Get the Scoop on Carnegie Mellon

At Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business, the median GMAT score for incoming students rose from 690 to 700 in the last year. As applicants' credentials increase in quality, it becomes more difficult to stand out from the crowd.

If you want to find out how to set yourself apart from the other applicants to Tepper, then you don't want to miss this event. In a live chat on Thursday, Jan. 12, from noon to 1 p.m. (EST), we're heading straight to the source: Laurie Stewart, executive director of masters admissions. She'll take your questions and offer advice on everything from essays to interviews.

An alumna of Tepper, Stewart has led the MBA admissions team since 1994. Her present role also includes admissions responsibility for the master of science in computational finance (MSCF) program. Previously, she was assistant dean for student affairs at Tepper. But she began her professional career at General Motors in the product-engineering department at Pontiac Motor Division, and she holds a bachelor of mechanical engineering degree from Kettering University.

Your host for this live chat will be Francesca Di Meglio (FrancescaBW), BW Online's B-Schools channel editor.

Hope to see you there!

If you can't attend a live event, you can send Francesca Di Meglio (Francesca_DiMeglio@businessweek.com) questions for the guest in advance, and she'll try to pose as many as she can. Please use the subject line "Tepper Chat." Or, you may simply read the transcript that we post afterward.