mbatour is in town

Are you in Bangalore? Are you applying for MBA this fall or Are you an MBA aspirant?

If the above answers are “YES”, then MBA Tour brings you a lot of universities to the Silicon Valley of India, Bangalore. Lets catch up and do browse through to know your schools that are visiting as part of this tour. The event is a day long event tomorrow. See you all there

MBADreamz-10K hits Milestone

Thanks for all the support and assistance. The blog hit the 10K mark since its inception . The journey has been very good till now and I hope you enjoyed reading my journey as much as I did in reality.

Thanks for all the readers who have supported me through my good and bad times. MBADreamz is an effort to share the information and my voyage to a B-School and no voyage is joyful and entertaining without enthusiastic people on board like my readers- you all.

A Special thanks to my friends, especially Marquis, who has been with me throughout.

Thanks to all the MBA consultancies-MBAMission, TheArtofApplying, BeattheGMAT, ClearAdmit and Accepted.com-for featuring my article from time to time and giving me a unique exposure. Thanks Hella, ClearAdmit and BeattheGMAT for thinking me worthy enough to be in your database. It could not have been possible without your support.

I vow to keep on writing, writing my story to a b-school and thereafter also, if at all I make it, which I am definitely hopeful of.

Let this community grow and stay as a closely knitted family just like the alumni of a school stay

MBA Tour, Admission Events: Tips

Are you attending MBA Tour? or I guess you would have already started. In addition to MBA Tour, there are Admission Events that fall into the same league.

I feel most of you are also in the same boat as me. I have already attended quite a few admission events and going to be in the MBA Tour soon. Here are three articles, which I feel you must read if you are going to attend future events.

One will not find it interesting if someone is trying to go to a B-school just for the sake of an “MBA’ but if you are serious about your future and career like me, I feel you must find some time to go through these articles. I am sure, like me, you will notice the mistakes that you have committed in your past events, if you have attended any, and will definiteiyl be much better prepared hereon.

The articles are divided into three parts: Part 1 covers what one should do before the event. Part 2 concentrates on the various aspects that one should take into consideration while he is in the event, interacting with the adcom members. Part 3 elaborates on the what one should do after the event.

Before the Event: http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/08/10/the-mba-tour-before-during-and-after-part-1

During the Event: http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/08/18/the-mba-tour-before-during-after-part-2

After the Event: http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/08/26/the-mba-tour-before-during-after-part-3

BTG First Week Essay Webinars

As I mentioned earlier in my post, BeatTheGMAT began its webinars on breaking the essays. I attended both the webinars of Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business. Though I have taken notes for each of them, I feel they are kind of same from the video links. Hence, I am posting the video links directly rather than giving the gist.

Harvard Business School: http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/harvard-business-school-essays

Stanford Business School: http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/stanford-business-school-essays

Personally, I had to re-work on some of my essays after these webinars. Some of the tips are very useful and the presenters, including David Park, have done an amazing introspection into the essays.

BeatTheGMAT $100K Challenge Pre-Registration

Hello All, this is an amazing contest by BeatTheGMAT: $100K Challenge. Why I am applying: I want to win the first bumper prize. What is it? Well, it is something I feel is going to interest everyone out here in the MBA Aspirant Community. The Grand Prize is:

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Guided Tour of 5 Elite Business Schools — $25,000 Value

• Visit 5 Elite Business Schools: You’ll visit Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, Haas and one add’l US b-school of your choice.
• Network with Current MBA Students: You’ll meet with at least 2 current MBA students at each of the schools to gain perspectives on life at the schools and what it takes to get in.
• Get All Expenses Paid by Beat The GMAT: We’ll pay for everything – flights from anywhere in the world, hotels, transportation, food and entertainment. Think of it as an awesome one-week vacation!
• Receive Personal Coaching: Throughout the week that you’re here, Eric (Beat The GMAT’s Founder, Stanford ’04, ’05) and David (Beat The GMAT’s CEO, MIT ’94, Harvard Law ’99, McKinsey, BCG) will provide advice on your application strategy.

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I don’t know about you but I am definitely in the race. Can’t have any better opportunity.

What are you waiting for? Go and try your luck the only thing you must have is a facebook account.

Registration Link: http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/100k

Sherlock Holmes tips on GMAT

This is an amazing article by ClearAdmit. It quotes Sherlock Holmes:

“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” – Sherlock Holmes

Did you find the link between the quote and the GMAT. In short, GMAT, to certain extent, is all bout making strategies and eliminating all possible wrong answers till you find the right answer. Don’t we follow the same logic while answering questions of GMAT. Irrespective of whether it is the quantitative section or the verbal section, process of elimination is a handy tool. If we are in confusion, it helps in increasing the probability of answering the question correctly, If we know the answer, it helps in answering the questions faster by eliminating the obvious errors.

The article concentrates on this aspect exactly. A Must read for GMAT aspirants. In fact, the logic applies to all competitive examinations such as  GMAT, GRE, CAT, SAT and many more you can name. Enjoy reading the article: http://blog.clearadmit.com/2010/09/gmat-tip-what-sherlock-holmes-can-teach-you-about-gmat-inferences/

Free B-School Essay workshops

Yes, its all free and its coming. Thanks to David Park, CEO, BeatTheGMAT, for passing that valuable piece of information. I will be there for four of my choices out of 9. What are you waiting for: Go and Register yourself at http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/write-like-an-expert-series. In David’s words from the email:

“We just announced the free workshops tonight.  Over the next 4 weeks, we’re going to have 9 sessions where an admissions consultant walks through every single essay from the top b-schools. Each of the 9 sessions will be devoted to a single school – the HBS session is next week.”

Honestly, I have been reading some of the experts comments and views for an year now and I, strongly, recommend all of you to make full use of this amazing opportunity. Good Luck!!! and see you there at some of the sessions. I have already registered.

Between, I am happy that my last post on Dating at Harvard has generated so much interest in the community. In fact, the post is the most active one as of now. Will I join HBS? Only Time will tell