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Are you a consultant interested in applying to business school? Do you have competitive stats and impressive work experience, but few other qualities to distinguish you from the competition? Are you afraid that your application will appear trite, clichéd, and impersonal to the admissions committee because of lack of unusual experiences or unconventional roles or initiatives?Never fear! In The Consultant's Guide to MBA Admissions, Accepted.com editor Cindy Tokumitsu and co-author Linda Abraham, president and founder of Accepted.com, show readers how to imbue their applications with an individual, personal voice. This concise e-book, filled with constructive tips, improves your chances for acceptance at top b-schools by demonstrating how to:Develop a strategy for approaching the MBA application essays.Prepare for the admissions interview.Highlight strengths and ameliorate weaknesses.Polish MBA essays for content and style.Distinguish yourself from the competition.Through the case of Scott Murray, a fictional management consultant who is a composite of hundreds of applicants that Accepted.com has worked with over the years, Cindy provides the professional help necessary to distinguish him from his fellow consultants, present himself as a unique and involved individual, and achieve his goal of admission to top-ten business schools. In his application process to HBS, Cindy offers:Scott's strategy in approaching his application.Insightful comments on his six essays.Advice on his interview.One letter of recommendation.By applying the counsel directed towards Scott to your own situation, you will be better able to:Portray yourself as a distinctive individual with something unique to contribute.Write compelling essays that grab the adcom's attention and increase your chances of acceptance.Excel in your interview.Benefit from your letters of recommendation.Choose a school when faced with multiple acceptances.After following the guidance contained in The Consultant's Guide, you no longer need to fear being viewed as a typical applicant!

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Since 2001, when she launched Stacy Blackman Consulting, Stacy Blackman has helped clients gain admission to every top business school in the world. Stacy has been profiled in several publications, including Fortune Magazine, BusinessWeek, and the Wall Street Journal.Since his graduation from the Harvard Business School, Daniel J. Brookings has worked as a strategy consultant. Since 2003, Daniel has advised scores of MBA applicants on how to create an effective personal branding strategy and craft compelling applications.Now Stacy Blackman and co-author Daniel J. Brookings share their MBA admissions secrets in this concise guide, featuring 56 short, easy-to-digest chapters!

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Expert advice helps you get into the business school of your choiceEarning an MBA from a leading business school can be an important career boost. But first you have to get accepted. This straight-talking guide is dedicated to helping you conquer the business school admission process. Here, Phil and Carol Carpenter show you, step-by-step, how to confidently develop your own winning marketing campaign, including: Tips on matching your strengths and interests with those of your target schools Candid interviews with admissions directors and alumni Advice on writing focused, persuasive essays Twenty actual applicant essays on frequently asked topics —with frank evaluations of why these essays worked Ratings of the top programs from U.S. News & World Report "This easy-to-read guide demystifies the MBA admissions process. It provides a detailed and useful strategy for all MBA applicants by illustrating ways in which applicants can exert control and influence over the process." — "Candid and comprehensive...the Carpenters write with the voice of experience and share practical knowledge rather than generalized suggestions." —Jon Megibow, Director of Admissions University of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration

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Product Description The only official verbal review for the GMAT from the creators of the test.  Anyone preparing for the Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT) knows it's important to study with the experts. With The Official GMAT Verbal Review, 2nd Edition, you'll get questions, answers, and explanations straight from the source. The only official verbal review for the GMAT Exam, this book targets your study and helps you improve your verbal skills by focusing on your ability to read and comprehend written material, to reason and evaluate arguments, and to correct written material to conform to standard English. Inside, you'll find 300 actual questions from past GMAT tests, including 75 questions new to this edition Sections on Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, Sentence Correction, and Analytical Writing Assessment Questions organized in order of difficulty to save study time The Graduate Management Admission Council certifies all content so you can trust that you're getting expert guidance as you prepare for the GMAT Exam. The Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC) is the association of leading graduate business schools around the world. GMAC's mission is to meet the needs of business schools and students through a wide array of products, services, and programs. It is the owner and administrator of the Graduate Management Admissions Test® (GMAT), the first and only standardized test specifically designed for graduate business and management programs. Available in nearly 100 countries, it is the global standard for entry to the MBA degree course. Top Myths About the GMAT® Myth – If I don’t score in the 90th percentile, I won’t get into any school I choose. Fact – Very few people get very high scores. Fewer than 50 of the more than 200,000 people taking the GMAT test each year get a perfect score of 800. Thus, while you may be exceptionally capable, the odds are against your achieving a perfect score. Also, the GMAT test is just one piece of your application packet. Admissions officers use GMAT scores in conjunction with undergraduate records, application essays, interviews, letters of recommendation, and other information when deciding whom to accept into their programs. Myth – Getting an easier question means I answered the last one wrong. Fact – Getting an easier question does not necessarily mean you got the previous question wrong. To ensure that everyone receives the same content, the test selects a specific number of questions of each type. The test may call for your next question to be a relatively hard problem-solving item involving arithmetic operations. But, if there are no more relatively difficult problem-solving items involving arithmetic, you might be given an easier item. Most people are not skilled at estimating item difficulty, so don’t worry when taking the test or waste valuable time trying to determine the difficulty of the questions you are answering. Myth – You need very advanced math skills to get a high GMAT score. Fact – The math skills questions on the GMAT test are quite basic. The GMAT test only requires basic quantitative analytic skills. You should review the math skills (algebra, geometry, basic arithmetic) presented in both The Official Guide for GMAT® Quantitative Review, 2nd Edition, and in The Official Guide for GMAT® Review, 12th Edition, but the required skill level is low. The difficulty of GMAT Quantitative questions stems from the logic and analysis used to solve the problems and not the underlying math skills. Myth – It is more important to respond correctly to the test questions than it is to finish the test. Fact – There is a severe penalty for not completing the GMAT test. If you are stumped by a question, give it your best guess and move on. If you guess incorrectly, the computer program will likely give you an easier question, which you are likely to answer correctly, and the computer will rapidly return to giving you questions matched to your ability. If you don’t finish the test, your score will be reduced greatly. Failing to answer five verbal questions, for example, could reduce your score from the 91st percentile to the 77th percentile. Pacing is important. Myth –The first 10 questions are critical and you should invest the most time on those. Fact – All questions count. It is true that the computer-adaptive testing algorithm uses the first 10 questions to obtain an initial estimate of your ability; however, that is only an initial estimate. As you continue to answer questions, the algorithm self-corrects by computing an updated estimate on the basis of all the questions you have answered, and then administers items that are closely matched to this new estimate of your ability. Your final score is based on all your responses and considers the difficulty of all the questions you answered. Taking additional time on the first 10 questions will not game the system and can hurt your ability to finish the test. Myth – I need to speak US English in order to do well on the GMAT. Fact- Essay grading is not affected by dialect of English. Questions on the GMAT are evaluated to ensure they are fair for all examinees, whether in the US or around the world.

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Comprehensive preparation for the Graduate Management Admission Test begins with an overview and introduction to the GMAT, which is a computer-adaptive test. A diagnostic test with answers precedes an extensive "Correct Your Weaknesses" section, which presents separate chapters on essay writing, reading comprehension, sentence correction, critical reasoning, and math. Two full-length practice tests with questions that reflect recent GMATs come with answers, analyses, and directions for evaluating the test taker's score. The manual's concluding section discusses business school basics, with advice on choosing a school, coping with the application procedure, financing a business school education, and entering the job market.

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Harvard Business School is the iconic business school. An admission ticket to HBS is a hot commodity and an HBS degree is highly respected in the business world.  This book, written by an HBS grad and seasoned businesswoman, tells you why. It is a distillation of the most valuable and pragmatic but yet easiest to learn concepts taught at HBS.

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Instant Recommendation Letter Kit - THIRD EDITION: is an update and expansion of the perennial best-selling book, and now includes 79 real-life letter templates. This book is the leading resource on the planet on how to write ALL types of recommendation and reference letters. It covers ALL types of recommendation letters: personal, business, character, employment, and college admission. The first 60 pages is a unique style guide containing tips, tricks, pointers, advice and information about how to write EVERY kind of recommendation and/or reference letter. The remainder of the book is a collection of 79 real-life fully-formatted sample letter templates that cover every recommendation letter situation imaginable. All owners of the Kit get a SPECIAL E-MAIL ADDRESS AT WHICH THEY CAN ORDER A FREE SET OF ALL 79 OF THE LETTER TEMPLATES from the book, which they can then download straight into their word processor and work with (MS-Word). The Kit also contains a bonus chapter on how to write college admission essays and personal statements, including a number of samples, as well as a researched collection of links to the top recommendation letter sites on the Net. This Kit is a unique "must-have" writing resource if you need help writing ANY kind of recommendation letter or reference letter.

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