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Decide Between GMAT, GRE
Tweet Share on Facebook July 29, 2011 Comment (3)Competition between the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) and the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) is bound to intensify with the GRE revised General Test poised to launch on August 1. According to ETS, creator and administrator of the exam, another 100 business schools have jumped on the GRE bandwagon in the past few months, swelling the number of M.B.A. programs accepting this alternative test to more than 600.
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Students Influence Business School Brands
Tweet Share on Facebook July 22, 2011 Comment (2)What brand image comes to mind when you think of Harvard Business School? Is it the same image for the Haas School of Business at the University of California—Berkeley, or the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business? Every elite management program has its own distinct brand, which has relatively little to do with rankings or test scores and everything to do with the school's culture and mindset.
[See U.S. News's rankings of Best Business Schools.]
Then along came social media, a seismic disturbance to the status quo. In today's über-networked world, business schools no longer have any ability to control their brand image in cyberspace.
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4 Ways to Improve Your Chances of Getting In
Tweet Share on Facebook July 15, 2011 Comment (1)Securing a seat at a top M.B.A. program isn't a slam-dunk for anybody, and it's rare that an applicant can't improve his or her candidacy in some way. If you're thinking of applying to business school in the next year or two, there are several steps you can take now that will pay off in a big way down the road. With a little planning and a commitment of just a few hours a week, you can rethink your current list of "safety" schools and you might actually get into an M.B.A. program you now think of as a long shot.
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Harvard Business School Evolves
Tweet Share on Facebook July 8, 2011 Comment (4)Nitin Nohria celebrated his first anniversary as dean of Harvard Business School on July 1, making it a fitting time to reflect on the considerable changes underway at the venerable b-school. From major innovations to its curriculum and shifts both subtle and major within the class of 2013 profile, to huge surprises—some might say upsets—in M.B.A. admissions, the past 12 months have been anything but business as usual.
While curriculum tweaks and overhauls have taken place almost across the board at elite M.B.A. programs, the innovations ushered in by Nohria are particularly progressive. Given Harvard's position as a leader among the business school community, I'll highlight some of the key changes that the school has made, which stand to further alter the business school landscape in the future as other schools follow Harvard's lead.
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You're Never Too Old or Too Young for Business School
Tweet Share on Facebook July 1, 2011 Comment (2)The profile of the typical business school applicant has changed significantly over the past decade. Once upon a time, few would contemplate applying without first having the requisite 5 to 7 years of work experience under their belts. The prevailing wisdom held that older candidates would have more to contribute to class discussions because of their substantial real-world experience.
Flash forward to today and you'll see schools taking a closer look at younger candidates, including those with no work experience. The reason for this shift is that business schools fear some applicants would attain so much success after only a few years that they would not want to go back for an M.B.A. Some candidates really are ready for business school right after graduating from college; some have started a company while in school, played a strong role in a family business, or gained relevant experiences in other areas.
