Bouncing Back After an MBA Rejection Letter
Rejection is hard to handle. No matter how experienced you are, rejection hurts your confidence and leaves you questioning everything. However, an MBA rejection also presents a unique opportunity to learn more about your strengths and weaknesses. It’s how you bounce back that defines your success. Continue reading…
Tips for the MBA Reapplication Process from UCLA’s Anderson School
It’s MBA application season! For some students it’s all good news from here, for others, rough waters are ahead. If you’ve already received a rejection letter from your top MBA program choice, there’s no reason to panic. There’s always the possibility of reapplying to your number one program. To make sure you have the best chance of success, we spoke with Jessica Chung, associate director of MBA admissions at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. She offered some valuable insight into the rejection and MBA reapplication process at the Anderson School. Continue reading…
How to Ace Your MBA Application Video Essay at Kellogg
The top MBA programs adapt. They modify their programs to better fit the changing needs of the business world, the shifting desires of their candidates, and the expectations of the education community. These adaptations can be reflected within the coursework, the depth and breadth of the program, as well as the application process. One of the most recent changes to the MBA application is the introduction of the video essay. Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management was one of the first programs to implement the new essay format, although Yale University’s School of Management and the University of Toronto’s Rotman School have also implemented similar requirements. Continue reading…
5 Tips for Writing a Winning MBA Essay
Writing your MBA application essay can be stressful, and for some, frustrating. Particularly if you’ve been out of school for a while, the idea of writing an essay can throw you for a loop. You might not have any idea where to start or what to do. The good news is that writing your essay isn’t as hard as you think. We spoke with Eliot Ingram, a Clear Admit co-founder who spent more than a decade helping prospective MBA applicants gain acceptance to top business schools. According to Eliot, who is also an MBA graduate of University of Pennsylvania’s The Wharton School, you can write a winning essay every time. Continue reading…
Wharton Welcomes New Director of MBA Admissions
The Wharton School has hired Frank DeVecchis as the new Director of MBA Admissions. Before his appointment to this position, DeVecchis was an academic advisor for around 200 Wharton MBA students. DeVecchis came to Wharton in 2009 as the Associate Director of the Wharton Fund. In 2011, he became the director of the Global Immersions Program and in 2013 he briefly served as the interim director of MBA Program Academic Affairs. He most recently served as the Director of MBA Academic Operations.
DeVecchis does not plan to make any big changes in the program immediately but will take time to find what he can do to improve it over the next few years. However, he does plan to make two immediate changes to the office by hiring a data analyst and a Senior Associate Director, who will be specifically focusing on the diversity of the applicants.
