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Spreading the word: 2013 Annual Beat The GMAT Scholarship (@BeatTheGMAT)

Categories: Bschool admissions, Business School, Education, GMAT, other sites

My long-time readers know that I like to pass along information about resources that I think might be helpful to my audience and, since many of you aspire to get into top MBA programs, this one might be a winner for you.

Eric Bahn, the founder of Beat The GMAT, recently reached out to ask me to spread the word about the 2013 Beat The GMAT scholarship, which launched yesterday. The scholarship will award free GMAT prep and MBA consulting packages to 8 winners from around the world. I’ve helped Eric and his team publicize their scholarship for … Read the rest

MBA applicant wondering whether she’s being too ambitious (with her target schools)

Categories: Bschool admissions, Business School, Education, international applicants, mba

Over the years, I’ve had a lot of people email me with questions about whether their profiles seem competitive for admissions to a top business school. Although I’ve never worked for an MBA admissions office, I always give them my honest read on things and then try to provide recommendations where I can.

The message below is a little different because the reader is asking about the topic in a different way. Instead of asking whether she can get into school X, Y, or Z, she’s asking whether she’s being too optimistic by even looking at school X, Y, and … Read the rest

Free webinar — MBA Catalyst presents: The Long Shot – Getting into Kellogg MBA (Dec. 13, 2012 at 9:00pm EST)

Categories: application process, application resources, Bschool admissions, Business School, Education, mba

This morning, I received an email from Jesse Mejia, Managing Partner of MBA admissions consulting firm MBA Catalyst, informing me of a free webinar that his company is conducting on Thursday for MBA applicants targeting the second and third round this year. In particular, this session will focus on candidates with supposedly underwhelming profiles who aspire to attend a top-5 program.

Here is an excerpt from Jesse’s email to me explaining why MBA Catalyst is conducting this webinar:

The month of December has been busy for us here at MBA Catalyst. Since round two deadlines are a few short weeks … Read the rest

Freshman considering whether to go to B-school straight from college

Categories: Bschool experience, Business School, Education, mba, younger applicants

This weekend, I’ll be traveling to Bloomington, Indiana to visit with students in a program for incoming Freshmen in Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. This program, Kelley Living Learning Center… Read the rest (or KLLC), is a residential and advanced business study environment for select kids in the undergrad business school. I’ll be giving a keynote talk next Monday night to a group of ~120 Freshmen and, on the night before, I’ll be doing an informal Q&A session with a group of Sophomores who were part of the KLLC last year. Some of you may remember that I visited the KLLC last

Free webinars on Sept. 18 and Sept. 29 from MBA admissions consulting firm MBA Catalyst (@MBACatalyst)

Categories: admissions consulting, application process, application resources, Bschool admissions, Business, Business School, international applicants, mba, older applicants, re-applicants, younger applicants

Hey, everyone. Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been posting a lot of resources related to preparations for MBA admissions lately. I know that some readers would prefer brand new content instead, but, given the time of year (beginning of the application season) and rising competitiveness of the application process, I want to pass along as much useful information as possible. For my readers who aspire to earn MBA degrees, I figure that this kind of information can be a godsend.

In this entry, I’m passing along information about an upcoming pair of free webinars from MBA admissions … Read the rest

Things you need to know about the new GMAT

Categories: Bschool admissions, Business School, Education, GMAT, guest bloggers, mba, other blogs, other sites

My long-time readers know that I do my best to keep my ear to the street about all things having to do with business school and MBA admissions. Well, as I’ve moved upward in my career and become more busy overall, it’s become more difficult to keep up with some of the major changes, including the recent change in format for the GMAT exam. The first time I received an email from a reader asking for guidance regarding the new GMAT, my initial thought was “Hold up…they changed the GMAT? When did that happen?”…

Needless to say, it felt … Read the rest

Beat The GMAT’s 2012 ‘Write Like an Expert’ Series – Free webinar series (Jul 31 – Aug 30)

Categories: application resources, Bschool admissions, Business School, Education, mba, notable organizations, older applicants, other sites, re-applicants, younger applicants

This is a really quick entry to share information about a FREE offering that should be helpful to people applying to MBA programs this year. Nowadays, the competition to get into top MBA programs is stiff, so I’m always on the lookout for good resources to help my readers. This time, the resources is a month-long webinar series by the folks at Beat the GMAT that will provide insights into the applications of a series of top-tier business schools.

