Everyone seems to benefit from the videos, with 80 percent of students in the class finding them to be a “useful part of their overall class experience,” and 72 percent noting it “ improved the way they learned the material.” Teachers can also use diagnostic information—such as, who has taken the quizzes and their scores—to monitor their students and assist with class participation.

Only students can access Tuck’s videos for now, but they may be open to the public in the future. While some professors from other schools have tried online courses, with several participating in The Faculty Project, “a website that allows professors to upload free courses and supplementary course materials, as well as interact with students,” in time perhaps even more will follow Tuck’s lead and use the Internet to enhance students’ learning experience.

How did Tuck come to experiment with online videos as replacements for lectures? Dean Paul Danos was watching an online tutorial provide by The Khan Academy with his granddaughter and thought, “Why can’t we do something similar to the Khan Academy? I told professors anything you can put up on a whiteboard should be put up in advance so you can have more time in the classroom for conversation and face-to-face interaction.”

What do you think of Khan Academy methods coming to grad school?

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This article originally appeared on the Accepted Admissions Consulting Blog, the official blog of Accepted.com.

This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current and past MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. We hope to offer you a candid picture of student life, and what you should consider as you prepare your MBA application.

Accepted: First, can you tell us a little about yourself – where are you from? What and where did you study as an undergraduate and when did you graduate?

Keisuke: I am Keisuke Matsumoto, a Buddhist priest in a traditional Buddhist school of Jodo-Shinshu Hongwanji-ha.

In 1979, I was born in Hokkaido, the northern most part of Japan. My grandfather was a Buddhist priest, though my father is not. Since my youth, I have been strongly interested in Philosophy and Religion as the ways to realize myself.

At Tokyo University, I majored in Western Philosophy, which I had been interested in since my youth. But I grew uncomfortable in my studies, because no matter how logical or reasonable it was, studying it did not seem to be the way to true happiness. Instead, I came to realize how much my experience had been shaped by the traditional Japanese way of thinking, and I knew that without understanding that, I would not be able to understand myself.

Finally, I decided to become a Buddhist priest which I thought was the best way to completely immerse myself in Japanese philosophical tradition.

I graduated the University of Tokyo in April, 2003. Since becoming a priest I have continued my studies of Japanese philosophy and culture.

Accepted: Why did you decide to attend the Indian School of Business?

Keisuke: Despite the hereditary custom, I knocked at the gate of the temple and managed to pass its professional training. I have worked as a monk to restore valuable traditions of Japanese culture in society. Even now, there are more than 70,000 temples in Japan, which is about three times the number of convenience stores in the country.

In the midst of changes of society on a global scale, we Japanese should take advantage of potential resources like temples that our ancestors left for us. After working in this field for 9 years, I decided to tackle an important but complex issue – modern temple management. That’s why I got MBA, a Master of Business Administration, at ISB last year.

Indian School of Business is one of top business schools in the world. Though the name of the school contains the word “Business,” its concern is not limited to business. Actually, management matters everything.

Of course as a Buddhist priest, being an MBA graduate doesn’t make any difference to my position or rank in the temple. But it practically makes a difference to the quality of my work.

Buddhism is my life. I respect the tradition of Japanese Buddhism. But at the same time I am not satisfied with its current situation. To promote Buddhism among modern people, we have to update temples to meet modern needs without spoiling their religious traditions.

As a Buddhist, India is special. In fact, many people tell me that great experiences in India have changed their life. Then I thought, studying for an MBA in India will have a great impact on my life. That’s why I applied to ISB.

Accepted: What have you been doing since graduating last year?

Keisuke: I have been preparing for opening a new school of temple management for a year. It’s a comprehensive program for Buddhist monks who want to acquire management skills for temples. Of course, it’s not about how to make money in temples but about how to focus on the temple’s original mission. I will open this school this month. The first class will be held on 23rd May in Kyoto.

If you seriously study management in any business school, you will come to know that the basics of management are all the same in any field whether it’s a business or non-profit. Mission, Strategy and Marketing are the essentials of good temple management.

