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Welcome back to Trivia Tuesday, where we highlight the specific offerings that help differentiate the leading MBA programs from each other.  Today we’re taking a look inside the Clear Admit Guide to London Business School to share with you an excerpt about the school’s accelerated MBA options:

“Unlike most leading MBA programs, London ... Read More

GMAT Critical Reasoning (CR) questions can be tough nuts to crack in the GMAT Verbal section. The GMAT preparation series on MBA Crystal Ball, written by the GMAT teachers at GoGMAT, continues with some tips on finding logical flaws in the Critical Reasoning questions with samples to explain the underlying concept. GMAT Critical Reasoning Questions ... Read More

The Kellogg School of Management

In addition to their traditional Part-Time MBA Program, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern is now offering an Accelerated Part-Time Option. This new option caters to those who have fulfilled certain requirements as undergrads or graduates and can jump straight to the more advanced courses needed for an MBA.

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ISB Admissions Tips | MBA Admissions | Accepted Admissions Consulting Blog: What's so peculiar about ISB is the ultra-narrow-band approach they take. almost a parody of reduction.300 words to differentiate yourself. 300 words for your three years post-graduation. 300 words of additional information.  900 words total in which to present one's candidacy. ... Read More

Proctor and Gamble (P&G), a giant in the consumer packaged goods industry, is currently accepting applications to its P&G Marketing MBA Summer Camp, a unique opportunity for students scheduled to enter business school next fall to get a crash course in marketing and an intimate introduction to P&G before even setting foot on their MBA campus.

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Think strategically.  An Admissions Office will never come out and tell you "No, you're not really of the caliber we seek."  True to form, the Admissions Office never does anything that would limit its freedom of action.Plus, having observed the applicant Cohort/life stage for a long enough period of time, the Admissions team knows how to ... Read More

At mbaMission, we always encourage candidates to show their experiences rather than tell the reader conclusions. For example, a candidate may mistakenly choose to tell the reader: “I performed exceptionally well in my job and was promoted.” In this case, the reader is left wondering: “What did he/she do so well to earn that promotion?” ... Read More

We answered a question on BTG the other day and thought it would be worth repeating here. The Brave Supplicant is in the admirable position of holding acceptances to two Really Good Schools - Columbia and LBS. Yet this BSer really wants to go to Stanford. We can appreciate that! Stanford is an amazing place. *Everyone* really wants to go there. The ... Read More

While official data from most business schools will not be available until the end of summer, some early numbers show that application volume may be up this year, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal. Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management saw a 16% increase in applications, due in part to more aggressive recruiting, and ... Read More

This post originally appeared on Stacy’s “Strictly Business” MBA blog on U.S.News.com The career goals essay is perhaps the most common of all topics posed in the MBA application, so it may surprise you to learn that many prospective students don’t have clearly defined career goals. If that sounds like you, the first step to ... Read More

In keeping with the recent Admissions Tips we have posted for the new crop of applicants to the Class of 2015, today we want to offer some tips on engaging the community of one’s target programs.  Communicating with b-school insiders can be beneficial for a number of reasons: In addition to learning about a given school and your potential fit, you’ll ... Read More

#MBApplication Components & StepsFor the moment, let's simply assume that through exhaustive and exhausting self-examination, you've perfected your self-undertsanding of your #MBACandidacy. (Because this is, in fact, no mean feat, for our purposes here, the rest of this posting is a 'thought experiment')So, in turning to the application with the ... Read More

A client writes meI received emails encouraging me to apply from:- IESE Business school---> In theory a top institution but whose real impact is not that good and its admissions process is not really competitive (I have some friends who got admitted with GMAT scores in the range 600-670 and with standard career paths).- university of iowa---> ... Read More

As many companies struggle to rebuild and expand their activity after the economic crisis, an increasing number have shifted their hiring focus and are now recruiting qualified MBA graduates. Two-thirds of companies participating in the latest Graduate Management Admission Council’s Corporate Recruiter’s Survey planned to hire MBA graduates for ... Read More

Though the average age of CEIBS’s entering full-time MBA is, at 29, not far from the average at U.S. business schools, according to Roy Chason, CEIBS’ Senior Manager for Admissions and Marketing, the Shanghai-based business school, ranked 24th in Financial Times’ Global MBA rankings, is admitting a fairly management-experienced crowd:

“On ... Read More

When it comes to the GMAT, raw intellectual horsepower helps, but it is not everything. In this weekly blog series, Manhattan GMAT’s Stacey Koprince teaches you how to perform at your best on test day by using some common sense.