The webinars, which are led by representatives from the top MBA admissions consulting firms in the game, will break down the … Read the rest

Coming this fall…the Which MBA? Online Fair (Sept. 5-6, 2012)

Categories: application process, application resources, Bschool admissions, Business School, Education, mba

Recently, I was contacted by the team at The Economist with information about a FREE online MBA fair that they are sponsoring in early September. The fair will include 40+ MBA programs from around the world, including both full-time and part-time programs.

This offering sounds like something that the readers of this blog would appreciate, so I’m passing along an announcement with additional information about the event. Hopefully, some of you will be able to sign up for it and benefit from the information offered by the business schools who will be participating.

Oh, one more thing before I forget…people … Read the rest

New information resource for aspiring MBA applicants

Categories: application resources, Bschool admissions, Business School, Education, mba, other sites

Recently, I was contacted by the team at FindTheBest.com, which offers a collection of comparison tools related to MBA programs. Its site allows visitors to compare general info about academic programs, GMAT prep programs, and even GMAT tutors, all of which could be huge timesavers for folks starting the path toward graduate business education.

After checking out the FindTheBest website, I thought it would be good for me to make a post about them. Instead of building that post from scratch, I asked them to send over some descriptive text, which you will find below.

If you’re at the … Read the rest

Consulting Analyst requesting advice on applying to Stanford GSB

Categories: Bschool admissions, Business, Business School, Education, mba, Stanford GSB

The email below is from an Analyst in Accenture’s Management Consulting group, who I met through a program where I serve as a coach to consultants in the first couple of years in their careers. During a recent in-person seminar for participants in this program, she approached me with questions about Stanford GSB, her first-choice school. We chatted for a bit at that session and she followed up with the email below.

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MM wrote:

Hi Marquis,


Thanks for the great conversation in St. Charles. How have you been?


I’ve been doing well. MLT is kicking-off. I just had a

… Read the rest

Follow-up to Consulting candidate with concerns about lifestyle

Categories: Bschool admissions, Business School, career, consulting, management consulting, mba

Last week, I posted my response to a reader who was interested in pursuing a career in Consulting but didn’t know whether the lifestyle sacrifices would be too much. After my response, he sent me another email with a couple of follow-up questions. The continuation of my exchange with him is below.

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DL wrote:

Marquis,


Thank you for your thorough response to my questions. It came exactly when I needed and were a great help in making my decision. Over the last several weeks I have given a lot of thought to what you said and wondered if I

… Read the rest

The MBA: A brief introduction

Categories: Bschool admissions, Business School, Education, mba

I was recently contacted by Matt and the rest of the team at Money.co.uk to inform me about a comprehensive guide that they had written to provide helpful background about the MBA and what it is.

Check out the text of the email that came in for information on what is covered in the guide:

Hello there,


As an influential site, we wanted to share this guide with you: http://www.money.co.uk/the-mba-a-brief-introduction.htm


The guide delves into the Masters of Business Administration (MBA), the difference between an MBA, MSc and an MA, who should take and benefit from taking an MBA, the necessary

… Read the rest

The Ultimate Guide to a Rockstar MBA Application

Categories: Bschool admissions, Business School, mba, younger applicants

Recently, I was approached by the team at Campus Splash and asked to write an article targeted at college students to offer some tips on how they could prepare to create a great MBA application. As all of you know, this is a topic that I’m pretty passionate about, so I jumped at the opportunity. In particular, I’m a strong believer that one’s college years are the perfect time to do this prep, so I consider Campus Splash’s audience to be at the sweet spot for this sort of thing.

I have included a link to the article below along … Read the rest

What You Need To Know When Preparing For the GMAT

Categories: application process, application resources, Bschool admissions, Business School, Education, mba

The article below was contributed by Conrad over at 2minute GMAT… Read the rest in hopes of helping my readers get ready for the GMAT exam. As those of you who have applied or are currently applying to business school programs know, the GMAT exam is a very important part of the MBA application process and, unfortunately, many applicants don’t have a clue of how to best prepare for it. There are many different approaches that can be used to study the core subjects, but, before deciding on a preparation strategy, one has to have some basic understanding of the GMAT and how
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