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The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast

Get an inside look at how top business schools assess MBA applicants. Interviews with MBA Admissions Directors and students from the world's top-ranked MBA programs. Strategies and tips on how to craft a successful MBA application and best present yourself. Straight talk on how to get accepted to MBA programs like Wharton, MIT Sloan, Insead, London Business School, and many, many more.

#234 HKUST MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Stephen Shih

56 mins; April 01, 2026

#233 6 Ways to Make Your Application Stick (Repost)

18 mins; January 29, 2026

#232 IESE MBA Admissions Insights with Patrik Wallen

93 hours 36 mins; October 30, 2025

#231 Crafting a Personal Narrative that Stands Out with Ellin Lolis

61 hours 23 mins; October 17, 2025

#230 Five Keys to MBA Admissions Success with N'doli Jean-Hugues Cherif, Insead MBA '26

86 hours 14 mins; August 25, 2025

#229 AI's Impact on MBA Careers: An Insider's Perspective

40 mins; April 28, 2025

#228 3 Exercises to Design Your Life and Find Best Fit MBA Programs

18 mins; February 24, 2025

#227 Inside the Frankfurt School Full-Time MBA: Admissions & Recruitment Insights with Ann-Marie Stephenson & Colleen McLister

54 mins; January 24, 2025

#226 HEC Paris MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Sara Vanos

65 hours 47 mins; November 11, 2024

#225 Is an MBA Worth It for Startup Founders? with Bridget Pujals, Berkeley Haas MBA '24

50 mins; September 03, 2024

#224 Important Things to Look for in MBA & EMBA Programs with Prof. Steven DeKrey, HKUST Business School

50 mins; August 12, 2024

#224 Important Things to Look for in MBA & EMBA Programs with Prof. Steven DeKrey, HKUST Business School

26 mins; August 08, 2024

#223 How to 3x Your Chances to Top 10 MBA Programs with Melody Jones, Vantage Point MBA

46 mins; June 18, 2024

#222 Mid-Career MBA Alternatives with Richard Campbell (HBS Program for Leadership Development, LBS Sloan Masters in Leadership & Strategy, 500 Global Accelerator)

63 hours 5 mins; May 27, 2024

#221 Excellent Advice for Living (and MBA Applications!)

28 mins; April 16, 2024

#220 GLOBIS MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Tomoya Nakamura - "Find Your Kokorozashi"

74 hours 48 mins; March 10, 2024

#219 From Military to MBA, Consultant & More with Beau Gresham, NYU Stern MBA '20 - "Find Your Champions"

86 hours 43 mins; February 19, 2024

#218 Lessons from Listeners (Vol. 2): Drawing a Roadmap for Admissions, Prioritizing Conversations, Prematurely Applying, Being Strategic Yet Flexible

27 mins; January 29, 2024

#217 Lessons from Listeners (Vol. 1): Working for Unknown Companies, Determining Best-Fit Schools, Dealing with Dings

24 mins; January 20, 2024

#216 The GMAT Focus Episode (GRE, too)

42 mins; December 21, 2023

#215 Frankfurt School of Finance & Management MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Dr. Adrian Buss

46 mins; October 17, 2023

#214 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Prof. Wan Wongsunwai

60 hours 19 mins; October 11, 2023

#213 Duke University Fuqua MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Shari Hubert

72 hours 44 mins; October 04, 2023

#212 Georgia Tech Scheller MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Jonathan Clarke

42 mins; August 28, 2023

#211 Vanderbilt MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Sue Oldham

51 mins; July 10, 2023

#210 Georgetown MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Shelly Heinrich

51 mins; June 28, 2023

#209 How Wharton Reviews MBA Applicants & More with Thomas Caleel, Former Head of MBA Admissions for Wharton

63 hours 13 mins; June 19, 2023

#208 Undercover MBA Subrankings

30 mins; May 31, 2023

#207 NUS MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Wedad Sunny

47 mins; May 23, 2023

#206 Strategies for Optimal MBA Student Loans with Nikhil Agarwal from Juno

47 mins; April 24, 2023

#205 ESMT Berlin MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Rebecca Loades

