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Getting into Business School

If you are not there yet, here’s where you should start. Some important decisions: which program is the right one for you? How to get accepted? How much will it cost, and can you afford it? This section will guide you through the process.

3 tips for acing a Wharton MBA interview

3 tips for acing a Wharton MBA interview

🕔01:00, 5.Jan 2016

Every year, top business schools receive thousands of applications for admission, but they only admit an average of 25% of those who apply. The story is no different at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, where approximately half of all

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5 Ways an MBA Makes You an Ideal Candidate

5 Ways an MBA Makes You an Ideal Candidate

🕔01:00, 4.Jan 2016

It’s never been better to be a young professional in Boston. The city has a booming tech scene, it houses some of the best companies in the country, and it’s filled to the brim with talented individuals. Yet, as with

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Tips to Maximize Your MBA Application Feedback Session

Tips to Maximize Your MBA Application Feedback Session

🕔01:00, 1.Jan 2016

All MBA hopefuls fear getting denied, but if there’s any silver lining to rejection, it’s that many business schools now offer feedback sessions to help unsuccessful candidates figure out where they might have gone wrong. This availability of application feedback

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How to Get an MBA Scholarship

How to Get an MBA Scholarship

🕔01:00, 21.Dec 2015

Some tips on how to increase your chances for getting more money A big question on the mind of many an MBA applicant: “How do I get a scholarship?” “It’s a question that everybody asks,” says Garry Cooke, assistant dean

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Tips for Applying to B-School After Years in the Workforce

Tips for Applying to B-School After Years in the Workforce

🕔01:00, 18.Dec 2015

The average age of business school applicants has been trending downward for the past decade, and with that, work experience expectations have shifted as well. But not everyone is ready or in a position to take the business school plunge

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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg says you don’t need an MBA to be successful in tech

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg says you don’t need an MBA to be successful in tech

🕔01:00, 17.Dec 2015

There’s a longstanding Silicon Valley stereotype that MBAs are risk-averse, entitled, and brainwashed into being boring, and are therefore not suited for the fast-paced technology world. The idea of foregoing a formal education to pursue an entrepreneurial venture is furthered

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Is getting an MBA the right move for you?

Is getting an MBA the right move for you?

🕔01:00, 30.Nov 2015

Whether you definitely want to pursue an MBA at some point in your career or are trying to decide if enrolling in an MBA program is the right path for you, it’s important to know the ideal times in your

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Why does the MBA degree remain popular?

Why does the MBA degree remain popular?

🕔01:00, 13.Nov 2015

The obituary of the MBA degree has been written several times since the 1950s. As the Economist has pointed out, a Ford Foundation report in the 1950s criticized the degree for being weak and irrelevant. In the 1980s, Business Week

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42% Of CEOs At Top Fortune 100 Firms Have MBA Degrees

42% Of CEOs At Top Fortune 100 Firms Have MBA Degrees

🕔01:00, 29.Oct 2015

Business school may be your ticket to the boardroom. More than 40% of the chief executive officers in the top 100 Fortune companies have studied for an MBA, according to research from Heidrick & Struggles, the executive search firm. In

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Perfect GMAT won’t help you get into this B school

Perfect GMAT won’t help you get into this B school

🕔01:00, 26.Oct 2015

It’s not even November and Harvard has already denied students acceptance to its MBA program. While it comes as no surprise that about 89 out of every 100 applicants are turned down for admission to Harvard Business School, the true

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