Posts Tagged ‘MBA Admissions’
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UVA Darden’s New i.Lab Program Encourages “Design-Thinking”
Last Friday, UVA’s Darden School of Business together with UVA’s Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation unveiled a special program that supports and encourages the teaching and studying of Darden’s new curriculum initiative, “design-thinking.” This new program, reports an article in UVA Today, will take place...
MBA Program Selection: Putting It All Together — Your Initial List
NOTE: This is #8 in a series of blog posts on the topic, “How to Select the Right MBA Programs.” To see previous segments, link to the following: Post #1, Introducing the Series Post #7, How Many Schools Should You Apply To? Creating a list of...
Part II: The Do’s and Dont’s of Audio and Video–Application Style
Content is King (or Queen)! . . . for Audio “My life has a superb cast but I can’t figure out the plot.” — Ashleigh Brilliant, English cartoonist. For your clip, you’ve already got the superb cast (you!). Now you need to concentrate on telling a compelling...
B-School Students See Light at the End of the Job Market Tunnel
Current MBA students and graduates are experiencing a totally different job market than they did last year, reports the New York Times in an article entitled “Job Market Stabilizes for Business Students.” While last year students and graduates scrambled for internships and full time positions,...
Study Abroad Numbers in Asia Remain Low, Despite International Attention
According to a Chronicle article last week, only 11% of study abroad students choose to study in an Asian county. (Most students choose Europe as their preferred destination.) In the business and commerce world, Asia is a huge focus, but that attention is not reflected in...
Part I: The Dos and Don’ts of Audio and Video–Application Style
Paper application? That’s like, so yesterday. Now you Gen X, Y and Millennial candidates get a chance to wow the admissions committee with your dope multimedia “skillz.” According to a recent article in Businessweek, UCLA Anderson School of Management (Anderson Full-Time MBA Profile) already gives candidates...
Ready for a Round Up?
Well you’re in luck…we’ve got one right here! Understandably so, “[t]he public is increasingly displeased with colleges often being run like businesses,” reports a recent Daily Pennsylvanian article entitled “Cost of higher ed upsets public.” In fact, according to the National Center for Public Policy and...
GMAC Expands GMAT Fee Waiver Program
The GMAT is required of most prospective b-school students, yet with the steep GMAT prices and the bad economy, not all aspiring MBAs can afford this basic requirement. A new program, launched by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), now enables business schools to waive...
MBA Program Selection: How Many Schools Should You Apply To?
NOTE: This is #7 in a series of blog posts on the topic, “How to Select the Right MBA Programs.” To see previous segments, link to the following: Post #1, Introducing the Series Post #6, Researching Schools HOW MANY SCHOOLS SHOULD YOU APPLY TO? Deciding how many schools...
