PART ONE Admissions Fundamentals 1 Talking to Adcom 2 MBA Admissions Value 3 Elements of Admissions 4 Researching and Choosing MBA Programs 5 What Goes On After You Hand In Your Application PART TWO Profile Development 6 The Profiling Project 7 Personal Profile Analysis 8 Professional Profile Analysis 9 Positioning and Messaging PART THREE Essay and Interview Management 10 The MBA Question Archetypes 12 Essay Approaches and Content Mapping 12 The interview PART FOUR Writing Tools and Methods 13 Serving the Reader 14 Structure and Outlines 15 Improving Expression: Word and Sentence Strategies Conclusion Notes
MBA Admissions Strategy is a guide to the four aspects of a successful, competitive business school application. MBA Admissions Strategy is a bestseller that shows MBA applicants: What MBA Admissions Committees value and how they work What to say in a b-school application, and how to say it well How to answer tricky essay and interview questionsIt guides the reader through the four key aspects of competitive MBA admissions: navigating the admissions process; enhancing profile value; managing essay and interview communications; and writing better. MBA Admissions Strategy is about what is hard for MBA applicants to find: the candid "what-I-wish-they'd-told-me" insights about what really works in MBA admissions. It is what to do to win in MBA admissions, and a step-by-step guide how to do it. The 3rd edition, updated throughout, contains new material on success in MBA interviews and wider admissions inputs, in addition to the traditional essays.