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In today’s episode I will share 2 types of supervisors that can improve your admission chances to top MBA programs by 60 to 70%.

1) Alumni with Excellent Writing Skills

2) Tough but Collaborative Supervisors

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Today I will share the three major differences between Wharton and Columbia MBA programs on :

1) Class Profile 
Wharton and Columbia get above 6000 applications with an acceptance rate of 14%. For Wharton, you need a slightly higher GMAT score in the 730 to 740 range. The biggest difference is the % international and the % women candidates. Wharton is leading among top schools for the percentage of Women candidates, while Columbia leads among top schools for accepting international applicants.

2) Curriculum and 
3) Post-MBA placement trends.
 

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When applicants think about the different contexts of leadership potential, most will gravitate towards the extremes, like changing the culture or the scale of the achievement in a technical function. This strategy works in some M7 schools, but if you want to increase your admission chances across multiple M7 schools, think about examples where you questioned the status quo.

With just one example of questioning the status quo, you are capturing three key leadership traits:

1) Courage
2) Innovation
3) Consensus Building

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In today’s episode, I will share three tips to answer the Why Stanford MBA Essay

1) Details

2) Good Cliches vs. Bad Cliches

3) Offering Value

I was writing the What Matters Essays for F1GMAT’s Stanford MBA Essay Guide and noticed a pattern that I want to share with you. 

The first version of the Stanford MBA What Matters essays are often extremely idealistic or extremely analytical with a growth narrative included in it.

Although the idealistic narrative sounds like a naïve interpretation of what the world could be, often change happens from visionaries who start with such naive interpretations. An idealistic essay is not a bad strategy. It is when you don’t allocate enough words to demonstrate your previous attempts at solving a similar problem that an idealistic narrative sounds unrealistic.

Today I will talk about the 2nd common mistake I see while editing MBA Application Resume. Subscribe to F1GMAT’s Resume Editing service

Startups outside the US don’t have the scale compared to US startups unless it is a consumer market serving a large population or one of the three industries – real estate, Oil & Gas, or Manufacturing. So those who are in niche technology markets try to play the Fish in the Pond Technique, where they mention the niche market size and the company’s revenue in the market. 

Be aware of the first impression and spend considerable time connecting your contributions with the company’s milestones.

Today I will talk about ten interesting MIT Sloan MBA program trends.

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1) Engineer and Finance-Friendly Cohort
2) Cost
3) Fellowships
4) Electives in Core Curriculum
5) Certificates
6) Tracks
7) Labs
8) Leadership Development
9) Post-MBA Placements
10) MBA Application - No Traditional Essays

In today’s Stanford MBA Application Essay Tips series,  I will share a few examples where Fear was successfully used as an emotional vocabulary for the Stanford What Matters Most to You and Why Essay.

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Any transformational story where an applicant was searching for their identity and goals will involve some fear of rejection or failure. This emotion could be used in so many different iterations of self-discovery.

Q) Which M7 MBA is the easiest to get in?

You can also reach out to me, Atul Jose to find out the feasibility of getting into an M7 MBA program.

M7 admissions are tough regardless of your academic, GMAT/GRE score and the brand of your employer. Quite often, it is about your journey and your impact across different aspects of professional, personal, and community lives.

To improve your M7 MBA admission chances, look at four factors:

1) Acceptance Rate
2) Cost
3) Culture and Essays
4) Ranking

In this Stanford MBA Application Tip Series, I will talk about how to use one of the Emotional Vocabulary – Anxiety, to transform your Stanford MBA What Matters Most to You and Why Essay.

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Another narrative that establishes leadership traits and an impact-oriented mindset in an applicant is articulating the anxiety of the beneficiaries. The beneficiary could be those affected by War, Famine, Climate Change, and inequalities in accessing education, energy, water, and democratic institutions.