/top-3-top-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International MBA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MBA Recruitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Booth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Businessweek]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[INSEAD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kellogg]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MBA rankings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Porter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found myself following a discussion on the Businessweek &#8220;Getting into B-School&#8221; forum. The thread is headed: “Does rank really matter among top 6?” I select extracts to present here because the comments &#8212; before they descend into the flaming and slanging that bedevils these forums &#8212; deal with important (and corrective) thinking about what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The MBA interview is a 3rd date &#8211; time to take it to the next level</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/11/the-mba-interview-is-a-third-date/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/11/the-mba-interview-is-a-third-date/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re in MBA interview season, and its been gratifying to see how many R1 clients have come back with interview invitations so far. So, a few observations, hopefully non-obvious ones, on managing MBA interviews. I&#8217;ve written a whole additional chapter in my book (2e, 2010) on MBA interviewing, and I&#8217;ll be adding a few more [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[essay writing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MBA applicant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA recommendations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optional essay]]></category>

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		<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 MBA, the chief executive, and the long-term value</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/03/the-mba-the-chief-executive-and-the-long-term-value/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/03/the-mba-the-chief-executive-and-the-long-term-value/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics & Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Recruitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alumni network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global recession]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a heartwarming story for MBAs and MBAs-to-be in yesterday&#8217;s Financial Times by Herminia Ibarra, Urs Peyer and Morten T. Hansen, professors at INSEAD. (I must say, surely only among academics does it take three (3) people to write one short Op-Ed piece in the FT, but I digress.) They say: &#8220;The global recession may [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[ambition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[billionaire]]></category>
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		<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>Warren Buffett undervalues you at $1million after your MBA</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/11/warren-buffet-1million-after-your-mba/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/11/warren-buffet-1million-after-your-mba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Adcom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Gates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week Warren Buffett told 700 Columbia Business School students: “Right now, I would pay $100,000 for 10 percent of the future earnings of any of you.&#8221; Seven hundred Columbia GSB students had crammed into the Roone Arledge Auditorium to hear the Sage of Omaha, accompanied by Bill Gates. Buffett (Columbia class of &#8217;51) helped, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duke-Fuqua admissions tips that carry weight for any application</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/05/duke-fuqua-admissions-tips-that-carry-weight-for-any-application/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/05/duke-fuqua-admissions-tips-that-carry-weight-for-any-application/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 16:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Admissions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Week this week interviews Duke Adcom Director Liz Riley Hargrove. The principles shared are common to all good schools, but also give a current sense of what Fuqua is &#8220;looking for.&#8221; As BW summarize it: &#8220;applicants with a propensity for teamwork who are &#8216;leaders of consequence.&#8217;&#8221; Admissions-relevant highlights are extracted here: Can you describe [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[MBA Essay Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[essay writing]]></category>
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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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		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[International MBA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MBA Admissions Book]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ambition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cover letter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MIT Sloan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team player]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TOEFL]]></category>
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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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		<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>
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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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		<title>The MBA Admissions Studio goes blogging</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/04/the-mba-admissions-studio-goes-blogging/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/04/the-mba-admissions-studio-goes-blogging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Were still in the testing phase, but time has come for MBA Studio to become a blog site &#8211; and twitterer &#8211; in keeping with the times. Since 2002, MBA Studio, run by Avi Gordon has helped thousands of applicants get admitted to competitive business schools for MBA and EMBA programs. Avi is the author [...]]]></description>
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