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MBA Wire Taps 307—Teacher, but low numbers. Chilean...

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2023/09/04

In this week's MBA Admissions podcast we began by discussing the upcoming Round 1 deadlines for this new season; for this week Harvard, UPenn / Wharton and London Business Schools have their Round 1 deadlines, Duke / Fuqua and UVA / Darden have their Early Action deadlines. Graham then highlighted our next Essay Insights series, which run on September 13, 20, and 27; signups for this popular series are here: https://bit.ly/cafallessays Graham then mentioned two Adcom Q&A articles, where we

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00:35:45

MBA Wire Taps 306—Peruvian with huge GMAT. Tech...

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2023/08/28

In this week's MBA Admissions podcast we began by discussing the upcoming Round 1 deadlines for this new season, which kicks off with Cambridge / Judge this week. Graham then highlighted several events that Clear Admit is hosting over the next month. Later today, we are hosting our monthly CA+ webinar, that is open to all registered members of the Clear Admit community. This webinar will cover preparation for the forthcoming Round 1 application deadlines. We also have a Real Humans webinar, on

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00:33:55

MBA Wire Taps 305—Air Force pilot, 2.5 GPA....

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2023/08/21

In this week's MBA Admissions podcast we began by discussing the upcoming Round 1 deadlines for this new season, as we close out last season. Graham then highlighted several events that Clear Admit is hosting over the next month. Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 22, we host a webinar with CMU / Tepper: https://bit.ly./teppermbawebinar, on Monday, August 28, we have a Clear Admit+ webinar, and we have a Real Humans webinar which includes alumni and students from top MBA programs on August 30th:

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00:40:23

MBA Wire Taps 304—Aeronautics engineer, 3.0 GPA....

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2023/08/14

In this week's MBA Admissions podcast Alex and Graham begin by discussing the upcoming Round 1 deadlines for the 2023-24 season and bid goodbye to the 2022-23 season (with students now showing up on campuses for pre-term). Graham then highlighted several events that Clear Admit is hosting over the next month. These events include a webinar with CMU / Tepper (August 22nd): https://bit.ly./teppermbawebinar, a Clear Admit+ webinar, scheduled for August 28th, a Real Humans webinar which will include

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00:36:42

MBA Wire Taps 303—Chemical Engineer from Trinidad and...

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2023/08/07

In this week's MBA Admissions podcast Alex and Graham began by discussing a new survey that Clear Admit has launched, which investigates the media habits of MBA candidates. All participation is greatly appreciated; the survey is here: https://bit.ly/casummarysurvey Graham then noted a new Master in Management program offered by Chicago / Booth which led to a discussion of some of the more unusual formats being offered by leading programs for graduate management education. Graham then highlighted a

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00:38:47

MBA Wire Taps 302—Strong profile, no GMAT yet. Great...

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2023/07/31

In this week's MBA Admissions podcast Graham led things off by discussing the MBA Essay Insights series which wraps up this Wednesday. This season’s series has seen record levels of attendees (600+ each week); our final event brings together MBA admissions leaders from Cornell / Johnson, UCLA / Anderson, Washington / Foster, INSEAD, and London Business School. Signups are here: https://bit.ly/cambaessay Graham then highlighted the recent survey Clear Admit has developed to understand the media

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00:40:13

MBA Wire Taps 301—Ex architect, now FAANG recruiting....

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2023/07/24

In this week's MBA Admissions podcast Alex and Graham begin by discussing some recent waitlist admissions posts on MBA LiveWire; for those still on waitlists, there is still some hope! Your hosts then discussed the recent updates to the Clear Admit website, which should make the user experience better. The new website also means that all the features that were previously only accessible to Clear Admit+ subscribers are now available to all registered users, for free! This includes the Admissions

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00:40:20

MBA Wire Taps 300—300 Episodes! Military candidate,...

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2023/07/17

Welcome to the 300th episode of the Clear Admit MBA Admissions podcast! Thank you for tuning in and helping us reach this landmark recording. A very special thanks to everyone who sent in audio clips with well wishes to mark the occasion too; these clips were mixed into episode #300 to ensure a very celebratory vibe! Getting down to business, this week's episode kicks off with Alex and Graham basking in the milestone of recording so many podcasts. Graham then highlighted three Adcom Q&As, from

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00:42:25

MBA Wire Taps 299—770 GMAT and 2.9, does that work?...

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2023/07/10

This week's show begins with Alex quizzing Graham about his recent trip to San Diego for this year’s GMAC conference, followed by a mention of some limited waitlist movement seen on MBA LiveWire. Graham and Alex then pivoted to a discussion on the recent supreme court decision that has a large impact on how admissions can consider race in their admissions decisions. Your hosts believe that while this will necessitate some changes to the admissions process, there will be still processes that can be

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00:31:11

MBA Wire Taps 298—LIVE from the GMAC Conference with...

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2023/07/03

Welcome back to another edition of Clear Admit's weekly MBA admissions podcast. This week's episode can hardly be described as just 'another edition' of the show; that's because it was recorded live in San Diego, California at the annual GMAC conference and includes special guest appearances from admissions directors at CMU Tepper, Georgetown McDonough, Berkeley Haas, and Yale SOM! Before bringing on the string of special guests, host Graham Richmond (who did his best without co-host Alex Brown

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00:39:24

MBA Wire Taps 297—Test Scores. 2.3 GPA, any chance? 2...

