Making the Most of Your MBA
A few tips on how to take advantage of your MBA experience
Content: Article | Author: Rose Martinelli | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
MBA Applications: Timing Isn’t Everything
If you’re planning to apply to MBA programs this year with the thought of starting next fall, you should consider what makes sense in terms of application timing. Most schools offer three deadlines and several others offer rolling admissions, which means that as long as you apply by a specific date, you will get your final decision within six to eight weeks of submission. Here … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Rose Martinelli | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In
Getting a Head Start on Becoming an MBA Entrepreneur
A Q&A with Timothy Faley, managing director of the Zell/Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: About the MBA Degree
MBA Admissions Consultants: A Growing Influence
Despite their best efforts, admissions consultants have not yet won over top business schools. The admissions consulting industry, which advises applicants who are trying to get into their top-choice schools, has always had a strained relationship with B-schools. Many of the consultants were once on admissions committees themselves, and the schools worry that some of the consultants are feeding applicants what to say and even … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In
GMAT Tip: That vs. Which
This post examines the age-old dilemma of “that” vs. “which.”
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Brent Hanneson | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT
The MBA Application: Sweating the Small Stuff
Here are some tips for completing specific areas of your MBA application.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Rose Martinelli | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In
Employers Warm Up to Online MBAs
Online MBA programs may be losing some of the stigma they have in the marketplace, as more employers say they are increasingly open to hiring graduates of these programs.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
Avoiding MBA Internship Blunders
Like any opportunity, an internship can also be a potential minefield. Mistakes that can sabotage any hope of a future with the employer are shockingly easy to make. Here are seven of the biggest blunders MBA interns make and how to avoid them.
Content: Article | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Career
Acing Your MBA Application Essays
Now that you’ve created your application strategy, it’s time to sit down and begin working on your application essays. Meshing your strategy with the particular application components for each school can be challenging, but taking a 30,000-foot view of the entire application should make this process a bit easier.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Rose Martinelli | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In
GMAT Tip: When to Guess or Skip Questions
This GMAT tip comes from Mike McGarry, lead GMAT content creator at Magoosh.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT
GMAT Tip: Dos and Don’ts of Math Problems
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
The MBA Decision: Choosing a School
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
The Long Good-Bye: Calling It Quits for B-School
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.
Editor’s Note: … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Tami Fassinger | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Career, MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Honesty Is the Best Policy for MBA Job Seekers
To thine own self be true, the oft-quoted William Shakespeare line, is advice that MBAs should take to heart as they undertake the job hunt. That’s the conclusion of a study by two business school professors who find that candor is the best approach job seekers can take when interviewing, even though the temptation can often be strong to misrepresent oneself to appear a stronger … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Career, MBA Related
The New GMAT: Questions for a Data-Rich World
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
Full-Time MBA: Things to Consider
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
How to Take Advantage of Facebook in MBA Admissions
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
Does Working Before B-School Cost Grads $112,000?
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
Michael Porter
The short-term cost savings of outsourcing were very apparent, very attractive, and very seductive to companies [that] were desperately trying to improve their earnings per share quarter to quarter. But when you outsource something, you tend to make it more generic. You tend to lose control over it. You tend to pass a lot of the technology, particularly on the manufacturing or service delivery side, … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Michael E. Porter | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Outsourcing / BPO
GMAT Tip: Reading Comprehension
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