Tag: school
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Applying for the MBA – Goals and Focus
While much of the MBA application asks you to relate past experiences and what you have learned from those experiences, an important part of what the admissions committee are interested in also includes your goals and focus going forward. I thought it might be useful to explain the rationale for them to look at your…
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Tackling the Essays I- Step One, Break Your Leg 🙂
If you think the GMAT is tough, you obviously have not met the essays. They are 10 times more difficult. And it’s not just the essays. The entire application form for an MBA, with all the list-your-extracurriculars-since-college stuff, is an arduous task to execute. This is partly because there are NO CORRECT ANSWERS to the…
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Do you think that work experience before going back to school is important?
This really depends on the individual, the profession they’re going into, their personal circumstances and preferences, etc. In some professions, a graduate or professional degree is required to just get a job or to significantly improve your chances of getting a job or a better job. It’s often expected that individuals interested in engineering or…
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Do Extra-Curriculars help to get approved at a B-School?
There isn’t necessarily one “ideal” for all programs and all institutions. This will vary. It is to someone’s advantage to be involved in professional organizations or other extracurricular activities, particularly when a leadership role has been held. Internship and full-time experience is important to many business programs. Some programs require full-time work experience, while others,…
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Is an MBA Worth it?
There is a scene from a FedEx commercial aired on U.S. TV a few years ago. It liveson at Youtube, where two different postings of the 30-second ad have been viewed almost 91,000 times (type in key words “FedEx” and “MBA” at www.youtube.com to view the spot). The ad closes with the narrated tag line:…