By Lucas Weingarten Do you remember the first time you said aloud, “I think I’m gonna go to business school and get an MBA.” Hearing those words spill out of your mouth can be pretty jarring. I know it was for me. ...

By Lucas Weingarten How many of you know what your GMAT score should be? Do you know how to figure that out? Look, you need a target score and I need you to set it. Here’s how: 1. Do some research. Compile a...

By Lucas Weingarten By now, most of you have made up your mind about whether you’re headed to graduate school full-time or part-time. I chose to be one of the former, but most I worked alongside while studying and just about all I now teach...

By Lucas Weingarten I just came across this article entitled “Five things you should do right now if you’re considering going to grad school.” It was the title that grabbed my attention, but I’m most pleased with what’s inside. The author co-founded an admissions consulting company...

By Lucas Weingarten At the beginning of 2011, a friend of mine landed a position at a major multi-national as their Global Social Engagement Lead. Her previous title at another major industry player was Social Media Associate Manager. This is the new normal, folks....

By Lucas Weingarten U.S. News & World Report is ranked #1 in… ranking. Specifically, I’m talking about they’re annual rankings of colleges and universities. US News is the go-to publication for anyone interested in where an institution falls in relation to its peer institutions,...

By Lucas Weingarten While I’m not certain GMAC is adequately addressing its competition, I do want to throw laurels where deserved. So, props, GMAC, for attempting to make your test more relevant. In this Inside Higher Ed article, the reporter discusses this push for increased relevance...

Kaplan GMAT Blog: Lucas Weingarten Less people are applying to most of the nation’s top business schools. Heck, less people are applying to business school, period (although, compared to other grad programs, b-school applications look strong). Bloomberg Businessweek posted an article discussing the decline...

By Lucas Weingarten Legendary venture capitalist, the world’s 540th richest person, and current member of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, John Doerr, once remarked, “Every single day, we dump 70 million tons of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere like it’s an open sewer, like it’s...

By Lucas Weingarten In my previous post, I answered a question which I had posed in the post before it (Invisible Hand Pt. 1 and Sustainability?) Perhaps it’s best to take a moment to read those posts. After all, that could help what comes...