{"id":5659,"date":"2010-12-23T09:15:58","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T17:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=5659"},"modified":"2010-12-23T09:15:58","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T17:15:58","slug":"mba-admissions-news-roundup-improv-social-media-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/mba-admissions-news-roundup-improv-social-media-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"MBA Admissions News Roundup: Improv, Social Media, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"
  • In a Businessweek<\/em> blog post, \"MIT Brings Improv to the MBA Classroom<\/a>,\" Alison Damast describes the leadership focused MBA acting class called Improvisational Leadership: In the Moment Leadership Skills. The second-year course integrates creative arts into the more classic business school curriculum, and focuses on \"soft skills\" by bringing to the classroom experiential exercises, real-life simulations, and interactive improvisations.<\/li>\n
  • Does where you attended college as an undergrad affect your chances of getting into a top MBA program? According to Dean Jim Dean of UNC Kenan-Flagler, it matters some, but it's not the only thing that matters. What really matters, he explains, is doing well, and so you shouldn't shy away from applying to a top MBA program if you didn't go to a top undergraduate institution. For more on this, view the Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em> article, \"Does Undergrad Institution Matter When It Comes To MBA Admissions?<\/a>\"<\/li>\n
  • George Yip, dean of the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University, announced his decision to stand down as dean in June 2011, reports a recent Financial Times<\/em><\/a> <\/em>article. The top business school, located in the Netherlands, will be naming a new dean in the next few weeks.<\/li>\n
  • If you want to participate in the business world nowadays, you'll have to know a thing or two (or more) about social media. Facebook and Twitter have literally changed the way businesses communicate and business school students need to make sure they stay up-to-date with online networking technologies. Read the recent Wall Street Journal<\/em> article, \"Business Schools Tackle Social Media<\/a>,\" for insights as to how social media is changing the business world and how business schools are updating their curricula to accommodate those changes.<\/li>\n

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