The path to passing the IELTS is not a straight line, nor a short walk. You can think of it more as a long hike, challenging but rewarding. Now, if you go on a long hike, you’ll need to pack a bag of supplies. In the case of the “hike” to IELTS success, your supplies…
English Language Skills & Your MBA Admissions Profile
In the previous articles of this series we explored the first four elements of your MBA Profile: your Academic Performance, your GMAT, your work experience, and your extracurricular activities. The topic of the last post of this series is probably the most under-rated in business school admissions, and many times the one that non-native English…
An Electrical Engineer from Ghana Makes His Way to Yale SOM
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with business students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top programs. And now, introducing Ernest Kojo Mills… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? Ernest: I’m from Cape Coast in the Central…
Getting a Student Visa for Your MBA Overseas
It’s been a long time since travelling between countries was easy. Over the past decade and a half, it’s become harder to obtain the necessary permits to travel abroad – even for graduate level students. And, yes, that applies to prestigious degrees, such as MBAs. And it still applies after acceptance to highly-ranked, globally-known institutions…
Why Study Abroad for Your MBA at All?
Given the sheer number of elite MBA programmes in the United States, it’s hardly surprising that a lower percentage of Americans look overseas for graduate business courses than those in other parts of the world. According to the GMAC 2015 Prospective Student Survey Report, only 17 percent of American MBA applicants plan to submit applications…
The Importance of Creating a Strong MBA Budget
You’ve heard that an MBA is an investment dozens of times. And after you’ve got those letters in hand, you will say the same. It’s not a cliché; it’s just truth. But, it is a steep investment for many students. Figuring out how you afford a degree in your home country is often tough enough,…
3 Long Term Tips For Financing Your MBA Abroad
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…
Getting A European MBA: A Unique Experience
When choosing between business schools in Europe and the United States, the main thing to keep in mind is that the decision is very personal. Take a good look at the available options and do not let yourself be influenced by rankings. If your background fits in better with a school that may be a…
Get Into IE, an Innovative Leader in Business Education [Episode 197]
The MBA application process is multi-faceted and there are a lot of things you can do NOW that will improve your chances of acceptance when you actually apply. I shared those steps, which I’ve seen work over the last 20 years, at our recent webinar 7 Steps to MBA Acceptance in 2018. Click here to view the…
Making International Student Loans a Prime Investment
B-school students need funding, MBA alumni are looking to invest. Prodigy Finance brings the two together. Listen to the full recording of our conversation with Cameron Stevens, founder and CEO of the company that provides loans to international students and a secure and meaningful investment opportunity for business school graduates. 00:01:30 – Cameron Stevens and…
LLM Degree: Opportunity NOT Cost
When confronted with a big decision, people often create lists of pros and cons, strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Lawyers looking at achieving an advanced law degree can find many reasons to complete a LLM degree; employability, knowledge, language, travel, compensation, credibility or the ability to practice in another country. The one question that…
Why Cornell Tech was the Perfect Fit for This Londoner
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with business students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top programs. And now, introducing Tosin Adeniji… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? Tosin: Hi, I’m Tosin and am a proud Londoner….
Tu Perfil para el MBA: El Manejo del Idioma
En los artículos anteriores abordábamos los primeros 4 elementos de tu perfil del MBA: 1. Tu rendimiento académico; 2. La importancia del GMAT; 3. La importancia de tu experiencia profesional; 4. La importancia de actividades extracurriculares. El quinto elemento es a primera vista el más obvio, pero es tan decisivo para tu admisión como los…
Mid-Career, a Peruvian Economist-Engineer is Energized at CMU Tepper
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with an MBA student at CMU Tepper, Daniel Espinoza… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study…
Tu Perfil para el MBA: La Importancia de las Actividades Extracurriculares
En los artículos anteriores explorábamos la importancia que tienen tu rendimiento académico, el GMAT, y tu experiencia profesional para tu aplicación al MBA. En este artículo abordaremos el cuarto elemento importante para tu perfil: las actividades extracurriculares. Con actividades extracurriculares me refiero a cualquier actividad o proyecto (usualmente sin remuneración) fuera de tus horas de…
Tu Perfil para el MBA: La Importancia de tu Experiencia Laboral
En los artículos anteriores explorábamos la importancia de tu desempeño académico para tu solicitud de admisión al MBA, tanto en tu rendimiento en la universidad como en el GMAT. En este artículo abordaremos la otra cara de la moneda de tu solicitud: tu experiencia profesional. Si bien existen programas que admiten estudiantes directo de la…
Tu Perfil para el MBA: La Importancia del GMAT
El GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions Test) es el examen más usado por las escuelas de negocios como requisito básico para admisión, y en base a él pronostican, junto con el rendimiento académico que hayas tenido en la universidad, cómo será tu desempeño en las clases del MBA. Tu puntaje en el GMAT es también usado…
Tu Perfil para el MBA: El Rendimiento Académico
En mi artículo anterior observábamos los cinco elementos que todo aplicante a un programa de MBA debe analizar. En este artículo abordaremos el primero: el rendimiento académico. Tu rendimiento académico en la universidad, desde el primer hasta el último año, es muy importante para cualquier aplicación de maestría, y el MBA no es una excepción….
¿Cuál MBA es el Mejor Para Tí?
El MBA es hoy en día, y desde hace más de 50 años, el título de post-grado más popular y más rentable del mundo; es por eso que cada año cientos de miles de personas solicitan admisión a programas de MBA. Cada vez existen más opciones de cómo sacarlo, desde el tradicional (de uno o…
Delivering STAR in an American Context
This is a guest post by Grayson Leverenz of MBA in the USA. It was late in the spring, and the international student sitting across from me was nervous because she didn’t have an internship yet. She had solid skills, a flawless resume, and she prepared for her interviews. What was the problem? We started her…
