Even with those schools that are pure RA and don’t have a priority deadline, it’s a good idea to get your application in as early as possible because RA, as you may have guessed, is done on a first come, first served basis. There is always the likelihood that spots fill up, so...
Early is best, but rushed is worst. Applicants do themselves a disservice when they rush to apply in September or October to meet a deadline that doesn’t truly exist. The only fall deadlines that are firm are those for early decision rounds. No matter when you choose to apply, the proc...
Early is best, but rushed is worst. Applicants do themselves a disservice when they rush to apply in September or October to meet a deadline that doesn’t truly exist. The only fall deadlines that are firm are those for early decision rounds. No matter when you choose to apply, the proc...
You know your kid and your sense of when to get them a phone is more important than hard and fast recommendations. You can probably trust yourself more on this one. The opinions expressed here by Inc.com columnists are their own, not those of Inc.com. Th...
This strategy draws inspiration from Steve Jobs’ famous Stanford graduation speech: “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.” When applying to GMAT scheduling, this means starting with your application deadline and working backward to determine ...
(Optional) Is there anything else we should know? Important note: While Columbia Business School’s recommendation form advises that recommendations be submitted on letterhead, if possible, Stanford specifically advises not to have graphics or letterhead in the upload. Therefore, as an applicant, it...
Sign up to subscribe to email alerts and you'll never miss a post. The opinions expressed here by Inc.com columnists are their own, not those of Inc.com. The final application deadline for the 2025 Inc. 5000 is Friday, April 25, at 11:59 p.m...
On 10 June 2019 the transposition and implementation deadline for the shareholder engagement rules imposed upon institutional investors and asset managers by the revised Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II) expired. This article offers an original account of the rationale, the dynamics and the evolutio...
Today, it is more difficult to meet some of the admissions criteria which has nothing to do with your ability to manage but whether or not you can find professors to support your application. Age, a factor makes it difficult to find more than one professor alive to provide references. ...
When the company was small, Google cared a lot about getting kids from Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. But Laszlo Bock, Google’s former Senior Vice President of People Operations, said it was the "wrong" hiring strategy. Experience has taught him that there are exceptional kids at many other ...