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Columbia Business School 2015-2016 MBA Essays, Deadlines
Columbia Business School has posted the deadlines and tweaked the essay questions for the 2015-2016 MBA application cycle. For those interested in the school's January entry option, that application is [...]
UV Darden Welcomes Newest Ventures to i.Lab Incubator
[Photo: (c) Jack Looney Photography] The University of Virginia Darden School of Business recently announced it will welcome a new and diverse cohort of ventures to the 2015 i.Lab Incubator [...]
How to Tackle Every Single GMAT Problem (Seriously!) - Part 3
Welcome to part 3 of our series on how to answer every single GMAT problem you’ll ever see. :) If you haven’t already read the earlier installments, start with part [...]
Why Your Friend Got In and You Didn't
Round 2 results from your dream school are in, and you didn’t get the news you were hoping for. After months of hard work on your application and then a [...]
How to Tackle Every Single GMAT Problem (Seriously!) - Part 2
Last time, I introduced you to a set of principles that tie together everything we need to do on the GMAT . If you haven’t already read that article, go ahead [...]
Building an MBA Program Short List
When the idea of pursuing an MBA degree first germinates, many prospective applicants begin picturing themselves roaming the hallowed halls of Harvard Business School or Stanford Graduate School of Business [...]
USC Marshall School to Offer Online MBA Program
Starting in Fall 2015, the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business will offer an online MBA program with a curriculum designed specifically for the online learning environment, the [...]
Columbia's Dean Hubbard on MBA Rankings
Business school rankings are forever a hot topic, and we really liked the assessment strategies put forth by Dean Glenn Hubbard of Columbia Business School in a recent essay for Fortune [...]
HBS Launches Recruitment Program Targeting Women
Harvard Business School has launched a new initiative to spark interest in graduate management education among college women and recent graduates who may not have previously considered a career in [...]
What to Do if You’re Waitlisted
All MBA applicants wait anxiously to hear final decisions from the programs they’ve applied to. For some b-school prospectives, however, that date comes and goes—and they’re still waiting. They’ve been [...]
Survey Says Wharton Beats HBS for Most Satisfied MBAs
Spurred to action by Harvard Business School 's MBA satisfaction survey published in February, the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School has come out with its own poll and claims to [...]
How to Tackle Every Single GMAT Problem (Seriously!) - Part 1
Wouldn’t it be nice to have one common thread among all GMAT problems you’ll ever do, something you do no matter what kind of problem or content area is being [...]
GMAC Releases 2015 Prospective MBA Students Report
Conventional wisdom holds that students considering business school give great weight, if not the greatest weight, to published school rankings as a guide to their decision. However, according to the Graduate [...]
MIT Sloan Finance Symposium Includes MBA Application Fee Waiver
Are you considering an MBA and planning on pursuing a career in finance? Then you may want to look into the upcoming finance symposium hosted by MIT Sloan School of [...]
Advice for Incoming MBA Students
If you're headed to business school in the fall, your brain is probably near melting with an information overload right about now. We're going to add just one thing more [...]
Insider Tips: 10 Secrets of the Adcom Revealed
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o6Qco06mfg[/youtube] Kate Gumaer and Tianyu Wu, Graduate Admissions Counselors for the Sykes College of Business at The University of Tampa, share insider tips on how to combat the growing challenge of [...]
GMAT Student Trends: What Do Your Fellow Test-Takers Want to Do with Their GMAT Score?
A few days ago, the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC, the organization that makes the GMAT) released its annual mba.com Prospective Students Survey , a wide-ranging study of nearly 12,000 [...]
Mitigating Your MBA Weakness
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQQ9fgxxKK8[/youtube] Joe El Rady, Director of Admit Advantage and a Stanford/Wharton MBA alum, reviews how to address key challenges plaguing typical applicants—including poor grades, a low GMAT score, work history gaps, [...]
Advice from an Early Career MBA
Whether or not Chicago Booth School of Business is on your short list, the recently revamped Booth Experience blog, written and managed by students, regularly offers guidance on subjects that [...]
GMAT Data Sufficiency: Ratio Stories
Recently, we took a look at a story problem dealing with ratios , and I finished up by giving you a second problem to test your skills. How did you [...]
Pay Less for Your MBA
Whether you’re a new admit (congrats!), current MBA or alum, your degree has probably come with a price tag of roughly $200,000. Oy. Figuring out how to pay for such [...]
The Do's and Don'ts of Reapplying to Business School
Many business schools, even the most elite and well-ranked ones, welcome re-applicants. Reapplying to school shows you are very serious about your interest in the business school program. The best way to approach [...]
Challenges and Opportunities for Female MBA Applicants
As a female MBA and entrepreneur and businessperson, I know that women can more than handle business school and the application process just as well or better than anyone. Stereotypes [...]
Checklist for Admitted MBA Students
Reactions to an offer of admission seems to universally include calls to loved ones, social media updates, a spendy dinner or two to celebrate, and some form of happy dance [...]
Cornell's Johnson School Bolsters Admissions Team
Cornell University's Johnson School has further strengthened its admissions team as part of the school's recent revamp of the two-year MBA curriculum. Johnson recently announced it has brought Judi Byers [...]