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This GMAT tip comes from Mike McGarry, lead GMAT content creator at Magoosh.

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

When it comes to math problems, sometimes less is more. These shortcuts will help you answer the toughest questions quickly.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Tracy Yun | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Here’s a brief reminder of some points to consider in choosing an MBA program.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Rose Martinelli | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Choosing a Program

Every year around this time a wave of anxiety ripples through most of the nation’s newly admitted business school students: How to depart a job without burning any bridges, and ideally, leaving a positive, lasting impression? It’s important to leave your current employer on good terms. Here’s a list of nine things I tell soon-to-be students to keep in mind as they say good-bye.

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Content: Article | Author: Tami Fassinger | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Career, MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

The intensity of business school can stretch beyond the classroom. As a student in an MBA program, you may find yourself spending much more time on campus than you initially expected, thanks to time spent working on group projects, participating in extracurricular committees and activities, networking with professors, and just plain hanging out. Campus can become like your second home, so it can be important … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: mbaprograms.org | Subject: MBA Program Rankings

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

Business school will cost you five years. At least.

If you want to learn normal business school stuff and get a normal business school job at a large company. It may be the right choice for you. If you are going to business school to ‘learn’ entrepreneurship and ‘build your toolbox.’ You’re just lying to yourself. Even if you could … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Jason Freedman | Source: humbledMBA | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

This is the first in a three-part series on the new GMAT, which makes its official debut on June 5. In this article, we examine the conceptual building blocks for the test’s new Integrated Reasoning section.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

While there is only one MBA degree, no two programs are exactly the same. While MBA programs teach you the fundamental tools of business, the way each does so can be distinct. When I try to explain the differences, I think about the range of attributes that particular programs present along a continuum of choices. By the time you stack all the attributes together, it … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Rose Martinelli | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Choosing a Program

By now everyone knows that admissions committee members at top business schools might look at a candidate’s Facebook profile. What is newsworthy is that an applicant’s Facebook profile, when carefully crafted and maintained, can actually help win over members of admissions committees.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In

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

Is the admissions strategy followed by the world’s most elite business schools cheating MBAs out of a small fortune?

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Louis Lavelle | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Financing Your MBA

Because reading comprehension questions often involve rather dense passages, many GMAT students find them to be intimidating. This doesn’t have to be the case, however. By keeping in mind a few simple tactics, you can minimize the chances of getting bogged down by a seemingly tricky reading comprehension passage.

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

Fundamentally, the content is the same, but program delivery will impact your personal experience. As with all other aspects of career transitions, there is no single “right” answer, but identifying the right fit for you is a matter of “trade-offs.” Here are a few to consider.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Rose Martinelli | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: About the MBA Degree

With $3,000 of seed capital from Harvard Business School, around 150 MBA teams were tasked with developing their very own micro-businesses in short order. Here’s what they came up with.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: John A. Byrne | Source: FORTUNE | Subject: Business School News

A shortcut to answering the most common type of math problem on the GMAT can save test-takers a lot of time and effort.

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

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) is the largest public research body in Spain. Their Cybermetrics Lab, using quantitative methods, has designed and applied indicators that allow the measurement of scientific activity on the Web. The cybermetric indicators are useful to evaluate science and technology and they are the perfect complement to the results obtained with bibliometric methods in scientometric studies. The web indicators are … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: MBA Program Rankings

Rose Martinelli, formerly the longtime admissions director at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, looks at evaluating educational options by defining two of the most common academic pathways—subject-focused master’s degrees and MBA degree programs.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Choosing a Program

Tracy Yun, founder and chief executive officer of Manhattan Elite Prep, offers advice on taking the Graduate Management Admission Test.

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

This is the era of entrepreneurship. Even staid universities are being transformed. A recent Kauffman Foundation study revealed that today, over 1,500 U.S. colleges and universities offer some form of entrepreneurship training, whereas only a handful did just 15 years ago. However, as quickly as university entrepreneurial programs proliferate, students’ expectations from them are morphing.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Tim Faley | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: About the MBA Degree