Where to Start Your Business School Application (Most People Get This Wrong)

START HERE 🎁 MasterPlan Academy (NEW!) – Get the frameworks, templates, and strategy I use with 1:1 clients, plus direct access to me. Start with a 7-day free trial. → https://www.skool.com/masterplan/about WORK WITH ME 👥 1:1 Admissions Consulting – Personalized guidance for your MBA or master’s applications. → https://auxilium-edu.com ---------------------------- Most applicants start their business school application in the wrong place — and it costs them. There is a sequence that works, and in this video I'm giving it to you. Whether you are just starting to think about applying or you are already in research mode, this is the foundation everything else is built on. Skip it and no amount of essay polishing will save your application. We are covering the four things you need to do first: ✅ How to build your narrative — the foundation of your entire application ✅ How to build your school list the right way, in parallel with your story ✅ How to understand your application timeline so nothing sneaks up on you ✅ How to build your Affinity Score — one of the highest leverage and most overlooked strategies in admissions Start here. Get this right. The rest becomes so much easier. 📌 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Why most applicants start in the wrong place 0:27 About Caitlin & the sequence that gets offers 1:00 Step 1: Get clear on your story first 1:31 The four narrative questions to answer 2:35 Go deeper: Narrative video 3:00 Step 2: Build your school list in parallel 3:35 The four lenses for evaluating schools 4:08 Lens #1: Career fit 4:40 Lens #2: Academic fit 5:17 Lens #3 & #4: Cultural fit and personal fit 5:37 Step 3: Understand your timeline 6:09 GMAT, recommenders, and essay deadlines 6:45 Go deeper: Timeline video 7:16 Step 4: Build your Affinity Score 7:40 Why admissions committees are evaluating your likelihood to say yes 8:19 How to build your Affinity Score in practice 8:48 Go deeper: Affinity Score video 9:16 Full recap 9:36 MasterPlan Academy — get support through every step