Kellogg MBA Curriculum - Analysis
To give you a complete picture of what Kellogg MBA is offering, I cover:
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MIT Sloan MBA Curriculum - Analysis
To give you a complete picture of what MIT Sloan MBA is offering, I cover:
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MBA for Venture Capital Career - Curriculum Structure
Almost all top MBA schools around the world have specialization or elective courses that deal particularly with venture capital. This is in line with the significant percentage of post-MBA graduates going into the venture capital industry or working with VCs as product managers and entrepreneurs.
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Harvard Business School, and Chicago Booth have the largest percentage of alumni working as venture capitalists.
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IMD vs. INSEAD MBA – Curriculum Overview (Analysis)
IMD and INSEAD have structured their curriculum with focus on two different learning objectives. IMD with building skills for those working in the Consulting and Operations functions while INSEAD for those in the Finance and Consulting industries.
IMD: Four phases are included in the one-year IMD Full-Time MBA Program.
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Top 3 MBA - Green Energy Consulting
When MBA applicants discuss about Energy careers, they often share the challenges of not having any resources that captures just ‘Green and Clean Energy’ and not just Sustainability, which also includes inclusive growth, equity and representation of women and underrepresented minorities.
In this analysis, we have shortlisted three MBA programs that are leading in Green Energy Consulting and Green Energy Transition.
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What is the Duke Fuqua MBA FCCP?
With the majority of the latest class choosing Consulting, the Fuqua Client Consulting Practicum (FCCP) is the bridge that helps candidates transition to the new role. Every September, applications are sought from clients with a brief on the company problem and what the Fuqua MBA candidate is expected to solve.
What is the team size of Duke Fuqua FCCP?
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NYU Stern MBA - 3 Consulting focused Experiential Learning Programs
Experiential Learning vs. Case Study Method is a deeply debated topic. One goes with the assumption that learning through action is the best form of reinforcement learning while Case Study Method values the power of reflection instead of just experiential learning that has strict limitations on the potential solutions.
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What are the Global Learning Opportunities at HEC Paris EMBA?
The HEC Paris EMBA program offers two different study formats- weeklong (1 week every two months) and Weekend Format (Every other Friday and Saturday), and four flexible intakes, catering to the diverse personal and professional lifestyles of its participants.
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Harvard MBA - Curriculum Analysis
In the second part of the Harvard MBA Analysis, we cover Harvard's Term 1 and Term 2 courses, electives, FIELD projects, curriculum for Entrepreneurs, and Dual/Joint Degree programs.
To evaluate Harvard MBA's class profile and total cost, read the first part of the series – Harvard MBA Class Profile and Total Fees.
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What are Harvard MBA FIELD Courses?
The year-long immersive experience is designed with small teams as the principal participants. The immersive onsite experience reflects in the title of the experiential learning program - Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD).
In this analysis of Harvard MBA FIELD Courses, we cover:
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Stanford MBA - Curriculum Analysis
In the second part of the Stanford MBA Analysis, we cover Stanford’s core courses, electives, social innovation, international experience, curriculum for Entrepreneurial studies and Dual/Joint Degree programs.
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MIT MBA or Stanford MBA - Better Experiential Learning?
Atul Jose (Admissions Consultant): The word – “better” is the wrong word to use for this question. The two programs have two intended audiences. And the experiential learning program shows what each program prioritizes.
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INSEAD MBA - Curriculum Analysis
The 10-month duration is often a conundrum for many on the effectiveness of INSEAD’s curriculum. The school has designed five eight-week sessions, each culminating in an exam, essay, or project.
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LBS MBA - Curriculum Analysis
LBS MBA curriculum starts with the pre-term core courses in Accounting, Finance, and Statistics.
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Tuck MBA - Curriculum Analysis
In the second part of the Tuck MBA series, we cover the curriculum – the core, electives, dual degree, experiential learning, and global learning opportunities. Read the first part of our analysis, Tuck MBA - Class Profile and Total Fees.
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What is a Tuck Global Insight Expedition?
