Re: College Application

Well, this is a pretty open question, but if I had ONE piece of advice it would be: "Answer the question you're being asked." That seems obvious, but it can be tricky: one school asks about your career aspirations and how their program can help, another asks about your short-term goal s and your pla...

Re: GMAT or GRE for lawyer

I'd recommend the GRE, unless you're particularly strong in quant skills. Most lawyers I've worked with have strong verbal skills given their background, but unless they had a lot of quant in undergrad, they struggled with the quant in the GMAT. People generally tell me the GRE is easier for this sk...

Re: Msc Finance - Need guidance and evaluation for 20F non-IT Indian

Hi -- your numbers look great, but the first thing we need to determine is whether the schools you're interested in will accept applicants with no post-undergraduate work experience. (As an MBA specialist, the MsF applicants I've worked with generally have had a few years of work experience.) Lookin...

Re: 50 Years Old - Am I Too Old to Start Career?

It's an interesting challenge, and one I totally understand. IMO you're never too old to start a new career. "Too old to start a career," however, is different from "too old to get accepted to a full-time, two year MBA program." If you're serious about using a full-time MBA as a career redirection t...

Re: Requesting a profile review

Hi -- my apologies for getting back to you so slowly on your query, and thanks for your patience. First off, I appreciate your comprehensive post! Makes it much easier to give you a solid assessment. Your target schools are reasonable, but I think you'll need a slightly higher Q GRE. That said, eigh...

Re: Profile Evaluation for INSEAD

First of all, I’d like to congratulate you for a really well-presented profile! You’ve got some great stuff here: Super GMAT, one of the highest GPAs I’ve ever seen from a top Indian university, and I love that you’re challenging yourself by questioning whether your strengths are good enough – that ...

Well, I'm an MBA advocate, so my first thought is MBA, for sure! You've got some great stuff in your profile, especially the volunteering experiences, which are strongly differentiating. But there are two things to consider: 1) Your age -- why aren't you applying for the MBA now? You could make a gr...

Harvard Business School's "Harbus" site offers a compilation of successful HBS essays, which is updated annually. It can be helpful -- not to copy, heaven forbid, somebody else's work, but to show you how many different effective approaches there can be, while providing a reasonably good overview of...