Taking or considering the GRE Exam or graduate school? You’ll love our short, approachable, and insightful episodes about the GRE Exam and graduate school admissions. This podcast is hosted by Tyler York, co-founder and CEO of Achievable, a modern test prep platform for the GRE exam. You can try it for free at https://achievable.me/ , and the course is only $199 to purchase.
Episodes
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Looking to apply to a medical graduate program on the path to an MD? Mary Pat Jacobs is the director of Apply Point Admissions Consulting, which specializes in medical (both MD and osteopathic programs), law, and business graduate applicants. In this episode, Mary shares her tips for applying to medical graduate programs, including a walkthrough of the whole process, how to set your resume up for success at later stages, where teamwork plays a role, how to write a strong essay, and more.
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Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Looking to apply to a psychology graduate program? Linda Abraham is the founder of Accepted, which has advised college and graduate admissions since 1994. And her colleague, Dr. Karin Ash, was the former director of career services for Cornell University. In this episode, Linda and Karin go through the application and evaluation process for psychology graduate programs, strategies for creating your application, and how to adjust your application depending on whether you're applying a PsyD, PhD, and more.
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Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Looking to apply to a STEM or engineering graduate program? Linda Abraham is the founder of Accepted, which has advised college and graduate admissions since 1994. And her colleague, Dr. Karin Ash, was the former director of career services for Cornell University and the career coach for Cornell's Master of Engineering students. In this episode, Linda and Karin go through the application and evaluation process for STEM graduate programs, strategies for creating your application, and more.
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Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
How do MBA admissions offices evaluate you? Learn from a former Dean of Admissions. Petia Whitmore is the founder of MyMBAPath, which she started after the was the Dean of Admissions at Babson College and managing director of TheMBATour. In this episode, Petia walks you through the screening process, what admissions committees look for, and what you can do to make your application stand out.
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Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Often times, when you take the GRE or GMAT, you have a score in mind. What do you do if you don't get that score? Oren Margolis is the founder of Pinetree & Palm Consulting, which he started after spending 6 years working in admissions at NYU and NYU Stern. In this episode, Oren shares his tips for evaluating how far you are from your goals, getting in the right mindset, creating a plan of attack to improve your score, and how to nail test day.
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Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Wouldn't you like your MBA program to be cheaper? While also getting access to unique networking opportunities? Amit Kapur is the CFO and Senior Storyteller at Sparrey Consulting, which has helped their customers earn more than $36 million in scholarships. In this episode, Amit walks you through how to get merit scholarships for MBA programs, including how to tell your story to attract a scholarship, how to apply, and other tips for getting them.
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Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
What do MBA admissions officers look for when reading your application? Paul Bodine is the cofounder of Admitify and a Poets & Quants "Best Consultant" for 5 consecutive years. They focus on how to tell great stories as a part of your application. In this episode, Paul walks you through the admissions officer's point of view when reading applications, and how you can adapt your application to give them what they are looking for and stand out from the crowd.
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Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
As a US resident, you may be considering an international business school to broaden your horizons and learn about business in a foreign country. Caroline Diarte Edwards cofounded Fortuna Admissions after being Head of Admissions at INSEAD for 7 years. In this episode, Caroline explains the similarities and differences between US and international business schools, why you should consider applying to an international school, why you shouldn't consider applying to an international school, and more.
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Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Candy Lee LaBalle is the founder of LaBalle Admissions, and has been working in MBA admissions consulting for 16 years. Her mission is to take the mystery and misery out of the MBA application process. In this episode, Candy shares the common MBA myths that she hears all the time from her clients and debunks them one by one.
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Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Dr. Don Martin has been a Dean of Admissions at Columbia, University of Chicago Booth, and Northwestern, and is the author of the book Grad School Road Map. In his many decades of admissions consulting, he has seen applicants make the same mistake again and again. Rather than tell you, we're going to ask you to listen to this excellent episode to find out what it is and how you can avoid it, with detailed steps to take control of your own graduate school admissions process.
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