Reminder: Take the MBA Search Survey!

Reminder: Take the MBA Search Survey! Win Fabulous Prizes!

I know that many applicants visit my site as a source of reliable information and valuable advice on the MBA admissions process. As a member of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants, we are conducting a survey to help us better understand the goals and needs of applicants. I ’d like to invite all of my readers to share their school selection priorities and views on the MBA application process.

This online survey should take just 10 minutes to complete. We would love to receive as many responses as possible before the closing date of Friday, March 20^th - and will be giving away an iPod Touch and two iPod Shuffles as a token of our gratitude!

Thanks in advance for your participation!

3/23 UPDATE: The survey has ended.

-Adam Markus
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Take the MBA Search Survey!

Take the MBA Search Survey!

I know that many applicants visit my site as a source of reliable information and valuable advice on the MBA admissions process. As a member of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants, we are conducting a survey to help us better understand the goals and needs of applicants. I ’d like to invite all of my readers to share their school selection priorities and views on the MBA application process.

This online survey should take just 10 minutes to complete. We would love to receive as many responses as possible before the closing date of Friday, March 20^th - and will be giving away an iPod Touch and two iPod Shuffles as a token of our gratitude!

Thanks in advance for your participation!

3/23 UPDATE: The survey has ended.

-Adam Markus
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ビジネススクール MBA留学

Thinking about Fall 2010 Admission?

While the Fall 2009 admissions season is not completely over, for those of you thinking about Fall 2010 admission, I am taking appointments for initial free consultations now. I have already started working with some clients already for Fall 2010 MBA admissions. In addition to MBA, I help clients gain admission to LL.M. and other graduate programs.


What I can do for my clients: Quite simply, I can help you get in. I can't guarantee success at any specific school, but no one who is honest with you can. Since 2001, I have helped my clients obtain admission to top US, UK, and Continental European MBA, LL.M, and other graduate programs.

My objective is to provide my clients with successful cost-effective consulting that results in their admission to programs of their choice. I will make the application process as pleasant, efficient, and successful as possible.

I offer a high level of flexibility in terms of pricing and service delivery to best meet the diverse needs of my clients. Information about my pricing and service structure is here. Client testimonials and results can be found here.

If you are looking for a highly experienced admissions consultant who is passionate about helping his clients succeed, please feel free to contact me at adammarkus@gmail.com to arrange an initial consultation. Initial consultations are conducted by Skype or telephone. For clients in Tokyo, a free face-to-face consultation is possible after an initial Skype or telephone consultation. I only work with a limited number of clients per year and believe that an initial consultation is the best way to determine whether there is a good fit. Whether you use my service or another, I suggest making certain that the fit feels right to you.

-Adam Markus
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Carnival of College Admissions Graduate Section

I have joined the Carnival of College Admissions. While most of this blog carnival is focused on undergraduate admissions, from this edition on, a graduate section has been opened and my recent post on waitlisting is mentioned. This edition of the Carnival of College Admissions is hosted by Mark Montgomery, an independent undergraduate college counselor. Thanks to Mark for putting this together.

- Adam Markus
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Questions? Write comments, but do not send me emails asking me to advise you on your application strategy unless you are interested in my consulting services. Please see my FAQ regarding the types of questions I will respond to. Before emailing me questions about your chances for admission or personal profile, please see my post on "Why I don't analyze profiles without consulting with the applicant." If you are interested in my graduate admission consulting services, please click here.

BW on MBA compensation and Forbes on hiring

If you have not done so, I strongly suggest reading BusinessWeek's "MBA Pay: A Crystal Ball" because it provides a very useful perspective on compensation and another alternative way to rank programs. BusinessWeek commissioned a study of MBA pay over a period of 20 years for "45 top-ranked full-time MBA programs—BusinessWeek's 30 Best B-Schools of 2008 plus 15 additional second-tier schools." What the study shows is that BusinessWeek ranking is for some schools is a very good indicator of their 20 year performance, while for others it is not. Play with the interactive table and you can see the 20 year rankings compared to the BusinessWeek rankings. As the article makes clear, the study they did does have limits and past performance is no clear indicator of future performance, but still for those deciding where to apply or those who need to decide where to attend, it is quite useful.

Moving from long-term to more immediate considerations, Forbes' "It's A Good Time To Go To A B-Level B-School" reports that job expectations and placement for those graduating from second tier schools is in some sense better than at higher ranked programs. The article actually provides no real comparison data and seems to be a case of a writer gloating about the diminished opportunities for those who graduate from top schools:
Not that M.B.A. holders from the name-brand schools are going without work. With their first-choice jobs gone, they're finding there are plenty of smaller employers eager to hire them. They're just not starting careers as rich or as glamorous as they once expected. They're going to places they wouldn't have taken a second look at in the past.

What a difference a recession makes.

It certainly stands to reason that those graduating from top schools right now would be experiencing diminished expectations, but to assume that those at lower ranked schools are actually in a better position is a rather large assumption. Where is the data?
Anyway, both articles are worth looking at.

-Adam Markus
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Questions? Write comments, but do not send me emails asking me to advise you on your application strategy unless you are interested in my consulting services. Please see my FAQ regarding the types of questions I will respond to. Before emailing me questions about your chances for admission or personal profile, please see my post on "Why I don't analyze profiles without consulting with the applicant." If you are interested in my graduate admission consulting services, please click here.

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