'Stanford' tagged blog posts in Betsy Massar's Blog

A few weeks ago, I entered a competition for the best MBA blog. In my day job, I am a graduate admissions consultant, so I thought I would try to get some attention to my blog through this contest. I didn’t win. I didn’t place. I didn’t even show.

It wasn’t for lack of effort. I tapped all my social media friends and contacts as I looked for votes. But I didn’t...

Welcome to the second of my 10-Tip series to help you in your campaign to get into business school. The first tip encouraged you to start early – because indeed, it is a campaign, and the earlier you start thinking about the whole process, the easier it will be to put this massive project together. I cannot recall anyone I have ever met in my life who has said,...

As someone who has been helping people with their admissions to business school for many years and who has a strong grounding in financial statistics and probabilities, I thought I could predict who gets the big prize. But when I discovered a text message from a client indicating that Derrick Bolton, Dean of Admissions at Stanford Graduate School of Business had rung her last night with the good news, I...

A number of business schools are leading the charge in teaching, research and student activities related to sustainability. These efforts fall into three broad categories: environmental sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and social enterprise. Fifteen outstanding “green” programs are profiled in the article at the following link.

Click here to read article: The Greenest Programs

Rose Martinelli, head of admissions at the Chicago Booth Business School, just posted an insightful piece about the MBA admissions process on her blog. Admissions committee members are increasingly transparent about what they are looking for. No matter what school you are applying to: Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Chicago, or any other, her words ring true:

In the midst of all the preparations to apply for business school – studying for the GMAT,...

Last night's panel, with admissions officers from Harvard, Stanford, Wharton and UC Berkeley Haas was a big success. We originally expected around 100 attendees -- it turns out about 150 were there!

There are lots of good candidates out there, and I expect a number of those good candidates are members of 85 Broads!

So here are a few items that I recall very quickly

* Applications are trending up. This year...

A great MBA Admissions Panel in San Francisco on June 30.

I'll be chairing this terrific event, which will also be podcasted by MBA Podcaster.

Here are some of the details -- and if you have any trouble with the link below, please email me! Some potential attendees have had to call the Harvard Club of San Francisco directly.

The Harvard Alumni Club of the San Francisco Bay Area invites...