NORTH STAR ADMISSIONS BLOG
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...
Want to know why you were really wait listed?
Of all the possible admissions decisions, being placed on the wait list is one of the most frustrating. For tips about how to get yourself moved off of the wait list and into the college, business school or medical school of your dreams, please read this post. For...
Waiting for a Business School Interview Invitation?
This time of year, many applicants are waiting for a business school interview invitation from their top choice schools. Having been on both sides of this process, inviting candidates to interview at Tuck and waiting along with my North Star clients, here are some...
The Worst MBA Interview Mistakes
As the Associate Director of Admissions at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, I met and evaluated thousands of applicants. Most were well prepared and professional, but a surprising number of candidates made mistakes that eliminated them from further...
Five Advanced Questions to Help you Prepare for your MBA interview
In my last post, I discussed the standard MBA interview questions. Here are five advanced questions, and advice about how to prepare for your MBA interview. 1. How do you handle conflict? Business Schools are very interested in understanding how you get...
5 Questions to Help You Succeed in Your MBA Interview
Getting invited to interview at one of your top choice schools is exciting. It indicates that you are under serious consideration. However, in order to make a strong impression you need to prepare. In addition to practicing walking someone through your resume, here...