by Transcend Admissions | May 9, 2024 | Networking
MBA programs stress the importance of “coffee chats” in successfully navigating the internship and full-time job recruitment process. A coffee chat is another name for an informational interview where one person requests to talk to another person about some specific...
by Transcend Admissions | May 2, 2024 | Application Strategy, Entrepreneurship
Founding and running a company early in one’s career is a bold move that provides invaluable opportunities to learn a vast range of business skills, lessons, etiquette, and roles. However, when it comes to discussing such experiences in an MBA application, many...
by Transcend Admissions | Apr 25, 2024 | Application Strategy
After months of intensive test prep, resume polishing, recommendation favor-seeking, grueling essay writing, and high-pressure interviews, you’ve been met with the terse response: “Please wait longer for us to make a decision.” Let’s not kid ourselves, this is not an...
by Transcend Admissions | Apr 18, 2024 | Job Search, Networking
As we have discussed before on this blog, why the applicant needs the degree now and why they are specifically choosing the program at that particular school are critical admissions evaluation factors. In short: “Why MS/MBA?” and “Why our school?” Nailing these...
by Transcend Admissions | Apr 15, 2024 | Application Strategy
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by Transcend Admissions | Nov 1, 2023 | Application Strategy
MBA essay word limits have been shrinking for at least a decade. Essays that used to have 750 word limits are now often limited to 250-500 words. In some cases, long essays have been replaced with creative options that invite applicants to utilize different formats to...
by Transcend Admissions | Sep 28, 2023 | Application Strategy, Undergraduate Application Strategy
With the Common App becoming such an important aspect of applying to hundreds of different universities, it is imperative that applicants have a good approach to writing the essay that will be submitted to each of the schools they apply to through the portal. This...
