You’ll only obscurantly come across the two, almost in conjunction with each other, in few MBA admission-outreach events, articles comparing MBA programs, and MBA program websites.
Nevertheless, these are two of the most keenly monitored and, often, proactively-managed indices by MBA programs.
Why?
Because they are strong, market-determined reflection of popularity of their programs.
Read moreHow many times last week you got uninterrupted four hours at work? (Uninterrupted means uninterrupted – no meetings, impromptu chat from boss or colleague, phone calls, and similar disturbances.)
Two hours?
One hour?
You’ll have to really stretch your memory to recall when you last got even one hour of uninterrupted time.
Not surprisingly, there are days when we wonder, “Did I get anything solid done today?”
Jason Fried, co-founder of 37 signals, in this satirical TED Talk argues that blocking Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube at workplace isn’t the solution. The solution, according to him and rightly so, is to have less meetings and less interruptions. And in the end, he suggests three solutions to get more done at workplace.
Read moreIf you look at enrollment figures (class size, in other words) of MBA programs, you’ll notice variations from year to year – mostly small, but few large.
Why does class size change?
Is it planned? Is it impacted by external factors? Or, sometimes it’s just random?
Let’s look into the reasons behind:
Read moreIf you’re an international applicant (to MBA programs), then you may not have to necessarily write TOEFL or similar tests such as IELTS or PTE, measuring your fluency in English. Instructions by schools regarding who needs to write and who doesn’t are quite clear in most cases, but most instructions aren’t very clear on what…
Read moreDoes the quality of English in your essays matter?
That’s no-brainer. It does. Higher the quality, the better it is. After all it’s reflective of your communication skills.
But how accommodative are admission committees of your sub-par English – rule-based things (grammar, punctuation, and spelling) as well as style (structure, transition, variation in sentences, and so on).
Before getting into it, let’s first see some of the examples (source: Harbus Essay Guide, a compilation of essays of 16 students admitted to class of 2017 at HBS) where admits to HBS deviated from the canons of good English (comments in brackets):
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