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| Thursday, February 24, 2011 |
| Problem with A MBA Networking |
A someone here always rather relieved when recruiters return to business school campuses to hoover up MBAs. The reason is simple: she shares a name with an alumnus from a top business school When jobs are scarce, she receives phone calls and e-mails from unemployed graduates asking for help.
They want to know what sort of opportunities for MBAs are available at the FT. Who should they contact about getting a job? What background information could she give them that would benefit them in an interview? Some of the more ambitious students think she can help them get a job in a company.
A few are particularly blunt: will she help them get a job? And some are particularly rude. “Just who are you?” one affronted MBA asked when she told him that she was in no position to help.
I do not imagine she is the only person placed in such a predicament. “Use the network” is the business school mantra in tough economic times. And students do. But how ethical is it? Just where do you draw the line?
As business schools drag themselves out of the recession – for which MBAs in high places have been roundly blamed – deans are promising that the future leaders they educate will be ethical, promote high moral standards and have character. |
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| Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
| Deciding Where to Enroll: a Road Map for Study |
Now the time to make your enrollment decision. Most graduate schools adhere to an enrollment and announce deposit deadline. While some may be willing to extend it for a short period of time, they need to plan for their enrollments and respond to those who still may be on the waiting list.Do not be surprised if there is not much flexibility around the enrollment deposit deadline.
As you contemplate your decision (even if you have been admitted to just one graduate program), remember that YOU are the one going to graduate school – not someone else. Input is always helpful. You may decide to ask those whose advice you respect for their thoughts. However, in the end, it is your call. Here are some questions to ask yourself:
1. What is most important to ME when making this decision? Finances? Program Quality? Quality of Faculty? Level of Faculty interaction with students? Student Life? Location?
**You may want to review the personal questions you answered in Chapter One.
2. What is the culture of the institution? Would I enjoy it there? Remember, you are about to spend considerable time, energy and resources to earn a graduate degree. Make sure you feel reasonably comfortable about the general atmosphere you believe characterizes the institution(s) you are considering. It is not worth being unhappy for one, two or more years. Your program of study and all that goes with it will be plenty to handle in and of itself.
3. How have I been treated as an inquirer/applicant/admitted student? This is very important. Think about it. Reaching out to prospective students, applicants, and admits is very telling about the way institutions treat their students, and perhaps their alumni too. If you have not been treated very well do not assume anything is going to improve after you enroll. In fact, once you are there, what incentive is there to treat you differently than before you arrived? Your enrollment decision is not just about the academic program. It is about where you believe you can be part of a community that cares about and wants to help each other.
4. Should I defer? Are you ready to enroll now? As you have gone through the application process your feelings may have changed within you or circumstances around you may have resulted in a need to step back and determine if this is the best time to start your graduate program. For different reasons, I deferred enrollment for both my master’s and doctoral program, in each case, for two years. In both instances this decision ended up being the best thing I ever did. You may be told that deferral is only granted in extreme cases. If so, you might consider withdrawing and re-applying. I have rarely seen a situation where someone who was admitted, decided to hold off for that year and re-applied, was denied.
If you do decide to defer or withdraw, make sure you have addressed the following issues:
* Will any scholarship assistance I have received still be available when I do enroll?
* Is there an additional enrollment deposit if I defer?
* For how long can I defer?
* If I am withdrawing, what is the re-application process like?
One other piece of advice: If you defer or withdraw, and you REALLY want to attend this institution, you will need to demonstrate that by periodically staying in touch, and following all guidelines provided to you. It would not hurt to provide a written update every four to six months detailing where you are, what you are doing and what you have done regarding the deferral or re-application process. As the admissions staff review your application folder, they will find regular updates there. This indicates to them that you mean business.
5. Should I submit an enrollment deposit to more than one graduate school? This is a good but tough question. If, after giving every consideration to you options, you are absolutely deadlocked between two institutions, and enrollment deposit deadlines are approaching, you might do this. But do it for a very short amount of time. Do not send a deposit to more than two institutions. Many admissions officers compare their deposit lists. If it is discovered that you are on more than one list, you will most likely be contacted by the admissions staff and pressed for a decision. This doesn’t look good for you.
By all means do not pay two deposits and just let it go! This is extremely inconsiderate, unprofessional and, some might argue, unethical. Have the courtesy and integrity to withdraw before it is too late for that institution to replace you in their incoming class |
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| Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
| How To Improve GMAT Score –Some Useful Tips for |
How to improve GMAT score? Simply, it is only important to perform a few tips.
Delivery of any test is a kind of sport. Here of course training is essential, but there is an element of luck. In addition, you must believe in your success
To start, you need to understand the structure of the GMAT, to know which tasks and problems are encountered in the test, and to monitor strictly your time.
One advantage of a computer version of the test is a more adequate assessment of a man with less number of questions. For this, the complexity of the entire section is given, depending on your answer to the first question. If you give a wrong answer to this question, the second will be a little easier, and if your answer is correct, then the program will offer you a more difficult task. By the same types of questions vary according to a special algorithm, and their order cannot be predicted. Do not forget that you cannot skip questions, since you cannot go back and answer them.
You need to learn how to tightly control your time by passing the test. And this skill is achieved only by workouts. It is therefore recommended to take training tests. Also try to simulate the real conditions of taking the test, and the last days before the exam should be devoted to such trainings completely.
As you already know from your answer to the first question depends the complexity of the subsequent questions in a particular section. Also note that the complex questions receive more points than ordinary. So you’d better spend a little more time on the first five questions, because they can bring you the most points, and always double check your answers to these questions.
