You will find strategies to refine your application to match the profile of the schools of your choice. For each of the 11 MBA programs featured (Berkeley, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Insead, LBS, Kellogg, NYU, MIT, Stanford and a NEW CHAPTER on Wharton), up-to-date information is given on the curriculum, its strengths and weaknesses, teaching methods (15 pages per school), as well as an in-depth analysis of the admissions dossiers of each school, with customized advice to master each application (25 pages per school), interviews with the Admissions Directors of each MBA and insider views written by successfully admitted students to the different schools. This is the only book on MBAs that has been officially supported and sponsored by McKinsey & Company, BCG, Goldman Sachs, Bain & Company, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, AT Kearney, Novartis, Bertlesmann, Vivendi-Universal, Cap Gemini and Roland Berger & Partners.
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Once a luxury for the elite, the MBA is increasingly becoming a necessary asset for all those hoping to clinch (and hold on to) top managerial positions. Every year, the number of candidates applying to the top schools goes up, and with it the quality of the competition. To ensure your place in the b-school of your dreams, you really do have to stand out from the crowd. With advice specific to the US MBA community, this over 600 page book will improve your chances of admission to the schools of your choice. It features an in-depth analysis of applying to each school, a step-by-step method for positioning your dossier, extensive analysis of the classic essay questions (over 100 essays reviewed) and the strategies to employ and traps to avoid in the GMAT, TOEFL, essays, interviews, and letters of recommendation.
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"A thorough and accessible reference guide to the MBA application process - a wonderful resource for anyone researching top business schools." -- Sharon J. Hoffman, Associate Dean and Director of the MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
"An outstanding, well-organized and informative guide to access pertinent information about the top b-schools." -- Linda B. Meehan, Assistant Dean of Admissions, Columbia
“A comprehensive guide for international students, with invaluable advice about the top business schools.” -- Myriam J. Perignon, Assistant Dean - MBA program, INSEAD
“Essential reading for candidates – a realistic view of the programs, and its accuracy helps candidates ask themselves the right questions.” -- Eric Chambers, Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Wharton
"An outstanding, well-organized and informative guide to access pertinent information about the top b-schools." -- Linda B. Meehan, Assistant Dean of Admissions, Columbia
“A comprehensive guide for international students, with invaluable advice about the top business schools.” -- Myriam J. Perignon, Assistant Dean - MBA program, INSEAD
“Essential reading for candidates – a realistic view of the programs, and its accuracy helps candidates ask themselves the right questions.” -- Eric Chambers, Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Wharton
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By Adrian
This book became an indispensable reference throughout the selection and application process for the top business schools. The fact that the authors were recent graduates, and have analysed in such detail the character, learning style and criteria for admission is tremendously useful when you yourself are trying to research the schools and establish your shortlist.
A couple of years ago I bought the Which MBA book - a pretty good general guide, but it doesn't even come close to the detail of Getting the MBA Admissions Edge - entire chapters dedicated to each school - Harvard, Wharton, LBS and the other top 10 schools. They go through all the essay questions with both good samples and analysis of what lies behind an efective, persuasive and personal answer.
All the schools end up asking you why you have applied to their school (one of the key questions), and you've got a lot more confidence to provide a solid answer. In fact, the book also helps you ask good questions of the alum, colleagues, HR directors and anyone else that you talk to as part of your research.
A really great book for anyone thinking of doing an MBA.
A couple of years ago I bought the Which MBA book - a pretty good general guide, but it doesn't even come close to the detail of Getting the MBA Admissions Edge - entire chapters dedicated to each school - Harvard, Wharton, LBS and the other top 10 schools. They go through all the essay questions with both good samples and analysis of what lies behind an efective, persuasive and personal answer.
All the schools end up asking you why you have applied to their school (one of the key questions), and you've got a lot more confidence to provide a solid answer. In fact, the book also helps you ask good questions of the alum, colleagues, HR directors and anyone else that you talk to as part of your research.
A really great book for anyone thinking of doing an MBA.
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A superb book, I would wholeheartedly recommend reading this before considering applying to one of the top b-schools. Probably the best advice is not to rush into the application process, but plan and brand yourself as a top candidate. This book gives you targeted support in this exercise for each school, reading the thought processes behind essay questions helps develop your style in an application. It certainly helped mine to one of the schools (which I was subsequently admitted to).
If you haven't taken your GMAT, I would also wholeheartedly recommend Kaplan GMAT 800 (ISBN: 0743224345) as a source of hard GMAT questions. If you are applying to a top school the standard prep books (Kaplan,Princeton Review etc) do not challenge after a bit, while this one kept me scratching my head up until the GMAT.
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The two great things about this book are i) it only focuses on a small number of schools (the top ones) & ii) each chapter is written by students from those schools. After reading this book & applying to a couple of the schools (& getting into one!) I can confirm that the impression you get from reading is very accurate. Some of the information, especially on subjects like the GMAT and references, gets repeated a number of times for each school, but all round this is an excellent overview of the top b-schools.
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