Accepted: There’s a great Financial Times article about you in which you compare temples to social media. Can you talk a bit more about that?

Keisuke: The use of social media like FB or Twitter is globally spreading. But why? In my observation of Japan, many people feel lonely. So they are trying to join communities according to their hobbies and tastes. In Japan, temple used to be the place to form a local community, though it is not working well. I guess the new communities created on FB will seek a nice place to have a gathering and real communication. In my opinion, temples have potential to accommodate those gatherings and be the center of local communities again. That’s why I mentioned temple as real social media in Japan.

Accepted: Can you share your experience as a delegate for the U.S.-Japan Leadership Program?

Keisuke: The U.S.-Japan Leadership Program is held by the U.S.-Japan foundation. In both countries, 10 to 20 delegates are selected among young leaders in diverse fields and join the program every year. In the program we discuss many topics from politics and economics to culture and religion for a week. It is an amazing experience to spend a whole week with diverse young leaders and establish friendships.

Accepted: What were some of your favorite things about living in Hyderabad? Least favorite? Did you have a favorite coffee shop that you liked to hang out it and do work?

Keisuke: In Hyderabad, I loved to visit the Old-City district. It was a fantastic Muslim city. I am interested in any kinds of religious culture and buildings. I often visited there and had a cup of Chai (Indian Masala tea) with my family, though I didn’t do work there.

Accepted: Do you have any advice for some of our applicants who will be applying to the ISB?

Keisuke: If you are applying to business schools just because others are doing the same, ISB is not your destination. If you really want to differentiate yourself and change your life, I strongly recommend you ISB. Especially for international applicants who seek great challenges which lead you to grow further; the combination of MBA and India must be one of the best options. There is no reason for innovators to choose the destination ordinary people are rushing into. Visit the campus, and you will understand what I said.

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Obviously there are the stories about Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s embellished college record. Just a few hours ago Yahoo confirmed the inevitable: Scott Thomas is now the former CEO of Yahoo. Non-existent degrees on resumes are a hard thing to claim “oops!” about. He is out.

What does a falsehood from thirty years ago reflect on his competence to run Yahoo today? Whether he had the degree or not, don’t his recent accomplishments speak more loudly about his abilities than some stale studies from three decades ago?

That phony degree in computer science may not reflect one iota on his managerial skill, but it speaks volumes about his integrity. In all likelihood if he had just told the truth, he would still have been chosen to be Yahoo CEO, and there would have been no easy target for activist shareholder, Dan Loeb, the CEO of Third Point, to go after Thompson, much less win three seats for the Third Point group on Yahoo’s board.

But Thompson didn’t tell the truth and apparently hasn’t been consistently telling the truth about his academic record for years. Consequently, he is no longer CEO, and could be facing problems with the SEC, and his reputation is in tatters.

That leads to the second story I saw this week. It didn’t generate the headlines of Yahoo’s board shakeup, but the questions and conclusion are surprisingly similar.

Back in January prestigious Claremont-McKenna College acknowledged that a senior administrator had falsified data reported to U.S. News for its highly influential college rankings. The administrator resigned in disgrace. Claremont apologized and hired O’Melveny & Myers LLP to provide the correct data and to detail the extent of the misrepresentation since 2004. Per the Morse Code, the blog of Robert Morse, director of data research for U.S.News & World Report, and based on the newly verified data, Claremont McKenna’s 2012 rank is correct and will not change.

That’s mind boggling! That administrator lied, lost his job, damaged a top school’s name and for what? Nothing. The ranking with the lower, accurate data is unchanged.

While the saints among us may be feeling very smug at this point — “The bad guys got their due, and I would never make up something on my resume.” — I’d like to point out a third article I read this week – this one from Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge. In the fascinating “How Will You Measure Your Life?” Dr. Clayton Christensen writes about the “trap of marginal thinking” both on bottom-line and ethical decisions. In his attempts to teach students how to live a life of integrity he writes, “The marginal cost of doing something ‘just this once’ always seems to be negligible, but the full cost will typically be much higher.” He is so right.

