To MBA, in Europe or the USA?
This past year, there has been increasing interest from applicants about European MBA programs. A major reason is an uncertainty about the US visa laws as well as a lack of clarity over Brexit, which has made both US and UK lose some sheen among Indian applicants as favored MBA countries. This article makes a...
Chasing the American MBA Dream: Applicant with Multiple Admits
The MBA Decoder team was fortunate to interact with Nishant Verma who had applied to several American b-schools for the Fall 2018 intake and got into some top programs such as Austin McCombs, UNC Kenan Flagler and ISB. Nishant tells us about his goal of getting into product management post-MBA, how this impacted his b-school...
How to get into Kellogg MBA: Advice from a Kellogg Admit
FuturePM91 is a Kellogg MBA candidate for the class of 2020. She was one of the most active members on GMAT Club last year and continued to help applicants after gaining admission to several b-schools. She applied to 10 b-schools and was accepted into 5 of them, including Kellogg with scholarship. Kellogg is where she...
Understanding the Case Method
The case method is a popular way of teaching at b-schools, though the degree to which they use it can vary. B-schools like Harvard Business School and University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business in the US,Richard Ivey Business School in Canada and IE in Spain are known for their case method pedagogy and use it as their predominant mode...
Kellogg MBA 2018 Essays
Essays for Kellogg MBA 2018 application have not changed since last year. Both the essays are reflective and require applicants to deeply think through their experiences, what they learned out of them and how they grew as better individuals and professionals. Deadlines: R1 - SEPT 19, 2018 R2 - JAN 9, 2019 R3 - APRIL...
Chicago Booth MBA Essays 2018
Chicago Booth MBA Essays 2018 are out. Booth has shaken up things a lot this year. Gone are the photographs essays Booth had been using for the past 3 years. Also gone is the iconic powerpoint presentation that came into being before we started MBA Decoder. This year Chicago Booth asks for a Word only essay. Here...
MBA in Fall Or Spring intake?
“But I really must join business school this year”. We hear this sentiment from eager b-school applicants every year, after they have missed the deadlines for MBA programs starting in Fall, or have been unsuccessful in their Fall applications. While a Fall intake is prevalent in most business schools, there is a small list of...
An Interview with IIMC-PGPEX Alumna and a Successful Author- Part III
IIMC was the inspiration for your first book. Please tell us how? When I came to IIM Calcutta for my MBA, I knew it would be a year of sweat and labor. But what I never imagined was that I would be writing my first book here. A random thought while having dinner at the...
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