B-Schools Vie for Startup Crown
So, you want to start a company. Which business school is best?
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Melissa Korn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Choosing a Program
M.B.A. Admission Tip: Always Go for an Easy ‘A’
Business-school applicants with a high undergraduate grade-point average—even those who attended schools identified as practicing grade inflation—are more likely to be admitted than those who performed slightly less well amid tougher grading standards.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Melissa Korn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Getting In
Starting a Company? Skip B-School
Programs like Starter School give students just enough instruction to get an idea off the ground.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Melissa Korn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Choosing a Program
B-Schools Know How You Think, but How Do You Feel?
Forget what you know. Business schools increasingly want to know what you feel.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Melissa Korn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Getting In
Can Globalization Be Taught in B-School?
As companies seek individuals who can work anywhere in the world, plenty of U.S. business schools claim they’re “going global,” adding weeklong jaunts to China, Korea or Brazil and increasing the share of international students in their classes.
But that’s not enough to train tomorrow’s leaders, argues Pankaj Ghemawat, a professor of global strategy at IESE Business School in Barcelona.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: Melissa Korn, Pankaj Ghemawat | Source: Wall Street Journal | Subject: International MBA Issues
Extra Help for Foreign M.B.A.s
U.S. business schools have spent years courting international students. Now that they’ve arrived—more than a third of M.B.A. students at many top schools hail from overseas—the institutions are struggling to keep up with their diverse demands.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Melissa Korn | Source: Wall Street Journal | Subject: International MBA Issues
What Business Schools Want
M.B.A. admissions experts discuss application missteps, tips for nontraditional candidates and how to make sure the person writing your letter of recommendation knows enough about you.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Melissa Korn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Getting In
B-Schools Join Rush to Capitalize on ‘Innovation’
Academics don’t necessarily agree on what innovation is, but that hasn’t stopped them from trying to teach it.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Melissa Korn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Business School News
Real Work for Future M.B.A.s
For decades, companies have relied on business-school students to be unpaid consultants, assessing takeover or expansion opportunities. It is low risk and high reward for firms, with almost no financial outlay and a number of fresh new ideas from eager up-and-comers. But now some companies are going a step farther, placing entire brands in the hands of students, with the hope of developing long-lasting partnerships … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Melissa Korn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Business School News
Entrepreneur Contests Take Practical Turn
Some Schools Shake Up Academic Rite of Passage by Requiring Students to Confront Nuts-and-Bolts Demands of a Start-Up
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Melissa Korn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
B-Schools Send Rejections to Unlikely Group: Alumni
This admissions season, business school alumni are the ones facing rejection. Graduate schools including University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School are bypassing alumni in admissions interviews to meet directly with M.B.A. candidates in person or via Skype videoconferencing, despite the potential higher costs, in an attempt to ensure interviews are being conducted in a uniform manner—and in English.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Melissa Korn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Getting In
When the Admission Decision Is … Maybe
The first wave of admissions decisions have gone out from top-tier business schools. So what’s an eager candidate to do if the answer isn’t yes?
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Melissa Korn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Getting In
Jitters Over New GMAT
Anxious business-school applicants have something to add to their to-do list: preparation for the new “integrated reasoning” section of the GMAT.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Melissa Korn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: GMAT
Business Schools Plan Leap Into Data
Faced with an increasing stream of data from the Web and other electronic sources, many companies are seeking managers who can make sense of the numbers through the growing practice of data analytics, also known as business intelligence. Finding qualified candidates has proven difficult, but business schools hope to fill the talent gap.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: Melissa Korn, Shara Tibken | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Business School News
On the Lesson Plan: Feelings
Business schools have traditionally excelled at teaching “hard skills” like finance and accounting, now more programs are incorporating courses on “soft skills,” like accepting feedback with grace and speaking to subordinates.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: Joe Light, Melissa Korn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Business School News