Applicants (and applicant parents): Please, please, put your best foot forward in your applications BUT make sure it’s your foot. Don’t embellish. Don’t falsify. Don’t lie. You should have learned this in kindergarten, but if you didn’t, realize that the long-term cost of these falsehoods can be far higher than whatever pain or small cost is exacted by simply telling the truth.

Scott Thompson just learned this lesson. That Claremont McKenna administrator learned this lesson. It would be wonderful if applicants and their parents could also learn this lesson — before their names find their way into the headlines for some long-ago “inadvertent error” that clearly was intentional.

By Linda Abraham, president and founder of Accepted.com and co-author of the new, definitive book on MBA admissions, MBA Admission for Smarties: The No-Nonsense Guide to Acceptance at Top Business Schools.

This article originally appeared on Technorati and was recently reprinted on the Accepted Admissions Consulting Blog, the official blog of Accepted.com.

Fact

A host of complex and interesting adjectives end in “-al”, including adjectival, mercurial, floral, diurnal, banal, nominal, cardinal, terrestrial, vestigial, perennial, and epiphenomenal.  Incidentally, those would all be good words with which to have at least passing familiarity on the GMAT.

Fact: When an adjective ends in “-ic”, the “-al” ending can be added, and usually this doesn’t result in a large change in meaning.  The “-ic” and “ical” forms of the adjective may differ in connotation, in subtle implications, or they may mean exactly the same thing.

For example

• “electric” and “electrical” both mean “relating to electricity”.  Technically, if the object has electricity running through it, if it operates on electricity, one uses “electric” (i.e. an electric blender, an electric car, etc.); by contrast, if the word pertains to electricity but doesn’t run on electricity, one uses “electrical” (electrical tape, an electrical engineer, etc.)  That subtle difference is highly unlikely to be tested on the GMAT.
• “comic” and “comical” both mean “causing laughter.”  Technically, the word “comic” is used for works or situations that were intentionally created to be funny, whereas the word “comical” often denotes situations which are unintentionally humorous.  That subtle difference is highly unlikely to be tested on the GMAT.
• both “ironic” and “ironical” relate to “irony”, itself a word notoriously hard to define precisely.  The difference between “ironic” and “ironical” carries us into some of the most philosophically refined parts of English grammar.  You need not worry about this one on GMAT Sentence Correction.

Fact: Ironically, one “-ic” adjective changes its meaning drastically when “-al” is added — “economic” vs. “economical” — and this one, not surprisingly, runs rife through the entire Verbal section of the GMAT.

economic — pertaining to the discipline of economics or to the nature of an economy

economical —- saving money; thrifty; giving good value for price

The difference here is stark: in contexts in which one of these is right, the other would be 100% wrong.  Of course, the irony is: this on the GMAT, the test which prepares you for business school, where you will study nothing but economic concerns.  Just by the very nature of the test and its intent, “economic” is one of the most likely adjectives in the English language to appear on the test!  Needless to say, the economic/economical distinction is a favorite of GMAC’s, and economic/economical splits are perhaps my favorite of all possible SC answer choice splits.

Here’s an example from the OG (OG12e, #37; OG 13e, #39):

39) Although shistosomiasis is not often fatal, it is often so debilitating that is has become an economic drain on many developing countries.

1. it is often so debilitating that is has become an economic
2. it is of such debilitation, it has become an economical
3. so debilitating is it as to become an economic
4. such is its debilitation, it becomes an economical
5. there is so much debilitation that it has become an economical

Let’s start with the split in the final word of the five answer choices: economic vs. economical.  We are talking about the drain that the costs associated with shistosomiasis impose on the economy of a developing country.  In other words, we need an adjective that pertains to a country’s economy: that would be “economic.”  By contrast, an “economical drain” would be a money-saving way to lose money??? That makes no sense!!  Clearly, “economic” is correct and “economical” is completely incorrect: right there you can eliminate (B), (D), and (E), thereby enormously simplifying the task of answering this question.

