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MBA Admissions: Why Round 2 Applicants Have an Edge

“Should I apply to an MBA Programme in Round 2?” As MBA admissions consultants, we hear this question every year. It is generally believed that submitting your application as early as possible is the best option.  The MBA admissions processes at Columbia Business School, Duke Fuqua School of Business, or UVA’s Darden School of Business …

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Six Highlights About the Indian School of Business | The Red Pen

6 Highlights About Indian School of Business

Are you curious about what’s unique about the Indian School of Business (ISB)? What is it about this fairly young business school that attracts the best talent from India and even the rest of the world? Is it their rigorous curriculum? World-class faculty? Real-world exposure? The answer is that all this and more have made …

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How to Write the Chicago Booth Essays?

How to Write the Chicago Booth Essays?

Chicago Booth prides itself on having the world’s most flexible full-time MBA programme. The programme’s cornerstones are its three freedoms – academic freedom, the freedom to take risks and the freedom to define your impact on the world. The school looks for risk-takers who believe in challenging the status quo. Potential Boothies must dream big …

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How to Write the Stanford GSB Essays: Analysis, Examples and Strategies That Work

How to Write the Stanford GSB Essays: Analysis, Examples and Strategies That Work

The Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) looks for candidates with ambition, confidence and empathy to visualise outcomes that impact humanity and change the world. Ask yourself: Are these traits well represented in your application? How have you impacted communities or even countries? Do your interests and career trajectory demonstrate your intellectual curiosity? Does your …

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7 Things I Learned During My Time at Columbia Business School - By Preeti Wadekar | The Red Pen

7 Things I Learned During My Time at Columbia Business School

An MBA is akin to a roller coaster ride, thrilling, exhausting, but deeply enriching. After nine years, I can still say that my experience at Columbia Business School (CBS) was unparalleled, with immense learning opportunities both inside and out of the classroom. Following 10 years in audit and consulting, I wanted to switch my career …

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Telling Your Story - Writing the Harvard Business School (HBS) Essay | The Red Pen

Telling Your Story – Writing the Harvard Business School (HBS) Essay

Harvard Business School (HBS) states that while it looks for applicants with diverse life experiences, successful applicants have demonstrated a habit of leadership, analytical aptitude and engaged community citizenship. Students who form a part of the HBS community thrive in a dynamic, demanding environment that is highly verbal – filled with debate and discussion. The school’s …

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How to Ace the Wharton Team-Based Discussion?

How to Ace the Wharton Team-Based Discussion?

Over seven thousand applicants compete for one of the approximately 900 seats in The Wharton School’s prestigious MBA programme every year. However, before they can walk the hallowed ground of Huntsman Hall, they must ace Wharton’s unique take on interviews, a Team-Based Discussion (TBD), followed by a one-on-one interview. Given the high stakes involved and …

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What is a Deferred MBA Programme? | The Red Pen

What Is a Deferred MBA Programme?

MBA programmes are known to seek out students with diverse backgrounds–people from different industries, at different stages in their career and from different countries. Getting into a competitive programme can be challenging, especially if you have very little work experience. This is where a deferred MBA comes in. Almost exactly similar to a normal MBA, …

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7 Points to Check Before Submitting Your MBA Applications | The Red Pen

7 Points to Check Before Submitting Your MBA Applications

You have laboured over your MBA applications for the past few months and now the time has come to submit them. While you have gone through numerous iterations of your application form, resume and essays, there might still be some aspects that you have overlooked. Here are some things to recheck before you hit that …

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All About the Case Study Method Used by MBA Programmes| The Red Pen

All About the Case Study Method Used by MBA Programmes

While researching business schools and their different teaching methods, you will come across something called the case study method. A teaching method employed by many business schools, the case study method focuses on a “learning by doing” approach. Here, students are expected to provide solutions to complex real-life scenarios that are dependent on many variables. …

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