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Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (ETA) is one of the hottest conversations at business schools across the country, particularly for MBAs not interested in more traditional MBA landing spots.

It entails finding, buying and operating established small- to medium-sized businesses, often family owned and providing needed services in their communities. Taught at Harvard and Stanford for decades, ETA courses and resources are now exploding at B-schools of all … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Kristy Bleizeffer | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources, Prospective

I wish I had done it sooner, done it differently – or just done it more or less often. These are some of the biggest regrets of the MBA Class of 2022. This spring, P&Q surveyed graduates from 75 top business schools – from Alliance Manchester to the Yale School of Management – on their biggest regrets as MBAs. In the process, we learned what … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Jeff Schmitt | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources, Prospective

P&Q interviews Galloway, discussing everything from the value of the traditional MBA, which programs should be worried, and what he got wrong about the pandemic’s effects on business education.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Kristy Bleizeffer | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources, Prospective

Pay isn’t the only factor when MBAs choose employers. Location, growth trajectory, and exit prospects also play a part. Admittedly, industry pay is a flawed metric, one dogged by regional pay scales, employer differences, and hiring rates. Taken as a whole, industry pay data is a puzzle piece that enables MBAs to earn more out of the gate and maximize their business school investment long-term. How … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Jeff Schmitt | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: Choosing a Program, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources, Prospective

Traditions help define the MBA experience, stirring memories that come first to mind when graduates reflect back on their time in business school. Which traditions meant the most to this year’s MBAs? P&Q posed that question to this year’s Best & Brightest MBAs and MBAs To Watch. From Chicago Booth’s Magnificent Mile Watch Party to football tailgates at Texas McCombs, here are the events that … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Jeff Schmitt | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources, Prospective

A podcast run BY an MBA student FOR MBA students. Get all the MBA Secrets from application to graduation.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Ryan Price | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources, Prospective

We asked top graduates the following question: “Looking back over your MBA experience, what is the one thing you’d do differently and why?” Wondering what mistakes you should avoid as you begin preparing for business school? From pursuing perfection to skipping case competitions, here are the biggest regrets of the top MBAs from the Class of 2020.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Jeff Schmitt | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources, Prospective

Tuition and fees for top programs in the US and abroad continue to rise. For many, paying for school means taking on debt, which can linger for five to ten years or longer. For full-timers, there’s also a huge opportunity cost associated with taking time off from work (usually during prime working years) to pursue an advanced degree.

Unless you’re already an Excel wiz, determining the … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Nathan Crabtree | Source: Loan Lab | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

There are 13,000 business schools on Earth. That’s 13,000 too many. And I should know – I’ve taught in them for 20 years.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Martin Parker | Source: The Guardian | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources, Prospective

For some of you, despite having been admitted to one or more schools, you may not feel sure that are ready to matriculate – at least not to those programs. If this sounds familiar, you might be considering asking for a deferral. Here is insight into what business schools really think when you ask for a deferral.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: Georgina Hannah, Karen Marks | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: Getting In, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

Jeff Kavanaugh, a managing partner at Infosys and adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Dallas Jindal School of Management, dropped a bombshell on big-headed business students everywhere with the results of a sweeping survey that covered 10,000 recruiters, 3,000 business students, and 500 B-school career center leaders. Kavanaugh found that all three constituencies had very different perceptions of what’s important and where they … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Jeff Schmitt | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

The blog of Charles Bibilos, a Denver-based GMAT tutor, GRE tutor, and MBA admissions consultant, with more than 15 years of teaching experience.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

Your opportunity to distinguish yourself starts with being more willing than other MBA students to learn as you go, and with being more attuned to the high stakes of every decision you make.

Everyone else will be unconsciously following the dictates of some dead economist. In the country of the MBAs, you’ll have to strive to cultivate your judgment and figure out which ideas are worth … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Art Kleiner | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

ConsumerAffairs lists some of the GMAT test prep course providers, currently including:
– Kaplan Test Prep
– The Princeton Review
– Manhattan Prep
– Veritas Prep
– Sherwood Test Prep
– Next Step Test Preparation
– Testmasters.com
– The Economist GMAT Tutor

Editor’s Note: So-called expert reviews are offered for each, though I personally found them to be little more than condensed marketing material summaries. … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subjects: Getting In, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

Smartly bills itself as the fastest way to master everything you’re
expected to know at the start of your MBA. The course curriculum and material was created in collaboration with experts from Harvard and INSEAD and includes microeconomics, accounting, statistics, and finance. Smartly courses face you with real-world examples and problems to cement your understanding of the course material.

Editor’s Note: this service was launched in … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

To get the best pay out of your MBA, you have to graduate within a narrow age window.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

A peek into the ambitions and anxieties of prospective MBAs.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Natalie Kitroeff | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

Ankit Khandelwal has cobbled together an education in global management for free. For more than two years, from May 2012 to June 2014, the native of the northern Indian state of Rajasthan slogged his way through some 50 online courses, ranging from An Introduction to Operations Management by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School to Global Strategy and Organization by MIT’s OpenCourseWare. He’s also completed … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Lauren Everitt | Source: Poets & Quants | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

A student’s survival guide from the 1980s is still quietly being forwarded to first-year students at some business schools.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Natalie Kitroeff | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

The MBA is a famously expensive degree. But most of the academic learning you’ll get in an MBA program can now be had through free online resources. SlideRule ran a detailed study of the “core” curricula of some of the world’s top business schools to determine the essential components of an MBA. Then, we curated the best online resources that teach each of those essential … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Subjects: Career, Education, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources, Personal Development