While we’re discussing this question, also mention a couple other relevant points.  First of all, “so X that Y” is the correct idiom, whereas “so X as to Y” is incorrect.  That’s why (A) is correct and (C) is incorrect, and this leaves (A) as the only possible correct answer.  Also, notice that the answers flip/flop between “debilitating” (the participle form of a verb) and “debilitation” (a noun).  Which do you think is more active, a noun or a participle?  Verbs are the very essence of action, so any verb form will be more active, more vital, than a static noun.  Furthermore, strong, direct, active writing is strongly favored on the GMAT.  Therefore, it’s a good bet that if a particular word flip-flops between noun form and verb form among the five answer choices on a GMAT SC question, the correct answer often will involve the verb form, as it does in this question.

Keep an eye out for the economic/economical differences on the GMAT, throughout the Verbal section, and in some questions like the one above, it will be a magic key of simplification.

This post was written by Mike McGarry, GMAT expert at Magoosh, and originally posted here. 

The Access MBA Tour in New York City matches MBA candidates with the best business schools

The prestigious business education event will take place in New York City on June 18^th,offering an opportunity to evaluate the current situation of the MBA degree. An elite selection of international business schools will meet One-to-One with highly qualified candidates in the US.

Recruiters hire increasing numbers of MBA graduates

As many companies struggle to rebuild and expand their activity after the economic crisis, an increasing number have shifted their hiring focus and are now recruiting qualified MBA graduates. Two-thirds of companies participating in the latest Graduate Management Admission Council’s Corporate Recruiter’s Survey planned to hire MBA graduates for mid-level positions. This is in great contrast to corporate recruitment in 2009, when companies reduced the number of available positions by half. Experts indicate that companies are in need of dynamic MBA-educated executives to help them to build and strengthen their business for the future.

The general consensus is that MBA graduates are more qualified to take on business-building tasks than employees without such experience. In the past, individuals with BAs were frequently on equal footing with MBA graduates. An MBA degree is a major asset and now almost a mandatory condition for a management position.

An event that helps candidates select the right MBA programme

The Access MBA Tour will return to New York City with international business schools that wish to recruit local MBA candidates. The event’s One-to-One format is a unique and effective way to match candidates who meet schools’ admissions criteria. When registering online, candidates provide information about their personal and professional profile. Before the event, Access MBA matches the candidates with the MBA programmes that meet their needs and criteria, and at the event the candidates meet with MBA Admission Directors in 20-minute intervals. Event participants can also benefit from free orientation sessions with Access MBA’s professional consultants and GMAT test preparation advisors.

“The MBA One-to-One format that we created 8 years ago has become the new standard of graduate recruitments amongst top international business schools” says Christophe Coutat, founder and CEO of Advent Group, the media agency that organizes the Access MBA Tour.

Participating international business schools

The Access MBA Tour features top ranked universities at each event, including HEC Paris, London Business School, Cass, ESADE, IE Business School, INSEAD, Kellogg-WHU, Manchester Business School, University of Chicago – Booth, SDA Bocconi, Vlerick Leuven Gent, IESE, UCD Smurfit School of Business, IMD, Durham Business School, Duke, University of Monaco, Audencia Nantes School of Management, Hult International Business School, and many more!

About the Access MBA Tour

The Tour holds 55 MBA events annually in over 40 cities worldwide. Access MBA is a project of Advent Group, a Paris-based media agency that coordinates educational and recruiting events throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas. More information can be found on www.accessmba.com.

Warwick New York Hotel, June 18^th, 4:00pm – 9:30pm

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2. and are positive integers

Verbal (SC)

It may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater, but at present this process is prohibitively expensive.