Since the beginning of this month, I have spoken with dozens of students who are becoming increasingly panicked about ... Read More

The Wall Street Journal’s Melissa Korn reported today that, following three years of declining application volume, some business schools are returning to pre-Great Recession levels. But then again, many others are not. So, on the one hand:

• Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management: applications for its full-time MBA climbed ... Read More

Academic jobs in business pay well, in fact, much better than ‘regular’ academic jobs in other (non-business) fields. But it’s a tough and long road to get there. IMD Switzerland MBA grad Hari Raghavachari wraps up the 2-part series on academic careers by talking about how you get get the skills and qualifications needed for [...] Read More

Dartmouth Tuck

Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business is utilizing the Internet in teaching many of its core classes, and even some electives, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. For an introductory statistics class, students watch video tutorials before the lesson, and then take an online quiz, where they can “see instantly if they’d mastered ... Read More

In our “What I Learned at…” series, MBAs discuss the tools and skills their business schools provided as they launched their careers.

Mili Mittal is a former mbaMission consultant and now the CEO and cofounder of mor.sl, a recipe recommendations platform designed to help busy professionals cook. mor.sl was recently featured in TechCrunch. ... Read More

Are you living in Dubai? Are you interested in getting your MBA? Could you benefit from some business school application advice? If so, you can meet one-on-one with mbaMission founder and president Jeremy Shinewald on Thursday, May 31 or Saturday, June 2 for a free 30-minute consultation session at a central location in Dubai to be determined. If ... Read More

The New York Times (NYT) this week discussed the new Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), how it differs from the previous test, what motivated some of the changes, how it compares to the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), and what steps test administrators are taking to prevent cheating and fraud.

Beginning in June, the GMAT will feature four ... Read More

ISB alum Keisuke Matsumoto

Here’s a talk with Keisuke Matsumoto, a Buddhist priest and a 2011 graduate from the Indian Business School (ISB). Thank you Keisuke for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us!

This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current and past MBA students, offering readers a ... Read More

The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College is known for its close-knit community and small faculty-to-student ratio. The school’s research-to-practice seminars complement these characteristics. In 2008, Tuck added these seminar courses, which bring together 15 second-year students with top faculty members for a “deep dive” into a specific ... Read More

The trap of marginal thinking in admissions

Are you considering padding your resume or record as you apply to college, graduate school, or a job? Think again. This past week I came across several articles at different times and on different topics that you should know about.

Obviously there are the stories about Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s embellished ... Read More

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Applicants, in my six years of experience, are a bit too eager to get to the drafting of their essays.It's indicative of an overly tactical response:  scope the work, develop a project plan, stick to the plan.  (I'll address in other posts my thoughts on the faux utility of 'business-speak-ifying' the application methodology: it's reassuring ... Read More

The 2012-2013 Dartmouth/Tuck deadlines have been announced! The deadlines are as follows:

Early Action Round

Deadline: October 10, 2012

Notification: December 14, 2012

November Round

Deadline: November 7, 2012

Notification: February 8, 2013

January Round

Deadline: January 3, 2013

Notification: March 15, 2013

April Round

Deadline: April ... Read More

Inside the Law School Scam: The graduates: Great term: parental status-anxiety, in which parents herd their children towards law school, the economics of which have been simply gutted by this blog and its cogent arguments since its inception in August 2011Anxieties of all sorts figure prominently in what an applicant needs to tame about themselves (and ... Read More

Welcome back to another edition of Stacy Blackman’s B-School Buzz, where we share the latest goings-on from the MBA applicant and student trenches. This week, our Buzz bloggers prepare for the upcoming application cycle; recount the highs and lows of a graduation event; offer a year-end wrap-up; and reveal their true identity!

It’s almost kick-off ... Read More

We learned of a Success Story back in Rd 1 2011 (well, we actually knew of a number of them) and we saved the report on it till now, when we figured it would be most useful for you, the current crop of Brave Supplicants who are kicking the tires on this whole bschool proposition. So here it is, long after this BSer got news of acceptance... the "recently" ... Read More

“I want to start my own company!”

“I want to transform the healthcare delivery system!”

“I want to …..”

These declarations may be helpful in getting applicants into business schools. Yet we know that most applicants who go to business school change their minds regarding what they initially said they want to do and what they end up doing.

For ... Read More

Are you a college student in your sophomore, junior or senior year?

If you are and are interested in a business career, the Yale School of Management Pre-MBA Leadership Program may be the perfect training ground for you.

On June 10, for two weeks, talented college students from across the U.S. and from countries like Brazil will have the opportunity ... Read More

Welcome back to Fridays From the Frontline, where we at Clear Admit publish some choice stories floating around the business school blogosphere.  Decisions, reflections and plans are all being made this week as bloggers take the next steps towards their summers.

