Why fit matters more than you think

It’s more natural to think of a business school as an entity, a non-living individual working somewhat like a machinery, sifting through hundreds, sometimes thousands of applications to select candidates for an MBA admission.

I would encourage you for a moment to think of a business school as an individual and think of the admissions process as a mutual selection process - one where the business school is equally eager to identify the right candidate for its school, as are you, to secure an admission.

In other words, it is not a process of rejection, it is a process of selection.

And if you consciously use this mindset to identify the right business school for your profile, I am confident you will end up with a more realistic set of business schools to target, and consequently those where you stand a higher chance of converting your application to an interview.

I have co-founded www.elevanted.com, where we work very closely with candidates like yourself, through a trademark rigorous process, to identify the right business school and diversify your business school selection strategy, while positioning you before them in a hyper-personalized manner through improving your profile and application.

If you need help identifying the right business school, or with making your profile stand out at your target business school, please get in touch with me on maanvi@elevanted.com or drop me a message on LinkedIn.

MBA is a big professional step! Here’s wishing you all the best!

Author

Maanvi Prasad

INSEAD MBA, Class of 2012 | LinkedIn

Member of INSEAD Alumni Association UK | UAE

Co-Founder www.elevanted.com – higher education, simplified