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Taking the Fear of Admissions Out of MBA Applications

These guys think they know how you can make the school you want, want you

Mon Apr 16 2012

BusinessBecause
"The MBA Reality Check" is a book written by admissions experts Evan Forster and David Thomas to help MBA applicants cut  through the admissions nonsense, and to give readers the real deal on what business schools of today are looking for. 

The MBA Reality Check provides the admissions edge MBA hopefuls need by helping them boldly communicate who they are, their leadership potential and their visions. The book follows more than 20 MBA candidates in their own personal quests to discover what makes them unique.

Forster, in his consulting alter-ego "Auntie Evan," often drags candidates kicking and screaming through the process, while Thomas provides the facts and data behind their stories to punch up the narrative. Like a great season of The Apprentice, it all unfolds in real time. MBA candidates will find this hard to put down and every MBA applicant will learn to look at themselves in a whole new way, and then how to tell that story in applications, recs, and essays.

The MBA Reality Check will help readers discover:

  • How to explore, define, and describe professional long and short-term goals you are passionate about
  • What extracurricular activities say about you, their unexpected role in telling your story, and why community service matters to an MBA admissions committee
  • How to master the all-important essays (including 12 chapters dedicated to the most common and important topics, each one telling an applicant's personal journey from saying what he thought the committee wanted to hear, to discovering what he really wants to say)
  • Getting the most from referees and strategies for adding value to each recommendation
  • How to sharpen interview skills with real interview questions and indispensable advice
  • Secrets to getting off the waitlist

MBA programs are not seeking functionary number crunchers, rather they want a new generation of global visionaries and leaders whose goals are in line with their programs' social, global, and transformational 21st century consciousness. This guide fills the need for readers to their inner visionary leader, and gets them to the heart of what separates applicants from admits. 

 

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