On Monday, May 1, Chicago Booth stated that businessman and philanthropist Ross Stevens, Ph.D. '96, had given the school's Ph.D. program $100 million to help push the boundaries of academic business research. The program will be called the Stevens Doctoral Program to honor Stevens.
People often decide to pursue an MBA without giving it much thought, but that's not a good idea. Before you start getting ready to apply, you should really think about why you want to get the degree and make sure it's the right choice for you. Here are five indicators that can help you decide if you're ready to apply to business school or not.
Have you ever woken up from a recurring nightmare in which you had to take an exam for which you hadn't studied? No one likes the feeling of not being prepared. And this worry takes over many parts of our professional lives. No one wants to be caught off guard in front of an MBA admissions committee, a current client or boss, or even a networking event. The answer is to be confident in all of these conversations and presentations. How? Preparedness. In this blog post, we'll talk about what you should do to get ready for a variety of common career scenarios.
Becoming a great manager is essential for becoming a great leader. Good managers not only extract great output from their employees, but they also relieve the executive team of most of the day-to-day operations, allowing them to focus on more tactical challenges. Leaders develop a vision, while managers develop goals and guide their teams toward shared goals connected to that vision. This blog post will go over five strategies to becoming a successful manager.
Emotional intelligence, or EQ, is an awareness of your own emotions as well as the emotions of people around you - and how to act on that knowledge. In this blog post, we discuss the four components of EQ as well as ways for developing each of these: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.
The most crucial thing you can do after completing your MBA application is to continue connecting with your target business schools. Yes, you have other MBA applications to submit to several institutions. That is a priority, so go ahead and do it. Even if you have completed all of your submissions, you should continue to contact your target MBA schools.
Are you stuck in limbo, awaiting responses from business schools? It's difficult to wait for MBA decisions or interview invitations. Here's a look at what's going on behind the scenes, as well as some advice to help you get through it. It may be tempting, but avoid the forums. There is a lot of disinformation out there, as well as people publishing absolutely false information. Take nothing you read on the internet seriously unless it comes directly from the school.
In yesterday’s blog post, we discussed what transferable skills are, why you need them, and why they are important to include in your MBA application. But in today’s blog post, we will discuss nine different examples of transferrable skills and how you can incorporate them into your MBA application.
Transferable skills are skills that are needed independent of a professional role. These abilities enable you to be successful in any position. Furthermore, they enable you to enter positions, sectors, or departments for which you may not otherwise be fully qualified. There is one universal truth that we have discovered that appears to be largely ignored by the rest of the MBA admissions landscape, and that is the critical importance of adhering to what we call the Art of Transferability. In this blog post, we discuss what transferable skills are, why they are so important, and how to include them in your MBA application.
Since October of this year, over 60,000 tech workers have been laid off. Kellogg Northwestern stated in November 2022 that it will waive the GMAT and GRE tests for laid-off IT professionals. Other top business schools have followed suit in order to attract the market's flow of elite talent. For newly laid-off individuals, MIT Sloan and Berkeley Haas have extended round-two deadlines. Cornell Johnson is waiving the application cost and the application test. And, for its January 4th deadline, UCLA Anderson reduced the application procedure to just one essay question, as well as extensions for test scores and recommenders. So, how can you prepare to submit a competitive, yet timely, round two application in four to six weeks? Here are five pointers for IT applicants considering an MBA.
Allowing the most powerful version of oneself to show through is what presence is all about. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, a famous leadership expert, describes "presence" as a mix of gravitas, communication, and appearance. These components, when combined, create a sense of trustworthiness, expertise, and genuineness. If you hone these skills, you will improve your capacity to stand out in your MBA interviews and make a difference in your MBA application.
Fewer and shorter essays, increased gender equality, and the popularity of the GRE testing (instead of the GMAT) are just a few of the developments in MBA admissions that might be informative for today's applicants. The types of MBA applicants schools are looking for and what makes them stand out have undergone significant changes. In this blog post we talk about how business school applications have changed over the past ten years and how these patterns affect the way you should approach your MBA application today.
The "fail fast, fail often" mentality of startups, where it's accepted that failing is not just something to be endured but a crucial step on the path to success, has given this idea new life. How accurate is this widely held notion, though? When exactly can failure be advantageous? Read this blog post to help turn your negatives into positives for your MBA application.
Instead of stressing yourself out, why not focus on perfecting your responses to the questions you are most likely to be asked? To help you in your preparation, we created a list of five interview questions that you should always ace. These are some of the most frequently asked questions in MBA admissions interviews at elite institutions.
As if the stress of preparing for your MBA interview isn’t enough, you should also consider a few questions to ask your interviewer. However, these should be pertinent questions that will not derail your interview. We'll cover four potential questions you should never ask in this blog article, along with solutions.
What is a decent GMAT score, and should you retake it? Have you taken the GMAT or GRE at least once but are unsure whether your score is competitive enough for top MBA schools? The solution, however, is not as simple. It totally depends on the school and the candidate. If you come from an overrepresented application pool a better GMAT score may be all you need to stand out from the crowd. However, if you're on the verge, consider the following five questions in this blog post.
Are you too old? No. Some clients are surprised to find out that they are "older" MBA candidates and that their years of work experience hurt their chances of getting accepted into an MBA program. But if you are older and want to get an MBA, don't give up on your dreams. There are things you can do to make the admissions committee feel comfortable and excited about your extensive experience.
Although getting a second MBA is very unusual, it can help you move to a different city, change industries, or build the brand recognition and alumni network you missed out on in your first MBA school. Our founder and admissions expert at Amerasia, Paul Lanzillotti, had an interview with Fortune Education, and he poses this question to those thinking about a second MBA: “What are you really going to get out of this?”
Some people have a lifelong dream working in the entertainment industry. It is common knowledge that finding employment in this heavily fortified sector of the economy is not only difficult, but perhaps possibly the hardest industry in the whole world to break into. How do you get inside? By creating connections at the right business school, which include USC, UCLA, NYU and Harvard.
Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) dual-degree programs come in a variety of forms depending on your interests. These dual-degree programs often enable you to complete both degrees more quickly than if you pursued them separately and train you for positions of leadership in your respective fields. In this blog post, we'll go through what to expect and what your possibilities are.
Not every MBA graduate plans to use their degrees to switch to Goldman Sachs & Co., and that's fine. In this blog post, we’re going to talk about entertainment and media as a "non-traditional" career path after business school. What do admissions committees look for? Let your passion serve as the foundation of your application if you want to pursue a career in entertainment and media.
As a proportion of all MBA grads, 13% of Marshall's graduating class works in the entertainment/media sector, which is more than twice as many as UCLA Anderson's (6.5%) or NYU Stern's (4.3%) alumni. In addition to Marshall's closeness to major players in the entertainment and media industries and the consulting and finance firms that support them, the USC MBA program offers students three main benefits. In this blog, we talk about them.
For some people, working in the entertainment industry is their lifelong dream. People come from all over the world to work in Hollywood, New York, Canada, London, and even Bollywood because of the glitz, glamour, and gluttony. It is a well-known fact that getting a job in this highly walled fortress of employment is not only challenging, but also arguably the hardest industry in the world to get into. How do you gain access?
Your story and the traits that distinguish you are more important in the eyes of the admissions committee, than simply listing your achievements. Finance is something you do, not something you are. And for those of you who are from an over-represented profile, finding your points of differentiation is even more important. Here are five pieces of advice that can help you stand out.