If you do not stay within the allotted test time, you will also lose a significant amount of points. For example, if you give the wrong answers to the last five questions in one section, your final score will be 70 percentile. But if you do not give any answers to these questions, then your results will be only 55 percentile. As you can see, the difference is quite significant.
So if you see that time is short and to solve a problem you do not have time, so give any answer, the main thing – that it ever was.
But do not forget to read carefully the questions. Sometimes tested are in hurry to meet the available time that they admit a very banal error – inadvertent or a loss. In fact, better read the questions calmly, it will take slightly more time, and the likelihood that you will understand everything correctly (and from the first time) is much higher.
Remember that you cannot go back to previous questions. Therefore, you should respond even those questions, which you cannot resolve, i.e. guess. Here the best strategy works – exceptions – usually, we can immediately discard at least one answer, and then some else.
All of the above tips work only if you are so well prepared for the test and have the necessary knowledge. If it is still not about you, do not tempt fate, and sit down and get rest. |
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| Monday, February 7, 2011 |
| GMAT Score:Chances for Admission |
Your target must be for a high GMAT score and that youra high score will improve your chances of admission so for. A high score projects you as a person with good analytical and verbal skills, both of which are necessary to perform well in a management program and later, after completion of your course, to perform in real life business situations.
If you wanna and going for applying to a top MBA program that is ranked high, you will need a high score just to qualify for an admission. The average GMAT scores are upwards of 680 in most of the top MBA programs in the US. This figure can be as high as 720 for students from Asian countries who normally score higher. So, if you are applying to a top MBA program, you will need a high GMAT score just to stay in contention. You will first need to get a good score, and then work to get the other application issues right. Your past academic, professional and personal background that you project through information you fill in your application form, and the quality of your application essays finally get you an admission. Since admissions are very competitive, it’s the quality of your background that gets you an admission.
Things could have been different if you are not so particular about applying to the ranked MBA programs. The GMAT could be one of the most important factors for admission. If you have a score that is much higher than the average GMAT score indicated by the university, your chances of admission are really good as long as you fulfill the basic requirements. You must have the specified number of years of work experience, the required undergraduate academic performance, and fulfill the application requirements required by the university and you will be on your way. It’s the numbers you have to get right here - fulfill all application requirements, have the required number of years of work experience and an average academic background.
To sum it up, your GMAT score can just qualify you for admission if you are applying to a top program, whereas it can get you an admission if you are not applying to the ranked programs. In either case, a high score can work to your advantage.
You convey another aspect about yourself through your GMAT score. A good score shows that you have taken your MBA admissions seriously. You show that you knew it was important, you took it seriously and you achieved what you set out to achieve |
| posted by chalsie @ 11:21 PM |
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| Is mine age Perfect for an MBA? |
These are often so many questions that crop up in the minds of the students who have seen their batch-mates from bachelor’s degree programs undertake an MBA program in Asia or abroad right after finishing their undergraduate degree. The applicant on the other hand has spent the same time working in the corporate world and may feel over-aged for an MBA program.
Firstly, unlike in Indian business schools where the average age of students is close to 22-23 and almost zero work experience, the average age in US B-Schools ranges from 25 to 30 with 3-4 years of work experience on an average. Most MBA students overseas already possess a masters’ degree in some discipline before they embark on an MBA.
Secondly, you will just not be able to contribute to an MBA class in overseas B-schools, if you have not spent a sufficient amount of time understanding the nuances of corporate life by spending some years working in an organized environment.
But one needs to also keep in mind that there is no point being in a class of students where the average age is 28 while you are 35 years old already. As you move up the age scale, you can consider various alternatives-a part-time MBA, an executive development program or even an intensive specialized program in your chosen field. Of course the selection criteria and the profile of students changes drastically.
It is therefore important to identify what you are seeking from an MBA and then weigh what kind of program you should chose at a particular age.
If you would like to discuss your personal profile and case with other MBA aspirants, you can use the MBA section of the Info zee discussion forums. Your post would be seen not just by counsellors and existing students, but also by many MBA aspirants just like you: |
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| Wednesday, February 2, 2011 |
| What is an MBA Program and An Ideal Time to Get |
What is an MBA Program? It's a Master of Business Administration degree and it is granted after one to two years of graduate-level university study that provides training in the theory and practice of business management. The MBA is basically a document that certifies that you have a general competency in all the major functional management roles you'll find in the modern corporation. An MBA is a career accelerator across a number of industries and MBA graduates can usually command higher salaries.
An Ideal Time to Get MBA
When is the best time to enroll in an MBA program? The obvious answer is to enroll at a point in your career when the MBA is necessary to take your career to the next level, but the choice is never that simple.
For the college undergrad, the biggest question you need to ask yourself is why -- why are you interested in going straight through and getting your MBA right after your bachelor's degree? The top-ranked programs will not even admit you if you don't have at least several years of experience, and a freshly minted MBA with little or no job experience is often in a much tougher job hunt than a recent college grad with little or no job experience.
For the job-seeker, the question about getting your MBA involves how as much as when. Will you keep working while earning your MBA in a part-time program or do you have the financial resources to quit your job and return to school full-time? Will your current employer help finance your MBA? Do you need the MBA as part of a career change -- and if so, how are you going to do it?
Finally, there is the question of the economy. Some people think it's a good hedge to get an MBA during an economic slowdown -- a safe haven -- rather than face the tough job market; however, when the economy is bad, even having an MBA is no guarantee of obtaining a lucrative job offer. The best advice? Talk to recruiters and MBA career placement counselors |
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