Tag Archive | "EMBA"
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A recent GMAC survey shows a sharp increase in Executive MBA applications in 2010. 59% of EMBA programs reported an increase in applications, compared to last year’s 37%.
According to Michelle Sparkman-Renz, Director of Research Communications at GMAC, the applications received this year also came from more highly qualified candidates compared to last year’s applicants. Shelbi [...]
Bschool Life, Current, Interviews, MBA
The MIT Sloan Fellows program is a dynamic, constantly evolving program. The informative interview I had a few years ago with Stephen Sacca, Director of the MIT Sloan Fellows Program, is no longer entirely accurate because of changes that have taken place in the last four years. Mr. [...]
Bschool Life, Current, Fun Stuff, MBA
I will run out of superlatives if I attempt to describe the 2010 AIGAC Conference in Boston. Suffice it say that it was extraordinarily illuminating. MIT Sloan and Harvard Business School graciously and generously hosted the event, which was kicked off by MIT Sloan’s Dean David C. Schmittlein, who discussed the reasoning behind MIT Sloan’s [...]
Current, MBA
This MIT EMBA 2011 MBA Application tip post is one of a series of posts providing MBA application and essay advice for applicants to top MBA programs around the world. You can access the entire series at http://blog.accepted.com/acceptedcom_blog/tag/2011-mba-application-tips. Our tips for answering the MIT EMBA essay questions are in blue below.
Looking at the 2011 MIT [...]
Current
By Cindy Tokumitsu, co-author of The Finance Professional’s Guide to MBA Success, The Consultants’ Guide to MBA Admission, The EMBA Edge, and author of several articles and the free, email mini-course, “Ace the EMBA.” Also author of the NEW online mini-course, Best MBA Programs: A Guide to Choosing the One for You.
Current, Fun Stuff, MBA
Reading sample essays is a great way to stimulate your creative juices before you sit down to write your essays. However, most people spend a ton of time reading sample essays, but have no idea how to apply the techniques used in the perfectly crafted examples to their own essays.
In this exciting new special report [...]
Career, Current, MBA
A recent response to my blog post on assessing your profile as prelude to selecting schools posed an important question: if you work in a flat organization, how do you demonstrate advancement and growth? After all, your progress will be compared to that of other candidates who have regular promotions with clearly delineated expanded responsibilities. [...]
Bschool Life, Current, MBA
Yesterday MIT Sloan announced in a press release the launch of its new Executive MBA Program, a rigorous part-time, 20-month program for high-potential executives.
The program is designed to “expand their management capabilities and increase their impact on their organization and the world at large.” This personal, business, and global advancement will be made possible by [...]
Current, Fun Stuff, MBA
A few weeks ago Linda presented the packed-to-capacity presentation of Essays that Stick for AIGAC’s Graduate Admissions Summit. The first-run, “sold-out” webinar was followed by a second heavily-attended presentation. People just couldn’t get enough of Linda’s helpful tips and advice on how to create application essays or personal statements that stand out and engage the [...]
Current, MBA
Part-time or short executive MBA programs are sprouting up in countries not traditionally served by business schools in an initiative to spread the availability of executive education, reports a recent Financial Times article, “Winds of change blow for business schools.” Lagos Business School in Nairobi is one such school that works together with Nairobi’s Strathmore [...]
