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| FROM Accepted.com Blog: Train The Brain, Nail The GMAT [Or GRE] |
 What do sports and graduate admissions test have in common? More than you’ve ever imagined. Have a GMAT or GRE coming up? Listen to our talk with Brett Ethridge, founder and CEO of Dominate the GMAT and Dominate the GRE for invaluable test prep insights and advice – – and a healthy dosage of sports allegories. 00:02:45 – How Brett got involved in test prep. (The honest answer.) 00:05:51 – The online education style at Dominate the GMAT. 00:08:23 – What happens when a student at Dominate the GMAT is just not picking up the info. 00:10:27 – Looking for test prep? Dominate the GMAT’s unique value. 00:14:44 – Comparing the GRE and GMAT. 00:17:20 – GMAT vs. GRE: Which test to pick! 00:28:21 – Brett’s top test prep advice. Prepare to un-teach. 00:33:44 – A surprising tip for raising your GMAT score. 00:39:13 – How much time to do you need to study to increase your score by 50 points? 00:43:18 – “Get dressed up” and other final words of advice.  *Theme music is courtesy of podcastthemes.com Related links: • dominatethegmat.comhttps://www.crushthegre.com• Preparing for the GMAT: Video Tips to Live By• Your 3-Part Game Plan to Dominate the GMAT Related shows: • How To Think Like A Dean Of Admissions• To GRE or Not To GRE? That Is The Question• The GMAC, the GMAT, and the MBA Degree• The GMAT, the GRE, and the Guy Who Knows them Well• Chris Ryan of Manhattan GMAT on What MBA Applicants Need to Know Leave a Review for Admissions Straight Talk:    Tags: Admissions Straight Talk, Dominate the GMAT, GMAT, Grad School Admissions, GRE, MBA Admissions, podcast The post Train The Brain, Nail The GMAT [Or GRE] appeared first on Accepted Admissions Consulting Blog. 
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| FROM Accepted.com Blog: Short And Sweet: Tips For Writing “Mini” MBA Essays |
 Make sure you’re answering the exact question asked. What is an admission committee’s message, intent, behind limiting an “essay” answer to 100, 200, or 300 characters? Just the facts, please. In fact, just the key facts. No adornment, no backstory, no extended rationale. Columbia Business School has had such a goals question for a few years, Darden has had a 140-character Tweet question, and now HBS has a couple of these mini-essay questions. Yes, it’s a trend. In working with clients on such questions, I’ve been struck by how hard providing “just the facts” really is – it’s counterintuitive, it’s letting go. It makes the writer feel, well, a little naked out there. Adornment, backstory, rationale – those are the comfortable “clothes” now in a heap on the floor. OK, but how do you give them what they want – while simultaneously serving your goal of creating a compelling application that differentiates and distinguishes you? Here are some unadorned tips to answer that question. • Read the question carefully and weigh each word, to make sure you’re answering the exact question. (Seems obvious? I’ve witnessed many very smart people misread the question, with predictable results.) • Short doesn’t mean easy. The opposite is often true. Allocate and devote some up-front thinking time to what you’ll say. The fewer words you have, the greater weight each word has. • In this thinking process, decide the 1-3 key points you must convey. Don’t even consider anything else. • Also in this thinking process, consider the application overall. These mini-essays must work within a larger whole. For example, if you only have 200 characters to write about your goals, and you’re planning to shift careers, look for other places in the application to indicate that you have relevant skill sets, understand the industry/function, etc. • In drafting, write a little over the limit and pare down. • Make sure each word is meaningful. Stick to nouns and verbs. Use short, direct sentences, which allow you to “squeeze” the most out of the limited characters. • Avoid repeating the question (if it’s about post-MBA goals, the reader will know what you’re referring to, you don’t have to say, “Post-MBA I plan to…). You know the expression “short and sweet.” Turn brevity to your advantage. A short statement can have great power, propulsion. The key is to do it right.   By Cindy Tokumitsu, Cindy Tokumitsu, co-author of The Finance Professional’s Guide to MBA Admissions Success, and author of numerous ebooks, articles, and special reports. Cindy has advised hundreds of successful applicants in her last fifteen years with Accepted.comTwelve Terrific Tips for MBA Applicants [Free Guide] • School-Specific MBA Application Essay Tips • Choosing Topics For The B-School Essay Tags: MBA Admissions The post Short And Sweet: Tips For Writing “Mini” MBA Essays appeared first on Accepted Admissions Consulting Blog. 
