Aside from HBS and Stanford GSB’s notoriously open-ended prompts, MIT Sloan’s essay ‘question’ (if you want to call it a question) is undoubtedly the one that leaves applicants scratching their [...]

The last few weeks before the Round 1 MBA application deadlines can be a whirlwind! The team at Vantage Point MBA is here to help. Here is our seven-step Round [...]

What is MBA networking and why exactly is it important are questions we’re frequently asked by our MBA admissions consulting clients. In an already subjective and sometimes vague process, “networking” [...]

Have you already decided why you need an MBA and researched schools to find your best fit? Now you’ll want to put that intel into service for your written materials [...]

Elite MBA admissions at top-tier institutions such as Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Wharton School have always been a fiercely competitive process. After all, thousands of [...]

AI Won’t Get You Into B-School Unless you spent the last several months on a deserted island, you’ve probably heard a lot about OpenAI’s ChatGPT. This artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot [...]

If you thrive in tightknit communities and value experiential learning, particularly in an international locale, Dartmouth Tuck might be the perfect fit for your MBA journey. Speaking of ‘fit’, this [...]

If you’re applying to Kellogg and have been patiently waiting for them to release their essay questions, the time has come! The prompts have been reworked this year, after a [...]

Multiple business schools have already released their 2023-2024 application essay questions. Applying this fall? Check out Personal MBA Coach's blog for advice for tackling these essays below: Harvard Business School [...]

GMAC’s announcement of the updated version of the GMAT called the GMAT Focus Edition has generated quite a bit of excitement within the business school community. But since the test [...]

Earlier this week, Stanford announced its application deadlines for the ’23-’24 admissions cycle and confirmed that its main essay questions will remain unchanged next year. Round 1 applications will be [...]

GMAC announced last week that GMAT Focus registration will open on August 29, 2023, and the testing will begin in Q4 2023. Check out and bookmark Personal MBA Coach's blog [...]

Are you looking to get started on your MBA application essays, but aren’t sure where to begin? Although business schools have not yet released their 2023-2024 MBA essay questions, based [...]

The results are in! The latest MBA rankings have been released by U.S News & World Report, with the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business being at the top [...]

Think of Booth as just a ‘finance school’? Think again. Booth’s marketing and entrepreneurship departments are also fantastic. Marketing is distinguished by its focus on analytics and its recent exclusive [...]

The 2023-2024 US News Top Business School ranking came out yesterday, with some interesting changes in the top 20. For the second year in a row, Chicago Booth topped the [...]

Each year, international applicants ask Personal MBA Coach how being international affects their chances of success. The short answer is, ‘It depends’. There are some countries from which many applicants [...]

For B-school hopefuls putting the finishing touches on their round two applications, the next step in the process is preparing for the MBA interview. Some schools are notorious for putting [...]

This week we’re kicking off a new series! Follow along as we share ‘Insider’s Guides’ for many of the top MBA programs, beginning with – you guessed it – Harvard [...]

If you were lucky enough to emerge from the Round 2 MBA application process with one or more acceptances in hand, congrats! A subset of you may have even received [...]