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New HBS Dean talks of competence, character, internationalism, and dirty boots. Adcom will follow suit

Avi Gordon — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:14:00 +0000

The soul-searching at Harvard Business School over business ethics and the relationship between business and society has been widely documented. From Anderson to Enron to Lehman Bros., risktaking, dodgy, and sometimes outright criminal companies have been loaded with HBS alumni (as well as many from other schools as well, let’s not forget.) But somehow, of [...]

‘Ivy League East’ MBAs unite to brand themselves as ‘Top 4 Asia B-schools’

Avi Gordon — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:27:58 +0000

Many industries have seen a shift from the US / Europe to Asia, yet, somehow, education has been one of the slowest sectors to make this transition. Certainly at the elite level there has always been, and remains, a significant migration westward to attend brand-name universities. Institutions such as Harvard and Oxford have unbelievable prestige [...]

Look ahead and count the Carey School among the top-10 MBA programs

Avi Gordon — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:03:32 +0000

The Carey School? Never heard of it? It is Johns Hopkins University’s school of business, as renamed in 2006 when the university received a $50 million endowment from banker William Polk Carey. It’s well known that JHU has been a bit of an oddity — a top-tier university with relatively little offering in business management. [...]

A little parody on MBA ethics and the Harvard MBA Oath, from Comedy Central

Avi Gordon — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:16:05 +0000

Hey it’s August, and even though it’s definitely, seriously, MBA application season we can still have a little fun, right? Here’s a video from Comedy Central / The Daily Show, featuring intrepid reporter John Oliver who enlists the “help” of a former convict to convince hold-out MBA students at MIT and Harvard to sign the [...]

Stanford GSB essays 2009/2010: the focus is tightened towards results and successes

Avi Gordon — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:42:34 +0000

Stanford’s essays are notoriously “introspective” and give many applicants trouble. Stanford Adcom do really want to get to know the real you through your writing. This year the flavor is the same, but (and possibly to avoid waffle) some important tweaks have been made in the optional essays to shift the focus squarely towards communicating [...]

Some great interview advice between the lines in “Harvard is my hump”

Avi Gordon — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:34:08 +0000

For better or worse most Adcoms like idealism. They don't want naivete, but they do like world-changing visions. If you are not a dreamer at 25, you'll never be, and they are not looking to put the HBS brand on money-grabbing cynics. See Gina Valeria Chua's Harvard Business School admissions story.

Peering into the MBA classroom is good preparation for MBA admissions

Avi Gordon — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:39:58 +0000

A week or so I blogged about Harvard case method and included the HBS promotional video featuring the case method. Here’s another one, this time from Darden (University of Virginia Business School). The video “Highlights of a Darden Case Study Class” is here: First, this shows how widespread the case method is in b-schools. In [...]

Some Harvard puffery, but good insight into what HBS looks for

Avi Gordon — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:48:21 +0000

Harvard Business School has a promotional video up at http://www.hbs.edu/mba/academics/ The video can also been seen here. This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video. It’s an ad for HBS of course, highlighting its main point of distinction: the case method, which, according [...]

16 Reasons to Choose the MBA Admissions Studio as your MBA application partner

Avi Gordon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:35:01 +0000

These are the reasons to choose us for your MBA applications support and admissions coaching: Verified past successes: Our admission rate for all applicants to all schools is close to perfect (over 96%). On average our clients tell us we improved their prospects by 3x. But don’t just take our word for it – where [...]