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More than one in four people who took the GMAT exam this year cancelled their scores after learning the results, preventing business schools from ever seeing the scores. That’s a massive increase in the number of test takers who pay to take the test and then immediately discard it.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: John A. Byrne | Source: Poets & Quants | Subject: GMAT

Asking for a recommendation is stressful. You are making yourself vulnerable and possibly learning what people really think of you. The news isn’t always good, but it’s crucial to pay attention to what your potential business school recommender is actually telegraphing. Here are signs that you have chosen the wrong business school recommender, and should ask someone else.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Karen Marks | Source: Poets & Quants | Subject: Getting In

The question many people wrestle with: Should you get an MBA? Is it worth it? Our flowchart will make your decision just a little bit easier.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Lucidchart | Subject: About the MBA Degree

A regular series by Poets & Quants where prospective MBA candidate profiles are analyzed by admissions expert Sandy Kreisberg for their strengths and weaknesses and likelihood of getting into certain target programs.

Editor’s Note: I watched the video for one of the installments and it was really awful, enough so, honestly, to make me doubt anything Sandy Kreisberg actually says. Still, I will just assume … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: John A. Byrne, Sandy Kreisberg | Source: Poets & Quants | Subject: Getting In

A friend of mine who graduated from Tuck a few years ago is now writing a business school recommendation for one of his associates. He asked me how to really convey his genuine support for the candidate, which is an excellent question. Here are my suggestions, which may help you figure out what to tell your MBA recommenders.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Georgina Hannah | Source: Poets & Quants | Subject: Getting In

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

Demand for online MBA programs continues to grow, so why do so few of the world’s leading business schools offer an online MBA?

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Paolo Taticchi | Source: Poets & Quants | Subject: Online & Distance MBA

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

These rankings consider several aspects of a good and well-rounded education. Amongst these aspects were employability,accreditation, the number of students enrolled, and faculty and teaching. The top 10 for 2016 are:
1 Warwick Business School, UK
2 IE Business School, Spain
3 Alliance Manchester Business School, UK
4 Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA
5 Oxford Brookes University Business, UK
6 The Open University Business School, The Open University, UK
7 … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: MBA Program Rankings

Many aspiring MBAs may wonder where a European business school will lead you. A close look at the 19 European programs included in our list of the best international business schools can help answer that question. One thing is clear: a European B-School isn’t necessarily a one-way ticket into a European career. The top employers of European B-School graduates are American companies, according to Bloomberg … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Jonathan Rodkin | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: International MBA Issues

Plenty of MBA hopefuls are thankful to get an acceptance letter from any of their top-choice schools (most of them applied to three or four, Bloomberg data show). Some lucky students, however, get accepted to more than one of the country’s best schools. We asked thousands of 2015 MBA graduates which schools they had applied to, and where they enrolled, as part of our 2015 … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: MBA Program Rankings

The competition for top MBA programs is notoriously tough. If you want to get in, you’ll have to present your achievements, skills, and values in a compelling way. Take this brief assessment to see if you know how to impress the admissions committee.

First, read the questions, each one typical of what you’d find on a B-school application. Then choose whether the sample response is weak … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Marie Mookini | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: Getting In

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

In the space of a 45-minute conversation, Henry Mintzberg called out Harvard Business School for misleading ads, dismissed MBA programs as “overrated,” and declared he’s “had it” with all the focus on leadership. In other words: classic Mintzberg.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: Henry Mintzberg, Matt Symonds | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: About the MBA Degree

Learn how to master the art of sentence correction.

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

At least once a month an ambitious and hard-working person in their 20s asks me, “Should I get an MBA?” Here’s how I respond to those inquiries. First, it’s critical to determine whether your expectations for an MBA are aligned with what the degree will likely do for you. MBA programs offer three different types of benefits, all of which vary tremendously from one school … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Ed Batista | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: About the MBA Degree

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