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2023/06/26

As summer heats up, Graham and Alex are back with another episode of WireTaps, and a slightly new format! After some quick discussion about lingering activity on LiveWire (which is now slowing down as the season gets closer to its end), Graham highlighted our July 'Essay Insight' virtual event series. This series, which begins on July 12th, brings MBA admissions officers from top programs to discuss their essays for the upcoming application cycle. This is a very popular series - signups are here:

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00:32:47

MBA Wire Taps 296—Environmental candidate, retaking...

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2023/06/19

We're back this week with another episode of WireTaps, and Alex and Graham get the show started with their usual discussion of activity on LiveWire. While the LiveWire updates have slowed down as the 2022-23 admissions season comes to its end, there was a little movement on the Chicago Booth waitlist last week. Graham then shifted gears to highlight two events Clear Admit is hosting. The first is a Real Humans event which brings students and alums together to discuss their experiences with

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00:44:23

MBA Wire Taps 295—Asset manager, 760 GMAT. Data...

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2023/06/12

Another week, another Wiretaps! As usual, this episode begins with Alex and Graham discussing activity on LiveWire (which is now slowing down as the 2022-23 admissions season gets closer to its end). Next week, Chicago / Booth will be releasing its decisions for its Booth Scholars program. Graham highlighted two events Clear Admit is hosting: The first is a 'Real Humans' event which brings students and alums together to discuss their experiences with candidates. It will be held on June 20 at 12 pm

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00:37:10

MBA Wire Taps 294—Two-time Olympian, part-time vs...

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2023/06/05

Alex and Graham's first WireTaps episode for June gets rolling with the usual review of activity on LiveWire, which includes waitlist decisions and final decisions from Rounds 3 and 4. This upcoming week should feature final decisions from UVA / Darden and MIT / Sloan (for their deferred admissions programs) and for Texas / McCombs and London Business School. Alex and Graham then had a brief discussion about the still-vacant admissions director seats at HBS and Stanford GSB admissions. It looks like

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00:36:30

MBA Wire Taps 293—Female lawyer, from Nigeria....

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2023/05/29

Happy Memorial Day! On this episode of WireTaps, Alex and Graham officially open BBQ season with a look at what's been cooking on LiveWire, including waitlist decisions and final decisions from Rounds 3 and 4. Alex reminds listeners that we also should see final decisions coming out for Georgetown / McDonough, Cornell / Johnson and CMU / Tepper (for its Future Leaders program) in the coming week. Alex also pointed out that new deadlines and essay topics are starting to be unveiled by the top MBA

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00:40:58

MBA Wire Taps 292—Social impact work. Switching west...

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2023/05/22

Spring is in full bloom in Cornwall, England and Paris, France, as Alex and Graham check in for the latest episode of WireTaps! This week's show begins with a discussion of activity on LiveWire, which includes waitlist decisions (all rounds) and final decisions (from Round 3). This upcoming week, Alex anticipates R3 decisions coming out for UNC / Kenan Flagler, Stanford, Chicago / Booth and Michigan / Ross. Graham highlighted the announcement of a new dean at Cornell / Johnson, Vishal Gaur, who

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00:37:21

MBA Wire Taps 291—Law school or MBA? Naval pilot,...

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2023/05/15

Alex and Graham are back with another episode of WireTaps, kicking things off with a rundown of the latest activity on LiveWire - which includes wait list decisions and final decisions from Round 3. Alex mentioned that this upcoming week should feature final decisions coming out for USC / Marshall, IESE, UCLA / Anderson, Oxford / Said, MIT / Sloan, Yale SOM and Washington / Foster. Graham highlighted four Real Humans Alumni stories: an Indiana / Kelley grad at Apple, a Cornell / Johnson grad at

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00:35:42

MBA Wire Taps 290—Wine Guy, 770 GMAT. 322 x4, one...

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2023/05/08

Another, week, another episode of WireTaps! Alex and Graham began the show with the usual discussion around activity on LiveWire, which now includes decision deadlines for the shorter Round 3 application cycle and some deferred enrollment interview invites. Graham then highlighted three Real Humans Alumni stories, an INSEAD grad at Accenture, a CMU / Tepper grad at Amazon and a UPenn / Wharton grad at Pfizer. Graham also mentioned a recently published admissions tip that covers scholarship

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00:39:20

MBA Wire Taps 289—323 GRE, from Colombia. Health...

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2023/05/01

This episode begins with an in-depth review of the 2024 U.S. News full-time MBA rankings, which were released last week after a delay. U.S. News has changed its ranking methodology which caused some shifts in their ranking, but Chicago / Booth did retain the top spot! Alex and Graham share thoughts on the rankings changes, and continue to assert the reality that a tiered ranking system is always better than an ordinal one. Graham noted that 5 of the top MBA programs now have a median GMAT score of

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00:39:10

MBA Wire Taps 288—Strong profile, weak GRE. Yale vs...

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2023/04/24

This episode kicks off with some discussion of a few big news stories in the MBA Admissions world. This includes the news of the delay in the release of the U.S. News MBA rankings (and the speculations surrounding the cause of the delay); the acquisition of Poets and Quants by Times Higher Education (THE), and the decisions from McKinsey and Bain to delay the start dates of their new hires. Graham then highlighted three Real Humans Alumni pieces, including a London Business School graduate running

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