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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.

Want to get an MBA? Buyers, beware.

🕔01:00, 19.Aug 2011

While an MBA can open significant professional doors, B-school hopefuls ought to look long and hard before they leap, says Graduate Management Admission Council’s David Wilson In 2010, prospective business school students sat for the three and a half hour

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Have B-Schools become debtors’ prisons?

🕔01:00, 18.Aug 2011

MBA grads are shouldering record levels of debt as tuition rates head skyward, making the degree a risky investment In 2008, Brian Jenkins moved to Malibu, Calif., to start his MBA at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management.

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B-School Prof: MBA Programs Helped Trash the Economy

🕔01:00, 16.Aug 2011

Business schools educate armies of bankers, investors and corporate finance executives. How come they don’t feel responsible for the financial havoc that has ensued? After the dotcom bubble burst in 2000, and then again, following 2008’s financial crisis, there was

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Innovative sources of finance emerge for MBA students

🕔01:00, 25.Jul 2011

International students may receive loans without the need for a US co-signer You have sat your GMAT, written your essays, submitted your applications and been offered a place on that coveted overseas MBA programme. Now comes the hard part: paying

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The $37000 Tweet

🕔01:00, 1.Jul 2011

A new twist to the business school application process: asking applicants to use their twittering skills to impress the admissions staff Aspiring B-schoolers, it’s time to get your tweet on. The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business (Tippie Full-Time

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Use an M.B.A. to Change Careers

🕔01:00, 24.Jun 2011

So-called “career switchers” look upon the degree as a way to expand international job opportunities, develop the right connections for future employment, and establish the potential for long-term income and financial stability These days, you’d be hard pressed to find

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Financing an MBA, With Help From Mom and Dad

🕔01:00, 31.May 2011

Daniel Wesley knew as soon as he started applying to business school that he wanted to avoid student loans. He’d already racked up about $45,000 in loans from his undergraduate days and didn’t relish the idea of adding another $200,000

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Maximizing GMAT Scores: The Early Testing Strategy

🕔01:00, 17.May 2011

At the age of 20 or 21, the average GMAT score is 575. At 22 or 23, it’s 536, a drop of 39 points Wisdom is supposed to come with age, but calculus, trigonometry, the ability to balance a checkbook…these

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How to Pay For Your MBA

🕔01:00, 16.May 2011

You’re about to pony up for one of the most costly investments of your life at exactly the same moment you must bid adios to your (hopefully) substantial annual salary for up to two years It’s that time of year

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A passport to the top of the business world

🕔01:00, 7.Apr 2011

You don’t have to have an MBA to be a CEO, but it clearly helps in so many ways, says Hilary Wilce Do you need an MBA to be a good company chief? Argument about this has been raging around

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