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You’ve been invited for an #MBAinterview. Amidst your pre-interview preparation, don’t overlook day-of planning. We're sharing practical tips on the Apply Point blog.

While rankings can be extremely useful as you put together your #MBA school list, don't forget to consider that the school will be your home for the next two years. We recommend taking a quick read of this #poetsandquants article, with former students sharing their favorite #MBAtraditions at schools throughout the country. What traditions appeal most to you?

LSAT registrations / test-takers have surged for this admissions cycle (August through November) suggesting a highly competitive year for law school admissions.

#prelaw? Ready yourself for law school by starting to prioritize your mental health and wellbeing now.

This week California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will ban the use of legacy admissions in private colleges and universities in California. The use of legacy preference in California's public universities was discontinued in 1998. Read more about the decision via the WSJ link below.

We encourage all of our medical school applicants to stay up to date on healthcare news and current events as they often arise in interviews. Medpage recently published a report showing how physicians responded to a survey on hot topics in the industry. Take a look and consider your own stances on the various issues presented.

Were you invited to interview at Harvard Business School? If so, congratulations! Once you feel confident in your interview preparation, you will need to start thinking about your post-interview reflection, which should be submitted within 24 hours of your interview. We've compiled our advice in the blog linked below.

If you're preparing for a medical school interview, don't miss this week's blog series. Each post will cover one of the six question types you should expect in your traditional one-on-one interview. Check it out at the link below.

When you're writing your personal statement and/or school specific essays, we urge you to keep in mind that *timing matters.* Eighty percent of the experiences you share should be from adulthood (college and beyond). Twenty percent can be from before then if they established foundational skills or led to evolutions in perspective. For example, if you taught wilderness first aid as an Eagle Scout or participated in a Books Behind Bars program back in high school that changed your thoughts on the American prison system, that's worth noting.

QS released its Global MBA Rankings yesterday and U.S. institutions fared very well with Stanford GSB, Penn Wharton, HBS, and MIT Sloan taking the top four spots and Columbia Business School coming in at the eighth rank. Review the full rankings at the link below.