Holistic Admissions
How To Identify Exceptional Engineering Applicants
Among the hundreds, and maybe even thousands, of applicants to your engineering program, how do you know between one high...
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Evaluating Global-Mindedness Without Global Biases
When recruiting students for graduate degrees, it’s no longer optional to enroll globally-minded and culturally-aware applicants. As students evolve their...
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Inside Holistic Admissions: A Q&A with Haas School of Business
Holistic assessment has been touted as an excellent way to improve diversity and build stronger classrooms based on fit, soft...
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How Questrom School of Business Shapes Their Classes With Kira
Within Boston University, one of the world’s leading research universities, Questrom School of Business is an innovation hub known for...
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Yielding Top Talent: A Q&A With Yale School of Management
Editors Note, April 2018: Since this interview, Melissa has taken on a new role Assistant Dean, Management Master’s Programs. Critics are...
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How to Find the Authentic Leaders Among your Applicants
There is one competency that virtually every graduate school admissions team is looking for: Leadership....
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Five Ways to Make Admissions Interview Season Smoother
Interviews are arguably the most stressful part of the admissions process for applicants, and they can also be extremely stressful and...
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The Socially Conscious MBA Student
Working with over two-hundred schools at Kira, one of the most interesting insights we’ve gleaned is this: business schools are...
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Communication Skills: The Essential Business School Competency
Communication skills are the single most desired competency that employers seek in business school graduates....
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The Golden Era for Talent: Dean Roger Martin’s Insights on Academic Admissions
Former Rotman School of Management Dean Roger Martin talks about the future of business school admissions.