The Ultimate Resource to Navigate the Application Process

Our mba.com Application Planning Guide offers the best tips and advice to help you achieve your business school admission goals. It guides you through the multifaceted application journey and prepares you to tell your best 'MBA story', so you can stand out from other qualified applicants. 

The guide features:

  • Over 20 pages of comprehensive, step-by-step guidance throughout the business school application process from three MBA admission experts and an incoming Harvard MBA student
  • Advice on how to prepare for the GMAT exam
  • Tips on how to tell your 'MBA story' (If you don't know what that is, there's another reason to get the guide.)
  • Resume tips and tricks
  • Suggestions on how to determine which schools to apply to
  • Instructions on how to ace your interview(s)
  • Essay writing pointers
  • Recommendation resources and planning advice
  • 9 "Try It Out" sections to help you get started
  • The ultimate checklist to keep you on track...and more. 

Get organized and plan now to maximize all the possible opportunities to enhance your candidacy and help showcase your unique and amazing story!