We had an excellent Q&A last week with admissions members from Cornell Johnson. We hope you enjoyed it! In the following excerpt, Cornell adcom members, Christine Sneva, Ann Richards, and Eddie Asby talk about their interview pet peeves. Read on for valuable advice about what NOT to do: Linda Abraham: What are your greatest pet …
The Poets & Quants article that covers this topic starts out like this: “if you still need evidence that a highly ranked MBA degree is worth the investment, look no further than this year’s starting median salaries.” I guess this year’s class fared pretty well! The article continues to point out that the actual salaries …
How long you should study for the GRE is an important consideration. However, there is no one pat answer. You can be a quantum physicist with a penchant for vocab, one who enjoys spending his or her time solving really convoluted math problems (while penning purple poetry). Clearly this person could cram for the GRE …
Paper application? That’s like, so yesterday. Now you Gen X, Y and Millennial candidates get a chance to wow the admissions committee with your dope multimedia “skillz.” This blog post is excerpted from Accepted.com’s special report, Audio & Video in Admissions: Get Ready for Prime Time which discusses how to successfully create a one- to two-minute …
A recent Bloomberg Businessweek article, “MBA Interns Seeking Job Offers Breathe a Sigh of Relief,” talks about the increased success b-school students have had in receiving job offers from their summer internships. BW collected data from 30 top MBA programs in the U.S. Six of these said that they saw no changes in the internship-to-job …
Here’s a talk with Ashutosh Dubey, an Indian techie and student at UCLA Anderson who shares valuable insights into the differences between studying in LA and India, the benefits of studying in the Silicon Beach, and more. Thank you Ashutosh for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us! This interview is the latest in an …
The Classy Career Girl, Anna Runyan, provides us with a guest post based on her experience as a part-time MBA student. Hint: Tons of great time management tips here too. Two years ago, I made the decision to get my MBA while continuing to work a full time job. Although the past two years have …
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University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business created a new master’s in business program this year for military veterans. According to the Marshall website, the Master of Business for Veterans (MBV) is designed for “military veterans, active military and active duty military, who wish to gain formal business knowledge and develop critical thinking skills …
Is the MBA an empty status symbol? Is it a waste of time and money? Is it truly necessary to invest money in learning how to be an entrepreneur? Or does the degree carry actual weight – for entrepreneurs and other businesspeople? How good a job have top MBA programs done to keep up with …
According to a Wall Street Journal article, too many students enrolled in MIT Sloan this year, forcing the Sloan admissions committee to ask for volunteers to postpone their studies for a year. What went wrong? How did the school get the numbers wrong? The article goes on to explain the concept of “summer melt,” a …
Here’s a talk with Ari Oxman, a second year student at MIT Sloan who just spent his summer interning at McKinsey. Thank you Ari for sharing your insights and experiences with us! This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top …
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