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Application | Consortium | Featured | Pre-MBA | Prospective Student

Building the Best MBA Application: Improving Your Chances of Admission to The Consortium

15Nov

It’s fall — and that means MBA application season! But what should be an exciting time is often stress-ridden and anxiety-inducing. Applying to multiple schools, completing and submitting all necessary documents, writing a stellar essay and figuring out how to…

CGSM Staff | November 15, 2019
Prospective Student | Students

Guest Post: Why use an admissions coach?

4Aug

By Kofi Kankam, Admit Advantage As we enter the season of your favorite schools releasing their applications, many of you may be asking a question we hear frequently: “Why do I need an admissions consultant to help get me in?”…

CGSM | August 4, 2017
How are you preparing to write your MBA application essays? Photo via Mike Mantin, Flickr, under Creative Commons license. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikemike/
Prospective Student

Guest post: Writing the MBA essays in your application

30Nov

Writing MBA essays is never the most fun activity, but you can reduce the pressure by mapping out your plan ahead of time.

CGSM | November 30, 2016
From left: Rebecca W. Hamilton of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business; Leanne Meyer of Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business; and Daena Giardella of MIT's Sloan School of Management lead sessions at the inaugural Perspectives on Women’s Leadership series.
Member Schools | Prospective Student

Consortium schools lead women’s business leadership event series

7Oct

The women’s business leadership series roves from Washington, D.C., to New York, to Boston from Nov. 29-Dec. 1.

CGSM | October 7, 2016
A library on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. What are the reasons students might return to studying and consider getting an MBA? (Photo courtesy of Flickr user college.library via Creative Commons license)
Prospective Student | Students

Guest Post: Why you might consider getting an MBA

19Sep

You said you were probably never going to go back. Now, you’re willing to consider getting an MBA. Do you know why? Our guest blogger offers some reasons.

CGSM | September 19, 2016
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