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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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With graduates from top business schools bringing home six-figure pay packages and entering into exciting fields such as private equity, high-tech, investment banking, and management consulting, the MBA has rapidly become the world's most desired degree. As a result, the competition for admission into select programs is fierce; some admit less than 15 percent of applicants. In this challenging environment, Your MBA Game Plan is the resource you need--it has helped thousands get into the best schools and achieve their career aspirations. You could be next. Written by the co-founders of a leading business school admissions service, this book will guide you through the demanding application process and help you differentiate yourself in the ever-growing pool of applicants. Your MBA Game Plan will show you how to: * Maximize your chances of admission to a top business program. * Ace the GMAT. * Craft compelling essays and resumes that highlight your most salient attributes and make you stand out to the admissions committee. * Perform flawlessly during your admissions interviews. * Prepare your recommenders to effectively support your admissions bid. * Select target schools and highlight the personal characteristics and skill sets that they look for. This revised edition includes sample essays and resumes from successful applicants, fresh insight on 30 leading business schools, and advice specifically tailored to international students.

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“Applicants looking for the competitive edge in getting accepted at the business school of their choice may want to peruse this book.” –Security Traders HandbookEvery year, thousands apply for a finite number of places in business schools. With similar grades, backgrounds, and goals, sometimes the only thing that can make an applicant stand out is the application essay. It’s the best chance you have to shine and tip the balance in your favor.Essays That Worked for Business Schools shows that the best essays are brief, sincere, and personal. Some are off the wall, some are bold, all are unique to their creator. One applicant writes about starting his own airline. Another tells about the corruption in his job as a defense contractor. And a third reflects on his license plate. From the thousands submitted each year, the forty essays in this book were considered some of the best by admissions officers at the nation’s top business schools. As this collection demonstrates, with creativity and effort you can turn almost any topic into an effective, successful essay for your business school application.

Unlike most graduate programs, business schools prefer that their students have previous work experience. This does not mean that your goose is cooked if you haven't put in two years on Wall Street. In fact, according to the editors of Essays That Worked for Business Schools, B-school admissions officers are growing weary of investment banking. "Given comparable work experience and success," says one, "I'd much rather take someone who has run a farm in Iowa than an investment banker." Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar have arranged these application essays by subject matter, and their introductions to each section are as helpful as the essays themselves. When writing about your strengths and weaknesses, they warn, don't choose weaknesses that are actually strengths in disguise (e.g., "I work too hard," "I'm too much of a leader"). "Such 'weaknesses,'" they say, "can tag a writer as insincere and sly." On the subject of the MBA itself, they advise, "If you can provide examples of previous accomplishments and show that you need more business education for continued success, your application will be hard to ignore." Like most red-blooded Americans, B-school admissions officers admire a bold, entrepreneurial spirit, so when you're relating your finest accomplishment, say the editors, "try to look for an instance when you solved a tough problem with an unconventional insight." And one last thing. Don't fret too much about your writing skills. "We aren't looking for future authors or even scholars, necessarily," say the admissions folks. "We're looking for future business leaders." --Jane Steinberg

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Now totally revised -- the 3rd edition of The Ten-Day MBA includes the latest topics taught at America's top business schools, including leadership, corporate ethics and compliance, financial planning, and real estate. This internationally acclaimed guide (more than 200,000 copies sold in the United States and around the world) distills the material of the most popular business-school courses taught at Harvard, Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, Northwestern, and the University of Virginia. Silbiger's research comes straight from the notes of real MBA students attending these top programs today. You will learn how to: Read and understand financial statements Develop effective and comprehensive marketing plans Understand accounting rules and methods Manage your relationship with your boss Develop corporate strategies Understand the present value concept Use quantitative techniques to evaluate projects Value stock, bond, and option investments Understand the language of business law Master the most-used MBA jargon At the rate of one easy-to-understand chapter a day, this classic business book enables readers to absorb the material, speak the language, and acquire the confidence and experience needed to succeed in the competitive global business world of the twenty-first century.

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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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Please note that this is a 2nd edition book that is currently out of print. The current edition is titled Secrets to Getting into Business School: 100 Proven Admissions Strategies to Get You Accepted at the Business School of Your Dreams.

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THE MOST UP-TO-DATE EDITION OF THE GROUNDBREAKING BUSINESS-SCHOOL GUIDE FROM THE WORLD'S MOST RESPECTED BUSINESS PUBLICATION For years, prospective M.B.A. students seeking guidance on which business schools to consider have had to rely on rankings compiled with vague methodologies, subject to the biased opinions of students and school administrators. Now come The Wall Street Journal and Harris Interactive, the worldwide market-research firm, with their third annual survey that has become the single most important reference tool for students, school administrators, and corporate recruiters. Using a carefully constructed methodology and Harris Interactive's online polling expertise, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the Top Business Schools 2004 shows students what corporate recruiters -- the "buyers" of budding management talent -- really think of the schools and their students. Each profile of the 50 top M.B.A. programs, as well as of the 50 runners-up, includes information on admissions, enrollment, test scores, the industries and companies most likely to hire the school's graduates, and graduates' expected first-year salaries. The Wall Street Journal Guide to the Top Business Schools 2004 also covers: THE DEBATE OVER THE VALUE OF AN M.B.A. DEGREE • THE SMARTEST APPLICATION STRATEGIES • SURVIVAL TACTICS FOR A BLEAK JOB MARKET THE SALARY AND BONUS OUTLOOK • TOP SCHOOLS FOR MINORITIES TOP SCHOOLS FOR WOMEN • ETHICS EDUCATION IN A POST-ENRON WORLD and includes lists of: TOP PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS • TOP LARGE AND SMALL SCHOOLS • TOP SCHOOLS BY REGION • TOP SCHOOLS BY INDUSTRY • TOP SCHOOLS BY ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE • "HIDDEN GEMS"

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The same critical information top business schools teach Based on Professor Stralser's popular seminar series, MBA in a Day? is specifically designed for the busy professional (physician, attorney, architect, nonprofit executive, etc.) or entrepreneur/small business owner, who needs to know about the "business-side" of their practice, organization or business. With comprehensive coverage of vital business topics, important concepts and proven strategies taught at top graduate schools, this handy book offers a complete business education without the hassle of enrolling in an MBA program. Divided into four sections covering management and policy; economics, finance, and accounting; marketing; and systems and processes; this straightforward guide is easy to navigate and simple to use. Packed with illustrative examples, helpful anecdotes, and real-world case studies, this commonsense guide covers everything busy professionals would learn at the very best business schools-if they only had the time. Steven Stralser, PhD (Phoenix, AZ), is Clinical Professor and Managing Director, The Global Entrepreneurship Center at Thunderbird: The American Graduate School of International Management and founder and CEO of The Center for Professional Development, Inc., an organization dedicated to post-graduate training and education of today's professionals.

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Inside the Minds: Textbook Marketing is the most authoritative book ever written on the essentials of marketing, for the business professional. Featuring Marketing Chairs from some of the nation’s leading Business Schools, these pages brim with insights from those at the height of their profession, who have each contributed chapters akin to objective, experience-related, white papers or essays on the core issues of marketing, to make for an overarching as well as in-depth presentation of the fundamentals – the unspoken rules and the important issues for the future. From the history of marketing matters to the key concepts that help to govern the ways in which business operates today, this book pulls readers through all facets of marketing strategy from beginning to end. The different niches represented and the varied perspectives presented, enable readers to really get inside the great academic minds of marketing as they go back to basics in a must-read for every business professional.