What does the future look like for business schools and aspiring MBAs? In this episode of The mbaMission Podcast, host Harold Simansky and mbaMission Executive Director Jessica Shklar sit down with Joshua Margolis, who is the James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School (HBS) and Unit Head for its Organizational Behavior Unit, to explore how AI is reshaping the MBA experience, why business schools remain essential, and how to define leadership in an age of rapid technological change.
Business school admissions committees ask about your activities outside of work, but what are they really looking for? Although much about the admissions process can be unpredictable, business schools generally have clear expectations for what an applicant’s extracurricular profile should look like and include—and understanding those expectations is key to building a stronger application.
As you are working on your MBA applications, you will inevitably come across an opportunity to write an optional essay. Virtually every application has one. But do you need to write an optional essay? What exactly is it for? And who should use it?
Product managers in the technology industry oversee the product development process and are typically responsible for product strategy and owning the product roadmap, a document that outlines product priorities across a development timeline. Because product managers can have a lot of say as to what ultimately gets developed, their work can have great impact on external audiences who interact with the product, such as users, customers, and developer communities.
If you are applying to MBA programs in the coming year, you have likely heard about GMAT or GRE test requirements, and you might be wondering whether you absolutely have to take an admissions exam to apply.
Although most top MBA programs do require a standardized test score as part of their application, some exceptions do exist, with certain schools offering test waivers. A candidate who is granted a test waiver will not be required to take an exam. In this post, we offer an overview of the current GMAT/GRE test waiver opportunities for candidates applying to U.S. full-time MBA programs.
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