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In the leadership or reflection focused essays for your MBA application, it’s easy to fall into the trap of proving your strengths by being critical of others. Consider these REAL examples from applicant essays: Example 1: My father’s career choices and their consequences on the family have to a significant extent shaped my decision-making process.…

Lawyers represent a non-traditional category of MBA applicants who bring their unique profile, yet face their share of challenges in the MBA admission process. To get a better understanding of how lawyers stack up in MBA admissions, we recently interviewed Pranay Kapoor, a seasoned lawyer with 8+ years of corporate experience in India’s top law…

When it comes to b-school choices for Indian applicants, INSEAD is always among their top options. Even if applicants prefer Indian b-schools, they often include INSEAD as their sole international choice. It is therefore justified that we write an article on what attracts Indians to INSEAD, what the b-school seeks in applicants, and how to…

An MBA resume is a snapshot of your professional and academic profile, what you do outside of work, for the community, and your personal development. It’s your brand statement, which is usually the first document read in the application and sets the tone for what to expect from the rest of the application. Therefore, you…

B-schools take a holistic approach to evaluating applicants for MBA admissions. Your academic grades, career progression, leadership skills, and personal and professional achievements are all critical aspects that make you competitive. That said, the most significant criterion remains your academic preparedness for handling an MBA program’s rigorous curriculum. To measure this, b-schools closely look at…

During their application journey, MBA aspirants struggle with a fundamental but valid question: Should I leave my well-paying job for a career break and accumulate a significant financial burden to pursue an education that may not yield the career benefits I anticipate?  Before you apply, it’s necessary to figure out why you need an MBA…

After months of hard work and angst, it’s disheartening to be placed on a waitlist. The silver lining is, that you are still in the reckoning and have some power to sway the decision in your favor.  It can be an excruciatingly long wait before you can get admission off the waitlist. But if all…

MBA essays are about spicy storytelling. The friends of spicy storytelling are drama, vulnerability, challenges, actions, eventual wins and takeaways. Impactful story telling is never linear. Opportunities and challenges go hand in hand and every situation in life goes through its ups and downs. So it is with storytelling, because the MBA essay stories are…