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School Selection: Higher Ranked Program or A Huge Scholarship?

Apr, 03, 2008


See here for my other posts on school selection. A reader of this blog poses the following problem: He has been admitted to both Chicago GSB and Indiana University Kelley MBA programs. Kelley is offering him a very huge scholarship that completely pays for his two year MBA. Chicago GSB is offering no scholarship. He […]


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Winning the Graduate Admissions Game Presentation

Mar, 24, 2008


On April 6, 2008 at 6:30pm, I made a presentation, “Winning the Graduate Admissions Game,” at Good Day Books in Ebisu, Tokyo.My presentation focused on how MBA applicants should develop a winning strategy for playing the graduate admissions game on their own terms. I want to thank everyone who came.-Adam Markus アダム マーカスMBA留学、LLM留学、大学院留学


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School Selection: Paying for It

Mar, 21, 2008


This is the third in series of posts on school selection for both those in the process of selecting where to apply to and those deciding where to attend. The first post is here. The second post is here.How I can pay for tuition and all related costs? Except for the rich, the cost of […]


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School Selection: Location Matters!

Mar, 19, 2008


This is the second in series of posts on school selection for both those in the process of selecting where to apply to and those deciding where to attend. The first post is here. The third post is here. LOCATION really does matter. Be sure that you will be able to thrive in whatever kind […]


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MIT Sloan MBA 1st-Year Student Interview

Mar, 18, 2008


(CLICK HERE FOR FALL 2009 MIT SLOAN CLASS OF 2011 ESSAY QUESTION ANALYSIS. ) First-year MIT Sloan MBA student and blogger, Kaz, was kind enough to answer a series of questions. Before coming to MIT Sloan, Kaz worked for one of Japan’s large trading firms for nine years. He spent three years in the Tokyo […]


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School Selection: Where to apply? Where to go?

Mar, 18, 2008


This is the first in series of posts on school selection for both those in the process of selecting where to apply to and those deciding where to attend. See my other related posts on academic fit, ranking, location, financing your education, and prestige. From my perspective, when deciding where you are going to spend […]


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Q&A with McCombs MBA Student Adcom Member & Blogger

Mar, 11, 2008


Tatsuya Ishihara, who will be graduating from the MBA program at McCombs this spring, was kind enough to answer my questions regarding his experience. I have previously mentioned Tatsuya’s blog, which is a great source of information on his experience in Austin. After graduating from Shimonoseki City University (he also studied as an exchange student […]


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Waitlisted? Now what?

Mar, 04, 2008


You can find an updated version of this post here. This seems to be a very tough year to get admitted. I think we can assume next year will be even worse because more Americans will be applying to graduate school in lieu of being unemployed or underemployed. When the US economy goes bad, applications […]


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Additional Comments Regarding "The 98"

Feb, 10, 2008


Click here for all of my rankings tables together in one post. In regards to “The 98,” my MBA program ranking by salary, I wanted to make some additional comments. One advantage of a salary-based list of programs worldwide is that it helps to see the rising market value of MBA programs. It also means […]


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"Real" Global MBA Rankings for 2008: "The 98"

Feb, 09, 2008


June, 19, 2008 Update: Please also see my comparison and averaged ranking of “Top 20” MBA rankings in Businessweek, US News and World Report, FT, Wall Street Journal, EIU, and Forbes. See also my ranking of “Top 20” programs by acceptance rate. Click here for all of my rankings tables together in one post.The “Real” […]


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