Posts Tagged "B-Schools"

UG Degree Requirement in US B-Schools: 3 years or 4?

Posted on May 24, 2011

This is one question which comes up so many times that it’s almost cruel to expect an answer. Mainly because the best way to answer this is to look up the school’s website. But for all those distressed souls out there, who want it in one place, here it goes. In summary, only Haas, among the top B-Schools takes a NO stand on this. But again, check for yourself. I have taken the text verbatim from their site. University of Chicago Booth School of Business In light of the Bologna Accord, Chicago Booth will also accept all three-year international degrees to fulfill the undergraduate prerequisite for application to Chicago Booth. Admissions | FAQs Harvard...

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The Road to B-School: Part 3

Posted on Apr 27, 2011

If you are still reading it, then probably you want to get to the part where Frodo manages to destroy the ring. Every story deserves a happy ending and I will give you one. End of part 2 was worse than end of part 1 on so many levels. Because that’s when hope starts to waver and confidence starts to shake. At such a time choices are costly. For me it was apply to schools where I didn’t want to go but where I had a better chance of getting in or wait for another year and apply to “my school” with the little hope still left, but risk everything. I am a hard-ass. What do you think I would choose? This time I decided to change my strategy. First change was to take it...

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The Road to B-School: Part 2

Posted on Apr 26, 2011

One thing that failure does to you every time is make you tougher. You may not realize it then, but it always does. People don’t realize how often people fail, people around them, successful people, people who seem to have it all. But the truth is failure is the only way we can move forward. We just have to learn from them. One application season made me so much smarter than what I was just four months back. I started telling people what NOT to do, and immediately I could see how much I had learnt, only by doing things I shouldn’t have. Lesson learnt: Failure is good. Keep a positive attitude in life. Glass half full, half empty may sound clichéd but it’s...

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The Road to B-School: Part 1

Posted on Apr 22, 2011

So I got a 770 on the GMAT; now what? Now it’s simple, isn’t it? Apply to the top B-School and get in. Not so fast! The only thing the 770 did for me was to raise expectations. Honestly, before taking the GMAT, I did not even know about half the schools. I was hoping to make it to some half decent school and get the MBA degree and be happy. But the score gave me a reason to think that I may be destined for something bigger maybe. And that’s where it all started. It was October of 2006, when I took the GMAT. My plan was to get into a B-School where I would surely get in and then go to US and forget all about the failure in CAT (for those who don’t know, it’s...

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