58 mins; March 20, 2023

#204 IESE MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Paula Amorim

76 hours 57 mins; March 13, 2023

#203 What Are Your Game-Changing Differentiators? with Paul Bodine from Admitify

34 mins; March 01, 2023

#202 Inside the National University of Singapore (NUS) MBA with Tilla Caveng, NUS MBA '24

67 hours 6 mins; February 15, 2023

#201 Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Jochem Kroezen and Maria Tsachli

61 hours 26 mins; February 04, 2023

#200 The 3S’s of Scintillating Storytelling

21 mins; January 23, 2023

#199 10 Application Lessons from 10 Years of Touch MBA

41 mins; December 13, 2022

#198 Inside the London Business School MBA & Honing Your Story with Chris Tran, LBS '22

61 hours 57 mins; November 21, 2022

#197 Pivoting Geographies & Breaking into EdTech with Tony Ngo, Harvard Business School 08

54 mins; September 29, 2022

#196 How I Got Into Berkeley Haas MBA (and HBS, Wharton, UCLA too!) & Breaking into Product Management with Bridget Pujals

65 hours 2 mins; July 06, 2022

#195 Business School Selection Simplified - How to Shortlist MBA Programs You're Excited About and Competitive At

28 mins; June 27, 2022

#194 Building a Professional MBA Network with Nicolle Lee, Wharton MBA '22

59 mins; April 22, 2022

#193 Hiring Trends & Salaries for Business School Graduates via the Corporate Recruiters Survey

18 mins; April 11, 2022

#192 MBA Coffee Chats: Thoughtful Advice on How to Get the Most out of your MBA with Adam Putterman, Kellogg MMM '19

39 mins; March 28, 2022

#191 Inside Harvard Business School - An Introvert's Experience with Graciela Brewer, HBS MBA '22

68 hours 11 mins; March 03, 2022

#190 3 Timeless Application Strategies from MBA Admissions Strategy (2005) by Avi Gordon

27 mins; February 08, 2022

#189 Breaking into Healthcare (as an MBA) with Veeral Desai, HBS '07

52 mins; January 10, 2022

#188 Steve Dalton's The Job Closer - Giving Job Seekers Straightforward Frameworks that Work Fast and Work Well

51 mins; December 02, 2021

#187 Imperial MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Amy Duckworth

36 mins; November 15, 2021

#186 WHU MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Sabine Noe

43 mins; November 02, 2021

#185 Cambridge MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Emily Brierley

47 mins; October 19, 2021

#184 Toronto Rotman MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Imran Kanga - "Choose Your Own Adventure"

49 mins; October 09, 2021

#183 SDA Bocconi MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Francesca Roveda

65 hours 18 mins; September 29, 2021

#182 Inside the NUS MBA with Student Council President Safira Djati, NUS MBA '22

57 mins; September 20, 2021

#181 Taking the Road Less Traveled with Tony DeGennaro, CUHK MBA '17

53 mins; August 18, 2021

#180 The Fully Funded MBA with Samuel Adeoye, UBC Sauder MBA '22

50 mins; August 02, 2021

#179 From Artist to MBA with Justin Taines, RSM MBA ’21

76 hours 13 mins; July 23, 2021

#178 The McKinsey & Insead Experience with Milan Mecklenburg, Insead MBA '18D

51 mins; June 25, 2021

#177 How I Got into the Wharton MBA / MA Lauder Joint Degree Program with Hunter Dong

56 mins; March 27, 2021

#176 Use the 5 Senses to Make Your MBA Application Stick

28 mins; February 26, 2021

#175 AGSM MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Dr. Michele Roberts

53 mins; November 30, 2020

#174 Mannheim MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Kai Stenzel & Sofia Syed Nasir

56 mins; November 18, 2020

#173 Bayes Business School MBA (formerly Cass), City, University of London Program & Admissions Interview with Alex Jones

51 mins; November 09, 2020

#172 Melbourne MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Anastasia Georgiou

