Last visit was: 19 Nov 2025, 09:18 It is currently 19 Nov 2025, 09:18
Home
GMAT
Messages
Tests
Schools
Events
Rewards
Chat
My Profile
Close
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track
Your Progress

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Go to My Error Log Learn more
Close
Request Expert Reply
Confirm Cancel
avatar
Oliviajohnson408
avatar
Joined: 19 Jul 2017
Last visit: 19 Jul 2017
Posts: 5
Own Kudos:
1
 [1]
Posts: 5
Kudos: 1
 [1]
Financing Your MBA 19 Jul 2017, 01:20
Kudos
Add Kudos
1
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Relate with so many of us!
avatar
maddy2511
avatar
Joined: 08 Jun 2012
Last visit: 03 Mar 2019
Posts: 6
Own Kudos:
1
 [1]
Given Kudos: 2
Posts: 6
Kudos: 1
 [1]
Financing Your MBA 20 Jul 2017, 03:34
Kudos
Add Kudos
1
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Hi,

I am applying to IMD and I am much worried about the living expenses for one year in Lausanne. The IMD website says that an approximate of CHF 3000 per month will be required as for living expenses (and I believe the mentioned amount must be on the conservative side). This would be an amount too huge for me to manage considering that my annual income here in India is about 18000 CHF (which is somewhat on the better side compared to Indian standards).

I have seen many Indian Students attending the program. Could someone throw some light on how to manage these expenses as the same are not covered by loans.


Thanks
avatar
nymba20
avatar
Joined: 16 Sep 2017
Last visit: 16 Dec 2020
Posts: 6
Own Kudos:
3
 [1]
Given Kudos: 1
Posts: 6
Kudos: 3
 [1]
Financing Your MBA 18 Sep 2017, 04:03
Kudos
Add Kudos
1
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Thanks for the update!
avatar
inlogobongbongbay
avatar
Joined: 15 Dec 2017
Last visit: 08 Jan 2018
Posts: 1
Posts: 1
Kudos: 0
Financing Your MBA 15 Dec 2017, 23:30
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
died4me
aaudetat
died4me
aaudetat,

I was doing my homework on this lately.

Here is my conclusion.

1. Take the Sub Stafford Loan only $8500 per year. sucks.

2. Instead of the usual Unsub Stafford Loan for $12000 @ 6.8%, take the Graduate PLUS Loan all the way. but Must go with College Founction of NC.
After I compared numberous lenders, I realized that this one is actually slightly better than the Fed's Unsub Stafford Loan.
It is at 5.5% plus 3% automatically credited back to principal loan balance. The only thing that can beat this is the Perkins loan.

Hmmm. Interesting. Is the 5.5% fixed?

Also, you are allowed to borrow PLUS loans up to the cost of attendance, minus other aid. Obviously, you can turn down any loan they offer, but I bet it's not very common that someone would turn down the staffords in favor of the Plus!

Does anyone know more about this?

1.75% immediate interest rate reduction at replayment
1.25% interest rate reduction for automatic debit.

It turned out that the Duke Chart had a typo. CFNC said that it is actually .75% not 1.75%. :x

Well, this changes everything. The Stafford is slightly better than the PLUS then.

Still, CFNC is the best PLUS out there.
Show more

Almost certainly no.
The HDMI port is output, not input.

Presumably you tried this and it failed to work?
User avatar
jpeaston
User avatar
Joined: 03 Apr 2016
Last visit: 28 Apr 2019
Posts: 6
Own Kudos:
3
Location: United States
Schools: Booth '19 (A)
Schools: Booth '19 (A)
Posts: 6
Kudos: 3
Financing Your MBA 13 Jan 2019, 16:50
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Private student loans are not as bad as people imagine, now you can get a 20Y loan with no pre-pay commission and a rate of 5%+Libor (e.g. Prodigy)
avatar
Mark19
avatar
Joined: 16 Jan 2019
Last visit: 16 Jan 2019
Posts: 2
Posts: 2
Kudos: 0
Financing Your MBA 16 Jan 2019, 08:58
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Yes, GradPLUS is available !!
avatar
SonaliM95
avatar
Joined: 02 Nov 2017
Last visit: 12 Nov 2019
Posts: 6
Own Kudos:
3
Location: France, Metropolitan
Schools: Other Schools
GMAT 1: 700 Q50 V35
GPA: 4
Expert
Expert reply
Schools: Other Schools
GMAT 1: 700 Q50 V35
Posts: 6
Kudos: 3
Financing Your MBA 27 Sep 2019, 04:43
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Stop worrying about expensive student loans for your dream education.

