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Hello Aspirants

Let me start with an inspiring quote:

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” – Christopher Reeve, also famous for playing SUPERMAN

As promised, I am back to share some more admission related experience with you. And this time we dig right in. I had originally planned to talk about GMAT but since Round 1 deadlines for many US Business Schools are very close I thought of giving some quick pointers on “Essay Writing”. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hello aspiring MBA students and world changers!

Does getting an MBA from US and changing the world go hand in hand? As aspiring MBA students and       future business leaders you are soon going to be exposed to the most potent answer in your arsenal of responses: “It depends!” And in the real world, it truly does. There are no straight clear cut answers to business problems, unlike the highly comforting math and physics problems with definitive answers that most engineers are used to solving. For starters, internalize the following three most important lessons:

1. In Business (and life) get comfortable with uncertainty
2. Business (and life) is about making choices and decisions at every step
3. Recognize that you will have to make decisions with partial or incomplete information

Now what does all of this have to do with US MBA admissions? You may wonder, “Why doesn’t this guy tell me all I that I need to know so that: Read the rest of this entry »

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All business school aspirants have to write atleast three essays as part of the application process. Most of the aspirants go through multiple review cycles before they finalize their essays. Following these simple steps you can do it more efficiently:

Step 1
Research the business school. Your essay should highlight the qualities which business school values. So if the school values team skills, give examples from your past life which highlight you as strong team player

Step 2
Base your essays only on facts. A common mistake which most of the aspirants make is that they start writing about what they can do. The person who evaluates your application is more interested in knowing what you have already done rather than what all you can do.

Step 3
Use figures to substantiate your achievements. Saying that ‘I increased the efficiency of the organization’ is less impactful than saying ‘My efforts led to decrease in operational costs by 50% and increase of productivity by 10%’. So use numbers.

Step 4
Check for grammatical errors. Such errors reflect very poorly on you. You can use word’s spell checker to see if there are any spelling errors. Get your essays reviewed by others to catch any grammatical errors. Read the rest of this entry »