Atul Jose (Admissions Consultant, F1GMAT): Each March break, students embark on a global insight expedition with an advisor or two and explore a new country by interacting with corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, non-profit representatives, policymakers, and people operating at various levels of the organization.
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Tepper MBA - Class Profile, Funding, Salary & Curriculum
With 42% of the class from an Engineering background and a large percentage (23%) from diverse industries, Tepper MBA is a favorite for engineers and career switchers interested in transitioning from core technology to Consulting, General Management, and Product Management (Industrial).
In this in-depth analysis of the Tepper Full-time MBA program, we cover:
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Smeal MBA - Class Profile, Fee, Salary & Curriculum
Smeal Full-time MBA is among the top 5 schools for faculty quality and salary increase. With a 97% placement rate in three months, a mean base salary of $114,008, and a mean sign-on bonus of $26,179, Smeal MBA is an alternative to European top tier schools that offers a similar remuneration.
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Kelley MBA - Class Profile, Fee, Salary & Curriculum
Kelley School of Business offers one of the most economical top-ranked MBA programs in the United States with a $120,000 base salary (2021-22). The low living cost in Bloomington, Indiana, and an impressive placement record (94.8% receiving jobs within 90 days) provide a viable alternative to the top 20 MBA programs in the world.
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Rice MBA - Class Profile, Fee, Salary & Curriculum
Rice Full-time MBA program has earned the title of the most affordable top MBA program in addition to earning the distinction of ranking in the top 10 schools for Finance, Consulting and for minority representation.
In this in-depth analysis of Rice Full-time MBA program, we cover:
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Harvard Stanford or Wharton – Best PE MBA curriculum
Q) I am an IB professional targeting top schools for Private Equity. Which school has the best MBA curriculum for a PE career?
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Yale SOM MBA Curriculum Analysis
Welcome to F1GMAT’s #askAtulJose series. We get this question a lot.
Q) Is the Yale SOM MBA curriculum the best for leadership development?
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Wharton MBA Curriculum - Analysis
Welcome to F1GMAT's #askAtulJose series. I am Atul Jose. Today's question is important for anyone wondering how to leverage Wharton MBA's unique curriculum program. For those who need my assistance in planning their career,Subscribe to our career planning service here.
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Darden MBA Curriculum: Core Courses, Electives, Concentrations, DBP and Capstone Leadership Experience
Case Study Method is an integral part of teaching MBA students at Darden. The first year covers the core curriculum while the second year starts with Darden Business Projects and Electives. Darden was among the very few schools to have introduced Experiential Learning with Capstone Leadership Experience.
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4 Learning Methodologies in European MBA
Most European Full-time MBA programs are 10-15 months in duration. You have to have a clear understanding on what to expect before joining the MBA program. On an average you would be investing Euro 30000 per year for a European MBA program, excluding the living cost. It is essential that you research thoroughly about the curriculum.
Most 10-15 Month Full-time MBA curriculum are structured around four learning methodologies:
1) Simultaneous Learning: Curriculum designed for simultaneous learning has an early emphasis on internships and practical learning. One good example is the Hilary Term in Oxford Said MBA program.
The Hilary Term in Oxford Said MBA program has an interesting structure. After 18 Weeks of theory, the 19th Week introduces students to the Entrepreneurship project, followed by project assessment.
During the Entrepreneurship project, students have to develop a complete business plan in one week and present it during assessment to a panel of venture capitalists. All the dependent activities like Patents, Cash Flow projections and strategy should be ready before the assessment.
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Winning MBA Essay Guide - A Complete Guide for M7 and Top 15 MBA Application Essays
F1GMAT's Winning MBA Essay guide will teach you how to transform your essay into a life journey with trials and tribulations that will move the admission team.
