How to Get Accepted to a Top EMBA Program: The Experts Speak

Should you apply to an Executive MBA program or a regular MBA program? And if you decide on the Executive MBA, what do you need to do to get in? And which EMBA should you apply to? These are the questions that we are going to address with our guests, Accepted’s EMBA experts, Cindy Tokumitsu and Jen Weld.

In the show:

Let’s say I’m in my early to mid 30’s and I’m in middle management and have c-suite ambitions. I have a fairly strong technical background. Should I apply for an MBA or an EMBA and why?

What makes for a good EMBA candidate?

How are the criteria for admissions different for Executive MBA vs MBA programs?

What makes for a great EMBA application?

How does an EMBA student’s part-time status (or full-time job) affect the application process?

How do you recommend applicants address adding the program in to their already busy lives?

MBA applicants sometimes struggle to fit in all that they want to tell admissions committees. EMBA applicants have so many more years of experience that the challenge can be even greater. How do you advise EMBA applicants to distill their experience into succinct stories and sound bites?

What do you find is the biggest challenge your EMBA clients face and how do you help them overcome it?

Any tips for the EMBA interview?

Any last words of advice for EMBA applicants?

What would you have liked me to ask you?