by Karen Marks | Mar 17, 2014 | Business School Admissions, General Admissions
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...
by Karen Marks | Mar 12, 2014 | Business School Admissions, General Admissions, Uncategorized
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...
by Karen Marks | Feb 26, 2014 | Business School Admissions, College Admissions, General Admissions
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...
by Karen Marks | Feb 3, 2014 | Business School Admissions, General Admissions
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...
by Karen Marks | Jan 22, 2014 | Business School Admissions, General Admissions, Uncategorized
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...
by Karen Marks | Jan 10, 2014 | Business School Admissions, General Admissions, Uncategorized
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...
