CLEAR ADMIT STRATEGY SERIES: WAITLIST GUIDE

While the waitlist is a necessary element of the MBA admissions process, it's a less than ideal result from the applicant's perspective. Disappointment and frustration are natural and common reactions, but maintaining a positive outlook and understanding one's options are critical to maximizing one's chances of admission.

What You'll Find in the Waitlist Guide
The MBA admissions waitlist is an unpredictable thing, but there's often more one can do than simply wait for a more definitive result. Having spent years working with clients to identify areas for improvement in their applications and build effective waitlist strategies, we're pleased to make our expert guidance available to the MBA applicant pool at large. The Clear Admit Waitlist Guide will teach you to understand the ground rules of a program's waitlist policy, formulate a plan to address weaknesses in your candidacy, craft effective communications to the admissions committee and expore every opportunity to boost your chances of acceptance.

This 26-page PDF file, which includes school-specific waitlist policies and sample communication materials, 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."