To work alongside the applicant in order to clearly and concisely identify and articulate relevant and important ideas for b-school MBA application essays or SoPs and to advise the applicant in shortlisting b-schools.
We will examine every aspect of your profile -
Based on the detailed analysis of your profile, we will help you work out the short, medium, and long term career goals for your application essays and Sops.
In this part of the evaluation, we will make sure that you are able to present a good fit of your past and future with the MBA or MiM program that you plan to opt for.
Here, we will provide you with suggestions on how you can improve your profile further between now and the time you apply for your MBA or MiM program. These will be concrete, practical suggestions offered by our team of experts based on your current profile.
Based on our assessment of your profile as well your preferences including country, budget, specialization and more, we will provide you a shortlist of between 5 - 10 b-schools that you can consider. We will also guide you on next steps as to how to finalize your b-school shortlist
We will help you prepare answer templates to 3 of the most frequently asked essay questions in b-school application forms, namely:
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Once you are done with GoalPost, it's time for you to move on to each individual b-school application. Each school is unique, therefore, your appplication cannot be the same for all the schools you apply to.
We need to Connect The Dots well for each application. Only then will you have a cohesive application that brings out the best in you.
There are 5 dots we need to connect well in order to come up with a winning application, namely
High scores reflect high intellectual capacity and a good ability to cope with academics during the MBA program. Lower scores may signal a concern to b-schools. We need to handle both effectively
Most schools ask for a 1-page resume. You therefore have to make sure that you pack in the relevant things and leave out the unnecassary
Based on the inputs given in GoalPost, you can now confidently proceed to prepare the draft answers for most essay questions in the respective application forms for your MiM or MBA programs.
Each b-school has a different set of essays. Besides career goals and why you wish to pursue an MBA, the essays may cover various other areas of your personality. You need solid answers to each question, irrespective of whether the permissible word count is 100 or 600 words.
Many Masters programs in Management may not have a set of essays. Rather, they ask you to write a Statement of Purpose in about 800 to 2000 words. This can be a huge challenge because filling in with needless info won't help at all. You have to be very specific here as well.
Once your draft essays / SoP have/has been prepared, we do the following:.
We do not write or draft letters of recommendation nor do we advise candidates to write them on behalf of the referees. You have to ask the person giving the LoR to respond.
However, b-schools do encourage applicants to discuss with the persons giving the LoRs as to why they need it, the significance of the LoR, and what the b-school looks for in an LoR. We guide you in this process.
The next step after getting successfully short-listed by a b-school is to appear for the Interview - either face-to-face or via skype, depending on the b-school.
It is a big mistake to ignore the Interview aspect while writing the rest of the applicaton. Therefore, everything we put into the answers to the essay questions as well as in the CV, is done with an eye on the forthcoming interview. Once you get the interview call, we guide you on the subsequent preparation and if necessary, conduct mock interviews as well.
Whatsapp us on 8097075272 or email us at mba@sharpminds.in if you need more info or want to get started with GoalPost