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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. In this episode of the mbaMission Podcast, we discuss what makes MIT Sloan the dream MBA program for so many applicants. Our guest for this week's episode is Dawna Levenson, Assistant Dean of Admissions at MIT Sloan. Dawna shares her thoughts on what makes Sloan unique, what the Sloan admissions committee is looking for, what first-year MBA students find surprising about the program, and more.

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