NORTH STAR ADMISSIONS BLOG
Should You Retake The GMAT?
As an admissions consultant, this is one of the most common questions that I am asked. The answer really depends on your individual profile, but here are some factors to consider when deciding whether or not to retake the GMAT. Is your GMAT below the average for your...
Leveraging Your Business School Feedback Call
Are you wait-listed or planning to reapply to business school? If so, you may be offered feedback. These sessions can be incredibly useful, but also nerve-wracking. How should you prepare? Do you have to do what they say? Also, what is the admissions committee really...
How To Get Into a Top MBA Program With a Low GPA
Despite what you may have heard, it is absolutely possible to get into a top MBA program with a low GPA. I have recently helped several North Star clients succeed despite having shaky undergraduate records. Just how low were these GPA’s? I have helped clients with...
Why People Hire Admissions Consultants For College and Business School
There is a lot of curiosity about why people hire admissions consultants for college and business school. Can’t they do it on their own? How can they find the right fit? Most importantly, do consultants really make a difference? At the risk of sounding salesy, overly...
The Top Mistakes That Women Make When Applying to Graduate School
As the former lead diversity recruiter at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, I interacted with thousands of women who were applying to graduate school. As the President of North Star Admissions Consulting I have gotten to know even more – bright,...
How To Start Your College Search
If you are a high school junior (or the parent of a high school junior) you are probably starting to investigate schools. While exciting, this can seem like an overwhelming step. How do you identify schools where you will be happy? How many schools should you look...
Deciding Between Business Schools
All of your hard work has paid off, and you are now in the enviable position of deciding between business schools. While this is an undeniably great problem to have, it can be extremely difficult to decide where you should matriculate. I often help my clients...
5 Tips to Help You Successfully Reapply To Business School
By the end of March, candidates for the class of 2016 will know whether or not they have been admitted to the MBA program of their choice. For those of you who were denied or placed on the wait list, you may be considering trying again next year. I have helped many...
The Secret to Getting a Full Tuition MBA Scholarship
Since 2012, North Star’s MBA clients have been offered more than 10 million dollars in scholarships, including full tuition to Tuck, Haas, UCLA, Darden, Ross, Yale, Cornell, UNC, Emory, and Rice and at least half tuition at Harvard, Wharton, MIT, Booth, Kellogg, Duke...
College Consulting Offer – One Year Free!
I encouraged all of my college clients to apply early to their first-choice schools this year, and 100% of them were accepted. They are excited to attend Stanford, Dartmouth, Cornell, the University of Michigan, Colgate, and others in the fall. It’s no secret that...