(A) lt may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater
(B) Someday, it may be worthwhile to try and recover uranium from seawater
(C) Trying to recover uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
(D) To try for the recovery of uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
(E) Recovering uranium from seawater may be worthwhile to try to do someday

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The career goals essay is perhaps the most common of all topics posed in the MBA application, so it may surprise you to learn that many prospective students don’t have clearly defined career goals. If that sounds like you, the first step to remedying this situation is taking a long look at what you think an MBA degree will do for you.

B-school offers clear skill-building in teamwork and leadership, as well as practical skills like accounting, marketing and finance. For many, the strong professional network you’ll build with classmates and alumni is the most alluring aspect of the experience. If you want to advance in a career where an MBA is valued, it may be an important next step.

However, if you’re simply feeling bored in your current position or hoping to earn a higher salary, make sure that an MBA is the right professional degree for you. Applying to business school is an expensive and time-consuming proposition. Without real dedication for the path upon which you’re embarking, your journey will likely stall before getting out of the gate.

Show me the passion: Remember, a goal is something you want to achieve. Therefore, simply stating, “I want to work in investment banking,” is not a goal. But how do you go about defining your career goals? Like most of the important decisions in life, it begins with a bit of soul searching. Think about your history of extracurricular activities. Is there a recurring theme or interest area that you would like to incorporate into a career?

Then take a closer look at the best and least-favored moments of your work trajectory thus far. What functions seem most appealing to you? What aspects do you dislike? Consider your personal goals as well. Are you driven to be a leader within an industry or company? Are you interested in work/life balance? Keep in mind, some flexibility with your goals is fine, as long as there’s a common thread linking what you’ve done so far with what you plan to do post-MBA.

One thing I tell people to tap into when they’re thinking of their career goals is envy—in the best possible sense. When you think about envy, it probably means you’re thinking about people doing things that you wish you were doing. Ask yourself, “Who is this person? What about them would I like to emulate?” That can help you define your goals in many ways. Passion for your career choice will come across as you tell your story through essays, discussions with recommenders, and interviews, so it’s worth articulating your own dreams in advance.

And keep it real: Along with passion, realism is an important aspect of your MBA career goals. Consider the application process from the school’s perspective: MBA programs want to launch productive, successful graduates who will contribute to the community.

When evaluating career goals, ask yourself: Does my career goal require an MBA? Even within nontraditional industries, an MBA may be valuable in certain functions. While a film director probably won’t benefit from the degree, the finance director at a studio would certainly benefit from formal business training.

Is this an industry that typically hires MBAs? Certain industries are clear feeders for MBA programs, while other industries may require more research. Finance, banking, and consulting are the obvious industries, and there’s growing demand for MBAs in the fields of IT and technology, manufacturing, healthcare, and at nonprofits. Many MBA programs have a list of typical companies that recruit at the school, and it’s worth investigating the industries that value an MBA degree.

Is the level I am seeking in my short-term goal realistic? Investigate the typical post-MBA title for your chosen industry and function to make sure you understand the usual career path. If you have significantly more work experience than your classmates, you may be qualified for a step up. However, typically companies recruit for standard new-MBA positions.

Once you’ve come up with a clear, cohesive vision of your career goals, tying it all together with your background and accomplishments is a great first step in a successful application strategy.

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For admission to MBA take gmat

The MBA course is one of the most sought after by students all over the world. Getting the degree from one of the top 20 Business schools is the aim of all students who take gmat. This is a common test conducted for admission to any of the Business schools that offer the MBA course. The test is computer based and is meant to check two aspects of the student’s eligibility for the course. One is the understanding of the subjects he has specialized in during the undergraduate course. The other is whether the student’s knowledge things other than academic are on a par with students from other universities as well.

Students who sit for GMAT come from different countries with various social and academic backgrounds and standards of education. A certain minimum standard is required for taking the MBA course particularly with reference to student’s ability to grasp things quickly, critical analysis of various matters and arriving at correct decisions quickly. This means that student has to make intense preparation with regard to studies before taking the test. All aspects of the test are available from different sources including the internet.