+ Over 245 Sample Essays (Read Previews of F1GMAT's Winning MBA Essay Guide Sample Essays here)
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+ The Art of Storytelling
+ Leadership Narratives
+ Review Tips
+ Persuasion Strategies
+ The Secret to "unleashing" your unique voice
+ How to prepare and present for the Video Essay
+ How to write about your Strengths
+ How to write about your Weaknesses
+ Leadership Narratives
+ Review Tips
+ Persuasion Strategies
+ The Secret to "unleashing" your unique voice
+ How to prepare and present for the Video Essay
+ How to write about your Strengths
+ How to write about your Weaknesses
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Harvard MBA Essay Guide (20 Sample Essays)
Growth-Oriented Essay: Curiosity can be seen in many ways. Please share an example of how you have demonstrated curiosity and how that has influenced your growth. (up to 250 words)Example #1: Persistence Narrative
Background Information: The applicant – a design and music talent, shares her journey through several setbacks. She attributes curiosity to her growth.
Curiosity: Philosophy
Curiosity (Explained): Curiosity as a philosophy is tough to translate into a narrative unless you are from the creative industry or your contributions had an influence on a solution or an initiative.
MBA Essay Strategy: I wanted to capture the humanity of the applicant and her influence in music instead of just highlighting how she overcame multiple roadblocks to gain attention as a designer.
Theme: Persistence
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – Life Starts at NO (Growth-Oriented HBS MBA Essay Example)Example #2: International Community Building
Background Information: The applicant, a Machine Learning (ML) entrepreneur specializing in healthcare diagnostics, shares how his curiosity to learn other ML algorithms’ evolution in diagnosing Alzheimer’s, cancer, and heart disease transformed his platform into a global community.
MBA Essay Strategy: I wanted to show the applicant’s contributions in diagnostic from 2020 to 2024 by citing two events. Such examples build credibility instead of engagements that were recent. The evolution of the platform from an AI development community to a community for discussing the application of AI in diagnostics is captured through a ‘curiosity’ angle.
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – Growth through Collaboration (AI in Healthcare) (Growth-Oriented HBS MBA Essay Example)Example #3: Culture
Background Information: The applicant, an Entrepreneur from India narrates his first entrepreneurial experience – facilitating exchange of stamps in the late 1990s.
Theme: Culture
MBA Essay Strategy: Instead of addressing the biases in the investor community that could turn preachy, I wanted to focus on the applicant and his entrepreneurial journey by citing two entrepreneurial experiences – a platform(club) for stamp collection and his Grocery delivery App.
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – The American Dream (Growth-Oriented HBS MBA Essay Example)Example #4: Addiction
Background Information: The applicant – a beneficiary of the foster home system, captures the sacrifice his adopted grandparents made to save him from a path of addiction. Paying it back through early intervention among teenagers and community engagement is the curiosity narrative.
Theme: Addiction
MBA Essay Strategy: My strategy is to capture a gratitude narrative in the first one-third of the essay to demonstrate motivation for starting the venture and dedicate the latter part of the essay to the unique solution
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – Drug Addiction and Gaming (Growth-Oriented HBS MBA Essay Example)Example #5: Scarcity
Background Information: The applicant, an education major, recognizes that 70% of all students in Kenya don’t have a computer. The curiosity that drives him to pivot from one solution to another is the growth narrative.
Theme: Innovation
MBA Essay Strategy: Often, innovation is captured with a ‘hero’ narrative where the applicant is the sole originator of an idea. I wanted to break that cliché and include a person from whom the applicant learned to use a concept called ‘scaffolding.’
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – Scarcity (Growth-Oriented HBS Essay Example)Example #6: FinTech
Background Information: The applicant captures a vulnerable moment of a beneficiary to compare his journey of side hustle before a technology giant noticed his talent. Although cryptocurrency is not a flavor for the year, capture niches where innovation is still happening.
Theme: Education, Child Welfare
MBA Essay Strategy: Empathizing with a techno solution is tough without a strong backstory around the beneficiary. For the essay, I wanted to clearly establish the beneficiary – Rami, before the applicant narrates the similarities to his journey and finally shares the solution that emerged from his curiosity.
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – FinTech as a Tool for Good (Growth-Oriented HBS MBA Essay Example)Example #7: Learning from the best
Background Information: The applicant – a Remote Engineer in the Oil and Gas industry, reflects on a value that has helped her learn from the best regardless of her geographical limitations.
