College Scholarships for Undergraduates
Education-Portal.com has posted a list of 5 scholarships to apply for in March. The list includes the Doodle for Google Scholarship, a bi-weekly college sweepstakes from SunTrust, and several other college scholarship sweepstakes that are open to undergraduate business students.
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Graphic Novel Textbook
BusinessWeek recently posted a story about a new graphic novel textbook that has been made required reading at Texas Tech's Rawls College of Business. The graphic novel, Atlas Black: Managing to Succeed, tells the story of a student who is trying to manage his college education and plan for his future career. Watch this Atlas Black video to learn more about the textbook.
What do you think about this idea? Would you like to see a graphic novel as a textbook in your business school classroom? Post your comments below.
Is a Master's Degree the Right Choice?
Thinking about earning a master's degree in business? Check out this article, which lists reasons to get a master's degree and information about choosing a master's degree program:
MBA Applicants Choose GMAT Over GRE
Despite the alterations that are being made to the GRE to make it more business school friendly, aspiring MBA applicants still prefer the GMAT over the GRE, according to a new survey from Kaplan Test Prep. The company surveyed 300 aspiring MBA applicants to see which test was preferred. Fifty-five percent of respondents said they would rather take the GMAT, while 12 percent said they would take the GRE. The remaining respondents said they would probably take both tests.
Which test would you rather take: the GMAT or the GRE? Post your comments below.
Featured Business School: Mason
The College of William and Mary's Mason School of Business offers challenging academic programs at the undergraduate and graduate level. The MBA program is known for being top-notch. The undergraduate programs are also unique: Mason allows students to design their own education program based on strengths, interests, and aspirations. Read more about Mason School of Business.
More Tips to Manage Yourself in the Last Round of MBA Applications
The following is a guest post from Yael Redelman-Sidi, an experienced MBA admissions consultant who provides customized guidance for business school students. If you are currently in the process of applying to top MBA programs and would like an objective evaluation of your profile, chances and how to improve them, send your resume, along with GMAT score and school list to Yael at Admit 1 MBA for a free evaluation.
How to Manage Yourself in the Last Round of MBA Applications (Part One)
Here are more tips to evaluate your chances in the last rounds of MBA applications and decide on the next steps moving forward:
Are your essays presenting you in the best possible way?
Print your essays and read them as if they are not your own or let an expert admission consultant give you feedback--the fact that you have been using your essays multiple times doesn't mean they are the best representation of you.
Is your CV optimized?
You shouldn't use your job search resume for your MBA application. The MBA resume has to be much more focused on skills and impacts, rather than a job description of what you do on a daily basis.
Are your career goals realistic?
Employability is a big word in this economy, especially for career switchers and even more so for international students. This is not to say that you shouldn't discuss your plans to move up the ladder and get a top job at investment banking/marketing/consulting/trading firm, but you want to make sure you have a very strong story on how you're going to get that job, and what you'll do if you don't find your dream job. A Columbia admission representative mentioned in a recent panel in NYC that the school is looking for resilient students--people who have ambition but know how to adapt to the environment.
Tips to Manage Yourself in the Last Round of MBA Applications
The following is a guest post from Yael Redelman-Sidi, an experienced MBA admissions consultant who provides customized guidance for business school students. If you are currently in the process of applying to top MBA programs and would like an objective evaluation of your profile, chances and how to improve them, send your resume, along with GMAT score and school list to Yael at Admit 1 MBA for a free evaluation.
How to Manage Yourself in the Last Round of MBA Applications (Part One)
We are in the midst of the last rounds of MBA applications, which are probably the most difficult application rounds for top MBA schools. Here are some tips on how to evaluate your chances and decide on the next steps moving forward:
What are the results of your previous applications?
If you have applied in previous rounds, take a look at the results to get a good reality check. Did you get interviews? Were you placed on the waitlist? Did you just get dinged from some schools? These results should give you a reality check on what your chances are at other similar schools.
Are you realistic about your school list?
Take a realistic look at your profile - have you applied to schools where your stats are outside of GMAT /GPA or work experience of the average class profile? If not, consider trying to improve or change your stats where relevant - retake the GMAT, add an analytical class, or wait another year to gain more work experience and therefore significant accomplishments.
Check back tomorrow for three more useful tips.
Free GMAT Tests
Free GMAT tests are a great way to practice for the real GMAT test. Most GMAT prep books include at least one free GMAT test. There are also a number of different places to find free GMAT tests online.
Related Resources
Weekly Scholarship Contest from CollegeNET
CollegeNET, an education blog/social network is awarding a weekly scholarship to students. Scholarships are awarded through interactive participation on the site's forums. Students are encouraged to use the forum to discuss issues that matter to them. Forum participants then democratically receive votes from other students who like the topics they are writing about. The student who gets the most votes on Wednesday of each week receives a scholarship for between $3,000 and $5,000. The current weekly CollegeNET scholarship contest (worth $4,000) closes on March 10, 2010 at 3:00 PM PST.
If you are looking for a scholarship contest that awards money regardless of age, economic status, grades, ethnic background, essay writing skills, etc., this is the scholarship contest for you. Read more about the CollegeNET Weekly Scholarship Contest.
Universities with the Best Professors
RateMyProfessors.com, an online site that allows students to rate their professors, recently announced its annual ranking of the highest rated college professors. Rankings are based on student's ratings from the site. The highest ranked professor was Kimberly Duvall-Early of James Madison University. The three universities with the highest rated professors included:
- Southeastern Louisiana University
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Brigham Young University
See all of the Professor Top Lists on RateMyProfessors.com.