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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.

Should You Get Your MBA? Why It Might Make Sense

Should You Get Your MBA? Why It Might Make Sense

🕔01:00, 18.Sep 2014

In recent years, there have been an increasing number of debates on the value of higher education. More and more college graduates are finding that they could have done their jobs without the degree they earned, and it seems that

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The value of an MBA: Chicago entrepreneurs weigh in

The value of an MBA: Chicago entrepreneurs weigh in

🕔01:00, 9.Sep 2014

you ask yourself: Is an MBA worth it? To answer that question, you must ask yourself what kind of work you plan to do or continue doing. Do you plan to work in banking, consulting, marketing, finance or insurance? MBA

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Should You Get an MBA?

Should You Get an MBA?

🕔01:00, 4.Sep 2014

At least once a month an ambitious and hard-working person in their 20s asks me, “Should I get an MBA?” I earned my MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business in 2000, and since 2007 I’ve been an Instructor and

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Will Harvard Ever Have an MBA Class With 50 Percent Women?

Will Harvard Ever Have an MBA Class With 50 Percent Women?

🕔01:00, 29.Aug 2014

The 940 students who started classes at Harvard Business School this week counted more women in their ranks than ever before. Women are 41 percent of the school’s 2016 MBA class, according to a preliminary class profile. That’s slightly higher

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How Harvard Business School’s Application Is Different This Year

How Harvard Business School’s Application Is Different This Year

🕔01:00, 20.Aug 2014

If you’re applying this fall to the Harvard Business School Class of 2017, don’t try to force an air of professionalism and gravitas. Be candid. HBS wants to get to know you. This year’s application is a bit different from

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Want to Get Into Business School? Write Less, Talk More

🕔01:00, 2.Jul 2014

Business schools want to know more about their applicants. So, they’re asking them to do less. Some elite M.B.A. programs have been cutting the number of required essays for admission, while others have trimmed or streamlined requirements for recommendation letters.

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Steve Jobs: 4 Lessons for MBA Applicants

🕔01:00, 10.Oct 2011

Actionable lessons that you can use in your MBA applications Steve Jobs never finished college, not to mention graduate business school, but he became a legendary business leader. As the world stops to consider the enormous contribution of this visionary,

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How to woo the MBA admissions committee

🕔01:00, 27.Sep 2011

What do admissions committees look for in an MBA candidate? What do admissions committees look for in an MBA candidate? The answer is as varied as the motivations of the applicants and the many flavours of MBA degrees that now

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Tweets, Plays Well with Others: A Perfect MBA Candidate

🕔01:00, 3.Sep 2011

Get to the point and make it interesting. Oh, that the business world were more like that. Now, some graduate schools are aiming for just such a goal” at least in the applications process for their M.B.A. programs. Columbia Business

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MBAs Don’t Merit the Cost

🕔01:00, 23.Aug 2011

Amid the financial crisis and recession, placement rates and salaries for MBAs have taken hits, making the degree less valuable. Pro or con? PRO: EXPOSURE AND EXPERIENCE MATTER MORE by Christopher Frank and Paul Magnone, Drinking from the Fire Hose

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