When it comes to graduate admissions, students shy away from taking chances and for good reason. History has taught them that no matter how tailored their profile is, the admission process is always unpredictable. The selection criteria is a function of the total number of quality applications, a factor way beyond the control of a … Read more
What can one expect as a Harvard Business School MBA student? There’s obviously no one better than the students themselves to provide answers to this question. We found interesting accounts by students in blogs and other online forums about life at HBS during the first and second years of the MBA program. We also came … Read more
Recommendations add credibility to applications, whether academic or non-academic. Much like reviews help savvy shoppers to fill up their shopping carts with well liked items, Universities and recruiters use recommendations as a commentary on your character, intelligence, personality, and dedication, before deciding on whether to move your application to the to be called or to … Read more
The Kellogg School of Management is known as the first business school in the world to begin interviewing student applicants to assess their leadership potential and suitability. Today, along with GPA and GMAT scores, “fit” is an important element in the admissions process in many b-schools around the world. Here are some other interesting facts … Read more
The Stanford Graduate School of Business was founded in 1925 with the objective to provide quality management education on the US west coast and an alternative to students going to east-coast schools and never returning to the west for a career. With its motto “Change lives. Change organizations. Change the world,” Stanford GSB, also known … Read more
There’s a Chinese proverb that says, “If you haven’t died from hard work, just work harder.” The dark humor might not bother fiercely competitive and ambitious young men and women in China. But it might only inspire them to strive to reach their goals, come what may.
The typical essay grader spends anywhere from 30 seconds to a couple of minutes to assign a grade to an essay. So, it is absolutely vital to make that “first impression”. If you haven’t exercised your writing muscles for a while, it is a good idea to put in some practice. Scoring well on the … Read more
Ratan Tata, Nitin Nohria (HBS Dean), Drew Faust (Harvard-President) | credit The magnificent seven-story building that houses Harvard Business School’s executive center in the northeast of the HBS campus expresses the grace and gratitude of an alumnus to his alma mater. The donor in question: Ratan Tata, who attended an Advanced Management Program at HBS … Read more
Watch this related video. MBA in China The China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) was co-founded by the Chinese government and the European Union in 1994—a decade before, the school’s predecessor, the China-EC Management Institute (CEMI), had been launched in Beijing. The executive partners of CEIBS were the over-100-year-old Shanghai Jiaotong University and the European … Read more
The most important objective of doing an MBA program is undoubtedly to get on to the fast track for career advancement. Naturally, people vie with one another to get admitted to top-rated MBA programs, assuming that these programs are also the best for job placement. However, not all top programs have the best employment rates. … Read more
Click here to learn how to get into Harvard Business School Founded in 1908, the Harvard Business School is one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the world. It is part of a group of seven elite (M7) business schools that recognize one another as peers—the others being Booth, Columbia, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, … Read more
“The Hunting Ground,” a documentary film about sexual assaults on US university campuses, opens with anxious women college applicants peering into websites to know whether they have been accepted. After tense moments, they break into OMGs, squeals of delight, and teary laughter along with their parents and other well-wishers as they learn they have clinched … Read more