There are many affordable MBA admission consultants in India who charge very low fees. And then there are premium players who aren’t competing to be the cheapest in the business. When MBA applicants who’ve seen the charges of cheaper MBA consultants learn about MBA Crystal Ball pricing, the contrast is apparent. How much do MBA … Read more
Congratulations! You’ve decided to apply to business school. But you’re not alone: if you’re reading this article, you understand that other people out there share your interest in attending a top school and pursuing an MBA degree. In fact, if you’ve got the grades and GPA required by top schools but aren’t sure how else … Read more
There’s nothing more heart-breaking for a sister, than to see her struggling brother wearing an ‘Epic Fail‘ T-shirt, even if it’s in jest. Priyank put his life on hold for 4 years in pursuit of his long-term ambition – to get into an elite MBA program. His long battle with the GMAT and applications finally … Read more
After completing his MS from USA, Siddhesh made his first attempt to get into a top business school in 2016. After getting rejected from all the programs, he launched his cryptocurrency startup. As an entrepreneur comfortable with technology, but struggling with the business skills, he felt the need to try for an MBA again.
GMAC says that a 700 GMAT score would put you in the 90 percentile (ok, 89 to be specific). But sadly, for certain candidates (like the far-from-endangered Indian IT Male Engineer MBA applicant species), it is still considered an average GMAT score by the top 25 business schools. After getting rejected by 3 top business … Read more
Self-help gurus from across the world have made millions convincing readers that they are unique. When some of these Indian readers with pumped-up egos, sit down to fill up an MBA application form, they experience what many Stephen Hawking students never will – a big black hole. How do you differentiate yourself from other MBA … Read more
When reputed publications like Bloomberg start proclaiming that software engineering careers are dying and Indian IT companies continue to deal with the swaying moods (and H1B / L1 visa policies) of their client countries, it’s bound to generate some level of stress among the huge pool of IT professionals in India.
Despite being top tier Ivy league brands, we’ve never featured Brown University and Princeton University in our MBA articles. Reason being – they don’t offer MBA programs. We’ve been curious to find out why. So we reached out to Shriram Krishnamurthi whose journey from Bangalore (India) to Brown University (USA) has been quite eventful. As … Read more
IIM Calcutta offers a 1 year MBA Post Graduate Program for Executives (PGPex) that is meant for those with many years of work-experience. It competes with IIM Bangalore and IIM Ahmedabad that have similar programs. Just like in the case of 2-year MBA programs offered by IIMA, IIMB and IIC, the shorter MBA programs (accepting … Read more
The NUS Singapore 1 year MBA program gets a lot of applications from Indian IT Male Engineers, just like all the other top bschools. Being closer to India and being more affordable than the US programs means that it gets more than its fair share of such profiles. Rohit Jaggi was one of the hopeful … Read more
In an interview with MBA Crystal Ball, MBA admissions consultant Paul Bodine shares some tips on how to tackle MBA applications and get into the top business schools. Paul is also the author of several popular books: The Perfect Phrases series (Perfect Phrases for business school, law school and medical school acceptance), Great Applications for … Read more
Jeffrey just got ‘Bangalored’ and he’s lovin’ it. Most Indian MBA applicants are keen to leave the country in pursuit of their MBA dreams. Jeffrey’s story goes the other way around – starting off in Europe and ending in India. He was only looking at 1 year MBA programs in India (read this related post … Read more