The mbaMission Podcast

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Welcome to the mbaMission podcast, where every week we discuss different MBA application components and give our expert guidance on everything business school admissions related.

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April 08, 2025 Ep 45 | What is the Yale SOM Admissions Team Looking For?
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The Yale School of Management has a distinct mission: to educate leaders for both business and society. While the school has a strong social orientation, it is also a strong general management program, consistently ranked as one of the top 15 U.S. business schools. In this episode of the mbaMission podcast, Jeremy Shinewald is joined by Bruce DelMonico and Laurel Grodman, Assistant Deans of Admissions at the Yale SOM, who break down the SOM's unique admissions process.
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35min
April 01, 2025 Ep. 44 | Common Mistakes to Avoid in Your MBA Applications
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In this episode of the mbaMission podcast, Harold Simansky and Gavriella Semaya discuss their pet peeves when it comes to crafting MBA applications. They shares common mistakes that business school applicants make and why it's important to avoid these pitfalls.
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March 25, 2025 Ep 43 | What Makes a Compelling MBA Application Essay?
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For many business school applicants, writing application essays is the most daunting piece of the admissions process. What are MBA admissions committees looking for in your essays? What are the key components of personal statements? What mistakes do applicants commonly make when discussing their post-MBA goals? Harold Simansky, Jeremy Shinewald, and Gavriella Semaya discuss all of this and more in our most recent episode of the mbaMission podcast.
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28min
March 18, 2025 Ep 42 | Does Community Engagement Matter in MBA Admissions?
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Do you need a track record of community service in your MBA applications? If so, how much community engagement do you need, and what kinds of community involvement are business schools looking for? In this episode of the mbaMission podcast, Harold Simansky, Jessica Shklar, and Gavriella Semaya discuss why MBA admissions committees care about your community and personal engagement, and how you can optimize this piece of your applicant profile.
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12min
March 11, 2025 Ep 41 | How Should You Use AI in Your MBA Applications?
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How can ChatGPT and other AI programs make the MBA application easier? Can you use ChatGPT for your business school research? Can you use it for your essay brainstorming? How about for the actual writing of application essays? And SHOULD you use AI for these and other stages of the application process? In this episode of the mbaMission podcast, Harold Simansky, Jessica Shklar, and Jeremy Shinewald discuss when you should -- and shouldn't -- use AI in your business school applications, and how to use it effectively.
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27min
March 04, 2025 Ep 40 | Breaking Down the MIT Sloan MBA Application
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MIT Sloan is consistently ranked one of the top business schools in the country, and is one of the elite M7 programs known for their excellence and competitiveness. It also has one of the most unique business school applications, including a cover letter, an org chart, and -- for those invited to interview -- a data visualization component. Dawna Levenson, Assistant Dean of Admissions at MIT Sloan joins us to share her insights on the the various components of the MIT Sloan application, and explains what makes an applicant stand out (and what doesn't).
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38min
February 25, 2025 Ep 39 | How to Tackle the Most Common MBA Interview Questions
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If you have been invited to interview by one or more of your target MBA programs, you are likely feeling both excited and a bit nervous. Being invited to the interview stage means that a school considers you to be a strong candidate -- but, the interview process can be intimidating. How should you prepare for your interviews? What questions will you be asked? How should you structure your responses? In this episode of the mbaMission podcast, Harold Simansky, Jessica Shklar, and Gavriella Semaya break down some of the most commonly asked questions in MBA interviews, and share strategies for how to prepare for and answer each one.
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26min
February 21, 2025 Ep 38 | The Wharton Team-Based Discussion
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If you have been invited to interview at Wharton, you probably know that the Wharton Team-Based Discussion is unlike any other business school interview. How should you prepare for this unique group interview, and what strategies should you employ during the interview itself? We discuss all of this and more in our latest episode of the mbaMission podcast, featuring Harold Simansky, Jessica Shklar, and Gavriella Semaya.
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12min
February 18, 2025 Ep 37 | GMAT & GRE Expert Shares Her Pet Peeves
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In this episode of the mbaMission podcast, Stacey Koprince of Manhattan Prep is back to talk about her biggest pet peeves when it comes to the GMAT and the GRE. She discusses tricky quant problems, her favorite (and least favorite) vocab words, and when it's appropriate to make a guess and move on when taking the GMAT or GRE.
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4min
February 11, 2025 Ep 36 | Who Gets Into HBS and the Stanford GSB?
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Harvard Business School and the Stanford GSB are two of the most prestigious business schools in the world, and -- not surprisingly -- have some of the lowest acceptance rates among the top MBA programs. The Stanford GSB admitted a mere 6% of applicants for the class of 2026. Who are these admitted students, and what sets them apart from the broader applicant pool? In this episode of the mbaMission podcast, Harold Simansky talks with Gavriella Semaya and Jessica Shklar about the HBS/GSB "X factor" that gets applicants admitted to these incredibly competitive programs.
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21min

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