Sign up with Edbridg now to get financing immediately!?

PS: You pay it back only after you get a job ?

Sign-up for first batch started, limited seats available so hurry up!

www.edbridg.com

Posted from my mobile device
avatar
Outlier
avatar
Joined: 05 Jul 2019
Last visit: 09 May 2020
Posts: 8
Own Kudos:
2
Posts: 8
Kudos: 2
Financing Your MBA 11 Nov 2019, 03:12
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Hi

I am sorry i am hijacking the conversation. I am admitted to Fuqua co 2022. International student without any scholarship so far and barely any saving that would amount to much when converted to dollars.

I have a few questions that I need your guidance on -
1. Is it better to take loans from US lenders or from Indian lenders (in my case)
2. I have a colleague who is US citizen and might be willing to be my co-signer. Does it mean I should go for federal loans instead of private lenders like Prodigy?
3. Are there any external scholarships that I can try for? Or any pre-MBA fellowship?
4. Where, if at all, I can minimize the expenses.

Thank you
avatar
mallikar
avatar
Joined: 26 Nov 2019
Last visit: 28 Nov 2019
Posts: 1
Own Kudos:
5
Posts: 1
Kudos: 5
Financing Your MBA 26 Nov 2019, 00:38
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Does anybody know if you can cancel your loan and change to the lower interest rate in July if it does go down? I figure it won't be an issue, but maybe I am overlooking something.
avatar
JackSnack
avatar
Joined: 06 Apr 2020
Last visit: 14 Oct 2024
Posts: 10
Given Kudos: 5
Location: Viet Nam
Posts: 10
Kudos: 0
Financing Your MBA 28 Apr 2020, 08:55
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
I think its really hard to get the student loan now a days from any lending company.Because mostly the lending company face huge amount of bed debts.That's why the loan department is active now and do a lot of verification before issuing the loan.And mostly student don't qualify for loan.
avatar
Trends
avatar
Joined: 28 Nov 2020
Last visit: 28 Nov 2020
Posts: 1
Posts: 1
Kudos: 0
Financing Your MBA 28 Nov 2020, 03:38
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
If you're already wealthy enough not to have to worry about financing your MBA program then you could ask yourself if business school in France is the good choice. From my side i financed it from my placements in stock exchange. C'était un vrai deal pour moi à travers la pratique des pivot-points (à consulter sur cette source) ce qui m'a permis de placer sans détenir des fonds.
avatar
Applicant421
avatar
Joined: 03 Jul 2020
Last visit: 14 Feb 2021
Posts: 1
Posts: 1
Kudos: 0
Financing Your MBA 11 Feb 2021, 21:23
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Self-financing is the way to go.
User avatar
PersonalMBACoach
User avatar
Personal MBA Coach Founder
Joined: 11 Sep 2010
Last visit: 19 Nov 2025
Posts: 3,756
Own Kudos:
371
Given Kudos: 11
Status:Boutique MBA Admissions Consulting from a Wharton graduate - Helping applicants get into top global business schools since 2008
Affiliations: Wharton, MIT
Location: United States (NY)
Overall Client Admit Rate: 96%
Expert
Expert reply
Posts: 3,756
Kudos: 371
Financing Your MBA 28 Jul 2021, 11:24
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
With the cost of tuition at some of the top MBA programs topping US$80,000 per year, financing an MBA can be challenging. And while many MBA students take out graduate student loans to fund their studies, MBA scholarship money, though somewhat elusive, is available every application year.

In fact, Personal MBA Coach’s clients earned over $6.5M in scholarships last year!

MBA scholarships, sometimes referred to as MBA fellowships, fall into two major categories:

1. Merit-based money offered as a result of the MBA application.

2. MBA scholarships that students apply for directly.

Here, Personal MBA Coach shares our tips for maximizing your chances of scholarship success!

About Personal MBA Coach

Founded by a Wharton MBA and MIT Sloan graduate who sits on the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants Board of Directors, Personal MBA Coach has been guiding clients for 14 years and is consistently ranked #1 or #2 by leading sources including Poets&Quants.

We help clients with all aspects of the MBA application process including early planning, GMAT/GRE/EA tutoring, application strategy, school selection, essay editing and mock interviews. Our team includes former M7 admissions directors and former M7 admissions interviewers.
User avatar
rubelahamed
User avatar
Joined: 03 Oct 2022
Last visit: 20 Oct 2022
Posts: 4
Location: Bangladesh
Posts: 4
Kudos: 0
Financing Your MBA 07 Oct 2022, 06:17
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
hi

You are talking MBA right? Cause if you are then you qualify.
   1  ...  17   18   19