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| FROM Accepted.com Blog: MBA Admissions Decisions: Should You Go Full-Time Or Part-Time? |
 Full-time or Part-time? When I was applying to b-school, I contemplated part-time vs. full-time, and one of my best friends, Colleen, had to make the same decision at the same time. Ultimately, I decided to attend the full-time program at the University of Michigan. Colleen decided to attend a part-time program at the University of Michigan. We shared 60% of the same classes, 40% of the same professors and even had a class together (Michigan offered, at the time, courses where they reserved half the registrations for full-time students and half the registrations for part-time students). Since that time, they dramatically changed the full-time curriculum and it is unlikely that we would overlap now like we did then. However, I graduated two years before Colleen with a unique internship, an opportunity to begin a new career and a lot of debt. Colleen advanced quickly with the company that hired her upon our graduation from college and graduated without debt because her company sponsored her education. We both have the same degree. Now as an Accepted.com consultant and as a former Admissions Director and Dean of full-time, part-time and EMBA programs, I lend you my insight and guidance from the other side of the table in this brief analysis of programs. Full-time programs: Traditional full-time programs are the media darlings of MBA programs. A school’s reputation relies mostly on its full-time program rankings. They consume the largest portion of the school’s budget, and they rarely make revenue for a school. More than 90% of all scholarships and fellowships are dedicated to full-time students. Full-time programs are perfect for career-changers in the 23-30 year old age range that can afford the opportunity cost of leaving work to immerse themselves in education and experience. If you choose this experience, you will feel like you are an undergraduate again with clubs and activities, but the workload will be greater. You will have access to on-campus recruiting (I always recommend you conduct your own off-campus job search in parallel with on-campus recruiting), company presentations, fellowships and scholarships and a lot of fun. Full-time students prioritize the job search and school. Family often gets the short stick, but there are typically resources to support a spouse. If you are single, it’s a great opportunity to form a romantic relationship. My grad school roommate found the love of her life in our core operations course. Part-time programs: Part-time programs are the cash cow of MBA programs and have to live in the shadow of their smaller full-time counterpart. They take very few resources, but they often share the same faculty as the full-time program. Many professors would rather teach at night or on the weekend to lighten their teaching load and dedicate their days to research. Schools will also complement the faculty with adjuncts in part-time programs. Aggregated, the part-time applicant pool is not as competitive or as diverse in terms of admissions as schools typically receive fewer applications, and they are limited to their immediate region and the industries that dominate that industry. Furthermore, schools have the capacity to serve at least as many and often more students than their full-time counterpart. As much as schools say the quality of the full-time students and the part-time students are the same, the quality is dependent on location and how that location generates applications. Bigger cities have an easier time of attracting great applicants to their part-time program and can maintain higher quality standards, but full-time programs generate applications from around the globe and it’s much easier to pick and choose candidates for admission. Part-time programs are perfect for the 24-35 year old career enhancer, but rarely serve the career changer. Part-timers typically do not have the same access to comprehensive career services as full-time programs because company presentations and interviews are typically held during the day. At one school for whom I worked, we dedicated one career services staff member to all of our professional programs (part-time, EMBA, on-line) serving over 1000 students and 5 career services staff to the small 200-student full-time program. Part-time students can often get full or partial sponsorship from their company lessening the financial burden, but do not typically have access to fellowships or scholarships from the school. It typically takes students longer than 2 years to complete a part-time program and part-time students prioritize work first, school second and again, family gets the short end stick. Part-time students often feel like the stepchild of the full-time counterparts. EMBA programs: EMBA programs are also lucrative for schools, but they typically are not as large as full-time programs, and schools charge a premium to attend an EMBA program. They are perfect for students in the 30-year-old to 42-year-old age range that have been supervising employees and that have the support of their executive management to attend a program because executives view these students as fast-trackers in their company. These programs are typically held every other weekend and offer no fellowships or scholarships because schools expect the student’s company to sponsor the student partially or completely. EMBA students typically prioritize work first, family second and school last. While EMBA students may cross from technical supervisory roles to business supervisory roles in their companies, EMBA programs do not cater to the career changer only the career enhancer. Schools take care of their EMBA students for their tuition premium. However, these students rarely interact with either the part-time or full-time students, but bond well with their cohort and the faculty.   By Natalie Grinblatt Epstein, an accomplished Accepted.com consultant/editor (since 2008) and entrepreneur. Natalie is a former MBA Admissions Dean and Director at Ross, Johnson, and Carey. Related Resources: • Ace the EMBA • Tips for Applying to Part Time MBA Programs • The MBA Family: A Roundup and Overview Tags: EMBA, MBA Admissions, Part time MBA The post MBA Admissions Decisions: Should You Go Full-Time Or Part-Time? appeared first on Accepted Admissions Consulting Blog. 
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