MBA applicants well-versed with the elite MBA landscape know how tough it is get into an M7 business school. Now consider executive, part-time and weekend MBA programs that are mostly targeted at ‘senior professionals’ – a phrase that indirectly refers to students who’re expected to pay the full tuition. The number and quantum of scholarships ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
In the investment banking field, Sales and Trading (S&T) is a highly lucrative career option for many graduates, including engineers who don’t have any finance background. Mechanical engineer, Anshuman Anand, managed to move into sales and trading at a top investment bank. And he did that without an MBA. But he felt the need to ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
Why are they called Ivy League? What's the full list of colleges in USA along with their acceptance rates? What are the top ranking Ivy league schools?| MBA Crystal Ball
What does it take to get into the Wharton MBA (University of Pennsylvania)? The usual suspects – a top notch undergrad degree, a high GMAT score, great experience in a feeder industry, with an international stint thrown in for good measure – no surprises there. And with thousands of Wharton hopefuls from around the world ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
The Columbia Business School Indian alumni list will have another name added to it soon – Ramachandran Kasiraman. But this won’t be the first Ivy League university alumni list he’ll be on. He already has an MS from the University of Pennsylvania (yup, the same one that hosts the Wharton School). But despite his successful ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
It’s common knowledge that the average GMAT scores for Indians in the top programs are higher than the averages listed by MBA colleges on their websites. You may also know that the MBA admission chances in Round 2 are lesser than in Round 1. And as an icing on the cake, Indians are more likely ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
What does it take to get into an M7 or magnificent 7 business school? Each year our team at MBA Crystal Ball helps a select few candidates build their profile for GMAT GRE MBA programs and get into the world’s best b-schools. Neel Patil is going to Kellogg this fall. He shares the inspiring story ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
