Applying to an MBA without GMAT or GRE scores requires careful planning, thoughtful school selection and a compelling career narrative. In this interview, Mandovi shares how she secured admits from six top MBA programs, successfully cracked tech-focused interviews, earned multiple scholarships and ultimately chose the school that was the right fit. Today we have with … Read more
In this M7 MBA consultant review, Atharva Wagle, an Indian applicant admitted to The Wharton School, shares his experience working with MBA Crystal Ball. He covers profile building, essays, interviews, and final admission to an M7 MBA program. The official Wharton MBA website says: “The average student has worked for five or six years between … Read more
Getting into a top MBA program like NYU Stern is competitive enough, but securing a full-ride scholarship worth nearly $200,000 makes it all the more remarkable. In this Q&A, Divy Gulati walks us through his academic choices, career pivots, GMAT preparation strategy, application decisions and the unexpected surprise of receiving a full scholarship from Stern. … Read more
Pursuing an MBA is challenging enough, but doing it as a married couple takes it to another level. Meet Shruthi and Gautam, a dynamic duo navigating global careers, GMAT struggles, and top B-school admits together. While Shruthi is completing her MBA at IESE Business School in Barcelona, Gautam recently secured admits from London Business School … Read more
Ameya has had quite an eventful career journey. He has been in touch with us since 2017 and took a very planned, methodical approach that started with our MBA Profile Builder and landed him in places like INSEAD and BCG. Let’s find out how he did that. How MBA profile building helped me get into … Read more
For MBA aspirants, the choice of programs is mind-boggling and the factors they need to consider can be equally confusing. Among the hundreds of parameters a prospective candidate could consider, a few tend to come up more frequently than the others. Let’s look at some of those. How important is accreditation? For years, international accreditation … Read more
Today we have with us, Anamika Jha, an ISB Executive MBA (PGPMAX) admit with an interesting mix of armed forces and corporate experience. Let’s hear her story. Executive MBA from ISB (PGPMAX) after Air Force Tips for military veterans for corporate transition by Anamika Jha MG: Welcome, Anamika. Can you share a little about yourself? … Read more
After being written off by a reputed ‘M7 specialist’ admissions consultant, a VIT engineer ignored the demotivating advice, worked with MBA Crystal Ball and earned admits from Chicago Booth and UVA Darden with a $70,000 scholarship. Sumedha Updhyay approached us while preparing for her GMAT. The computer engineering graduate from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) … Read more
Siddharth Panikath has had a unique application journey. He saw many rejections before smartly achieving success. During our initial profile evaluation discussions itself, we had discussed the risk of going ahead with his MBA plans and had suggested an alternative too. Acknowledging these, he chose to give MBA applications a shot and worked with us. … Read more
Artificial intelligence has permeated into every aspect of the economy and is reshaping global businesses at mind-boggling pace. This transformation has influenced everything from market research to financial analysis, and is powering decision-making across industries. AI has now evolved into a strategic partner rather than just being a specialist’s tool. AI is revolutionizing how companies … Read more
DEI has been in the news for a while after the U.S. announced policy changes. Here’s a primer on what it means for international students aiming for American universities. What is DEI? A term once thriving in the folders of HR offices has been pushed to the storage, with people, it is relevant to, scrambling … Read more
AI tools will kill the MBA admissions consulting business, people predicted after ChatGPT made a big splash. Years later, we have a much larger palette of AI tools for every possible niche including admissions consulting. But professional MBA admissions consultants haven’t gone anywhere. If anything, the number of new consultants popping up indicates that the … Read more