Theme: Learning
MBA Essay Strategy: The effectiveness of the case-study method depends on the assumption that peers in a Harvard MBA class will help elevate your learning experience. For the essay, I have highlighted the applicant’s recognition of this value proposition with three examples.
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – Learning from the Best (Growth-Oriented HBS MBA Essay Example)Example #8: Military & Search for IMPACT
Background Information: The most common narrative for US military applicants is to quote 9/11 and the reaction your immediate family had while watching the events unfold. The horrifying moment is captured as a motivation to join the Military. On digging deeper, most applicants would share that their motivations were diverse.
Theme: Career Choice
MBA Essay Strategy: I wanted to quickly highlight that the applicant had the choice of entering any industry. One achievement to demonstrate his curiosity that I shared in the first half is the invention of a game. Since the game is mentioned in the resume and verifiable through search, I didn’t quote the name. By clearly highlighting the person’s curiosity and career options, the family legacy is used as a factor in joining the military.
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – Career Choice after a Military Career (Growth-Oriented HBS MBA Essay Example)
Leadership-Focused Essay: What experiences have shaped who you are, how you invest in others, and what kind of leader you want to become? (up to 250 words)Example #9: Small Business Values
Background Information: The applicant - a second-generation Asian American, is familiar with the values of fiscal conservatism, building relationships, and understanding the daily struggles of the community through his family’s department store.
Theme: Customer-Centric
MBA Essay Strategy: The applicant’s role in developing an App for the store is highlighted in the essay at a crucial part of the narrative so that the essay is not all about his father. I have also humanized the journey – by sharing how upset the father was when the revenues fell by 40%. The essay is about the transformation in the applicant’s value from a person chasing productivity and optimization technique to someone who is truly thinking about the customers.
Read: Harvard MBA Leadership Essay – Small Business Values (Leadership-Focused HBS MBA Essay Example)Example #10: Breaking Away from Family Business
Background Information: A unique challenge that applicants whose parents are public figures or CXOs of businesses or entrepreneurs are the pressure to live up to the parent’s standards or milestones. For the leadership narrative, the burden of legacy is established before the narrative addresses his leadership principles.
Theme: Authenticity
MBA Essay Strategy: For the essay, I want to capture an entrepreneur’s journey to rise above his entrepreneur father’s image. But I didn’t want to make the entire essay about this complex dynamics. The narrative is around the applicant’s focus on customers and surrounding with teams who keeps him grounded.
Read: Harvard MBA Leadership Essay – Breaking Away from Family Business(Leadership-Focused HBS MBA Essay Example)Example #11: Creativity and Communication
Background Information: When the overall percentage of users with internet access is 62% in South Africa and the inequality accentuated by the rural and urban divide, the applicant endured the lack of digital infrastructure, and spending close to 22% of the family income on gaining relevant information on schools, global exams, and financial assistance.
Theme: Creativity, Communication
MBA Essay Strategy: The strategy is to share why the applicant values no distraction in a child’s home for optimum education experience. Then I highlight the many roadblocks the applicant’s non-profit faced in receiving fee waiver for their cooperative run ISP.
Read: Harvard MBA Leadership Essay – Non-Profit (Telecom) (Leadership-Focused HBS MBA Essay Example)Example #12: Mental Health
Background Information: The applicant like most didn’t pay much attention to the mental health epidemic until tragedy hit home.
Theme: Communication, Innovation
MBA Essay Strategy: A question we frequently get from applicants is whether they should cite tragedy in the family as a motivation for a venture or a non-profit initiative. As long as you don’t linger too much on the tragedy and offer a balanced narrative, there are no restrictions on leveraging unique stories from your life.
Read: Harvard MBA Leadership Essay – Mental Health (Leadership-Focused HBS MBA Essay Example)Example #13: Trauma, Healing & Finding Authentic Self
Background Information: The applicant narrates the absurdity of war in the narrative about the duties in Kabul, and the trauma. Instead of wallowing in on the horror, the applicant takes what makes military applicants strong and guides unprivileged children build life and leadership skills.
