MBA Admissions Tip: Using Rankings to Your Advantage
This post comes to us from our friends at Clear Admit. For more expert admissions advice, check out their blog. There are numerous sources that can knowledgeably rank the “top” MBA programs. However, because business schools receive different rankings depending on sources’ criteria, it can be difficult to understand which …
Must-Read MBA Blogs, Part 2
A few months ago, we shared some of our favorite MBA blogs. Ready for another sneak-peek in the lives of MBA students and applicants? Check out these must-read weblogs from current and future MBAs. 1) Ellipsing My Way… to Business School Richard Battle-Baxter started his blog last year to write …
New Integrated Reasoning Sample Questions from GMAC (via the NY Times)
This past weekend, the New York Times‘ “Education Life” section trained its expert eye on grad school — or, in other words, “all those acronyms beyond the B.A.” There are several articles about the MBA in the section — including a Q&A with HBS’s new dean, an article about international …
MBA News Roundup: Innovative Companies, Brain Drain to Social Enterprise, and the MBA Social Network
Welcome to another installment of Knewton’s MBA News Roundup! This week, check out articles on social enterprise, surviving b-school with a significant other, the Beat-the-GMAT community, and the most innovative companies out there (today and tomorrow). 1. Brain Drain of MBA Students to Social Enterprise Rick Cohen of the Nonprofit …
Interview with Swarna and Sara: Our Summer MBA Interns
This summer, we’re lucky to have Swarna Srinivas from HBS and Sara Ittelson from Stanford GSB working with us as interns in marketing and business development. Whether you’re looking for insights into the MBA experience or thinking about pursuing a career in edtech, this interview will give you some perspective …
The Denial Test: a Must-Know Strategy for CR Assumption Questions
Critical Reasoning Assumption questions ask you to identify an unspoken assumption made by the argument’s author. On these types of questions, one of the most powerful techniques you have at your disposal is the denial test. Before we go into the details of the test, let’s take a look at …
30 Signs It’s Time to Go to B-School
Not sure whether to apply to MBA programs? Hint: if you’re yearning for study cohort pals, watching Youtube video after Youtube video of b-school “Follies” performances, and find yourself getting defensive when people bash business degrees… it’s probably time. [View the story “30 Signs It’s Time to Go to B-school” …
Future MBAs Eager for Tech Jobs
Tech jobs are hot again. The bubble may have burst years ago, but b-school students aren’t holding that against today’s hottest tech companies. A new survey of 6,297 MBA students from 72 top b-schools found that Google was the #1 most attractive employer among students. Apple (#3), Facebook (#7), and …
More Fun with Weighted Averages
In last week’s post, I discussed how weighted averages are often tested conceptually and thus show up on Data Sufficiency problems. However, even when weighted average problems appear on the more results-oriented Problem Solving questions, this conceptual understanding can be mighty handy. As I said in a previous post, the …
MBA Roundup: Free B-School Courses, Kenan-Flagler Online, and How to Prepare for Bschool Life
Welcome to another installment of Knewton’s MBA News Roundup! This week, check out articles on free courses from top b-schools, Kenan-Flagler’s new online program, and how to prepare for your new life in b-school. 1. Free Courses from Top B-schools From podcasts to opencourseware, get a taste of Booth, Wharton …
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