{"id":7445,"date":"2011-06-03T21:49:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-04T05:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=7445"},"modified":"2011-06-06T21:50:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T05:50:32","slug":"mba-admissions-news-roundup-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/mba-admissions-news-roundup-7\/","title":{"rendered":"MBA Admissions News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"st_facebook\"><span class=\"st_twitter\"> <span class=\"st_linkedin\"><span class=\"st_email\"><span class=\"st_sharethis\"> <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> MBA Crystal Ball recently interviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Accepted.com<\/a> founder, Linda Abraham, on admissions and how to choose the right business school.\u00a0 MBA applicants who are interested should read the informative interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbacrystalball.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/22\/mba-essays-interviews-accepted-com-linda-abraham-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>2012 MBA applicants should definitely look at US News\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/blogs\/MBA-admissions-strictly-business\/2011\/05\/13\/how-to-pay-for-your-mba\" target=\"_blank\">article <\/a>on financial aid options.\u00a0 Tuition for some of the top programs can swell to over $100,000, and having to pay that amount is never an easy pill to swallow.\u00a0 The article suggests that you research the resources your target program offers for merit-based or need-based scholarships.\u00a0 The programs may also help with loans or lines of credit, especially for international students. Finally, the article urges students to also examine general sites like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastweb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FastWeb<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/college-search\/scholarships.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Peterson's<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finaid.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">FinAid<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Financial Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/2\/0c7374cc-82f8-11e0-85a4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter#axzz1N965xHT9\" target=\"_blank\">announced <\/a>that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/LondonBusinessSchool.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">London Business School<\/a> has received a gift of about \u00a310 million from the Deloitte accounting firm.\u00a0 This is the largest gift ever given to the school, and it will go to sponsor a research center in innovation and entrepreneurship over the span of 10 years.\u00a0 Most of the money will go towards research funding, but it will also help create a new core course in entrepreneurship, which will hopefully also increase the study of entrepreneurship amongst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/LondonBusinessSchool.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">LBS<\/a> MBA students.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/job.zoominterviews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zoom Interviews<\/a> has launched a new area on its site to help students prepare for job interviews. This section provides videos with expert interviewers and gives great advice for students about to enter the job market.<\/li>\n<li>The Indian School of Business (ISB) <a href=\"https:\/\/expressbuzz.com\/finance\/isb-to-increase-class-strength-to-770\/275780.html\" target=\"_blank\">announced <\/a>that it will increase the size of its class from 560 to 770 when its new campus in Mohali is commissioned next year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"full-image-block ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/profile.ak.fbcdn.net\/object3\/947\/54\/s8255073883_9880.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1260090948492\" alt=\"Accepted.com\" \/><\/span><\/span>Accepted.com<\/a> ~ Helping You Write Your Best<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MBA Crystal Ball recently interviewed Accepted.com founder, Linda Abraham, on admissions and how to choose the right business school.\u00a0 MBA applicants who are interested should read the informative interview here.&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3,4,113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-b-school-life","category-career-reviews","category-applications","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7446,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445\/revisions\/7446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}