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06 Jul 2015, 11:02
| FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: The annual lawn bowls championship |
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Omar Khan is introduced to a tradition created by his professor Read more |
07 Jul 2015, 19:01
| FROM Ambitiousbusinessguy: I need your help! |
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Hey Everyone, I am launching a new venture focused on helping others get into the business school of their dreams. If you are planning to or have recently applied to business school, it would really help me out if you answered these 9 questions. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/753VKM2 Thanks! Dave  
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10 Jul 2015, 11:01
| FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: Unexpected support |
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Brenden Sheehan is pleasantly surprised by a pivotal assignment Read more |
13 Jul 2015, 22:01
| FROM uwengdori - Current Student: more than half of summer passed |
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I just realized that I actually didn’t write anything in my blog for past 2 months at least. So why not a quick update before I forget again lol. Is summer as a MBA student any different from when you were in undergrad? mmmm to be honest, it doesn’t really matter to me as I am from engineering co-op undergrad major with no concept of summer vacation, but it is definitely time when you can readjust your pacing and think about what you want to do. This could be my first and the last official long break in my twenties probably. What have you been doing? A picture it worth thousand words. here it goes.  summer intensive course (2 wks of intensive lectures and hw entire day). that’s one less course for me in 2015-2016.  concert.  chill w my favorite buddies  lift without much cardio (recently started that as well)  old school gaming out of nowhere  broken chair  eat  broken tablet which got worse after A/S.  summer internship at a startup  let me just mention eat one more time  visit different school  organizing youth science class  ok more concert   preparing to go to China for school research  all of this in Toronto Phew I do think maybe I’m doing too much stuff, but at least it’s keeping me busy. I honestly can’t believe that there are less than two months before I get to go back to school…and of course the fulltime job. lot of thoughts, lot of thoughts.  at least let me forget all about this today and think again tomorrow.  
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15 Jul 2015, 08:01
| FROM Ambitiousbusinessguy: My Booth Essay |
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Booth allows you flexibility to communicate in whatever way you see fit. That means you can write yet another boring admissions essay or get creative and submit a poem, infographic, or visual essay. I decide to take advantage of this flexibility and use a medium I use everyday, PowerPoint. My essay, below, got me a interview at Booth and ultimately landed me a spot on the waitlist (which I chose to reject). I believe Booth and I came to a mutual understanding that my perfect fit would be elsewhere, but that doesn’t change that I had more fun creating this essay than any other. Chicago Booth values adventurous inquiry, diverse perspectives, and a collaborative exchange of ideas. This is us. Who are you?       
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15 Jul 2015, 08:01
| FROM Ambitiousbusinessguy: I need your help! |
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Hey Everyone, I am launching a new venture focused on helping others get into the business school of their dreams. If you are planning to or have recently applied to business school, it would really help me out if you answered these 9 questions. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/753VKM2 Thanks! Dave 
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16 Jul 2015, 04:01
| FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: Live Q&A: MBA admissions part two |
 In the second part of our live series with guest expert Chioma Isiadinso, co-founder of consultancy Expartus and former admissions officer at Harvard Business School, we continue answering questions submitted by students interested in applying to business school. Join in on Thursday, 16th July 2015, between 2pm and 3pm BST. To submit questions, email ask@ft.com or use the right-hand side of this post. Read the first round of advice from Chioma here . Read more |
16 Jul 2015, 13:01
| FROM gmat4IMD: Prodigy Finance |
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Prodigy finance just made my life easier. The application process was simple, fast and thorough. The staff were very helpful and as I had my Swiss residence permit interview yesterday, they worked hard to get me the sanction letter by 15th of July. It’s a definite recommendation for anyone looking for a loan for doing an MBA, especially the Indian students, considering the high rate of interest for education loan in India. |
17 Jul 2015, 21:01
| FROM From Bench to Board (Fuqua): MBA Internship Final Presentation Tips |
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Last year at this time I was an MBA intern preparing for my final internship presentation. The internship was the first time I ever worked in a real business setting and I had never given a real business presentation before (the Duke MBA did give me tons of practice, though!). After my presentation I wrote this blog post to highlight some of my key learnings so future MBA interns can benefit. These tips are based on my experience during the final project presentations and hope they will help as you plan yours. Continue reading » |
18 Jul 2015, 02:34
| FROM j2insead: Accepted! Fonty! 16D! |
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The wait has finally ended. I received the call this morning from my AO and I really cannot describe how I felt. Happy? Ecstatic? Excited? YES!!! I have been admitted to INSEAD and that is all that matters at the moment. Would think about funding tomorrow, but for now I am celebrating with the “shakiti bobo” dance steps. Enjoy the video by one of Nigeria’s best rappers… .  
