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“Being alone with their own thoughts for more than 15 minutes was apparently so aversive that it drove many participants to self-administer an electric shock that they had earlier said they would pay to avoid.” Apparently, many people would choose to shock themselves just to avoid the trouble of significant introspection. The above is a…

This year, Harvard Business School admitted a student with a 510 GMAT score, a low GMAT score compared to the class median of 730. Last year, another applicant earned a place at HBS with a low GMAT score of 570. That particular MBA applicant was an NFL football player who headed up the player’s association during…

Thinking about using an elite MBA degree to change your career? It’s a common goal, but it can make the MBA admissions process a bit more difficult. Check out my tips for convincing the admissions committee that you can succeed in the change. MBA Careers: Switching Careers Successfully with an MBA  

Will your resume hold up to the intense scrutiny of an MBA admissions committee and let your MBA Application sail through ?? Early Career MBA : When applying as an early career applicant makes sense    

You’ve completed the MBA application process but you didn’t get the results that you wanted. Perhaps you got into a few schools, but did not quite make your first choice. And now, you’re ready to try again. First, I just want to remind you that it takes a lot of strength to pick yourself up…

One look at the beauty aisle of your local pharmacy will show you just how much modern society values youth over age. Products scream “anti-aging!” and vow to make you look 10 years younger in two minutes. Models are young and beautiful, and Photoshop is always there to do away with even the slightest wrinkle.…

Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen is perhaps best known for coining the term “disruptive innovation,” but recently, he’s expressed concern that his own employer missed a chance at such innovation. The debate centers on HBX, Harvard Business School’s venture into online education, and it includes another major player on the HBS scene- Professor Michael…

Successful MBA candidates come from a huge variety of backgrounds and have tremendously different interests. However, most of them share these four core traits. Watch this video to learn about the four core traits of a successful MBA candidate and how you can develop those traits.    

Recently, I profiled top schools’ MBA scholarships offerings for African students. Today, I would like to take a look at some of the scholarship opportunities available for female students. Continued worries about gender diversity in the workplace have prompted schools to take a closer look at how they are encouraging female students and to reconsider…

The GRE is enjoying a surge of popularity among prospective MBAs, with about 10% of applicants choosing that test over the more traditional GMAT in the 2012-2013 application year. The most remarkable numbers come from institutions like the Yale School of Management, where GRE test-takers made up 21% of the 2013 application pool, or Notre…