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To Rakesh Khurana, a Harvard Business School professor known for his histories of management knowledge, business schools are facing a crisis of global irrelevance.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: Rakesh Khurana, William J. Holstein | Source: strategy+business | Subject: About the MBA Degree

There are only two ways to go wrong on data-sufficiency questions; for smart test-takers, that poses a big opportunity.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Business school scholarships are available from a variety of sources. One of first places to look is professional groups or associations. These organizations are in business to support and guide people who work and want to work in a specific profession.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: About.com | Subject: Financing Your MBA

Inequality questions are easier to solve if you follow three simple rules.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Data sufficiency questions resemble riddles that require test-takers to answer with the least amount of information possible. Here’s how to approach them.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Still a bit nervous about your GMAT? With this Facebook app from the administrators of the test, students can answer eight GMAT practice questions and see how they score compared with other quiz-takers. They can also post the results to their Facebook page or challenge a friend.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) | Subject: GMAT

For some GMAT questions, the best first step is simply to plug an arbitrary number into the equation.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Top B-schools typically repay students’ investments in spades, but exclusive new data suggest women don’t share equally in the bounty.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Kurt Steinberg | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Business School News, MBA Program Rankings, Women & Minority MBA Issues

Bolded statement questions require GMAT test-takers to understand the relationship between two statements. This simple approach can help.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Fathers and sons sometimes have the proverbial difficult relationship. That seems to be the case with John A. Byrne, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of C-Change Media, with his creation: the famous – and infamous – BusinessWeek ranking of the world’s best business schools. Its first edition was published in 1988 and now – having seen the 13th edition – Byrne seems to have regrets. On LinkedIn … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Barbara Bierach | Source: MBA Channel | Subject: MBA Program Rankings

Don’t you wish your university had helped you figure out how to get a job at the same time they were teaching you about finance? College career centers tend to give advice about resume-writing, hold practice interviews and arrange on-campus interviews. These are good things. But one school is doing something better.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Suzanne Lucas | Source: CBS News | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

To make GMAT sentence-correction questions easier, follow this simple three-step process: Simplify, simplify, simplify.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Admissions consultants may help applicants navigate the MBA application process, but they are ultimately unnecessary?

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Rose Martinelli | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In

If your goal is a 700+ score and admission to a top business school, plan to set aside at least three months for GMAT preparation.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

OnlineMBA.com offers this guide, which explains what an MBA is and whether or not it is the right degree for your goals. Learn about the reasons why you need to pick an accredited school and program, and how much an online MBA typically costs as well as what financial aid options are available. In addition, you may visit our degree guides that break down and … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: OnlineMBA.com | Subject: Online & Distance MBA

Harvard last year received 8,963 applications for a place in its MBA program of 919 students, while Stanford admitted only 7 percent of its applicant pool. You don’t have to be an analyst as McKinsey to crunch the numbers on the competitive nature of admission to a top business school.

It would be a shame, however, for these numbers to dissuade talented young professionals from thinking … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Matt Symonds | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In

Magoosh’s Mike McGarry gives a primer on noun modifiers, the bane of many a GMAT-taker’s existence.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

This year’s top teachers have withstood the tests of time, taught through bear and bull markets, and have consistently imparted life-changing lessons to MBA students year after year.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Andrea Carter | Source: FORTUNE | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

Smaller classes are believed to produce a better educational experience, but some of world’s best schools have the most crowded classrooms.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Louis Lavelle | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Choosing a Program

Convert percentages to decimals, use the right multiplier, and avoid one tempting shortcut.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT