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

This is “acceptance” week – by now most people who applied to school by Round 2 have a pretty good idea where they are going to go. It’s been a long haul for some folks, longer and more complicated than most people realize. So if you are thinking of applying in the coming year, now is the time to start planning.

There’s really no downside to starting your research now. This...

This is more a long tweet than a blog post, and I apologize up front. But for all those who are anxious about Harvard Business School's first-round interviews, Admissions Director Dee Leopold says invitations will start trickling out October 16 to Dec. 15.

HBS Round 1 Update

She writes:
Round 1 Update
Date: October 09, 2009

Greetings. We're already deep into round 1 applications. As the leaves begin to turn colors (shameless plug for...

MBA Admission Directors want to shake your hand, in person.
“We’ve seen a dramatic shift in the way people communicate with one another. Interaction is increasingly
channeled through social media – Linked In, Facebook, Twitter, and others”, says Mae Jennifer Shores (UCLA,nderson). “Yet when it comes to the critical decision as to who to admit to our MBA programs, we still largely rely on face-to-face interaction wherever possible. There is no substitute for...

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,...

by Betsy Massar, Master Admissions

I’m no fan of the Graduate Management Admission Test, the GMAT. It’s a tricky, exasperating standardized test that sorts MBA aspirants into two categories: Those that have to worry about their scores and those that don’t.

Critics proclaim that the test doesn’t measure success in business or business school and that the format (or content, or delivery, or something…) unfairly challenges certain groups of test takers. I won’t...

Hi 85 Broads members, I am working on an article, or a series of articles, if I get enough feedback, on the GMAT and on test preparation.

If anyone has anything they would particularly like to know, or if anyone has any thoughts about which test prep company/materials have been helpful -- or not, be glad to incorporate the information (anonymously, of course).

Also, if you are thinking of applying to an MBA...

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...

According to conventional wisdom, things are pretty bleak out there for MBA graduates and applicants. According to articles in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, “With Jobs Tight, MBAs Head for Home,” and the weekend's New York Times, “Business Graduates Looking Beyond Wall Street,” things are really dire.

This conventional wisdom implies that business school is not worth it, since it’s expensive and jobs are scarce. Furthermore, if that isn’t enough to spook...