Mba Admissions Strategy: From Profile Building To Essay Writing: From profile building to essay writing Paperback – 1 Aug. 2010

Great and well written book. Gives you a good insight into the admission process and takes you through the basic tools required to brainstorm your profile and furnish the essays. Part Two - "Profile Building Tools and Techniques" is a must read. One would think that writing an essay about your own life shouldn't be that difficult but having read this book I'm certainly convined that my essays would have been a lot worse should I not had read it. Would definitely recommend it to anyone.

This is a succinct and at the same time comprehensive guide for anyone targeting the top schools. Reading the book in the beginning of the application process will save a lot of time later on. I found it especially helpful at the brainstorming stage and in developing themes and positioning. Tips on essay writing are invaluable.

This book covers all the aspects of an MBA application process such asmarketing to adcom, managing referees, who the various stakeholders in the admission process are, the need for personal and professional profile analysis etc.Most importantly, it highlights the need for recognizing ones strengths and values before the application process rather than trying to fit the mold of a particular school.I would recommend it to anybody planning to pursue an MBA.

The book is dedicated towards tackling essays which is an area which many (including me) struggle with. The book repeatedly emphasises the impt of marketing oneself through the application campaign. It does an excellent job in this respect as it is filled with insights such as personality profiling, extracting themes and mapping these themes into the essays. Comprehensive summary of question types (author identified 10). Question types were very useful summaries to get handle of questions. Full of useful self-marketing tips such as creating our own memorable labels to insert into the essays.I wish i had read the book earlier! This book certainly stands out among the crowd of books on the subject.

I highly recommmend this book. It is one of the newest MBA admissions strategy offerings, so I figure the info is up-to-date. The 22 specific attributes, and the way they fall on the diagram of 4 general attributes have been very helpful to me in writing my essays. Also the essay archetypes saved a lot of time. The real surprise though is that this book is enjoyable to read. I have reread some sections several times, the advice is logical and nuanced.