Gender diversity is a significant talking point, especially in the still somewhat skewed statistics of MBA education and the business world that the degree is designed for. Gender parity in graduate management education (or GME) has certainly improved in the past few decades. In a recent 2018 tally surveyed by GMAC, a number of business … Read more
What does it take to get into the INSEAD MiM program? How does the class profile look? What do you need to apply? In this article, we cover all this and more. We invited Sahil Ahuja, a successful INSEAD MiM admit from India to share his application journey, and 3 important things that aspirants need … Read more
What’s a good GMAT score for M7, ivy league MBA, Top10 programs? The average GMAT score for M7 MBA programs is around 730. That’s just the global average. If you do a little demographic drilling (for countries, industries & roles), this average varies. Underrepresented candidates can get away with low GMAT scores. For Indian applicants, … Read more
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
Are IIT IIM graduates happy, rich and successful? If they are happy with what they’ve got from their degrees, then why would any IIT IIM graduate need a second MBA? Well, other than having the most respected degrees in India, IITians and IIM grads are also among the most intelligent, hard-working and ambitious. Which is … Read more
The number 13 isn’t everyone’s favourite. And when we’re talking about MBA applicants, 13 years of experience isn’t very attractive to most business schools either. But Gaurav had made up his decision. He wanted an MBA and he was going to get it, no matter what his quantum of experience implied. He shares his desire … Read more
You’ll hear many applicants saying they want to use the MBA to broaden their horizon. However, there are a few who want to go back to school to narrow down their horizon. Sahil Chawla, a marine engineer from BITS Pilani, was one of them not too long ago. After a productive and lucrative career in … Read more
Sushrita Dutta’s journey has come a full circle – from reading MBA Crystal Ball blogs of mothers going back to school, to writing her own success story. After cracking the competitive entrance exams for public sector banks (PSB), the IT engineer got into the Bank of India as a probationary officer (PO) – a dream … Read more
Based on hard evidence, we’ve also known for a long time that Indian MBA Applicants more likely to be rejected from top b-schools compared to applicants from other countries. Within this already competitive applicant pool, it becomes an even bigger challenge when you are an male IT engineer. No wonder it’s considered the toughest applicant … Read more
For medical professionals (doctors, dentists) who wish to transition to the corporate side, we’ve published several articles. But we haven’t covered anything on getting an MBA after physiotherapy. Dr Robert Sandeep Madduri’s success story is a special one to add to our repository. That’s because his academic capabilities were written off by doctors when he … Read more
In the investment banking field, Sales and Trading (S&T) is a highly lucrative career option for many graduates, including engineers who don’t have any finance background. Mechanical engineer, Anshuman Anand, managed to move into sales and trading at a top investment bank. And he did that without an MBA. But he felt the need to … Read more
If you’ve been searching for the Stanford Executive MBA program fees, costs, deadlines, rankings, and application process – you won’t find anything that matches. That’s because there’s no Stanford Executive MBA in the traditional sense. An Executive MBA (EMBA) typically refers to a part-time or weekend format. Read this article on why there’s no Stanford … Read more