by Karen Marks | May 21, 2014 | Business School Admissions, General Admissions
Applying to business school this year? This is the perfect time to start your MBA applications. Here are four things that my clients are doing now, so that they are ready to submit outstanding applications in the early rounds: Revising their resumes. It’s really...
by Karen Marks | May 4, 2014 | Business School Admissions, General Admissions, Uncategorized
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...
by Karen Marks | Apr 25, 2014 | Business School Admissions, General Admissions, Uncategorized
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...
by Karen Marks | Apr 21, 2014 | Business School Admissions, College Admissions, General Admissions
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...
by Karen Marks | Apr 1, 2014 | Business School Admissions, College Admissions, General Admissions, Uncategorized
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,...
by Karen Marks | Mar 25, 2014 | Business School Admissions, General Admissions, Uncategorized
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...
