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The business school section of Vault.com offers a directory of schools, news and career resources, an active community, admissions resources and services and guides.

whole purpose of site is to sell its Admissions Guide.

When business school applicants are looking for a boost, they sometimes turn to two sources of help: test preparation courses and admissions consultants. Many students think they're useful enough to be worth the hundreds, even thousands of dollars they cost. But evidence is mixed on whether they can assure you a higher GMAT score or a favorable reception at the admissions office. BUSINESS WEEK evaluated both methods, and here's what we found.

series of short articles includes: How Admissions Criteria are Weighted, GMATs & GPAs, Applicants on the Rise, Work Experience, The Interview, Interview Don'ts, Application Process

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With applications on the rise, you'll need to make a persuasive case to win over the gatekeepers at top graduate business programs.

Bills itself as the Web's most comprehensive resource for applicants to the nation's top business schools. Take a free GMAT tutorial, read the application essay questions from the top schools, get pointers on specific essays and use their guide to writing the letters of recommendations.

With over 100 free sample college and graduate school application essays and pages and pages of essay writing tips, EssayEdge is the Net's largest resource for admissions essay consulting and editing. EssayEdge's professional Harvard-educated editors have helped thousands of satisfied customers gain entrance into their first choice school. With a free ask the expert section, admissions chat rooms, an admissions bookstore, and a comprehensive links section, you will find EssayEdge a tremendous admissions resource.

"Our purpose: helping you to write the best personal statement or application essay that you can write. Since we want you to receive the fat envelope, we are developing an evolving resource providing information on different aspects of the admissions process to graduate and professional schools.

On this Web site you will find comprehensive advice on the writing tasks associated with applying to graduate and professional schools as well as general information on the admissions process. "

"At IvyEssays, our staff -- including past admissions officers and the authors of a book series on admissions essays published by Barron's -- can help you strategize, construct and polish your application to perfection. In addition to our editing services, we also offer over 1000 sample essays for your guidance and inspiration that were written by successful candidates to the nation's leading undergrad and professional schools."

Hear from real-live individuals about their B-School experiences, including: Why B-School is for Me, How I Got into B-School, Preparation for B-School, Midterm Reports, First Semester Overviews, and Internship Interviewing

AdmissionsConsultants consists of consultants from top 10 business schools who have served as volunteers in the admissions programs of their alma maters.

Services offered include:
* Admissions Strategies to Make You More Successful
* Advice on the GMAT
* Interviewing Practice
* Guidance with Application Essays
* Help Selecting the Right MBA Program
* Information on Your Business Career Opportunities
* Assistance Writing Resumes
* Guidance on Obtaining Good Letters of Reference

and more...

Article, discusses the strategies you'll need to set yourself apart from the pack to get through the admissions process. Includes a seven-point system to help find a B-school tailored to your needs and five tips to get in.

This site from Harvard Business School offers advice on how to best prepare for business school and for taking full advantage of the business school experience.

Article has 7 main sections:
1. Make Sure that you want to go
2. Determine which schools are the good ones
3. Pick the kind of program you want to attend
4. Get some general application tips
5. Take the GMAT and ready your transcript
6. Nail the essays
7. Get good recommendations

Only admissions guide you will need when applying to top b-schools.

Should you go to business school? If so, how do you get in? And if you go, what will you take away? If you want to pass the B-school test, take a lesson from some B-school students.

"Experts say that acing the GMAT doesn't guarantee you'll get into business school, but a low score can definitely keep you out. So how can you make sure you're in the running? Check out our GMAT cheat sheet to learn how to tame the test."

BusinessWeek online's B-School calendar will give you an idea of upcoming events at B-schools in the U.S. and around the world. You'll find information on admissions receptions, application deadlines, networking events, alumni events, conferences, and much more.

If you thought applying to college was a royal pain, wait until you get a load of the business school application process. You've got a lot of work ahead of you, to say the least...To help you out, The Princeton Review has developed application game plans for three types of business school applicants.

Though the topic of this article is increasing chances for admission to a school the second time around, the advice is naturally valid for all applicants.

With so many people applying to B-schools, many are ending up in admissions purgatory. Here are some ways to make your name stand out.

A for-fee company specializing in
essay editing, as well as total admissions consulting services.

This web-page is designed to teach you how to make sure you beat the odds. They've included what they know about getting into B-school, after having done it themsleves and helping others do it.

This article from FT.com's MBA Planet section takes a look at the following topics:
- what are b-schools looking for
- the admissions office: your best friend and worst enemy
- the dreaded gmat
- work experience
- doing the paperwork
- the wow factor
- essays
- references
- interviews
- dare to be different

One of the most important parts of the M.B.A. admissions process is the student essay. Yet many students hurt their chances by not putting enough effort into it. After all, this is perhaps the best ways to differentiate yourself from all the other students applying for admission.

Dan Rogers, who is now a first-year M.B.A. student at Harvard Business School, offers some advice on writing a winning essay. He graduated from Birmingham University in the U.K. with a first class honors degree in Economics and Political Science and subsequently worked as a strategy consultant for four years. Besides Harvard, he was accepted by a number of other major M.B.A. programs.

"Clear Admit is an educational counseling firm that helps academic candidates through the grueling application process to top MBA programs. As a company, we work with applicants from around the world to ensure that they have the highest degree of success when applying to the best business schools."

Matt Turner, Director of Admissions at the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business discusses a wide range of admissions topics.

Editor's Note: I partly added this because UT Austin is my alma mater (and I loved it there) and partly because some of the issues discussed really apply to any top program and applicants should be aware of them.

Free, no-obligation evaluation for admission to a top MBA program. Also provides one-on-one admissions consulting services.

This website "is devoted entirely to business school admission and giving you the information you need to help you gain admission into your top MBA programs."