Patty’s Path to Wharton: The Decision (Part 1 of 8)

Starting today, we’ll be featuring b-school advice gleaned from one of Manhattan GMAT’s own. Until recently, Patty managed marketing and student services for our sister company, Manhattan LSAT. But she chose to return to business school and started at Wharton last fall. She has agreed to share her application experiences with us  in a series [...]

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

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 [...]

How to make the best of being a “non-traditional” MBA student

by Jenn Yee, guest blogger I arrived at business school without a shred of background in economics, statistics, or higher-level mathematics. Kellogg called me a “non-traditional” student, but most of my pre-business-school friends just said I was flat-out crazy. With a background almost exclusively in media and education, I went into business school a little [...]

Case Studies & Cocktails: The Care Package for Business School

Imagine it’s five, ten, twenty years ago… Congratulations, you just got into college! You are super excited, and your parents are so proud.  The time they spent reading to you, checking your homework, and quizzing you on vocabulary was well worth it, and they are excited to send you off to face your next adventure.  [...]

Why You Still Need an MBA

We’ve heard a lot of bad news about the job market recently – articles have been popping up about the difficulties MBAs are having finding jobs (though that may be starting to change) and more MBAs are exploring alternate careers. With all this news, should you still go to business school? This CNN article gives [...]