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July 29, 2018

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MBA Funding for International Students: On Demand Webinar!

6 Steps to Understanding Intl Student Loans Watch Webinar

If you missed our special webinar on The Six Steps to Understanding International Student Loans, don’t worry – you can now view it free, on-demand! International students face a special set of challenges when it comes to financing business school abroad. To help you through this process, we partnered with our friends at Prodigy Finance… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Financial Aid, international student, MBA Financial Aid, mba webinar, prodigy finance

October 23, 2017

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Tips for Planning Your MBA Budget

Financing MBA

Getting into business school is hard; paying for it should not be. There are many things to consider when planning your journey to business school. Whether you plan to use savings, scholarship or a loan to afford school, understanding your budget for the upcoming year(s) is crucial to an education free of financial pain. What… 

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September 28, 2017

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Financing Your INSEAD MBA

Prodigy Finance Ricardo

I was lucky enough to get accepted to study at INSEAD 10 years ago. But before the great news I had spent at least 18 months preparing: from doing the GMAT, writing essays, deciding which school to go to, and determining how to finance this unique and life changing experience. I probably spent the least… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Financial Aid, INSEAD, prodigy finance

September 28, 2017

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3 Long Term Tips For Financing Your MBA Abroad

Duke Fuqua School of Business

When I turned 15, I went on a school exchange programme. After having experienced a new culture, spoken a different language, tasted other flavours and, most of all, met such diverse friends, I realized a whole new world was opening its doors and I wanted to fully explore it. I am pretty sure I did… 

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October 20, 2015

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Darden and Stamps Foundation to Jointly Offer Full Scholarships

Stamps Fellowship

The Stamps Family Charitable Foundation has generously offered a gift of $1.8 million to the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. The gift will be used to match support from Darden in establishing 26 full-tuition scholarships that will be presented over the next six years starting in the fall of 2013. The Penny and… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Financial Aid, UVA Darden

October 19, 2015

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MIT Offers Students $20,000 to Defer

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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… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Financial Aid, MIT Sloan

October 1, 2015

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New Federal Financial Aid Regulations Promote Transparency

Financial Aid Heading in right direction

Changes to FAFSA policies, thanks to executive action by the Obama administration aimed at streamlining the financial aid application process, will allow students and families to learn both their aid eligibility and the true cost of college much earlier in the process. A column in The Chronicle of Higher Education applauds the changes as “a… 

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September 29, 2015

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Facing The Student Loan Crisis

Facing the student loan crisis

According to a new study, “A Crisis in Student Loans? How Changes in the Characteristics of Borrowers and the Institutions they Attend Contributed to Rising Loan Defaults,” student loan delinquency is on the rise, largely driven by a high rate of default among borrowers who attend for-profit institutions. The study, by Adam Looney of the… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Financial Aid

August 11, 2015

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How To Pay For Medical School

Paying for Med School

Paying for medical school is easy right? Wrong. Paying for medical school has become increasingly challenging for students and families. Higher education is expensive, and is getting more expensive each year. Keeping up with the rising cost of tuition, living expenses, books, and supplies is difficult for every student. If you are an incoming medical… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / Financial Aid

June 4, 2015

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How Do I Choose The Right MBA Student Loan?

Student Loans

Student loans are an essential part of many students’ b-school financing strategies, but they’re rarely user-friendly. You’ll face a multitude of options, and it’s up to you to decide the right loans for your situation. We’ll help you determine the right amount of student loans for your situation in our upcoming webinar, but for now,… 

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February 26, 2015

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2011 Indian School of Business Admissions Director Interview Posted

  Last week’s conversation with Hima Bindu, the assistant director of admissions and financial aid at the ISB, and current ISB students Atma Shivalanka and Chandrasekhar Ghoda, was yet another Q&A success. If you missed the ISB event or if you wish to review it, you can read the whole transcript, listen to the full… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Accepted Podcast, MBA Admissions / finance, Financial Aid, GMAT, Indian School of Business, leadership, recruiting

August 8, 2012

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Student Loans: A Market that “Needed Disruption”

other side of table

According to a Poets & Quants article, “Disrupting The MBA Loan Market,” Mike Cagney, Sloan Fellow at Stanford GSB, saw some major problems with the current student loan system and decided to do something about it. With school loan default rates as high as 18% (as is the case for the U. of Phoenix), Cagney… 

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September 22, 2011

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MBA Applicant Blogger Interview: Motown, Ms. HR, and Mads Mom’s Journey

   Next up in our series of featured MBA applicant bloggers are Motown, Ms. HR, and Mads Mom from the blog, “Fortune 800: Our Journey to an MBA.” Please enjoy their thoughtful answers and use them to help you make your way through the MBA admissions process. Accepted: First, can you tell us a little… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Consortium, Financial Aid, investment banking, leadership, MBA applicant bloggers

August 5, 2011

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4 Ways You Should NOT Use the MBA Rankings

   You’ll find loads of articles online enumerating the ways in which you can use the MBA rankings to your benefit. Most of these articles are found on the ranking websites. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t trust what you read on BusinessWeek, The Financial Times, or U.S. News – after all, the rankings do… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Financial Aid, Financial Times, Rankings

August 2, 2011

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Interested in ISB? Indian School of Business MBA Admissions Q&A This Thursday!

   Are you considering applying to the Indian School of Business? Do you have questions about this top Indian MBA program’s admissions process or curriculum? If so, you won’t want to miss Accepted’s upcoming Q&A on Thursday, August 4, 2011 at 8:00 AM PT/11:00 AM ET/8:30 PM IST with Associate Director of Admissions and Financial… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Financial Aid, Indian School of Business, Q&A

June 19, 2011

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The Times They Are a’ Changin’

   Bob Dylan’s song lyrics capture the meaning behind the statistics Harvard Business School just released in the class profile for its entering class of 2013. It appears Harvard has decided to include fewer finance types in its MBA program, more women and more people from scientific/technical and manufacturing backgrounds. While Harvard provided the profile… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / finance, Financial Aid, GMAT, Harvard Business School, investment banking

October 20, 2010

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A Conversation about Cornell – Johnson Admissions Q&A Tomorrow

Join us for an in-depth conversation about Cornell Johnson with Randall Sawyer, Director of Admissions, Financial Aid and Inclusion, on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT. If you’re intrigued by Johnson’s close-knit, active student body, strong business fundamentals, and concentrated emphasis on leadership, then you won’t want to miss… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / Cornell Johnson, Financial Aid, leadership, Q&A

November 16, 2009

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MBA Admissions Chats: UCLA Anderson, Consortium

Accepted.com is hosting two MBA admissions chats this week: UCLA Anderson. Tomorrow, Monday, November 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/6:00 PM GMT, Mae Jennifer Shores, Assistant Dean and Director of MBA Admissions & Financial Aid, as well as other members of the UCLA Anderson community will participate in an Anderson admissions chat at… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / Consortium, Financial Aid, recruiting, UCLA Anderson

November 13, 2009

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Financing Your Future: New Ebook

Financing Your Future: Winning Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards for Grad School, by Linda Abraham and Rebecca Blustein, shows you how to get the financial support you need to attend the graduate school of your choice. In Financing Your Future, an instantly downloadable ebook, you’ll learn about: Different types of scholarships. When to apply for financial… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / ebook, Financial Aid

October 23, 2009

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Unpredictable College Admissions

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that as applications increase, college acceptance rates, “yield” rates, and enrollment predictability have decreased. A new report from the National Association for College Admission Counseling presents data that explains some of these changes. Some statistical highlights: For the fourth year in a row, 75% of four year colleges or… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions / Financial Aid

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