MBA ApplyWire Spotlight: International Candidates

With the admissions deadlines for the 2018-2019 admissions season on the horizon, many MBA hopefuls are posting to Clear Admit’s ApplyWire, a platform for feedback from our community of top-tier applicants to help inform your final choice of schools and approach to admissions.
In this edition of MBA ApplyWire Spotlight, we take a closer look at a couple of posts from international candidates. Our first entry is from an applicant considering Indian School Of Business, INSEAD, and London Business School:
Our resident admissions expert, Alex Brown, kicked off the conversation:
The original poster then returned:
And the conversation turned to career plans and timing:
The original poster then asked further advice:
Alex then wrapped up the thread:
Our next candidate hails from South Korea and has a long list of target schools, including Berkeley / Haas, CMU / Tepper, Dartmouth / Tuck, Georgia Tech / Scheller, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, U. Washington / Foster, UCLA Anderson, UT Austin / McCombs, and UVA / Darden:
Alex then offered feedback about timing:
The original poster then returned:
Alex then wrapped up the post:
Best of luck with your applications!
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Posted in: ApplyWire, DecisionWire, Feature Small, LiveWire
Schools: Berkeley / Haas, CMU / Tepper, Dartmouth / Tuck, Georgia Tech / Scheller, Indian School of Business, INSEAD, London Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, U. Washington / Foster, UCLA Anderson, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden
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