MBA Admissions Podcast: Deferred Enrollment, Campus Fit, Volunteer Impact & Candidate Profiles

In this week’s MBA Admissions Podcast, Graham and Alex review the latest developments from the MBA admissions season. Interview invites continue to roll out as Duke Fuqua prepares to release its invites, Columbia wraps up its Round 1 notifications, and several programs—including Ohio Fisher, Michigan State Broad, and Oxford Saïd—release key decisions this week.

📅 Clear Admit is hosting several upcoming events, including the Deferred Enrollment Webinar this Wednesday and the Masters in Management (MiM) Webinar Series.
👉 Sign up here: https://www.clearadmit.com/events

! Our next livestream AMA is happening on Tuesday, November 25th. Subscribe to our YouTube and join live to ask your admissions questions!

Graham also highlights three new MBA admissions tips:
What to do after your MBA interview
Why campus environment matters more than applicants think
How volunteer work can strengthen your application
He also discusses a new article outlining the eight key benefits of earning a MiM.

This week’s episode features three new Real Humans spotlights—London Business School, Indiana Kelley, and CMU Tepper—along with recently published Class of 2027 profiles from Stanford GSB, MIT Sloan, and Chicago Booth.

🟨 This week’s ApplyWire candidate reviews include:
An Australian applicant seeking a test waiver—encouraged to consider testing to target top-tier programs
An Indian applicant aiming for U.K. MBA programs and retaking the GRE to strengthen their profile
A real estate professional with a 330 GRE exploring next steps in their MBA journey

This episode was recorded in Paris, France and Cornwall, England, and produced by the incomparable Dennis Crowley in Philadelphia, USA.

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