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ETS TOEFL IBT Test Format and Preparation

Score 100+ on the TOEFL iBT with this complete and highly affordable online TOEFL course on Udemy. Over 5,000 students enrolled with an average rating of 4.5 stars. Click below. The Complete TOEFL iBT Success Course As an MBA applicant, apart from your GMAT score there’s another test score that the MBA school Admissions Committee … Read more

From an Ivy League MBA School (Columbia) to McKinsey

MBA applicants think it’s worth every dollar spent hiring the best MBA consultants even if improves their chances of getting into the elite schools. And the general perception is a flamboyant international consultant is better than the modest Indian MBA consultant in delivering the goods. Canada-based Arindam Mukherjee hired a high-profile and well-known MBA consultant … Read more

MBA in Canada (Rotman) as an international student

International students thinking about joining an MBA in Canada have several queries related to Canadian MBA costs, MBA scholarships, difference between MBA in Canada vs MBA in USA, job opportunities in Canadian cities like Toronto. Earlier we published advice from the Rotman School of Management Admissions Committee. In this post, we switch perspectives. We invited … Read more

I got into INSEAD, twice

You’ve read many stories on our blog about success after failed attempts. You haven’t? Well, here are some reapplicant success stories. But, the one that we are covering below is unique. It is a ‘successful’ success story that happened after multiple ‘failed successes’. Confusing? INSEAD MBA student ‘MBA Juggernaut‘ (her parents gave her a much … Read more

How the ISB admission process works

What are the chances that your ISB application will be shortlisted for an interview? What happens inside the ISB admissions office after you submit your ISB essays, recommendations? Will the ISB admissions officer reject your application purely because of a low GMAT score? V.K. Menon, senior director of admissions, financial aid and careers offers some … Read more

IIM Lucknow (IIML) IPMX one year MBA after 10 years experience

Nisha Shukla faced a dilemma that’s not-so-uncommon among professionals who’ve been working for quite a while and are now looking for some serious career rejuvenation. The options at that stage seem pretty limited. With an experience of 10+ years and a 6XX GMAT score, Nisha didn’t want to target the traditional MBA programs where the … Read more

Management consulting interview questions

If you are hoping to join McKinsey, Bain, BCG, AT Kearney, Deloitte Consulting or any other top consulting firm, your second biggest challenge would be to clear the tough management consulting interview questions. The first one, of course, is to get shortlisted for the interview. Reading some of the best management consulting books can help. … Read more