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The GMAT’s Value in Business School

Eric Caballero —  August 19, 2011 — 3 Comments

The GMAT RoadmapThis article, written by Eric Caballero, was adapted from our upcoming book, The GMAT Roadmap: Expert Advice Through Test Day. The full book will be available mid-November.

Make no mistake about it. Business Schools love the GMAT. And despite admissions officer statements that the GMAT score is “only one piece of your application,” it is a huge piece. Since its inception in 1953, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) – creator of the GMAT – has studied the desires of Business Schools. In fact, GMAT content is refined by intelligence gathered from frequent surveys of MBA faculty around the world. Additionally, GMAC sets aside profits to fund management education research — since 2005, GMAC has awarded $1.3MM in grants and fellowships to business school faculty and PhD candidates. The lesson? Take your GMAT seriously. Here’s why: Continue Reading…

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International Student? Getting a visa might be harder than you think

ekrisher —  August 10, 2011 — 8 Comments

By Shahid Hussain

Getting a Student Visa might be harder than you think

If you are studying or applying for an MBA in your native land, skip this post, go home and make love to your passport.

I’m a limey by birth, and was lucky to get into Kellogg’s class of 2009. I was excited, but I had no inkling of how the visa process and dreaded words “administrative processing” would affect me over the coming years.

Home of the brave

We had people from all over the world at Kellogg – Brazil, France, Japan, Indonesia – you name it. Why did we all come to the U.S.? Continue Reading…

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Why the Lessons of Entrepreneurship Apply to Business School

JennYee —  July 26, 2011 — 4 Comments

In my first year as an MBA alumna and as a startup entrepreneur, I have realized that the same lessons for startups apply to how you might conduct yourself in business school.

Two years is not a long time – ask any recent grad – and making the most of the experience is something every student should think about before they arrive on campus.

I’ll admit I could be stretching this analogy – but since startups and MBAs are my life, here is some of the best advice I’ve received as an entrepreneur that I think applies to making the most of your MBA. Continue Reading…

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From The Bench To B.School: A Scientist’s Road To Enrollment (IV)

JonMcEuen —  June 22, 2011 — 1 Comment

by Jonathan McEuen, guest blogger

Jonathan McEueun is a Manhattan GMAT grad who is off to Wharton this fall. We asked him to share his application process with us. What follows is Part 4 of 5 posts in a series about his experiences. You can read Part 3 here.

Be A Score With A Story…

How do you tell a great story in a few essays or a few minutes of dialogue? How do you make it compelling but not desperate, informative but not pandering? How do you make sure that your reason for applying to an MBA program comes through clearly, with goals that are both realistic and inspired?

It’s a lot for a couple thousand words to accomplish.  But in sitting down to the essay-writing process, that’s the end goal (at least, it is by my opinion). Continue Reading…

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B-school Book List

ekrisher —  June 14, 2011 — 7 Comments

Whether you are headed off to business school in the fall or just planning for the day when you will be, summer is the perfect time to beef up your knowledge with a little summer reading.  We spoke with Chris Ryan, Manhattan GMAT’s Vice President of Instructor and Product Development, and with Jason Arvanites, MGMAT Instructor and Yale School of Management 2nd year, to ask them what books they thought should be added to the incoming MBA student’s summer library. (And if you’re looking for more books after reading the list below, be sure to check out last year’s summer reading list.)

Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert
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What makes you happy?   Continue Reading…

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From The Bench To B.School: A Scientist’s Road To Enrollment (III)

JonMcEuen —  June 13, 2011 — 3 Comments

by Jonathan McEuen, guest blogger

Jonathan McEueun is a Manhattan GMAT grad who is off to Wharton this fall. We asked him to share his application process with us. What follows is Part 3 of 5 posts in a series about his experiences. You can read Part 2 here.

Don’t Get Lost Before The First Step

The big question of “How should I prepare for this test?” quickly becomes a set of much more detailed, specific questions:  Do I enroll in a course? Should I buy books and study on my own?  What if I need to take the test multiple times?  All this tends to become a little overwhelming.

I tried to calm down and bring myself back to the first question.  I knew I needed structure and guidance.  I again turned to friends for recommendations.  It was word of mouth that Continue Reading…

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From The Bench To B-School: A Scientist’s Road To Enrollment (II)

JonMcEuen —  June 2, 2011 — 7 Comments

by Jonathan McEuen, guest blogger

Jonathan McEueun is a Manhattan GMAT grad who is off to Wharton this fall. We asked him to share his application process with us. What follows is Part 2 of 5 posts in a series about his experiences. You can read Part 1 here.

Deciding to apply was the easy part.

Once you weigh the pros and cons (the bird – or paycheck – in the hand, the uncertainty but immense potential of an MBA program that is right for you and that suits your goals), you start to see the hurdles ahead.  Application season is an expensive and stressful marathon no matter what school you apply to.  My road was looking no different.

I was going into what felt at the time like a particularly hard journey, especially considering my work situation, slightly atypical background, the amount of change going on in my life, etc. etc. etc.  But at the end of the day, Continue Reading…

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Relationships in Business School

cclay —  May 31, 2011 — 6 Comments

The two authors of Case Studies and Cocktails, Chris Ryan and Carrie Shuchart, were recently interviewed on The MBA Show. See what they have to say below about dating, relationships, sex, and b-school jargon:

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