CLEAR ADMIT STRATEGY SERIES: RECOMMENDATION GUIDE

Along with a candidate’s essays, data forms and resume, the recommendations are a key component of the MBA application, and the admissions committee’s go-to source for information on the applicant’s professional performance and true leadership potential. Identifying the right people to serve as recommenders and guiding them through the process is crucial for a competitive application.

What You'll Find in the Recommendation Guide
After years of one-on-one work with clients in coaching their recommenders in producing the most supportive endorsements possible, we’re making our MBA recommendation best practices available to the applicant pool at large. The Clear Admit Recommendation Guide will teach you to strategically select the best possible recommenders, help them understand the characteristics of a strong recommendation, and exert some influence over the content of their comments to arrive at complementary documents that reinforce the strengths of your candidacy and alleviate its weaknesses.

This 29-page PDF file, which includes a set of guidelines you can print and share with your recommenders, a list of frequently asked questions and two full sample recommendations, is available for immediate download. Buy this guide.

About the Clear Admit Strategy Series
The MBA admissions process is a high-stakes exercise in marketing. Business schools are eager to look beyond a candidate’s grades and test scores to learn about the big picture of a candidate’s experiences, aspirations, interests and skills. While this presents an exciting opportunity, it also entails a significant challenge. MBA applicants must carefully evaluate their backgrounds, strategically selecting those experiences and examples that demonstrate their most valuable strengths and highlight the qualities that will resonate with each of their target schools. This core message, once developed, must then be presented clearly and convincingly across all elements of one’s application.

With more and more qualified applicants competing each year for a limited number of coveted seats, even the strongest candidates need every advantage they can get. We’ve created the Clear Admit Strategy Series to offer just this assistance. We’ve distilled our key strategic insights and best practices into these detailed guides covering key pieces of the MBA application. The titles in the Strategy Series will teach you to:

- Present your credentials for maximum impact
- Highlight your most salient strengths
- Establish a well-rounded impression
- Communicate clearly with the reader
- Speak to all of the admissions committee’s interests and concerns

We’re pleased to offer this guidance, previously available only to clients, to the MBA applicant community at large. Stay tuned as we release additional titles through the 2008-2009 admissions season.

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MBA Applicant Praise
"The guides in this series are both instructive and strategic. I learned a great deal about application conventions and what the admissions committee is looking for, and also benefited from the Strategy Series' specific advice about how to apply this information in presenting my candidacy and putting together a successful application."