Blog: Archive for the “Application Tips” Category

Many MBA applicants believe that their professional past needs to have followed a perfect trajectory, with them having gone seamlessly from job to job, from promotion to promotion. The reality, however, can be quite different. Candidates sometimes get laid off and are unable to find a new job for several months. Sometimes, an illness or … Read More  

Whether you love social media or hate it, you cannot afford to ignore it when you are applying to business school! You should assume that admissions committees will assess how your character and interests are reflected in your social media and general online presence—just as firms do during the recruiting process. In a 2023 survey by … Read More  

We are thrilled to introduce you to onTrack by mbaMission…a first-of-its-kind, on-demand MBA application platform that delivers a personalized curriculum for you and leverages interactive tools and technology to guide you through the process of creating your best possible business school applications. onTrack gives you access to almost 100 learning modules on planning and timing … Read More  

Choosing which MBA program(s) you should apply to is one of the most important—and certainly one of the earliest—decisions you need to make in the application process. Yet we often see candidates targeting business schools without having fully thought through their options. These applicants typically end up in one of the following predicaments: So, how … Read More  

If you do mostly short-term, project-based work, you might struggle with how to structure your resume so that it does not give the impression that you switch jobs every few months. If you list each job separately, not only will your resume be too long, but you also run the risk that your reader will … Read More