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While an education abroad isn’t cheap for middle-class students from India, there are certain international degrees that are cheaper than the others. For instance, if you are thinking of applying for a post-graduate Masters degree abroad (e.g. MBA / MS), the costs of an MS in USA are significantly cheaper than the cost of a … Read more
While most international business schools include a set of MBA essays in their MBA admissions process, some ask for a Statement of Purpose (SoP) for their undergrad / post-grad (masters) global business management courses. What is a statement of purpose? How does an MBA SoP differ from an MS SoP? Are there any examples and … Read more
When someone says Harvard MBA is not the best business school, the other competing names that come to mind are the likes of Stanford, Wharton, MIT and other regular suspects that dominate the MBA rankings. Instead when you hear names like BYU Marriott, Wisconsin School of Business, Foster (Washington), Fisher (Ohio), Simon (Rochester), Mendonza (Notre … Read more
Occasionally we get queries such as this – “I applied to 15 business schools last year. But look at my luck. Not even one admit. I thought the odds would be better than this. How many b schools should I apply to this time to increase my chances?”
From all the MBA success stories that you get to read on admission consultants websites, the breed may come across as an invincible lot. That’s far from the truth. As with any other field that involves fighting against the odds, even the best candidates and MBA consultants fail. While failure can teach us more than … Read more
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The phenomenal response to guest blogger Tanmoy Ray’s previous post on Biomedical Science Jobs and Careers prompted us to re-invite him for a follow-up post. This time he writes about doctoral level programs (PhD degree) in Biomedical sciences.
In the pursuit of scale, growth and profits, when the business education industry may seem to have no qualms about converting the MBA degree into a commodity, it’s heartening to see a top ranking Ivy League MBA that’s continued to buck the trend. Compared to many of its peers in the super-elite MBA category, the … Read more
You can crack the scary looking GMAT Math section with a help of some friendly little companions. Little – because many of them will take you back to your school days. Friendly – because you’ve already played a lot with them as a kid. But that was way back in time, when you never imagined … Read more
Q. What’s a good GRE score for MBA? A. Any score that can get you into your dream school is a great score. Q. Hah! Spoken like a true consultant. Can we get a little more specific? Some numbers, statistics maybe? A. Anything higher than the average GRE score for your target business school should … Read more
As more an more international and Indian students get attracted to MS in Computer Science degrees in the Mecca of technology (USA), the amount of curiosity also increases. We wrote this post on what’s better after engineering – MS or MBA addressing a few aspects. But there are many more unanswered queries too. What is … Read more
As America accelerates its journey out of the recession, high paying jobs are back on the table. In such a scenario, an MBA in USA offers excellent career prospects for not just U.S. citizens but also international students. This draws hordes of students from India and other countries to the land of opportunities. Read this … Read more