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Chicago Booth Essay Questions & Tips
Are you applying to Chicago Booth? If so, read on for the Chicago Booth essay questions and tips to ensure your answers stand out from the pack. We’re also [...]
Looking for an MBA Alternative? Learn About Top Business Master’s Programs
Business master's programs that specialize in a variety of finance and management fields are increasing in popularity among top U.S. business schools. For applicants interested in applying to a [...]
B-Schooled Podcast Episode #115: Spotlight on Darden
In this week’s episode of our B-Schooled podcast, MPG , a former Assistant Director of Admissions and adcom member at Darden—who’s now on the SBC admissions consulting team—shares insight [...]
INSEAD MBA Essays and Application Deadlines: 2022-2023
The INSEAD MBA essays have been confirmed for the 2022–2023 application cycle. The business school asks applicants to complete three essay questions this year, along with one optional essay. [...]
The Best GMAT Practice Methods
If you’re planning to take the GMAT to apply to MBA programs, you’ve likely looked into what you need to learn to master the test. You also may have [...]
Motivation is Overrated
Here at the Blacklight, we’ve shared strategies for improving your motivation a time or two . Today, we’re coming at this from a new angle: namely, that motivation is [...]
Wharton Lauder: Application Tips and Admit Success
Guiding applicants for select joint degree programs is an area of our expertise, especially with world-renowned joint degree programs such as Wharton Lauder. The Wharton Lauder program integrates the [...]
How to Maximize Your Chance for an MBA Scholarship
With the cost of tuition at some of the top MBA programs topping US$80,000 per year, financing an MBA can be challenging. And while many MBA students take out [...]
Quick Check Before You Submit! Don’t Make These Three MBA Application Mistakes
With less than one month until Round 1 MBA application deadlines begin (yikes!), we thought it would be a good time for some ‘real talk’, as the saying goes. [...]
Top 10 MBA Application Mistakes
Courting your target business schools is a crucial part of the MBA application process. Admissions committee members want to know that you are truly interested in attending their schools. [...]
Michigan Ross Application Deadlines and Essay Advice: 2022-2023
The University of Michigan Ross School of Business has released its application deadlines and essays for this season. While the school offered four application rounds last year, they are [...]
B-Schooled Podcast Episode #113: Top 10 Things I Wish I’d Known When Applying (Part 2)
Looking back on 15+ years of helping applicants with their own MBA applications, host and Stanford GSB alum Chandler Arnold shares a Top Ten List of things he wishes [...]
5-School M7 Admit With $160K Scholarship
Wondering how to get accepted to an M7 business school or other top MBA programs? While, of course, there is not one particular answer, discover how this Personal MBA [...]
Stanford GSB Essay Questions - Tips
Applying to Stanford GSB? If so, you’ve likely begun thinking about how to approach the Stanford GSB essay questions and, more specifically, pondering ‘what matters most to you and [...]
Berkeley Haas MBA Essays: 2022-2023
Berkeley Haas has officially announced its essay questions for the 2022-2023 application cycle. If you are looking for an MBA program with a small class size and close-knit community, [...]
B-Schooled Podcast Episode #112: Top 10 Things I Wish I’d Known When Applying (Part 1)
Looking back on 15+ years of helping applicants with their own MBA applications, host Chandler Arnold shares a Top Ten List of things he wishes he had known when [...]