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		<title>What Chicago-Booth expects in its 2011 application essays, in their own words</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/07/what-chicago-booth-is-looking-for-in-its-2011-application-essays-in-adcoms-own-words/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/07/what-chicago-booth-is-looking-for-in-its-2011-application-essays-in-adcoms-own-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MBA Studio&#8217;s mantra is, &#8220;when Adcom talks, listen.&#8221; Don&#8217;t just hear. Really, really listen because these are the people who are choosing the few and dinging the many. The Chicago-Booth 2011 MBA application essay questions were posted on July 7, along with a post from Rose Martinelli, Chicago-Booth&#8217;s Associate Dean for Student Recruitment and Admissions, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wharton&#8217;s MBA admissions essays for 2010-2011: a challenging set of questions</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/06/whartons-mba-admissions-essays-2010-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/06/whartons-mba-admissions-essays-2010-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wharton&#8217;s MBA essays for 2010-11 are great; and very significantly reformulated from previous years, demanding new comment and analysis here. The required question: What are your professional objectives? (300 words) This is in some senses the classic Why-an-MBA? question. What&#8217;s new is that it is really short, particularly when compared with the longer questions that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning a failure into an intelligent failure. Insight on how messups can play positively in MBA Admissions</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/04/turning-a-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/04/turning-a-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MBA applicants are routinely asked &#8220;the failure question&#8221; either in MBA essays or interviews. It always takes more or less the same form: &#8220;tell us about a time you failed and what you learned.&#8221; As I&#8217;ve written before here, and in my book, the test is not to see if you have any weaknesses or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 minutes of solid gold MBA admissions podcast advice from Haas &#8211; Berkeley</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2010/04/12-minutes-of-solid-gold-advice-on-mba-admissions/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2010/04/12-minutes-of-solid-gold-advice-on-mba-admissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a little gem of a podcast from the Haas-Berkeley admissions committee, &#8220;Admissions and Application Information for Prospective Full-time MBA Students,&#8221; answering the question: &#8220;What are we looking for as we evaluate candidates?&#8221; It&#8217;s only 12 minutes long and really worth listening to. It&#8217;s up on this link at iTunes (item 10) or click here. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/12/what-is-it-you-plan-to-do-with-your-one-wild-and-precious-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;goals&#8221; question remains the core of any MBA admissions application. Continuing on past posts I&#8217;ve put up here on how to manage it &#8212; beyond the usual blah of clearly enunciating your short-term and long-term goals and connecting that to why you need an MBA &#8212; here&#8217;s something worth considering on the HBS site: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using &#8216;Maslow&#8217;s hierarchy of needs&#8217; to develop the why-an-MBA / goals essay</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/11/mazlows-hierarchy-of-needs-and-the-why-an-mba-essay/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/11/mazlows-hierarchy-of-needs-and-the-why-an-mba-essay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psychologist Abraham Maslow created a 5-level theory of human motivation (Psychology Review, 1943) in which he proposed that peoples&#8217; needs and satisfaction move &#8216;upwards&#8217; through a common structure which he called a &#8216;hierarchy of needs.&#8217; Once lower needs of sustenance and safety are met, we aspire to fulfill social, self-esteem, and self-actualization needs. The summary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take a tip from George Soros in Managing the B-School Failure Essay</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/10/take-a-tip-from-george-soros-in-managing-the-failure-essay-in-b-school-admissions/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/10/take-a-tip-from-george-soros-in-managing-the-failure-essay-in-b-school-admissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The criticism / weakness / failure essay is common in MBA Admissions essays because it is a test of an applicant&#8217;s maturity, self-knowledge, honesty, and ability to learn from mistakes. It is, in other words, the biggest indicator of real leadership ability and potential. Sample questions are: Tuck 3. Discuss the most difficult constructive criticism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvard Business School essays (2009-10) add a cover letter just like MIT Sloan&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/05/harvard-business-school-essays-get-a-bit-more-like-mit-sloans/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/05/harvard-business-school-essays-get-a-bit-more-like-mit-sloans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 10:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harvard has released their new essay questions, and deadlines for 2009-10, adding a cover letter essay (optional) which MIT Sloan&#8217;s has as a standard request for years. Still only four essays are required for HBS, and the first two compulsory questions remain the same: 1. What are your three most substantial accomplishments and why do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;World MBA Tour&#8221; MBA essay advice session transcript</title>
		<link>http://mbastudio.net/2009/04/the-world-mba-tour-mba-essay-advice-session-transcript/</link>
		<comments>http://mbastudio.net/2009/04/the-world-mba-tour-mba-essay-advice-session-transcript/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transcript of a World MBA Tour online admissions essay advice service, where Avi appeared live as expert MBA essay advisor. ]]></description>
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