Work Experience Is Not Created Equal
Telling Your Boss about Your MBA Plans
Does School Choice Really Matter?
Clients often go crazy trying to decide what business school to choose. While I always advise people to go to as good a school as they can get into, there is indeed much merit in having a good fit. On the other hand, when it comes to getting a job at the end, which can be argued is the real reason we all go back to b-school, how much does it really matter where you got your degree?
Is the GRE Party Over?
MBA March Madness
In addition to MBA decision season, this time of year is all about basketball. If you are one of the millions of hoops fans out there, you may be wondering where you can get a great graduate business education and also a seat at some great basketball games. Here's a ranking of schools where you can have both.
5 Tips for Negotiating Your Offer of Admission
Today's blog post is about negotiating your offer of admission ... except that it's not. Because "negotiation" is not what you do when it comes to securing more financial aid from a business school. The term of art for what you are going to be doing is "asking." Let us explain. Obviously, any discussion of an offer in this context automatically means we're dealing with some good news: you've been accepted. So congrats on that! However, with the news that a b-school wants you to enroll comes the sobering reality that they also want you to *pay* for that privilege. Sure, offers often come with dollar signs attached, but the amount left in the "you" column is almost always going to be the bigger number. And that fact tends to bring up the following question: "How can I negotiate my offer?"
5 Tips for Negotiating Your MBA Admissions Offer
Today's blog post is about negotiating your offer of admission ... except that it's not. Because "negotiation" is not what you do when it comes to securing more financial aid from a business school. The term of art for what you are going to be doing is "asking." Let us explain. Obviously, any discussion of an offer in this context automatically means we're dealing with some good news: you've been accepted.
Waitlist Hell
Non-traditional Interviewing
Taking the Round 3 Plunge!
Out of Time? Applying in Round 3
How to Prepare for Your Wharton Group Interview (Team-based Discussion) - A Few Tips
Fail to Prepare at Your Peril
Go For the Gold
The Olympics are inspiring. No matter what country you’re rooting for, the level of competition and amount of preparation and skill on display makes us all want to do better. Leveraging this example during your business school application process can bring results worthy of a medal ceremony. When choosing where you will apply, therefore, don’t be afraid to go for the gold.
Assessing Your Strengths
One of the first steps in preparing for any job interview or business school application is to take an inventory of your strengths and weaknesses. Generally, this is done via introspection and thoughtful reflection on things you have done well in your professional or academic career. How about taking a more methodical approach?
Groundhog Day
Well, it's February, which means it's time to take a break from writing round three essays to re-watch Groundhog Day. The 1993 classic Bill Murray comedy chronicles a day in the life of Phil, a weatherman who is cursed to re-live the same day over and over again. As an MBA applicant, you can sometimes feel like this is also the curse of the application process. Here are some tips to avoid the long and arduous grind...
MBA Snapshot: Haas School of Business
Young and cutting edge, this West-Coast school truly embodies the California culture. Rolling out their “Defining Principles” in 2010, it’s hard to find a fresher approach to b-school than Haas in the top tier. They’re not located quite as close to Silicon Valley as Stanford, but Haas continues to attract high-level, entrepreneurially-minded applicants who dream of changing the world. Perhaps these attributes will highlight why.
The best 3 reasons to apply to Yale SOM
If MIT Sloan is at the intersection of Business and Technology, then Yale is at the intersection of Business and Society. With a strong commitment to the triple bottom line, Yale prepares its students to make a meaningful impact in the world beyond the balance sheet.
The top 3 things that Yale SOM is most known for non-profit, class size, brand name reputation.
What is the Tuck MBA Program is Best Known For?
