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Our career counselling will help you evaluate if you really need a degree or if there are easier ways to fix your career problems.
Our MBA Mock Application Process (MBA MAP™) will help you with program selection, career goals and admissions strategy.
Our admissions consulting services will get your essays, recommendations, resume and interviews in top shape.
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top MBA can open up the doors to fantastic professional opportunities. Many want to get into the best MBA programs like Harvard Business School, Stanford, Wharton, ISB, IIM, INSEAD, LBS, Oxford, Cambridge. However, the ground realities are different.
For a top ranking full-time MBA program or an executive MBA, the cut-throat global competition coupled with the complicated MBA application process can be stumbling blocks even for the strongest MBA applicants.
In fact, while it’s tougher in general for international candidates, statistics indicate that Indians more likely to be rejected by the top b-schools.
Here’s the silver lining. With the right advice and support, you can improve your odds of success.
Our MBA consultants can help you avoid the mistakes which thousands of smart applicants fall prey to every year, due to the trial-and-error process they follow.
Who we’ve helped
We’ve helped tons of applicants punch above their weight and get into their dream universities. This includes candidates with imperfect profiles who were facing a range of challenges related to their profile, career and application. Here are some examples.
Profile Challenges
Low GMAT: Admits + scholarship with 580
Low GRE: Full scholarship after 15 rejections
Bad grades: Multiple admits with low GPA
High age: Ivy league admit after 30
3-year degree: Top MBA admits after B.Com
High experience: Got into Stanford
Career Challenges
Over-represented: IT Male Engineers
Under-represented: Scholarship after NGO
Career break: UK MBA for Mom
No brand: Free ride + fellowship
Public sector: Top MBA after government job
No international work: Wharton with scholarship
Application Challenges
Reapplicants: Multiple stories
Second MBA: Multiple success stories
Late rounds: Wharton in Round 2
Second Masters: Ivy league MBA + MS
Other consultant: Lost $7000
Mature applicant: MIT with scholarship
How we can help you
Whether it’s general career guidance, or profile evaluation, or you are writing MBA essays and need some reviewing & editing help or you need MBA interview tips, we can smoothen the ride for you.
Our MBA admission consultants in India & abroad have an in-depth understanding of the MBA application process and can help you increase your chances of getting into the top MBA universities and colleges abroad and in India. Here’s the story of one of our top consultants.
We regularly interact with the admission officers of the top programs to understand what they’re looking for in their applicants. Here are some of our Adcom interviews.
Our virtual operating model helps us offer the same top quality admission consulting services in India, Australia, Singapore, USA, Germany, Hong Kong, UAE, South Africa, UK, China, Spain, Nigeria, Canada, Japan, Cameroon and any other country where you may be located.
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Why we exist
Our vision is to create an ecosystem of resources & services that will help many deserving applicants get access to the opportunities that currently seem out of reach. Read more about our vision.
Why the funny name?
Our flagship product (MBA MAP) allows applicants to gaze into the future and take corrective actions in the present. Pretty much like a ‘Crystal Ball’. Profound, eh?
Our MBA Consultants
The pedigree of any advisory team can be judged by the calibre of its consultants. Our MBA admissions consultants have brands like Stanford, McKinsey & Cambridge on their resumes.
Career Counselling
Admit it, you have career issues and you don’t know what to do about them. Our free (career guidance tool) and paid (career counselling) options might help.
Test Preparation
We have plenty of free test prep resources to get you started on GMAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL, SAT, ACT, MCAT, LSAT.
Free Profile Evaluation
Feeling a little overwhelmed with all the confusing pre-requisites & uncertainties of an MBA program? We’ll simplify things for you with a free profile evaluation.
MBA Mock Application Process
While your competitors are creating risky, half-baked strategies, you can strengthen yours by using our MBA Mock Application Process (MBA MAP™).
MBA Essay Editing
Submit winning applications to the top MBA colleges, possibly with MBA scholarships. Our services include MBA essay editing, brainstorming & interview prep.
MBA Books & Videos
Check out our best-selling books in the non-fiction (Beyond The MBA Hype) and fiction (Business Doctors) genres. View our MBA abroad guide (video series).
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- How to get into IIMA PGPX after being rejected: MBA after 35
- How I got into Wharton, Columbia, Yale and Kellogg (full scholarship)
Business Schools
Admission Committee
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- Masters in Financial Engineering (MFE) in Singapore for a Career in Finance
MBA Careers
MBA Scholarships
- Competitive vs low GMAT score for INSEAD
- Higher Education Scholarships for International Students
- Executive MBA with scholarship in India with an average over-represented profile
- Top MBA in Asia with scholarship despite below average GMAT score
- GMAT score below 700: Admission chances of getting into ISB, Kelley, Foster
If you are looking for something that we haven’t talked about here, send us an email at info [at] mbacrystalball [dot] com.