Hi, Great to see your post - I am from a nonprofit background, applied to business school in 2009/2010 and got accepted to Tuck, Columbia, and Wharton. I am enrolling at Wharton in the fall, (deferred my enrollment for one year), and currently run a admissions consulting service specifically for non...

I think teaching is an excellent example of leadership (I am an alum of Teach For America and used at least one teaching-related essay in each of my applications). It's all about how you write about it. Here's the key - this essay prompt is asking you to not only describe your active leadership, but...

This is not a bad idea, as your current supervisor's memory of all of your work and contributions is freshest now - even outside of b-school, it's a good idea to have this on file in case you need a recommendation for other purposes. Your current supervisor may not be able to write as vividly about ...

Visiting campus is a really important part of applying to schools - both to help you decide where you truly want to go, and to demonstrate your interest in the school. Ideally, you would visit both places. I know that it can get expensive, but in the scheme of how much business school costs to atten...

On the question of attire, I wore a pant suit to all of my interviews for two reasons - 1. It was winter, and so just too cold to wear a skirt suit, in my opinion. 2. I was much more comfortable in a pant suit, because I didn't have to think about how to sit, etc. Because I was more comfortable, I w...

I would use the second score. I know it's unfortunate that your verbal score dropped. But, I think a quant score below 70th percentile would be a red flag (which you could explain in an optional essay, and try to offset with your finance background, etc.). But, I think it's better to have scores tha...

I'm not sure what school you are applying to, which could potentially sway the answer to this question - if the school is super, hard-line particular about not accepting any additional letters of recommendation beyond your official ones, then I would advise you against irritating the adcom by gettin...

It's hard to say whether you should lengthen it just based on the current length. It seems like you've met the requirement of writing 1 - 2 pages, but the substance of what you've written is much more important in assessing your next steps. Wish I could give you a more concrete answer, but I can't r...