 | Your MBA Game Plan: Proven Strategies for Getting into the Top Business Schools |
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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.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #39354 in Books
- Published on: 2007-09-30
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 283 pages
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- ISBN13: 9781564149688
- Condition: New
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From the Back Cover
"With everything from essays and resume tips to detailed insider information, this handy guide is a must-have for MBA candidates."
--Karen Schweitzer, businessmajors.about.com
About the Author
Omari Bouknight and Scott Shrum are co-founders of MBA Game Plan, a top admissions service that provides essay and resume evaluation for a new generation of business professionals. They have been featured in a number of media outlets, such as BusinessWeek. The authors also host a popular blog about MBA admissions for BusinessWeek online. Omari Bouknight is a graduate of Harvard Business School and lives in Fremont, California. Scott Shrum is a graduate of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern and lives in Antioch, Illinois.
Most helpful customer reviews
45 of 47 people found the following review helpful.
Incredibly Helpful and Informative
By Maryann Ford
I am applying to business school this fall, and just got this book a week ago after hearing about it. I have already read it most of the way through, and I can say that it is DEFINITELY worth it. I have also read How to Get Into the Top MBA Programs and I can say that this book helps you at least as much as that one, in less than half the length. I actually consider that one to be good, but this one to be even better.
I really like how the authors describe a framework for getting your story together. I wonder if everyone will follow their advice to the letter, but I think they would benefit by doing so. The authors start by describing their framework, and then step through each part of it throughout the rest of the book. Like I mentioned, I have read nearly the whole thing (which I couldn't do with the other books I bought).
My favorite aspects of this book:
1) Advice on specific schools - Not everything that they tell you about a school is earth-shattering, but it's all good info. This is important info to consider when you apply to any school. A friend of mine at a Top 10 school read what they wrote about her school and agreed with what they said.
2) Interview prep - All of my target schools require interviews, and I really like the framework that they use in this section to help you prepare for the kinds of questions you will probably be asked.
3) Advice for applicants based on their backgrounds - This section is fairly short, but still contains good advice to think about as you write your essays, etc.
4) Essay analysis and advice - Other books also do this, but this book does a good job of breaking down essays by type and letting you know what schools tend to look for.
They also give good general advice like making sure that you and your recommenders are on the same page in terms of what to emphasize, etc. And the GMAT section looks like it has good advice, although that's the one section that I sort of skipped, since I already took the test. My only suggestions for improvement would be to expand the section that gives advice by type of applicant. And, they give advice for the top 30 schools, but not everyone is targeting those schools. So, maybe covering the top 50 would be better, although that of course would make it a lot longer. All in all, definitely worth picking up, especially if you want a smaller book that gives you the same advice that the bigger, more expensive ones give. These guys seem to know their stuff.
40 of 42 people found the following review helpful.A Pleasant Surprise!
By CalGrad
Wasn't sure what to expect from this book when I bought it, but it turned out to be a great overall resource! Has information about Top-30 Schools and general information about App Strategy, GMAT, Essays, and Letter of Recs.
Others to look at:
1. ABC of Getting the MBA Admissions Edge: My personal favorite. It covers Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, MIT, Chicago, Columbia, Berkeley, NYU, and INSEAD, but the strategies can be generalized to all schools.
2. Your MBA Game Plan: Great overall resource! Has information about Top-30 Schools and general information about App Strategy, GMAT, Essays, and Letter of Recs.
3. How to Get Into the Top MBA Programs: Very good Resource. The most comprehensive list of old essays.
4. Business Week Best Business Schools: In-Depth info on Top-30 Schools. Good reference to get the 411 on each school.
5. WSJ Top Business School: Good reference to what recruiters think of each school.
6. USNew's America's Best Graduate Schools: In my opinion the most comprehensive/accurate rankings (BW, WSJ, FT, Forbes) on the market.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.The Best Book on the Subject (... and I read a lot)
By MBA '08
I read a lot of books about MBA admissions. Your MBA Game Plan was the shortest, simplest ... and by far, the best! The book taught me about the admissions process - what schools are looking for in students, how I can demonstrate those qualities, and how to avoid the most common pitfalls of applying. More importantly, it helped me develop a clear, organized, and easy-to-execute gameplan that kept me on track throughout the (grueling!) journey that is MBA admissions. Thanks in large part to this game plan, I was accepted at Harvard Business School and Stanford's Graduate School of Business.
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