The road towards bschool admission is long and tedious. During my application preparation, I did a LOT of online research throughout all stages of application: Bschool market analysis, GMAT, essays, interviews, admission confirmation. For all these purposes, I found many websites helpful that I would like to share in this post:
Rankings are neither the single source of all wisdom nor should they be used as the only criterion for school selection. They do provide though a good overview of the bschool market and definitely helped me to create a long-list of interesting schools.
- http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/
- http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings
- http://www.economist.com/business-education/whichmba/
- http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools
- http://www.wiwi-online.de/start.php?a_title=605 (German)
- http://www.mba-studium.net/content/view/44/96/ (German)
The GMAT is one of the first hurdles to pass. GMAT preparation forums are a good way to get in touch with peers and ask questions. Oh, and reading posts from crazy guys doing their GMAT for the fifth time in a row definitely helps to get motivated.
Maybe everyone starts off sort of clueless with all these essay questions. Well, I did. Some sites out there give some good advice on how to write meaningful essays. They contain lots of info about essay questions, interviews logs with adcoms, sample essays, etc.
- http://blog.accepted.com/
- http://blog.clearadmit.com/
- http://www.vibranture.com/essay/mba-essay-writing-tips.htm
- http://www.mbagameplan.com/mba_essay_samples/essay_library.html
General discussion forums are out there to answer all remaining questions. People share their stats, discuss about school pros & cons, share interview preparation tips, etc. Of course, there’s also a lot of spamming, but underneath a big pile of exhibitionism and image complexes, one can often find sparks of good information. Besides, if it’s not valuable, it’s entertaining!
- http://gmatclub.com/forum/business-school-and-mba-115/
- http://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?folderId=1&listMode=13&nav=messages&webtag=bw-bschools
- http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/
To all readers who are working on their application and stumbled upon this post: Hope this helps you just as much as other blogs helped me. Good luck.
