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Useful information to help guide students thinking about applying for business school through the MBA Admissions process and GMAT test, including articles, book reviews, videos and more

Should I go to Business School?

Should I go to Business School?

The question of whether you should attend business school depends on you.  It is a personal choice and there is no right or wrong answer because it will affect you differently based on your personal background.  Business school is just a training ground for graduate students to study business and gain skills and knowledge that will either help them advance in their current positions or help them start their own businesses.  It is just like attending any other type of graduate school and there is obviously no guarantee of whether or not you will...

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Admissions Requirements

Admissions Requirements

Make sure you have prepared properly for the business school admissions process So you are thinking of pursuing an MBA? You may have completed the hardest part yet, deciding to go back to school, but where to start. The admissions process for business school may be very different to when you first applied to go to college or university. One thing you need to know is that just because your undergraduate degree is not in business it does not mean you cannot get a formal business qualification. Many business schools promote diversity in their...

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Financial Aid for Business School

  So you’ve decided that you want to get a management qualification and you’re researching what business school you think will give you the best chance of future career success. Then you look at the cost! It can be a really daunting prospect when you first realise the financial implications of getting in to your chosen business school and it is not a decision that anybody should take lightly. Before you even consider getting financial aid to enable you to get in to your first choice business school, you must make sure you are...

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TOEFL – the basics

The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is designed to evaluate the ability of an individual to use and understand the English language specifically in an educational setting. TOEFL is actually a trade mark of Educational Testing Service (ETL) and is applicable globally. TOEFL is a very important if you are planning to study in an English-speaking country and English is not your first language. TOEFL measures student’s ability to use and understand the English language in reading, writing, listening and oral forms. More than 7,500 universities, agencies, and other institutions in...

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GMAT – what is it all about?

  The first hurdle facing most prospective MBA students is the GMAT. This article aims to give an overview of the test and provide advice on how to prepare The Graduate Admission Test or GMAT as it is now known was first introduced in 1953 and was created by a small group of Business Schools who’s aim it was to develop a standardized test to help business schools to take a consistent approach to entry criteria. The test is taken more than 200,000 times annually and is now used by over 1,500 business schools globally. The...

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