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November 24, 2009

Preparing For Your MBA: Taking Classes Before Coming to Campus

Let’s face it: getting into the MBA program of your choice isn’t always easy. This may be especially true for younger people with less work experience, or would-be applicants with liberal arts or science backgrounds – valid pursuits, but not directly linked in an admissions director’s mind to making someone B-school ready. And once you’re in, will you be able to keep up with the math wizards sitting next to you in class? The best way to ensure you hit the ground running and don’t stumble your first year is to take classes that will help boost your skills and prepare you for the rigors of your first year as a business school student.

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What NOT to do on Your Application: Avoiding MBA Application Pitfalls

It’s amazing how many business school applicants make avoidable application mistakes. It’s unfortunate, but hardly surprising, that these avoidable mistakes can result in an application being rejected. In fact, submitting an error-riddled application just makes life easier for MBA admissions committees. If they can put your application in the “no” or “maybe” pile, it frees them up to focus on the well-researched, substantive submissions – applications in which all parts of the application complement each other and when taken together, present a complete, holistic picture of who that applicant is, why she is pursuing an MBA, and why the school she’s applying to is the best place for her to pursue her educational and career goals.

What can applicants do to avoid the avoidable mistakes, and not only submit an error-free application, but the best application possible? Read on.

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GMAT Test-Taking Tips from the Test Prep Experts

A boom in applications to business schools is not surprising MBA admissions officers, who say a similar upturn occurred following the dot-com crash earlier in this decade.  The increase in B-school applications is — once again — fueled by the economic crisis.  Applicants recognize that scoring well on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) will help secure them a spot at competitive business schools thereby increasing their likelihood of success after graduation. With this in mind, MBA Podcaster interviewed five of the leading test prep companies to impart advice and recommendations for GMAT test takers in this year’s competitive application season. The show encompasses all aspects of taking the GMAT, from timing, to test-taking conditions, to how many times to take the GMAT.

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Can You Get a Part-Time MBA and Still Change Career Tracks?

Here’s the scenario: you’re working, getting a part-time MBA or thinking about getting your MBA, and you start to think: “Maybe I prefer accounting to advertising,” or “I’d really like to move into marketing instead of project management.” Or maybe your field is plateauing and you want to better position yourself for the current and future job market but you know you can only go back part-time for your MBA. Can you change career tracks while working and getting a part-time MBA? Career counselors, employers and students we talked to agreed that self-assessment is the crucial first step to making any important life decision such as a career change. Let’s start with the student perspective.
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Using an MBA to Change Careers

Are you planning to use an MBA to switch careers and branch out? You won’t be alone. Top business schools report that between 75% and 90% of their students do intend to leverage their MBA to move into a new industry, or a new job within their industry.

Within just one or two years you can learn the skills and gain the context you would need to launch into a new direction. In addition, unlike in the professional world, as a student in an MBA program you’ll have your school’s career management center to guide you through the career change process. Career centers can show you how to make your past experiences relevant to future employers, how to update your resume and how to network your way into new opportunities.

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