Studying abroad is no longer a novelty for international students, especially from India. Nearly 55% of the more than 5.5 lakh students, emigrating annually, are studying in USA and Canada. Nearly 10% in Europe including UK and Germany and about 17% in Australia (Read Why study in Australia). Though these numbers encompass all levels of … Read more
It is a rare and wonderful privilege to have to choose between Harvard/Stanford and Oxford/Cambridge. It is a difficult choice, obviously, as none of the Ivies nor Stanford can be said to be clearly superior to Oxbridge. And vice versa. In fact, no one will say that any one of these four universities is better … Read more
We have collected data from all the top MBA Programs, according to Financial Times’ Global MBA Rankings (2021, in this post). The tables represent the nature of the class profile in the programs. These are in no-way indicative of cut-offs or benchmarks.
The Executive MBA has risen as a popular and a visibly lucrative cousin of MBA. It has become a sure-shot, albeit expensive, tool towards career advancement. With a few years of managerial experience under your belt, an EMBA provides a perfect opportunity to grow functionally, without the expense of leaving your current job and position … Read more
The domain of business schooling is overflowing with MBA programs requiring some form of work experience. Students, with a prior three to four, or even more, years of office exposure offer a rich environment for peer learning in the current experientially designed curriculum. In the recent years, however, American B-Schools are flirting with the idea … Read more
American business schools dominate most MBA rankings. However, in the ranking of countries according to the GMAT mean total score of their candidates, one has to go deep down the list to find the position achieved by the United States. The US has only secured rank 43 in the 2016 testing year (July 2015-June 2016). … Read more
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. ~As Benjamin Franklin has been known to say. Quite true but how do you see the returns on that investment? You may argue that knowledge is the reward in itself but one can, quite justifiably, question said knowledge if you have obtained an MS degree from, say, … Read more
Master in Management (MiM) and its variations, namely Master of Science in Management or Master of Arts in Management, have gone up in popularity in the recent past. With its conception in the late 80s, it has been gradually climbing up to meet its a-list cousin, the MBA. According to the GMAC application trends survey … Read more
Chances are, if you drive on the left-hand side in your country, you probably also graduated from your Bachelor’s in three years. This is not a leap from a discussion about apples, to oranges.
“More is never enough.” This life philosophy of real-life billionaire stockbroker, Jordan Belfort, the protagonist of Martin Scorsese’s film “The Wolf of Wall Street,” played by Leonardo DiCaprio, seems to inspire at least some young people who aspire for a career in investment banking. Some go far enough to realize their professional goals and lifestyle … Read more
What is a MOOC? The full-form of MOOC is Massive open online course. It started as an idea in 2006 and has developed into full-blown learning sources, for many, since 2012. A phenomenon that has become more widespread than Starbucks and its worldwide reach, MOOC has captured the focused attention of 81 million students, more … Read more
We often get readers who ask us for help in choosing their PhD program – Which school to apply for my PhD? Who should I work with to get the best output? And the often puzzled odd one, Should I do a PhD or What should I do my PhD in? As much as we … Read more