For admission get gmat scores

Three different types of tests are conducted in the admission test. They are quantitative questions, verbal questions and analytical writing coming under the head essay. For the overall score which is fixed at 800, only the quantitative and verbal scores are taken into account. The analytical writing score is considered separately. The numbers of questions asked in two different types are not the same. Particular attention is in made in verbal section because the student is expected to be quite proficient in his chosen subject in the under graduate course and in expected to score high in the quantitative test.

A minimum of 80% in the overall gmat scores is essential for any student to be considered for admission to Business schools. Better than 80% scores, will mean that the student has a better chance of entering the more prestigious Business schools. The scores of the quantitative and verbal sections will be known to the student immediately after the test. However, analytical writing is assessed by a person other than the computer also. The result will be intimated to the candidate by email or post. The admission procedure in the business schools will take into account the candidate’s CV and also the marks scored in GMAT.

The excerpt below emphasizes the importance of describing clear post-MBA career goals in your HEC MBA application:

Linda Abraham: What role does “hire-ability” and clear career goals play in the evaluation process?

Marie-Laurence Lemaire: We ask this question in the application file because we want the people actually applying to the MBA program to think about their future. We don’t want people who just apply for a program because of the ranking or this and that. You do obviously apply to a specific program because it highly ranked, etc., but we want more than just that. We want people to think about their future and have a clear idea of what they want to do. Most of our students are career switchers, so they want to change something in their environment. They want to change geography, they want to change sector of activity, or they want to change job. They can’t change all three at the same time; that is just impossible. Sometimes they can change two things. But most of the time, if they manage to change one thing, it’s really great. And then later on, you can change something else. But to change too many things at the same time won’t work.

Linda Abraham: If you want to change two or more of those parameters, you are best off doing it in a multi-step process and as a long-term plan?

Marie-Laurence Lemaire: Absolutely. Because by changing too many things at the same time, you might really be confronting too many difficulties, especially in the environment today. You need to really do one step at a time. So you might have to accept a job just after the MBA which might not be your dream job. But that job will lead you to something else, to getting more experience in something that will lead to something that you are really dreaming of later on. So you have to do it step by step. I think it is very important.

To go back to your original question about the admission, we want our students to think about what they want to do, but we know very well that over the course of the program, a lot of people will change their minds. And that is fine. We are used to that. I think it’s pretty okay to grow up during the course of an MBA and say, I know that in the admissions file I wanted to do this and work in that sector of activity, but really, I spoke to some alum, I’ve seen some companies, and this is not me. I’d rather work in sustainability, for example. So yes, we want to hear about projects. Sometimes people have a clear view of what they want to do, but sometimes people change and that is fine.

To learn more about this top ranked European business school, please see the full HEC Paris MBA transcript or listen to the audio file here. For detailed tips for career changers on how they can best highlight their post-MBA goals, check out the resources on our MBA Career Change Admissions Advice page.

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As The Harvard Crimson reports, of the first class of 106 accepted in 2008, only 65 are matriculating on time, with 40 deferring, and one who dropped out. More than half of the next class has postponed matriculation. Harvard doesn’t seem fazed by these deferrals, as more time gaining work experience before pursuing an MBA isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

And with the 2+2 Program, the HBS ‘cohorts,’ as they’re called, have had strong representation form Harvard College: Out of 106 students in the 2013 cohort, 22 were Harvard undergrads, with 27 out of 115 the next year, and about 20 out of 100 the following year.

The 2+2 Program also attracts those with more technical experience, and “the Business School aims to fill at least half of each cohort with students who have backgrounds in STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.”

HBS is still tweaking the program. In its first year, students could receive assistance in their job search through career counseling and a recruiting partner system, but now they must find jobs on their own. For those who have succeeded, it’s not always easy to turn around two years later and return to Cambridge. HBS is aware of the difficulties involved, and evaluates on a “case-by-case basis when it goes beyond the three years.” Those who do return, however, emerge four years after college with work experience under their belt, plus an MBA from Harvard Business School—not bad…

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