49 mins; October 29, 2020

#171 3 Positioning Strategies for Job Hoppers

22 mins; October 17, 2020

#170 Nanyang MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Gilbert Chua

46 mins; October 12, 2020

#169 CEIBS MBA Program & Admissions Interview with James Kent

61 hours 1 min; September 21, 2020

#168 Live the Questions

28 mins; August 28, 2020

#167 Breaking into Vietnam, Venture Capital & Professional Sports with Henry Nguyen, Founding Owner, Los Angeles Football Club & Kellogg MBA '00

97 hours 49 mins; July 31, 2020

#166 Inside the Sofaer Global MBA with Manuel Fajardo '20

37 mins; July 16, 2020

#165 How is Covid-19 Impacting B-Schools? Dirk Hopfl Shares IE Business School's Response

24 mins; July 03, 2020

#164 Inside the Virginia Darden MBA with Tawan (Tina) Suvapatrachai '18

51 mins; May 16, 2020

#163 How I Got Into Harvard Business School with Graciela Brewer

86 hours 5 mins; May 01, 2020

#162 Don't Trust Your Gut for Career Decisions with Dr. Gleb Tsipursky

50 mins; March 05, 2020

#161 The Evolving Professional MBA with Chris Healy

56 mins; February 13, 2020

#160 Experience Does Not Equal Performance

13 mins; January 31, 2020

#159 What's Up with the HKU MBA?

63 hours 47 mins; January 15, 2020

#158 Quantless in Cornell with Gregory Wool, Cornell Johnson MBA '21

62 hours 52 mins; December 30, 2019

#157 Management Consulting & Student Life at Insead with Massine Bouzerar '19J

53 mins; October 02, 2019

#156 Three Questions to Ask Before You Make a Career Move with Gary Lo

56 mins; September 23, 2019

#155 Five Takeaways from MBA Tour Panel in Ho Chi Minh – “Preparing Your Application: Advice from Admissions Directors”

22 mins; September 09, 2019

#154 Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) & The Consortium What You Need to Know with Cristian Molina Cornejo, Tuck MBA '21

66 hours 23 mins; August 26, 2019

#153 The US MBA Experience as an International Student with Ikechukwu Edeagu, UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA '19

74 hours 25 mins; August 20, 2019

#152 Kishōtenketsu

16 mins; April 09, 2019

#151 City University Hong Kong MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Christoph Schneider

45 mins; April 07, 2019

#150 Behind the Scenes of an MBA Employment Report

55 mins; March 25, 2019

#149 Wisconsin MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Betsy Kacizak and Brad Chandler - "Focus Creates Advantage"

59 mins; February 25, 2019

#148 Starting a Business during your MBA with Sheela Lal, Michigan Ross MBA '19

29 mins; February 04, 2019

#147 ASB MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Sean Ferguson - "An Action-Learning Based Curriculum"

62 hours 25 mins; January 26, 2019

#146 The Three Ps of Performance

19 mins; November 28, 2018

#145 IMD MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Dean Seán Meehan - Be on Companies' Leadership Radars Mixdown 1

53 mins; November 19, 2018

#144 The Pros and Cons of Doing an MBA Outside the US + Assessing a B-school’s Entrepreneurship Offering with Eddy Zakes, IESE MBA ’17

73 hours 46 mins; October 30, 2018

#143 Alliance Manchester MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Chris Healy

55 mins; October 03, 2018

#142 York Schulich MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Imran Kanga - "One of the most customizable programs in the world"

43 mins; September 24, 2018

#141 The Mindset to Make a "3D" Career Change - From Wastewater Engineer to Luxury Brand Manager with Laura Pan, SDA Bocconi MBA '18

65 hours 11 mins; September 13, 2018

#140 RSM MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Brandon Kirby

79 hours 17 mins; August 26, 2018

#139 Breaking into Energy & Sustainability (as an MBA)

63 hours 40 mins; August 15, 2018

#138 MBA Resume Do's and Don'ts (Plus Templates!)

22 mins; August 06, 2018

#137 From Stand Up Comic to MBA Student with Rob O'Reilly, USC Marshall MBA '20

52 mins; July 27, 2018

#136 Military to MBA to Management Consulting with Alex Tuininga, Harvard MBA '18

67 hours 50 mins; July 17, 2018

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