Blog: Archive for the “Yale University (School of Management)” Category

Yale School of Management has released its essay questions for the 2010-11 application season.  Our essay analyses will come shortly.  The questions are: Short Answers Please answer each of the four questions below with a short paragraph of no more than 150 words. This is an opportunity to distill your core ideas, values, goals and … Read More  

Yale has started clearing the property where SOM’s new campus, a 230,000-square-foot structure, could begin to rise as early as this fall. If construction goes according to schedule, the new campus should open for the 2013 school year.  The new building will reflect the integrated Yale MBA curriculum. Four types of classroom designs have been approved, with … Read More  

Hysteria sells. Last week, an admissions consulting firm gained a fair amount of press for its piece on “weird interview questions that the admissions officers will use to trip you up.” The questions that they showcased were indeed incomprehensibly absurd, including this one: “If you could go back in time and steal Hitler’s wallet without … Read More  

mbaMission writes a monthly feature for our friends at Beat the GMAT. The following piece was penned for BTG by mbaMission Founder, Jeremy Shinewald:     It has been years since you were in college, and as you contemplate pursuing your MBA, you suddenly remember a few not-so-stellar semesters when your social life was far more important to you than your grade … Read More  

We always advise candidates to take rankings not with a grain of salt, but with a pound of it. Today, the Financial Times released its annual ranking of top global MBA programs and London Business School came out on top, with Wharton, HBS, Stanford, INSEAD and many others following, of course. So, why should one … Read More