How to Research Business Schools for Applying?
If you are just getting started with the MBA application process, this is a question that could be tormenting you like none other. Which b-schools should I apply to? How do I research business schools for MBA applications? If you have trawled any admissions related forums, you would already have picked up buzz words like...
Submitting an Application That Shows Maturity
“I have always believed that great achievements involve greater risks. After my schooling when all my friends were going with the crowd mentality and choosing their career in electronics and computer sciences I embarked upon a different journey by choosing my career in petroleum engineering, I saw a future others did not.”. Every year, we...
B-School Location: Research Technology Park
The Research Triangle Park, or The Triangle is the region southeast of USA, which has established itself as a research and development hotbed for hi-tech companies. The region houses more than 170 companies which include technology, biotech, cleantech and pharmaceutical companies. The Triangle has 3 major universities - North Carolina State University, Duke University- home...
What GMAT Score Should I Have?
“How much GMAT score should I get for XYZ school?” I have heard this question being asked consistently over the past six years, since MBA Decoder came into being. Now that b-schools have started accepting GRE, applicants have added GRE to that same question. For the “cent percent” marks obsessed Indians, the answer could not...
ISB’s Early Entry Option: Q&A with the ISB Admissions Team
Recently. we had a chance to chat up with Sanjay Dhingra, Senior Manager in the admissions team at ISB and incharge of the Early Entry Option. He gave us some sound inputs that will help Early Entry Option applicants make their application stronger. Here is the interview: 1. Who should apply to the Early Entry Option?...
Top Eight Reasons to do an MBA
Are you at a stage in your career where you are clueless as to what the next stage should be? Need a boost but unsure about how to get it? You might not know it yet, but there may be reasons to do an MBA if any of the following problems bother you: 1. You...
How to Showcase Your Leadership Capabilities to a Business School
Leadership is one of the most sought out traits in b-school applicants. As an aspiring b-schooler, you must demonstrate your leadership capability through the resume, essays or recommendations. In this post, we will list down some of the leadership characteristics that matter. Even if the essay questions do not explicitly ask you write a story...
Fall is approaching, What are you waiting for?
Have you heard the latest Ellie Goulding song which has the line- What are you waiting for? Well, the similarity between the song and this blog post ends with the following question: if you have already decided that you will apply for an MBA program this year, then what are you waiting for? Now is...
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