Blast from the Past:
The Secrets of MBA Admissions
“Getting into business school is a dramatically different ball game than getting into med or law school, which is often just a numbers game (you either have the grades and test scores or you don’t).”
That’s what makes getting into business school so difficult, according to Evan Foster and David Thomas, authors of MBA Reality Check. In their experience, every school evaluates candidates differently. For some, it is actually about comparing candidates by GPAs and GMATs. Others focus on track records and life experience. And some are seeking that special something that makes an applicable “remarkable.”
Many rejected candidates are good enough to get into their chosen school, on paper at least. But somehow they fall short. So what sets candidates apart? What questions are admissions people asking when reading an application? And what tweaks can you make to increase your chances to get into your top school? Check out this excerpt from MBA Reality Check to learn more.
Source: Poets and Quants
Video of the Week
Top 10 Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
One Liners:
Infographic: The Most (and Least) Affordable Business Schools
Source: Gradschools.com
How to Break That You’re Going Back For Your MBA to Your Boss
Source: Brazen Careerist
How MBA Adcoms Evaluate Your GPA
Source: Accepted
Top B-Schools in India Hiking Tuition
Source: The Economic Times
Georgia State Dean Leaving to Head Zicklin
Source: Atlanta Business Journal
Top 5 Business Programs By Specialty
Source: Top MBA
How to Get Around Waitlists
Source: Beat the GMAT
How to Earn an MBA with a Full-Time Job and a Young Family
Source: Women’s Agenda
Robert Half Sees Bright Future for MBA Jobs
Source: BusinessBecause
Rutgers (Newark) Faculty Disapproves of Dean’s Performance
Source: Daily Targum
How Business Schools Can Become CEOs’ New Problem Solvers
Source: BusinessWeek
A Look Inside the MBA Market in India
Source: BusinessWorld
Calculating the Real Cost of an MBA
Source: Money We Have
How Will Asia Change Business Education?
Source: Business Education Magazine
How Business Schools Are Marketing to Prospective Students
Source: MBA Enrollment Strategies
The Case for the Accelerated MBA
Source: Ozy
EMBA Programs Forcing Professionals to Scrutinize Business Ethics
Source: Business World
George Washington Accidentally Emails MBA GPAs to Students
Source: George Washington Hatchet
4 Ways to Avoid Drowning in MBA Applications
Source: Beat the GMAT
Why Business Schools Ignore Women
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
MBA Humor
Help me always to give 100% at work…
12% on Monday,
23% on Tuesday,
40% on Wednesday,
20% on Thursday, and
5% on Friday.
Help me to remember…
When I’m having a bad day and it seems that people are trying to wind me up, it takes 42 muscles to frown, 28 to smile, and only four to extend my arm and smack someone in the mouth!
Source: Bully Online
Tweets of the Week:
Gazelle Rezvan @GazelleRezvan
“Also I learned how to tie a tie when I got into business school“.Glad @USCMarshall has taught you something valuable, random guy passing by
Melanie Powell @melaniesnicket
You know you go to a business school when they compare school spirit to balance sheets
I get intimidated by how good looking everyone in the business school is
MBA or mediocre but arrogant.
You know you’re in business school when the topic of marriage comes up and the first thing you think of is, “What tax breaks can I get?”
Folks! I am not starting business school on Friday. That was my last-ditch effort at an April Fool’s prank.
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