This is the second post in our series, What HBS is Looking For. So, HBS wants "analytical aptitude and appetite." Hardly a surprise. You might be tempted to
What Harvard Business School Is Looking For: The Habit of Leadership
May 28, 06:00 AM Comments [0]
Thank you, Harvard Business School. That’s what applicants should think when they visit the program’s website and find “habit of leadership” on its “Who are we looking for?” admissions page.
It’s common knowledge that HBS values leadership, but with this phrase, the adcom succinctly expresses how they view leadership – dynamic, deep, intrinsic, long-term. It’s something
you possess and bring to your experiences, not something that describes your involvement in isolated situations (i.e., the proverbial “leadership experience”). Not just HBS applicants, but all b-school applicants can benefit from reflecting on the phrase – and then determining how they embody it in their actions.
The Wharton EMBA adcom, through its three required questions, expresses its values and its interest in students who share those values. Its questions ask you to
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It’s hard to say how making the GMAT and GRE optional will ultimately affect MBA acceptance rates, but at a minimum, it’s sure to mean a marked increase in applications.
If your target program has decided to waive this requirement, how can you ensure that your application makes a lasting, positive impact on the adcom?
If you haven’t taken the test yet, should you opt out or in?
Wishing you’d gotten it together to start your desired program
this year (after all, who knows what things will look like a year from now)? Feeling a surge of fresh energy to tackle the application process this spring, rather than wait till late summer/fall?
Good news: 2 important graduate business programs, Columbia MBA and Booth EMBA have extended their application cycle – Columbia MBA to June 1 and Booth EMBA to June 7.
That leaves about one month… In my experience (23 years in this business), one month is sufficient time to prepare a strong, uncompromised application to a competitive program like these two