by Transcend Admissions | Jul 10, 2025 | Application Strategy, Entrepreneurship, MBA Essays
Whether you intend to start a company immediately upon graduation, after gaining a few more years of professional experience, or perhaps you expect to take over a family business, an MBA can prepare aspiring founders for the diverse operational tasks, people skills,...
by Transcend Admissions | Jul 5, 2025 | Application Strategy, Entrepreneurship
Many business school applicants struggle to communicate their career experiences as valuable aspects of their profile. Even people who have had rare experiences, such as those working in niche industries, can find it challenging to sell their domain knowledge,...
by Transcend Admissions | Jun 26, 2025 | MBA Interviews
MBA interviews are notoriously intense and challenging. Interviewees need to adjust their approach depending on whether the interviewer is an admissions officer, alumnus, or current student, and to match the school’s style and culture. Interviewers tend to ask an...
by Transcend Admissions | Jun 18, 2025 | Job Search
Data analysis is one of the hottest and most in-demand skill sets of the past 5-6 years, but because this is still an emerging and fast-moving set of concepts, tools, and applications, it can be hard to understand the data-related hiring market and career...
by Transcend Admissions | Jun 10, 2025 | MBA Essays
*Please note: this blog post is about pre-recorded video essays, not timed video essays, sometimes referred to as video interviews, often using the Kira Talent platform. As graduate schools seek to make the admissions process more personal and dynamic, pre-recorded...
by Transcend Admissions | May 22, 2025 | Application Strategy, Resume
It’s become a running joke that every entry-level job seems to require 3-5 years of experience, so it’s no wonder that people with little or no work experience feel anxious about how to fill up a resume when it comes time to seek an internship or job. Fortunately,...
by Transcend Admissions | May 16, 2025 | Application Strategy, MBA Essays
Top graduate schools value multi-skilled candidates, with leadership always near the top. It is well-established that business schools emphasize candidates’ leadership skills. But leadership skills are also prized by technical programs, such as computer science....
