The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast

Darren C. Joe

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. Discover what makes each business school unique. Strategies and tips on how to craft winning MBA applications. Straight talk on how to get accepted to MBA programs like Harvard, Insead, LBS, NUS and many, many more.

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The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast

Episodes (240)

Fri Oct 2nd #241 The Paramedic Method: Revive Your MBA Essays & Beat the Word Count, Too
Sep 5th #240 What Does "Holistic" Mean?
Jul 30th #239 How to Capture the AdCom's Attention (Repost)

The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast

Oct 2, 2026
27¼ minutes
38 MB

“Deleting prepositional phrases and replacing “is” forms with active verbs energize your prose.” – Darren, Touch MBA Darren edits an applicant’s essay using Professor Richard Latham’s Paramedic Method, an editing exercise to reduce your word count and energize your prose. Use the paramedic method to keep your essays action-oriented and concise. The Paramedic Method Circle the prepositionsCircle the “is” formsFind the actionPut this action in a simple (not compound) active verbStart fast – no slow windupsRead the passage aloud with emphasis and feelingWrite out each sentence on a blank screen or sheet of paper and mark off its basi...

The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast

#241 The Paramedic Method: Revive Your MBA Essays & Beat the Word Count, Too

Darren C. Joe

00:00 -27:20