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In this week's MBA Admissions podcast we began by discussing upcoming MBA admissions deadlines\. For this upcoming week, Ohio / Fisher, Texas / McCombs, USC / Marshall, Indiana / Kelley, Arizona / Carey, UCI / Merage, Florida / Warrington, NYU / Stern and Rice / Jones all have admissions deadlines\. Notredame / Mendoza and Ohio / Fisher are scheduled to release final decisions\. Insead is scheduled to release Round 1 interview invites, and we predict that Chicago / Booth and UCLA / Anderson will also release Round 1 interview invites\. Harvard Business School did release its Round 1 interview invites last week, as predicted\. Their release process was a little different to prior season\.\
\Graham highlighted Clear Admit’s current webinar events\. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Clear will host its Real Humans webinar series\. Signups are here: https://www\.clearadmit\.com/events\
\Graham noted two admissions tips Clear Admit recently published, one of which focuses on the hardest MBA admissions interview questions, the second discusses the value of additional letters of support\.\
\Clear Admit continues its Real Humans series which focuses on current students at top MBA programs\. This week we profile MBA students from Johns Hopkins / Carey and Berkeley / Haas\. Graham then mentioned a recent podcast he recorded with Yale SOM's dean of admissions\.\
\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 a veteran with a 645 GMAT score\. They also have a lower GPA from the service academy\.\
\This week’s second MBA applicant is from Ghana and has a strong career to date\. They have a 310 GRE score, and we encourage them to re\-sit the test\.\
\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\!\
- [MBA Wire Taps 525: Reapplicant, 715 GMAT\. Engineer, 320 GRE](https://www.clearadmit.com/podcast/mba-wire-taps-525/): \Just as a reminder for folks just joining the Clear Admit podcast, Alex Brown is a former admissions officer from the Wharton school and current Clear Admit community manager and podcaster\. He also teaches digital marketing for several top business schools, including Columbia Business School and London Business School\. And, Graham Richmond is the co\-founder of Clear Admit\. He also worked in admissions at Wharton \- where he first met Alex \- and has an MBA from the program\.\
\In this week's MBA Admissions podcast we began by discussing upcoming MBA admissions deadlines\. For this upcoming week, Georgia Tech / Scheller, Oxford / Said, Cambridge / Judge, SMU / Cox, UVA / Darden and Washington / Olin have admissions deadlines\. London Business School and IESE are scheduled to release Round 1 interview invites, and we predict that HBS will also release Round 1 interview invites\.\
\Graham highlighted Clear Admit’s current webinar events\. October 13 and 14, Clear will host its Real Humans webinar series\. Signups are here: https://www\.clearadmit\.com/events\
\Graham highlighted a recently published resource that highlights when Clear Admit predicts interview invites will be rolled out for many of the top MBA programs\. These predictions are based on the anonymous data we have from LiveWire\. Graham also noted a round up of the top MBA programs October in\-person admissions events\.\
\Graham then noted two admissions tips Clear Admit recently published; one about resume\-based vs\. application\-based interviews, and one about the 5 most common MBA interview questions\. He also mentioned an article that highlights all Clear Admit’s interview resources\. This led to a discussion on all the tools Clear Admit offers candidates to prepare for their interviews\. These include the interview report archive, the admissions bot \(great for interview preparation\) and the interview simulator \(great for interview practice\)\.\
\Graham highlighted a recently published Class of 2028 profile for MIT / Sloan\.\
\Clear Admit continues its Real Humans series which focuses on current students at top MBA programs\. This week we profile MBA students from Georgetown / McDonough\.\
\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 a reapplicant who works in the gaming industry\. They have a 715 GMAT score, and are targeting entrepreneurship, post MBA\.\
\This week’s second MBA applicant is an engineer in the automotive space\. They graduated from the US but recently relocated to Pakistan\. They have a 320 GRE\. We think they should retake the test\.\
\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 526: Admissions Director Q\&A with Bruce DelMonico of Yale SOM](https://www.clearadmit.com/podcast/episode-526-admissions-director-qa-yale/): As part of our ongoing MBA Admissions Director Q\&A series, Bruce DelMonico, Assistant Dean for Admissions at Yale School of Management, joins host Graham Richmond for a special edition of the Clear Admit MBA Admissions Podcast\. Get a look inside the evolution of admissions, the applicant experience and more about Yale SoM\. - [MBA Wire Taps 523: First\-gen, low quant\. Top profile, school selection](https://www.clearadmit.com/podcast/mba-wire-taps-523/): \In this week's MBA Admissions podcast we began by discussing upcoming MBA admissions deadlines\. For this upcoming week, MIT / Sloan, Duke / Fuqua, CMU / Tepper, Emory / Goizueta, UNC / Kenan Flagler, UCLA / Anderson, Georgetown / McDonough, Washington / Foster, Minnesota / Carlson, Vanderbilt, Maryland / Smith and BYU / Marriott all have admissions deadlines\.\
\Graham highlighted Clear Admit’s current webinar events\. This week, Clear Admit continues its six\-webinar events series that focuses on insider tips for the MBA admissions process\. These events feature admissions professionals from 30 top MBA programs\. After this series, Clear Admit will host its Real Humans webinar series, as well as its admissions series that focuses on specific regions of the United States\. Signups for all these events are here: https://www\.clearadmit\.com/events\
\Graham highlighted a Future of Graduate Management Education event he attended in London, hosted by GMAC\. Lots of great conversations centered on the impact of AI, as well as the changing geopolitical landscape and its impact on the MBA program offering\. Graham then noted two admissions tips Clear Admit recently published, focused on the interview process\. This led to a discussion on all the tools Clear Admit offers candidates to prepare for their interviews\. These include the interview report archive, the admissions bot \(great for interview preparation\) and the interview simulator \(great for interview practice\)\.\
\Graham highlighted a recently published Adcom Q\&A from Michigan / Ross\.\
\Clear Admit continues its Real Humans series which focuses on current students at top MBA programs\. This week we profile MBA students from Indiana / Kelley and NYU / Stern\.\
\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 a first\-generation college graduate who also has a masters degree\. They work in the non\-profit sector\. We worry about their lack of a quant\-related profile\.\
\This week’s second MBA applicant has all the attributes that top\-tier MBA programs seek\. We provided a little advice on school selection\.\
\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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