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In his second year of college, Mahesh launched a medical diagnostics start-up. After earning his undergraduate degree, he worked as a...

Right after her T-15 undergraduate degree, Suma (name changed for anonymity) started working at an MBB consultancy. A year and a half...

Arno was born and raised in South Africa, where he went to law school and majored in film and law. His professional background uniquely...

Before taking the plunge to do an MBA two years ago, Matt worked in communications consulting. He started by teaching himself the basics...

Sanita is a graduate of INSEAD’s world-famous Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) program. Before this program, she worked at Johnson & Johnson...

Swarnima graduated with a Bachelor’s in Engineering in 2018. She worked with Salesforce for 5 years before applying to her Tech MBA at...

Lawyers are a relative minority in the MBA classroom. But there are unique benefits to combining a business education with a legal...

When Pragya applied to b-school for the first time, she thought she ticked all the boxes: Her GMAT score was strong, her essays showed...

When you’ve been in the workforce for over a decade, getting back into academia can be daunting. For Scott, this journey began 2 years...

Piyush has a profile to envy. But with only 2 weeks to the application deadline for his target MBA programs, he had to work fast. The...

This client's undergrad GPA was 3.3, she had a gap year on her resume, a modest 710 GMAT score, and she applied in Round 3. Nevertheless,...

In MBA speak, MBB stands for the three goliaths of the management consulting world: McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Bain &...

Chinenye is different from your average MBA applicant. Sure, she’s worked as a financial analyst in investment banking and consumer...

Success stories: A Stern Tale - How I got admits to NYU Stern Business School with $170k full scholarship & Michigan Ross with a $30k award.

This year, Harsh got admitted to one of the most prestigious MBA programs in the world, INSEAD, with a €15,000 scholarship. In this...

In this series, I shine a light on the success stories of previous clients. Hopefully inspiring others to emulate their success. Today...

In this series I provide insight into the success stories of previous clients. Hopefully this will inspire other MBA applicants to...

Last week 'Modern MBA' published an interview we did together. My comments about the lack of diversity at some business schools were...

I joined Gavin Jocius of the Wisdom.MBA podcast. We talk about the business school admissions process and the trends seen in 2020 by...