Category: Touch MBA Blog

How to Choose the Right MBA Programs for You

We’ve helped over 4,000 MBA applicants from 50 countries shortlist MBA programs. Follow these 4 steps to find business schools that fit you best.
How I Got Into Insead & London Business School: 5 Game-Changing Success Factors

N’doli Jean-Hugues Cherif, a French and Ivorian applicant with a background in financial advisory and project finance, shares five key success factors that helped him get into Insead and London Business School.
#218 Lessons from Listeners (Vol. 2): Drawing a Roadmap for Admissions, Prioritizing Conversations, Prematurely Applying, Being Strategic Yet Flexible

Darren shares more hard-earned application lessons from four listeners (now graduated MBAs): drawing a roadmap for the admissions team, prioritizing conversations when picking schools, “prematurely applying” and being strategic yet flexible
#217 Lessons from Listeners (Vol. 1): Working for Unknown Companies, Determining Best-Fit Schools, Dealing with Dings

Darren shares three lessons from three admitted applicants that have stood the test of time: how to present yourself if you work for a relatively unknown company, how to determine best-fit b-schools, and how to deal with dings.
The Definitive Guide to Financing Your MBA & The Best MBA Student Loans (2023)

A step-by-step guide to financing your MBA plus our recommendations for best MBA student loans
The Key to MBA Success? Be Strategic, Yet Adaptable

Jasper Isip, a pharmacist from the Philippines and now McMaster University DeGroote MBA’23, shares hard-earned lessons to help MBA applicants.
Our Favorite MBA Application Tools

After 11 years advising over 4,000 MBA applicants, we recommend the following providers for GMAT prep, admissions consulting, student loans, and more.
Five Things I Learned When I Applied to Business School by Anonymous NYU Stern Tech MBA ’22

An anonymous NYU Stern Tech MBA ’22 (also admitted to Cambridge Judge MBA + Washington Foster MBA) shares his top 5 application tips.
Rankings Don’t Matter. Go Where You’ll Find the Conversations You Want to Have

The lifelong benefits I’m getting from this MBA have nothing to do with rankings; they’re the conversations you have, the people you meet, and the perspectives that change. I’ve learned so much in the way of soft skills by learning from my classmates; so really, when you visit schools, pay attention to the school culture and read…
What We’ve Learned from 444 Successful MBA Applicants

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The World’s Most Attractive Employers

In our country guides, we see how many of the Top 25 companies recruit at each MBA program and give a score out of 25. For example, all things considered, a school with a 15/25 score probably has a better reputation with well-known multinationals than a school with a 5/25 score.
Surprise, I’m Going to Business School! (tips for the untraditional applicant)

Have you received disheartening feedback from MBA admissions experts – including from us at Touch MBA? Kate Galloway, a nurse and Texas McCombs MBA, believed she had more to offer than what met any reviewers standardized checkboxes.
2 Years, 8 Dings and 2 Scholarships Later – My Reflections on the MBA Application Process

How did one re-applicant recover from 8 dings to win 2 admits (with scholarships!)? Brendan Marschner, Emory Goizueta MBA ’20, shares two hard-earned lessons.
I Got Into 8 Top MBA Programs; These Are My Top 3 Tips

Will Morgan, an oil & gas engineer looking to transition to management consulting, got into ALL 8 programs he applied to – here are his top 3 tips for getting admitted. Will heads to UT Austin McCombs MBA on scholarship this Fall.
My CEIBS Pre-MBA Bootcamp Experience

Considering going to CEIBS Pre-MBA Bootcamp? Darren shares an on-the-ground account of the CEIBS Pre-MBA Bootcamp so future participants (and CEIBS MBAs) know what to expect from Mainland China’s #1 MBA Program.