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In this week's MBA Admissions podcast we began by discussing the upcoming events Clear Admit is hosting\. We plan to do a livestream event on Tuesday, September 1, ahead of the Round 1 deadlines\. This event is for participants to ask any questions they have for their Round 1 strategy\. Graham and Alex will be hosting, as usual\. You can subscribe to Clear Admit’s YouTube channel here: https://www\.youtube\.com/@ClearAdmitMBA Later in September, Clear Admit will also host several more webinar events featuring admissions professionals from all the top MBA programs\. Signups for those events are here: https://www\.clearadmit\.com/events\
\Graham highlighted a recently published resource that covers all the 2026 Early and Round 1 deadlines for top MBA programs\. On September 9, several programs, including Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, and Columbia have their first\-round deadlines\.\
\Clear Admit continues its Adcom Q\&A series\. This week Graham notes a Q\&A with Chicago / Booth\. Graham also highlighted several podcast Q\&As that are being released, regularly\.\
\For this week, for the candidate profile review portion of the show, Alex selected two ApplyWire entries\.\
\This week’s first MBA admissions candidate is from India and has a 332 GRE score\. They are concerned that they have not worked for more traditional big brand businesses\.\
\This week’s second MBA applicant has a liberal arts degree and makes no mention of a standardized test\. We really encourage them to take the GMAT or GRE\.\
\This episode was recorded in Paris, France and Cornwall, England\. It was produced and engineered by the fabulous Dennis Crowley in Philadelphia, USA\. Thanks to all of you who’ve been joining us and please remember to rate and review this show wherever you listen\!\
- [Episode 507: Admissions Director Q\&A with Dawna Levenson of MIT Sloan](https://www.clearadmit.com/podcast/episode-508-admissions-qa-mit-sloan/): Dawna Levenson, the Assistant Dean of Admissions at the MIT Sloan School of Management, joins host Graham Richmond for a deeper dive into admissions in this special podcast episode\. Hear directly from Dawna what you can stop worrying about in admissions, how alumni view the program and more\. - [MBA Wire Taps 506: Solid profile plus Entrepreneurship\. Pivoting from Oil and Gas sector](https://www.clearadmit.com/podcast/mba-wire-taps-506/): \In this week's MBA Admissions podcast we began by discussing the upcoming events Clear Admit is hosting\. We plan to do a livestream event on Tuesday, September 1, ahead of the Round 1 deadlines\. This event is for participants to ask any questions they have for their Round 1 strategy\. Graham and Alex will be hosting, as usual\. We hope to roll out these livestream events on a monthly schedule\. Later in September, Clear Admit will also host several more webinar events featuring admissions professionals from the top MBA programs\. Signups for those events are here: https://www\.clearadmit\.com/events\
\Graham highlighted a recently published article that focuses on Chicago / Booth’s new research center for supply chain and applied technologies\. Graham also noted an admissions tip detailing how to identify and prepare recommenders for the MBA admissions process\.\
\Clear Admit continues its Adcom Q\&A series\. This week Graham notes a written and a podcast Q\&A from Berkeley / Haas\.\
\For this week, for the candidate profile review portion of the show, Alex selected two ApplyWire entries:\
\This week’s first MBA admissions candidate has a 3\.73 GPA and 675 GMAT\. They have what appears to be strong work experience and some decent entrepreneurial experience\.\
\This week’s second MBA applicant is seeking to pivot away from the Oil and Gas sector\. They are from Pakistan and have more than 11 years of experience\.\
\This episode was recorded in Paris, France and Cornwall, England\. It was produced and engineered by the fabulous Dennis Crowley in Philadelphia, USA\. Thanks to all of you who’ve been joining us and please remember to rate and review this show wherever you listen\!\
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