How admissions committees work, from an insider’s perspective.

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An Inside the AdCom reader recently submitted this question about bringing up low undergrad grades by taking graduate courses. In general, it can be a good strategy to do well in higher level coursework than courses you did less well in. The risk in not doing well is explored below.



Choosing a graduate school should be a rigorous affair similar to the challenging work you expect in graduate school. Making a good choice relies on the breadth and depth of your due diligence, which many students do inadequately. Go through this checklist candidly for yourself and you will be able to create a much more focused list of possible schools. This screening effort enables you to measure each program on it’s own merits.

In another post, we discussed the importance of April 15th for students admitted to graduate school. The focus of that post was on what to do if you are pressured by a university to meet an earlier deadline. This post clarifies what happens after April 15th.

Many business schools ask applicants to answer an essay question like… Read more…