Tag Archives: Business School

What can MBA applicants learn from today’s political candidates?

A campaign for business school admission has much in common with a campaign for public [...]

“The Ultimate, Super Top Secret, A-to-Z, Insider’s How-to Guide to Guaranteed, Slam-Dunk, MBA Admission”

Sound too good to be true? It is. [...]

“What Did You Say?” Here’s help for non-native English speakers targeting top US b-schools

The MBA Exchange has established strategic alliances with a number of service providers who complement [...]

MBA Recommendations: It’s more about “What and How” than “Who”

Recommendations are a critical, often undervalued component of the overall MBA application process. Like [...]

Social media presence more critical than ever for b-school applicants

Back in June 2010, when The MBA Exchange announced the first-ever social media audit [...]

Test Anxiety: you can overcome it to achieve admissions success

It might be the GMAT, GRE, LSAT or TOEFL. The fact is that you need [...]

Myth No. 5: Need and passion are enough to ensure your MBA admission

In good times or bad, the value proposition for earning a degree from the elite [...]

Myth No. 4: I should present only my strengths when applying for an MBA

Every MBA candidacy has strengths and weaknesses. These could be academic, professional and/or personal. Admissions [...]

Myth No. 3: My candidacy is to “too similar” to other applicants, so I have no chance of admission

Many applicants have common professional profiles: financial analysts, consultants, IT professionals, engineers, etc. They might [...]

MBA Admissions Myths 1 and 2

There is a wide range of criteria that top-tier business schools use in evaluating applicants. [...]