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18 Jul 2015, 02:34
| FROM j2insead: Checklist!!! |
Heck! I thought the application process was daunting. Now that the excitement has mellowed a bit, it’s time to start ticking the boxes on my B-School Checklist. Things seem to be moving so fast and time has become even more valuable. A few things I need to do:
Time to get off work. Counting down to my final day here and boy, it feels sooooo good! Enjoy the video below by James Brown. I FEEL GOOD!!!  
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18 Jul 2015, 03:01
| FROM mybjourney: Acing the Argument Analysis |
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I have been approached a number of times recently with GMAT aspirants asking for the best strategy to score well in the AWA section. I admit I did not invest much time in this section during my GMAT preparation, which in itself was pretty hurried with. I would read few sample argument essays to get a gist of how the essays should be structured, but that was it. But towards the end of my preparation, it started to worry me that I had ignored the section completely. Was I getting too overconfident? I do not know. I wanted to focus on my weak areas more, but felt it was pertinent to read from the experience of previous test takers as to what a strong argument looks like. Research on net on sample AWA led me to this post on GMATClub. A test taker had shared his strategy a few years back, which has now been popularly known as ‘chineseburned method’, after this username! I found it extremely resourceful and practiced a couple of times during the week before the test. I would also get my write-up reviewed by my friends who had taken the GMAT earlier. Below is a brilliant infographic of the same, for easy reference. Take a print out and stick it on your desk for quick recap when you are taking a break from your prep!  Disclaimer: I am in no way associated with the template / chineseburned, nor have been asked by anyone to endorse the same. I found it extremely helpful during my preparation and want to share with others.  
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18 Jul 2015, 03:01
| FROM mybjourney: 100 days |
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That is exactly the number of days before the orientation for MBA class of 2016 begins at Oxford. Hell yeah! It’s all been happening so fast I’m sure these 100 days are also going to fly past in a jiffy. Before I know I’ll be walking through the gates of the hallowed institution with a dazed look and nervous footsteps, towards what shall be my abode for the next year and a brand for the rest of my life. Where I’ll step in with the fire to learn and from where I’ll walk out empowered to take on the bigger challenges. Sounds like kindergarten all over again, ain’t it? Melodrama aside, my plan for the next 100 days is to practically do nothing, and yet, there’s quite a lot to do still. I’ve moved back to my hometown, all my 4 years of stuff from Bangalore packed in boxes and stashed aside. Soon after I arrived, we drove to Kashmir, to our ancestral place and farmhouse. In the coming weeks I’ll be going through the mails and newsletters from SBS and also get started on documents needed for visa application. In the meantime, I also need to submit Financial Declaration to the school, only after which will they send across the CAS. CAS is needed to apply for student visa, I shall be writing in detail about visa application soon. Every single person I’ve interacted with lately has been telling me about how I’m never getting this free time ever again in life and how I should make the most of it – by basically relaxing. Speaking with current and former students I gather that there is not much to fret over the course work, which will be manageable in the campus and that I need not worry about that before the term begins. However the school has put up a list of recommended readings and a couple of mandatory pre-arrival formalities to be completed, which I shall need to go through. Top on the list is working on my CV and researching on what a good cover letter looks like. School’s career centre is also conducting a series of Webinars over the coming weeks to give an introduction into various career options and job application advice. I am looking forward to these sessions since currently I’m in a dilemma about my career progression ( I want to stay in the industry but that’s that ). But more than everything else, I am looking forward to spending my time with family and catching up on novels and movies, after so long. I think this is going to be my longest time spent at home since 2007 when I moved to my undergrad hostel. So here I am, sitting over this view from my patio, soaking in the lull before the storm!   
