{"id":30332,"date":"2015-09-01T14:04:09","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T21:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/how-ready-are-you-for-business-school\/"},"modified":"2015-09-01T14:04:09","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T21:04:09","slug":"how-ready-are-you-for-business-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/how-ready-are-you-for-business-school\/","title":{"rendered":"How Ready Are You for Business School?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/business-school-insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2015\/09\/Facebook_Skin_Template_V02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/business-school-insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2015\/09\/Facebook_Skin_Template_V02-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"Ready for business school? Take our Readiness Quiz.\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Take our readiness quiz to find out where you stand on the path to business school.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Let\u2019s talk business school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you\u2019re like a lot of aspiring business school students, this won\u2019t be the first time you\u2019ve heard that phrase\u2014and wondered where you stand on the road to an MBA or specialized business degree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In this and the next four weeks, we\u2019re breaking business school readiness down into stages and offering fun, easy, concrete tools for advancing from one stage to the next.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Maybe you\u2019ve only thought about going to business school up until now, considered if an MBA is right for you, wondered about the actual salary benefits, or put off the idea for when you have more time to plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Maybe you\u2019ve done a little digging, investigated the vast and various industries that welcome MBAs with open arms (like energy, tech, health care, to name a few), decided that business school is the way to go, but lost momentum when it came to more concrete decisions\u2014like which program to go to or which standardized test you should take\u2014the GMAT or the GRE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Maybe you were born for this readiness business when it comes to b-school prep. You\u2019ve built up the right academic or work background, can quote the ROI of your degree in various industries, and want to get that high-powered career or promotion underway <\/span><i><span>yesterday<\/span><\/i><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>No matter where you stand, you\u2019re probably motivated by future career prospects. <\/span><a title=\"business school survey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gmac.com\/market-intelligence-and-research\/research-library\/admissions-and-application-trends\/2015-mbacom-prospective-students-survey-report.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Thirty-eight percent of prospective business school students<\/span><\/a><span> go for career enhancement, 34 percent with plans to switch careers, and 28 percent are aspiring entrepreneurs looking to start their own businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So whether you\u2019re just gathering intelligence about the business school experience, already plotting the path toward your future as an MBA, or on the move toward your program of choice, there are still some decisions to make\u2014and a lot of useful information out there to help you make them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"ready for business school\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/pages\/getready\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Answer five questions about yourself in our Readiness Quiz<\/span><\/a><span> to find out how prepared you are for business school and unlock a digital goodie bag of free stats, tips, timelines, testimonials, and handy downloadables\u2014all customized to your specific readiness stage. This info will help you challenge yourself to get to the next stage of readiness, and give you useful tips on how to wrap it all up if you\u2019re almost there.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/business-school-insider\/2015\/09\/01\/how-ready-are-you-for-business-school\/\">How Ready Are You for Business School?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/business-school-insider\">Business School Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take our readiness quiz to find out where you stand on the path to business school. Let\u2019s talk business school. 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