Maria, Caroline & John tackle the business school headlines: The MBA App Surge, COVID forcing Booth & Kellogg to shift to online classes, and the decision by Harvard, Wharton, MIT, Columbia and Booth to opt out of The Economist ranking.

Which schools have the most challenging MBA essays this year? What are the most compelling essays to answer? Caroline, Maria and John weigh in on Poets&Quants' recent survey of MBA admission consultants.

What should you expect if you're invited to interview? We explore the most common and most unusual questions you'll be asked and how to approach them.

Rejection is a part of applying to highly selective MBA programs. Caroline, Maria & John talk about how to deal with it.

As more MBA programs announce test-optional admission policies, Maria, Caroline and John discuss when to forgo a test and when it's in your interested to submit one.

Stanford is the most selective MBA program in the world. So what separates those who make the cut versus those who don't? And do successful applicants all have the so-called X factor?

Caroline and Maria discuss the quality and the quantity of their round one applicant clients and how they think business schools will respond to it.

Caroline, Maria & John debate the pros and cons of hiring a consultant to help you get into a highly selective business school, along with how to select one and what you can expect to pay.

Maria, Caroline and John debate the pros and cons of a consulting career and which MBA programs feed the industry.

Caroline, Maria and John recommend things you need to do now before the first round deadlines to make sure you are putting your best foot forward. Plus, an update on more schools moving fully online this fall due to COVID.