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20 Jul 2015, 08:01
| FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: Internship in California |
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Marta Szczerba makes the use of the app store in Palo Alto Read more |
21 Jul 2015, 11:02
| FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: How to evaluate your MBA professors |
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Timo Marquez argues class content is the most vital part of your investment Read more |
22 Jul 2015, 02:01
| FROM mybjourney: Accommodation, Tickets: Check |
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My lovely brother booked the flight tickets for this jobless broke girl. God bless elder siblings! I’ll be landing to Heathrow in early September with my parents and we shall spend a couple of weeks at my brother’s place, before I head off for Oxford on September 20th (oritentation starts on 21st). The entire family will be together after over a year and we are quite excited. If my brother’s work schedule permits him some days off, we will make a short trip too. Cannot wait! Signed my accommodation contract and sent it across to the college accommodation today. Rewley Abbey Court, with a distance of just about 200 mts from Saïd is going to be my abode for the next one year.  One upside of getting admitted early on in the admissions cycle is that you have ample options to choose from to secure college and accommodation. With GTC ( Green Templeton College ) being my first choice and a safe one for MBA students, there were enough on-site and off-campus accommodation options available. I wanted to stay as close to the school as possible, so that its easier to reach the school quickly in case I am running late. A long sleepy walk / ride to the school in sub zero temperatures during school is the last thing I want to worry about. And with the few extra minutes that I would save, I can always make use in grabbing some soon-to-be-a-rare-luxury sleep.  The downside being that this is off the college premises, again limiting interaction with non-MBA scholars. Also that I didn’t have option for an ensuite room in shared flats at RAC. Having lived in an undergraduate hostel with 20 girls in my corridor with only a handful of washrooms to share with, I am prepared to live with anything! I’ll be sharing a 2 BHK flat with a batchmate from India. We both are in touch over messages and she seems really nice. We both are excited and have been discussing on what all we will need to buy once we are there, mainly kitchen and utility items. The accommodation includes cooker and refrigerator, but would need to set up rest of the kitchen. The accommodation license has an elaborate instruction list on what is allowed and what is not in the flat. I will go through it in detail soon, specially for the electric and electronic items. Regardless, a couple of will be pertinent to carry. For those interested, there is a video of the 2BHK RAC flat on YouTube by Nick, the accommodation manager. This was immensely helpful for me before putting forth my application for accommodation with my preferred choice. So with arrangements for accommodation and travel made, I need to get started on my Visa application asap!  
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22 Jul 2015, 05:01
| FROM Ambitiousbusinessguy: The business schools winning the student talent wars |
 Originally posted on Fortune: (Poets&Quants) — Every year, the world’s top business schools engage in an all-out talent war for the best MBA applicants on the market. To coax the most desirable prospects to their campuses, they’ve employed alumni to serve as ambassadors, touted their programs and faculty, and used millions of dollars in scholarship money. So, who’s winning the MBA student talent wars? A new survey of MBA admission consultants by Poets&Quants finds some very familiar business schools at the top, with some real surprises sprinkled throughout the list. Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business ekes out a slight win over Harvard Business School, while the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School is solidly third. Perhaps more surprising is that admission consultants believe that two non-U.S. business schools, INSEAD and London Business School, are among the top 10 in the world for landing the best candidates in the MBA applicant pool. In… View original 1,336 more words  
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23 Jul 2015, 03:01
| FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: Live Q&A: MBA admissions part three |
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In the third part of our live series with guest expert Chioma Isiadinso, co-founder of consultancy Expartus and former admissions officer at Harvard Business School, we continue answering questions submitted by students interested in applying to business school. Join in on Thursday, 23rd July 2015, between 2pm and 3pm BST. To submit questions, email ask@ft.com or use the right-hand side of this post. Other posts in the series: Part one Part two Read more |
23 Jul 2015, 19:01
| FROM Ambitiousbusinessguy: The MBA Job Market in US – On-campus recruiting is up |
 Originally posted on Job Market Monitor: 74% of respondents experienced increased on-campus recruiting this year compared to the same time last year; 11% experienced a decrease.  The strongest increase in recruiting activity was seen in the Consulting industry.  MBA CSEA surveys our school members twice per year to gauge the status of MBA recruiting at their schools compared to the previous year. The results are a glimpse into the current status of the MBA employment market and can be used for comparision and reports to interested stakeholders. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at MBACSEA. View original  
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26 Jul 2015, 14:01
| FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: Summer delights |
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Philippa Rock makes the most of her free time in Alaska and the US Read more |
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