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How to Keep on Trucking Even When it Feels Impossible
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 [...]
Duke Fuqua Essay Tips
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 [...]
Striking the Perfect Tone in MBA Essays
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: Alive and Thriving or On its Way Out?
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 [...]
How To Minimize Careless Errors
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 [...]
Chicago Booth Nabs Top Spot in Latest Economist Rankings
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 [...]
5 Last-Minute Tips for Round 1 MBA Applicants
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 [...]
Convince MBA Admissions Officials You’ve Done Your Research
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 [...]
Tackling Find the Assumption CR Problems
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 [...]
B-Schools Give a Big Thumbs Down to Purchasing MBA Essays
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 [...]
UM Ross MBA Essay Tips
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 [...]
The 2 Biggest Mistakes GMAT Studiers Make
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 [...]
Square Roots
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 [...]
How to Squeeze Everything into Just a Few Short Essays
[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 [...]
Indian MBA Applications That Worked
[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. [...]
5 Things to Weigh Before Applying to B-School
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 [...]
Engineer? Successfully Build a Bridge to an MBA
[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. [...]