The education system, in France, sways to a somewhat different tune than the usual jazz we are used to – namely, high-school, university undergrad, post grad, and so on and whatever.
HEC Paris is a popular business school in France and the class profile is among the most diverse in the world. Sameer Kamat, founder of MBA Crystal Ball, interviewed Sara Vanos – Director of Marketing at the HEC Paris MBA, to find out more.
Creating a resume for an investment banking (IB) job without any experience can be a daunting task. But you don’t need to fret too much: you can ‘bankify‘ your resume so that it sounds interesting to recruiters, despite not having seen the inside of a bank. How do you recreate your resume so that I-Banking … Read more
Everyone knows that student clubs in universities and schools are fun, that they help students pursue their hobbies and interests, and that they bring people together. But is there more to student clubs? And beyond school, do they have a lasting impact, or are they just stress-relievers that make sure you don’t go bust under … Read more
The cost of education is always a rising curve, in the US. With undergraduate degrees averaging between $20k to $50k, per year, depending on the kind of university – Public or Private (Read Public vs Private College Statistics) – and MS costs in the neighborhood of $80k, including living and tuition, you can imagine that … Read more
Among go-getting graduates who strike gold before their silver birthdays, the most successful are probably investment bankers. Many of them make six-figure salaries as early as 22 years in their first year of employment after school.
To say that MBA Rankings are like an annual edition of the Old Testament, etched in stone and blessed by the supreme being, would be an overstatement. So will be the assumption that these annual rankings have no standing in the way students, educators, and even the business schools, themselves, are influenced in their decision … Read more
As a follow-up to our earlier article (UCLA PGP PRO for Executives), we asked students of the program to share their experiences and reviews. The students come from a wide range of backgrounds and have covered several aspects including their rationale, expectations, concerns, classroom experiences, challenges, assignments / exams, favorite professors, practical lessons and more. … Read more
The Indian School of Business has risen as one of the premiere institutes of business education not just in India but around the world. It has been consistently showing up within the top 30 B-Schools on Financial Times’ Global MBA Rankings. Its Post Graduate Program (PGP) in Management has become a truly lucrative education choice … Read more
It is not a revelation that international higher education has increased over the past century. Destinations like the US, UK, Canada, and Australia, are among some of the popular study migration countries (Read Top study abroad countries in the world). Needless to mention, Europe too takes a large slice of the student pie with their … Read more
What’s in a number? And what’s in a grade? Well, it is a quantity to be interpreted as a measure of your intellect. Yes, yes, we know. The system is not always fair. Your grades, for your mental capacity in those 2 – 3 hours, should not reflect upon your education background.
Much can be lost in translation without the proper means to communicate in an international education setting. Even in these days of the Google Translator, when students and faculty, alike, gather around from various parts of the world, there needs to be a ready medium of instruction to help everyone work on a common baseline. … Read more