The Senator is committing to Tuck and wearing something green forever; he’s also outed ... Read More

The Judge Business School at University of Cambridge has posted the MBA application deadlines for the 2012-2013 admissions season.

Round 1 Deadline: September 21, 2012 Decision Release Date: November 12, 2012

Round 2 Deadline: November 16, 2012 Decision Release Date: January 21, 2013

Round 3 Deadline: January 11, 2013 Decision Release Dates: February ... Read More

New York University Stern School of Business, with support from its Social Enterprise Association MBA club, has announced the establishment of a Loan Assistance Program for full-time, part-time and Executive MBA graduates. The program seeks to reduce the financial burden of repaying business school loans among graduates who pursue career paths in social ... Read More

Yesterday, Manhattan GMAT posted a GMAT question on our blog. Today, they have followed up with the answer:

Construct x[4]y in stages, working up from n = 1: x[1]y = xy

Now, to figure out x[2]y, apply the second part of the definition, using n = 1 (odd): x[2]y = (x[1]y)x = (xy)x = xyx

Be careful to apply the right part of the definition! Track ... Read More

Welcome to this week’s Twitter Thursdays, our weekly roundup of “tweets” posted by top MBA programs on Twitter. If you want to stay on top of Clear Admit’s updates, special prizes, admissions tips and breaking news, be sure to check us out on Twitter.  We’ve also created a list of MBA programs to ease your daily access to breaking news from ... Read More

Students at HEC Paris

Did you get a chance to check out our HEC Paris MBA Q&A with Marie-Laurence Lemaire, HEC MBA‘s Senior Business Development Manager?

The excerpt below emphasizes the importance of describing clear post-MBA career goals in your HEC MBA application:

Linda Abraham: What role does “hire-ability” and clear career goals ... Read More

In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) Dean Garth Saloner explains how he thinks innovation is a skill that can be taught. His thinking is informed by several years he took off from teaching at Stanford to serve as an advisor to Silicon Valley startups. It’s a belief he feels fervently enough ... Read More

When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment, but are also committing to becoming part of a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life “beyond the MBA classroom” at a top business school.

Formal events are reportedly a big part of Harvard Business School social life. As the name suggests, Holidazzle ... Read More

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The prestigious business education event will take place in New York City on June 18th,offering an opportunity to evaluate the current situation of the MBA degree. An elite selection of international business schools will meet one-on-one with highly qualified candidates in the US.

Recruiters hire increasing numbers of MBA graduates

As many companies ... Read More

Welcome, readers, to today’s Campus Chronicles, where we at Clear Admit offer up the news that MBA students are writing about.  We are opening up The Harbus this time for news and insights from MBA students matriculating at Harvard Business School.

A new HBS-initiated course called Training the Valley, or TTV, is about the pass the beta stage ... Read More

When perusing the data and seeing the average starting salaries at the top-ranked MBA programs and law schools, it’s easy to get the impression that getting into a top graduate school can turn you from an 80-pound weakling into a money-making, world-beating dynamo. But don’t be fooled. Yes, these schools can significantly improve your earnings ... Read More

The Latin American business magazine América Economía has released its latest ranking of business schools outside of Latin America. Given that the criteria for inclusion included their effectiveness and relevance for Latin American students, it should be no surprise that three Hispanophone business schools made the magazine’s top 10. Schools ... Read More

Today’s GMAT tip comes to us from Veritas Prep.  In today’s blog post, they explain how to use Relative Math to answer questions on the new Integrated Reasoning section of the GMAT.  Read on to see what they have to say!

Like high school seniors across the country, we at Veritas Prep are already well within our countdown-to-June period as we ... Read More

HBS continues to tweak the 2+2 program

When Harvard Business School began offering Harvard seniors the opportunity to apply to HBS, but commit to spending two years post-grad in the workforce before starting their MBAs, the plan seemed pretty straightforward—two years of work, and then two years of business school. Over the past few years, however, ... Read More

Each week Manhattan GMAT posts a GMAT question on our blog and follows up with the answer the next day. Are you up for the challenge?

The expression x[n]y is defined for positive values of x and y and for positive integer values of n as follows:

x[1]y = xy If n is odd, x[n+1]y = (x[n]y)x If n is even, x[n+1]y = (x[n]y)y

 

If y = ½ and x[4]y ... Read More

The New York University Stern School of Business this week announced the creation of  a Loan Assistance Program for full-time, part-time and Executive MBA graduates. That’s right. The financial burden of business school just lessened.

Indeed, with support from its Social Enterprise Association MBA Club, NYU Stern aims to reduce the financial burden ... Read More