Theme: Resilience
MBA Essay Strategy: Capturing PTSD in an essay, the healing process, and the cues that helped the applicant are too sacred to be shared in a Harvard MBA application essay. However, with the right motivation and narrative arcs, you can capture the essence of your journey without sharing the darkest secrets. That is what I did by merging two stories – the horrors of the war with a non-profit engagement.
Read: Harvard MBA Leadership Essay – Military & PTSD (Leadership-Focused HBS MBA Essay Example)Example #14: Addiction, Setback and Leadership Mantra
Background Information: In this narrative, the applicant captures Peru’s Silver mining boom of 2006. The growth experienced in her father’s business shifted the family’s economic status to a new stratosphere. Through the changing economic and family dynamics, the applicant finds her voice in a unique way, initially to record her unheard voice but later as one of the youngest subject matter experts in mining and commodities.
Theme: Failure
MBA Essay Strategy: For the essay, the strategy is to show how life’s unpredictability is a blessing. By narrating two setback events, the essay demonstrates the applicant’s resilience and her acknowledgment of people who made a comeback possible.
Read: Harvard MBA Leadership Essay – Addiction, Setback and Leadership Mantra (Leadership-Focused HBS MBA Essay Example)Example #15: War, Immigration and Starting Over Again
Background Information: Despite a raging war in Syria, the family of the applicant was unblemished by the chaos. The strategic government assets near the applicant’s house would have made the region an easy target, but it was not. The calmness of her journey is shattered in one event. From the privileges of a cocooned life, the applicant is forced to think about survival, her sister’s future, and her future in the US. The second half of the narrative captures the change that was forced on her.
Theme: Gratitude, Resilience
MBA Essay Strategy: I consciously chose not to start the essay with a dialogue or trauma. Two lines are allocated to set up the narrative before the trauma event.
Read: Harvard MBA Leadership Essay – War, Immigration and Starting Over Again (Leadership-Focused HBS MBA Essay Example)Harvard MBA Business-Minded Essay: Please reflect on how your experiences have influenced your career choices and aspirations and the impact you will have on the businesses, organizations, and communities you plan to serve. (up to 300 words)
Example #16: Creative or Finance
Background Information: The applicant starts the narrative with the origin of her talents. The unbridled enthusiasm receives a reality check when in high school, the applicant’s father has a conversation with her about academics. While the applicant picked up her quant skills, she was reaching over 50,000 loyal fans, and her videos captured 1 million views.
Theme: Passion, Talent
MBA Essay Strategy: Capturing vulnerability is the toughest part for Harvard MBA applicants. For this essay example, I have captured the applicant’s uncertainty about career choice throughout the essay. Here the goal is to show vulnerability in the career choice essay while for leadership and growth essay, I could capture one example each from creative and PE industry respectively to balance the narrative. So don’t follow this example without a strategy.
Read: Harvard MBA Business-Minded Essay – Creative or Finance (Business-Minded HBS MBA Essay Example)- Stanford MBA Essay Guide (24 Sample Essays)
- Columbia MBA Essay Guide (21 Sample Essays)
- Wharton MBA Essay Guide (15 Sample Essays)
- INSEAD MBA Essay Guide (19 Sample Essays)
- Darden MBA Essay Guide (21 Sample Essays)
- Yale SOM MBA Essay Guide (15 Sample Essays)
- Tuck MBA Essay Guide (15 Sample Essays)
- Haas MBA Essay Guide (18 Sample Essays)
- NYU Stern MBA Essay Guide (15 Sample Essays + 6 Examples - Visual Essay)
- LBS MBA Essay Guide (6 Sample Essays)
- MIT Sloan MBA Essay Guide (6 Sample Cover Letters + 3 Sample Video Statement Scripts + 3 Sample Optional Essays)
- Kellogg MBA Essay Guide (11 Sample Essays)
- Chicago Booth MBA Essay Guide (12 Sample Essays)
- Ross MBA Essay Guide (31 Sample Essays)
- Duke Fuqua MBA Essay Guide (10 Sample Essays + Two 25 Random Things Samples)
- Cambridge MBA Essay Guide (12 Sample Essays)
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