Category: MBA Preparation

  • So you wanna go to B-School? An informal timeline to help you through the process

    So you wanna go to B-School? An informal timeline to help you through the process

    One of the hardest things to gauge in the business school application process is knowing when to get started. When it’s all fun and sun over the summer, it doesn’t seem like those round 1 deadlines in October and November are going to come around any time soon. Similarly, when there are so many good…

  • How to Get into the Top MBA Programs

    How to Get into the Top MBA Programs

    As everyone will tell you, if you don’t know already, How to Get into the Top MBA Programs is more or less the bible of getting into business school. Richard Montauk, the author, runs an admissions consulting firm and has written books on college and law school admissions as well. The most common criticism leveled…

  • GMAT 101

    The GMAT is the Graduate Management Admission Test, a standardized test used by business schools as a measure of an applicant’s academic ability. Schools require applicants to take the GMAT and submit their scores in order to be considered for admission to M.B.A. and other business-oriented degree programs. The GMA T is a computerized test;…

  • Anxious? Here’s MBA Interview Relief

    Ah, relief. You’ve already sent in your applications, with essays carefully crafted and edited to perfection, stellar recommendations, and solid academic credentials. Nothing left for you to do but sit back and relax, albeit anxiously, right? Well, not quite. Whether applicants ascribe too much or too little importance to their interviews, the fact is that…

  • MBA Essays

    MBA Essays

    I guess the most useful thing I can do here is post up my essays for people to look at. My basic thoughts when I was writing them were Explain why I wanted to do an MBA Explain why I wanted to do an MBA at Oxford Highlight my strengths / achievements / etc. Provide…