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From raising your GMAT score by finding out where you went wrong the first time, to Harvard Business School looking for more students from Japan, there’s lots to share in recent MBA news.
A new way to raise your GMAT score
No one wants to take the GMAT more than once, but if you end up not doing as well as you would have liked, GMAT testmaker the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) now offers a new tool that may help you raise your GMAT score the second time around. For $25, you can receive a detailed report about your GMAT score and overall performance on your first exam. This will give you a better idea of the areas you need to focus on in your GMAT prep for your second go. (Poets & Quants)
MBA programs weigh in on admissions essays
Kaplan’s 2014 business school admissions officers survey is throwing some cold water on what many observers thought might have been a fast developing trend. Turns out that the overwhelmingly majority of MBA programs across the US are NOT following the lead of top schools like Stanford and Yale in cutting the number of admissions essays they require applicants to submit. Just 13% of the 200+ MBA programs we surveyed reported that they had slashed the number of admissions essays for this cycle, compared to 2013, and only 3% of business schools told us they plan to cut the required number of essays for the next application cycle.
From what we’ve seen, the top schools are doing this because they want to streamline the admissions process on their end—not because they’re hurting for applicants. We’ll be tracking this issue closely, since things can change quickly on the MBA landscape, and 2015 may reflect different results. (Top MBA)
What women in business can learn from their political counterparts
Over the past few decades, women have continued to chip away at the thick glass ceiling in American politics, incrementally increasing their numbers in Congress and state legislatures. But new research shows that progress in the business world has been decidedly slower. (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
One door closes …
The financial sector is strictly regulated, less global, and more capitalized, thanks to the financial crisis of 2008. But innovation in sectors such as payments and trading has recently opened up new career opportunities for MBAs. (BusinessBecause)
Harvard ISO business students from Japan
Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria sounds like he’d like to see more applicants from the Land of the Rising Sun apply to his top-ranked MBA program. In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, he said he thinks the major decrease in applicants from Japan is happening because the country has become more isolated. Another reason: the increase in the popularity of business schools in Asia. (Poets & Quants)
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