This is our third blog in our five-part series on decoding the essay prompts for top MBA programs. You can read our blogs on the Harvard essay and the NYU Stern essay to approach these quirky and enigmatic prompts. The Columbia Business schools new campus lies in Manhattanville, in the city that never sleeps, New York. As Columbia Business School puts it ‘We are constantly pursuing,...
HBS receives about 10,000 applications year on year with a class size of about 1000 to fill. All applications come with great GMAT scores, fantastic GPAs and career trajectories. And then there’s the essay. In the countless discussions we have had with students who wish to pursue MBA abroad, the HBS essay conundrum makes it to the top. In this...
Throughout high school, you’ve been told repeatedly how important it is to score well on the ACT and SAT if you intend on going to college abroad. These standardized tests are used to measure key skills like reading comprehension, computational ability, and clarity of expression. In order to assess your readiness for college level work, the ACT/SATs are intentionally made...
International MBA applicants are often left to answer this question: Which round is better to send in the applications? Round1/2/3? Thank God this question doesn’t make it to the standardised test! The answer to this isn’t like an MCQ where a single answer is correct, neither are a combination of these right. Let’s instead look at some factors that determine your...
Indian students continue to thrive abroad. In the last decade there has been significant growth in the number of students wishing to study abroad (200,000 in 2011 to 770,000 in 2022). Fierce competition has led to students getting extremely high marks. There is also the added pressure of the pandemic....