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
We often think of higher education as just a matter of students’ jobs and careers. The fact that it has a bearing on a country’s economy escapes our mind. Obviously, the better the universities, the better their contribution to the economic development of a country and, we may say, the better the economic progress of … Read more
You have spent a fortune on earning an MBA from a top school. When you consider your job options, what are the top companies that you should consider? We take a look at some of the major employers of business management graduates that are ideal places to build a career.
Founded in 1898, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business describes itself as “the second-oldest school in the US, and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices.”
Almost all major competitive examinations have a writing component to assess your ability to express ideas through written words. GRE and GMAT have analytical writing (AWA) sections, scored from a range of 0 to 6. Unlike the objective part of the exam (MCQ-based), the writing part is subjective and what is “good” for you may … Read more
The highest-paying jobs, for MBAs as for any other degree holders, go to those who chose their major subjects wisely. MBA majors and, by extension, the professional fields they opt for after graduation, have a greater impact on salary and company than even the reputation or brand of the business management school where they earned … Read more