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If you are a qualified female MBA applicant from India (or any other country) with a competitive profile, you are more likely to get that life changing call from the Admissions Office of an elite business school saying you’ve been accepted into their top ranking MBA program.
While this Bahubali has more peaks to scale, the way he has battled challenges to reach this position is a story in itself. Amit Jathar, an Indian MBA applicant over 35 with a 650 GMAT score, had plenty of baggage to deal with. Forget the fact that there weren’t many to support him with his … Read more
“Do I have what it takes to get an MBA degree?” It’s a question many young professionals ask themselves a few years into their careers. Although increasingly becoming the Mecca of the young, global professional, let’s just say that Business School is not everyone’s cup of tea.
Over the years, we’ve interviewed many leaders from the MBA industry including admission officers of the top business schools and international admissions consultants. However, there have been many uncomfortable questions – about US visa policies, gaming the rankings, the futility of GMAT scores – that did not seem appropriate for those interviews, primarily because we … Read more
Scotland conjures up images of lush green fields and majestic castles. Those weren’t the only reasons why Udita Banerjee chose the University of Edinburgh for her Masters degree over other popular post-graduate destinations (like USA). She says: The European way of learning, teaching, and working is better than the American approach. It is designed as … Read more
Among the thousands of websites related to the international MBA degree and hundreds of new blogs popping up each season, it can be difficult for aspiring MBA students to choose a select few good MBA blogs to follow.
For all the adulation and flak that MBA rankings get, they do serve a purpose. With a humongous number of business schools across the world to choose from, rankings allow candidates to filter down the list to a manageable number.
A well-written Statement of Purpose (SoP) can open the doors to the best graduate schools offering Masters (MS), PhD and MBA degrees. They can even help tide over some weak areas in your profile and achieve more than just a top university admit – like the envious situation of getting a full MS scholarship despite … Read more
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With great power comes greater confusion. Indian MBA entrance exams hardly give you any choice on whether you want to retain your score or erase it as if the disastrous performance on that test day never happened. In fact, after the experiences some applicants have had when the CAT exam went online, most would be … Read more
Whatever it is about MBA programs in USA (or America in general) that turns you off – the cost of education & living, the program duration, the extreme climate, Shrimati Kim Kardashian – there are options in other parts of the world where you could pursue your MBA.
In a survey carried out by Harvard Business Review & INSEAD, 40% of the CEOs in India have an MBA, 60% don’t. That’s a big number in favour of one degree that dominates the business world. Statistics such as these might be among the compelling reasons for ambitious Indian students and professionals to ask on … Read more