How to gain admission to top schools. Choose the right program and make sure to apply in the right way

Once you have chosen your MBA school you might be asking yourself what makes a good MBA candidate. In turn, admissions officers will be searching for proof that your candidacy is good for their MBA program...

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Choosing Topics for the Essay

In your applications, the schools are attempting to get to know you through your essays. So what should you write about? Write about what is most important to you and distinctive about you. The admissions readers seek to uncover how...

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What is a good GMAT Score: do you need 700 to get into a top MBA?

A strong GMAT score and good undergraduate grades are often credentials which get you in the game rather than guarantee you admission. Community or professional involvement, or both, is an opportunity to show the admissions people that you''re dynamic, energetic, creative, working with other people, and demonstrating leadership qualities...

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Application Timing

Timing is everything, as the saying goes. While that is frequently true, when it comes to your MBA applications quality trumps all. If you application isn’t the best it can be, then applying...

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The Admissions Interview: After sending out your application, interview is the next step

Much the interview process may be distasteful to some, it does represent a prime opportunity not only to put a face and personality behind the name and credentials on your application file, but also to express your qualities and intentions in person...

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How to Write Powerful Essays?

I will answer this question from the Business School's point of view. Essentially, the MBA application essays are the Admissions Committee's attempt to understand WHO an applicant is, as well as why they are interested in pursuing an MBA...

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A Strong GMAT Score and Good Undergraduate Grades Get You in the Game rather than Guarantee your Admission

The students at the MBA Center Paris are a diverse group of engineers, consultants, salesmen, and general managers. Our students already have an international profile. Despite the prestige of some of the firms they represent, many of our students feel that there is a lack of upward mobility in their jobs.

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Don’t Be Caught by Surprise

I frequently heard about MBA programs during my professional career but thought they were not for me. The prospective to go back to school was daunting; I was enjoying my position, my company and my family life. But in 2002, ...

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