Top Tier Admissions
This could be the best possible year to apply to top MBA programs in the past decade. As the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) confirmed in their annual report in late October, MBA and graduate business program applications are down 3.4% overall from last year and down 2.2% for full time MBA programs. What does […]
Grad school faculty are finishing their research projects and soaking up the last rays of summer sun before heading back to campus. Soon they’ll be diving back into lab work, polishing up old syllabi that have been through the ringer (from on-campus courses to virtual and back again), taking on new advisees and working to […]
Seven years ago, I wrote a blog post by the same title that offered a framework for selecting a graduate school admissions consultant. As a former Admissions and Financial Aid Officer at Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, I want to help busy students and working professionals vet their options. I have also […]
The Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) is not just a hill to climb for medical school applicants, it’s a gate keeper. This multiple-choice exam (a perfect score is a 528) haunts thousands of applicants from all over the world every year. Many medical school programs choose not to disclose their average MCAT scores, but a […]
For students building their target list of top law schools, the “push for prestige” is strong, especially given the competitive job market for aspiring lawyers. We also commonly work with students aiming for “the T-14.” This refers to the top 14 law schools in the U.S., and it’s based on the annual U.S. News & […]
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