Cambridge Essay Service
This site offers personalized business school application essay editing, admission evaluation, essay writing tools, and model answers.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Sanford Kreisberg | Source: Cambridge Essay Service | Subject: Getting In
4Tests.com
This site offers practice tests and other services for all levels of standardized testing, but naturally you will care about the GMAT test.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: 4Tests.com | Subject: GMAT
Arco GMAT Test Prep for MBA Admission
This site provides book information and supplements for the following Peterson’s Guides for GMAT:
– 30 Days to the GMAT CAT (previously Teach Yourself the GMAT CAT in 24 Hours)
– GMAT CAT-Answers to the Real Essay Questions
Major sections are titled:
– Teach Yourself
– Test Yourself
– Coach Yourself
– Prepare Yourself
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Mark Alan Stewart | Subject: GMAT
Nova’s Test Prep Center
This site offers the following options:
* About
* Strategies
* Diagnostic
* Test Dates
* Software
* Books
Be sure to check out the Strategies sections. There you will find extensive Math, Verbal, and Logic review, with solved problems and strategies to ace the test.
Also, take the Diagnostic tests. These short tests will diagnose your strengths and weaknesses, give you a projected score for … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Nova Press | Subject: GMAT
How to Bear Those B-School Bills
It’s best to start planning before you even apply. Oh, and be ready for the shock of returning to a frugal, undergrad lifestyle
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Financing Your MBA
Go4Bschool.com
College Admissions Services, Inc. is an Internet-based admissions counseling organization headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The basis of our services is our proprietary ChancesR™ technology, which allows us to predict a potential applicant’s percentage chances of admission at more than 50 U.S. graduate business schools. Our objective, statistics-based approach gives our clients access to accurate, personalized, and unbiased information. Armed with their percentage chances of admissions, … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: College Admissions Services Inc. | Subject: Getting In
B-School Students with a Cause
A growing emphasis on social responsibility and ethics among MBAs is having a positive impact in the classroom and the real world
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
How to Weigh the MBA Decision
To MBA or not to MBA? If that is the question, there are some important questions you should be asking yourself about your career ambitions, the type of program you need and the schools you can afford. An MBA can smash the number-cruncher stereotype, bolster your experience and enhance your career options, but is it the right move for you right now?
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Eric Krell | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subject: About the MBA Degree
Part-Timers’ Pitch for More Perks
With access to on-campus recruiters and job interviews often limited, they’re pushing B-schools to amend their policies
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Part-Time, Weekend and Evening MBA Programs
Exec M.B.A. Programs Saturate Some Markets
Does the world really need another executive M.B.A. program?
Plenty of business schools obviously think so. Every week or two, it seems, I receive a press release announcing yet another new part-time executive M.B.A. degree…
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Ron Alsop | Source: CollegeJournal.com | Subject: Executive Programs
B-Schools Gain a Lavender Tinge
With gay and lesbian students increasingly assertive, B-schools are working to be more inclusive and boost opportunities for them
Content: Article | Author: Mica Schneider | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Funding for Executive M.B.A.s Is Sliding in Many Companies
A decade ago full sponsorship of an employee’s M.B.A. was standard practice at many large firms. But along with reliable raises, corporate sponsorship of pricey degrees is disappearing as companies trim costs.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Erin White | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Executive Programs
Breaking B-School Gender Barriers
An informal BusinessWeek Online survey reveals why many women don’t pursue MBA degrees — and offers some ways to bolster enrollment.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Women & Minority MBA Issues
League of MBA Bloggers
A guide to the weblogs that are written by current and prospective MBA students.
Content: Online Resource | Source: Blogspot | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
GMAT Exams
These comprehensive computer adaptive GMAT exams from Upstart Raising generate custom simulated exam sessions for every test taker using independent original question pools including the latest question types for all three sections of the GMAT.
Editor’s Note: this is a fee-based product but a free demo version is available.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Tempest Strings Enterprises Inc. | Subject: GMAT
Zen and the Art of Ethics
New B-school workshops rely on poetry and comedy to teach self-awareness, and are preparing MBAs to be more responsible leaders
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
CoolAvenues.com
CoolAvenues.com is a site dedicated to the Indian professional and entrepreneurial community. Launched in Feb 2000, CoolAvenues.com has emerged one of the biggest MBA community site in India.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Zebra Networks | Subjects: International MBA Issues, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Schools Improve Career Services for Part-time M.B.A. Students
Part-time M.B.A. students sometimes feel like second-class citizens. After all, they see their full-time counterparts participating in enriching extracurricular activities, interacting more with fellow students, alumni and professors, and receiving more extensive career and job-placement services.
But those feelings may be changing, at least in the area of career services. In response to pleas from part-timers — as well as requests from corporate recruiters — … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Ron Alsop | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Part-Time, Weekend and Evening MBA Programs
Attain
Admissions consulting. Attain Consulting offers MBA and college admissions consulting as well as seminars and workshops on admissions.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Shelton | Subject: Getting In
Self-Assessment Modules
Test Prep Review offers some self assessment module quizzes including:
– Basic Algebra
– Advanced Algebra
– Averages and Rounding
– Basic Operations
– Commas
– Estimation Sequences
– Exponents
– Fractions and Square Roots
– Geometry
– Graphs
– Basic Grammar
– Intermediate Grammar
– Advanced Grammar
– Basic Math
– Intermediate Math
– Advanced Math
– Measurement
– Percents and Ratios
– … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Test Prep Review | Subject: GMAT
