{"id":4285,"date":"2010-09-07T05:26:43","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T13:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=4285"},"modified":"2010-12-15T07:05:48","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T15:05:48","slug":"mba-news-roundup-knewton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/mba-news-roundup-knewton\/","title":{"rendered":"MBA News Roundup @Knewton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gearing up for Round 1 admissions?\u00a0 Here's your weekly dose of MBA news to keep up to date with what's going on with aspiring b-school students and people in the field.<\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/ss\/30under30\/2010\/top-young-entrepreneurs%20\" target=\"_blank\">30 Under 30: The Top Young Entrepreneurs of 2010<\/a><br \/>\nInc. Magazine highlights these rising business stars. Learn about how they got started - and where they're headed.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/bschools\/content\/aug2010\/bs20100820_482171.htm\" target=\"_blank\">B-School, Day One: A Primer<\/a><br \/>\nLearn how to be proactive in your business school adventure with this helpful BusinessWeek article, aimed at first-year MBA students.\u00a0 Take notes, folks.<\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/2010\/06\/21\/graduate-education-business-school-high-paying-jobs-forbes-woman-leadership-mba.html\" target=\"_blank\">What Women Do With Their MBAs<\/a><br \/>\nAn increasing number of women are attending business school. Forbes  examines which fields they choose to enter with their MBAs.<\/p>\n<p>4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/education\/2010-08-20-IHE-graphic-novels-biz-school20_ST_N.htm?csp=usat.me\" target=\"_blank\">Graphic Novel Replaces Business School Textbook<\/a><br \/>\nImagine studying from a comic book!\u00a0 This business school textbook brings out the little kid in all of us.\u00a0 USA Today reports.<\/p>\n<p>5. <a href=\"https:\/\/poetsandquants.com\/2010\/08\/17\/what-the-best-business-schools-seek-in-an-ideal-mba-applicant\/\" target=\"_blank\">What the Best Business Schools Seek in an Ideal MBA Applicant<\/a><br \/>\nThis video features Chioma Isiadinso, author of <em>The Best Business School  Admissions Secrets<\/em>, giving advice on how to make sure you have a strong  application when applying to b-school.<\/p>\n<p>6. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2010-08-25\/harvard-business-school-drives-yale-and-mit-s-edifice-complex.html\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard Business School Drives Yale and MIT's Edifice Complex<\/a><br \/>\nIt's a constant race for Yale and MIT to match HBS's facilities and  state-of-the-art buildings.\u00a0 This Bloomberg article discusses the high  price and the extended benefits of keeping up with Harvard.<\/p>\n<p>7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-11091042\" target=\"_blank\">Graduates Going to Great Lengths to Get Ahead<\/a><br \/>\nThe BBC reports that many young professionals are eyeing China to gain  the work experience they believe they need to get their ideal jobs.<\/p>\n<p>8. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hbr.org\/cs\/2010\/08\/six_keys_to.html\" target=\"_blank\">Six Keys to Being Excellent At Anything<\/a><br \/>\nWant to be successful? Who doesn't? Get tips from the Harvard Business Review on  developing a stellar work ethic and a mentality conducive to success. There are book recommendations, too!<\/p>\n<p>9. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/08\/26\/education\/26ENTREPRENEUR.html\" target=\"_blank\">Some Business Skills to Go With the Passion<\/a><br \/>\nWhy an entrepreneurial mindset is not just for an entrepreneur, but for  everyone.\u00a0 In this<em> New York Times <\/em>article, a student who has taken an  MIT entrepreneurship course says, \u201cYou see that the essence of the  entrepreneurial spirit isn\u2019t so much about money as it is about  passion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>10. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/newsbook\/2010\/08\/expensive_executive_mbas\" target=\"_blank\">Expensive Executive MBAs: A Costly Lesson<\/a><br \/>\nWhy is it that executive MBAs cost twice as much as full-time MBAs?\u00a0  This article in <em>The Economist <\/em>compares this sharp increase in price to  an exclusive VIP membership to a senior level networking group.<\/p>\n<p><em>Check out Knewton's MBA News Roundup next week for all the GMAT, MBA, and business-related news that's fit to print. And don't forget to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/knewtongmat\">KnewtonGMAT<\/a> on Twitter for more MBA updates!<\/em><\/p>\n<div>Click here to learn more about Knewton's <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knewton.com\/gmat\/\" target=\"_blank\">GMAT prep course<\/a> or find more helpful articles on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knewton.com\/blog\/gmat\" target=\"_blank\">GMAT blog<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gearing up for Round 1 admissions?\u00a0 Here&#8217;s your weekly dose of MBA news to keep up to date with what&#8217;s going on with aspiring b-school students and people in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[92,1894,1896],"class_list":["post-4285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","tag-businessweek","tag-gmat","tag-mba","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4285"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4291,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285\/revisions\/4291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}