It’s always amazing how much shorter the day feels when the sun goes down earlier! And while the days are shorter in my part of the world, your workload is probably [...]

A clear application strategy is crucial to approaching these essays. Duke’s mission is to “identify, engage, and foster the development of future leaders of consequence,” and you will want to [...]

Finding the right balance between confidence and humility is one of the critical challenges you will face in crafting your b-school essays and in delivering answers to admissions interviewers. No one [...]

The case method approach has come under increased scrutiny of late. Established by Harvard Business School more than a century ago, it is still widely used at top MBA programs [...]

Remember those times when you were sure you got the answer right, only to find out that you got it wrong? For a moment, you even think that there must [...]

The Economist recently announced its 2012 full-time MBA rankings , and the Chicago Booth School of Business came out way ahead in one area the MBA students polled believe is [...]

Round one deadlines are coming up at several MBA programs. If you're one of thousands scrambling to put the finishing details on your application this week, congratulations! You're almost over [...]

Almost every business school poses the question to applicants: "Why an MBA, and why this program?" Some do so explicitly on the application, while others pose the question during the [...]

Find the Assumption questions are very common Critical Reasoning question types. If you don’t yet know the general process for tackling Critical Reasoning problems , learn how before you keep [...]

Have you seen this recent story on MBA essays for sale in Bloomberg Businessweek ? Two MBA graduates, a husband-and-wife team from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and Stanford [...]

Michigan Ross is a program that emphasizes learning both inside and outside the classroom, and is seeking candidates that are intellectually curious and able to accomplish their goals. At the [...]

Recently, a new student asked me what he could do to get the most out of our class and his study time over the next several months. He’s not the [...]

Have you ever gotten a GMAT question wrong because you thought you were supposed to take a square root and get two different numbers but the answer key said only [...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XPY9nbu34o[/youtube] Right about now, your path to b-school probably feels somewhat overwhelming. Right? You’ve got multiple applications. That means letters, interviews and most importantly, essays. With regards to essays, a popular question [...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oESGp2oeIc[/youtube] Jon Frank, founder of Admissionado, will present real-world profiles of successful Indian applicants. Produced exclusively for the Beat The GMAT community. [...]

This post originally appeared on Stacy’s “Strictly Business” MBA blog on U.S.News.com . All aspiring MBAs must decide how many and which business schools to apply to; the key is [...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3adGEmquns[/youtube] During this session, Marc Zawel, founder of AcceptU, outlines the ways an Engineer can make sure his/her application stands out to the AdCom. [...]