Deciding to apply for an MBA is a bit like deciding you are going on an expedition. A huge amount of work must be done.     For some hopefuls, such as Kate Sherning, an MBA student at Cranfield School of Management in the U.K., choosing her MBA program was the most taxing part of t

Canada’s top business schools, usually active competitors, have joined forces to promote Canadian MBA programs to both domestic and international students.       The self-appointed group of six, to be called the Canadian MBA Alliance , include Desautels (McGill), Ivey (W

Reason Nº. 1 Because it’s an excuse to travel the world     If you’re going to leave the house to go to school, you might as well go all the way. That’s easy these days, with so many of Canada’s executive education programs making travel a core part of the curriculu

We Don’t Just Do Things Differently, We Do Them Better There are many MBA programs out there. Ivey stands apart from traditional business schools because of its differences. Five interlinked elements give you not just the business fundamentals that you would expect from an MBA program, b

July 18th, 2013 by ajoldersma     An application is sometimes the first introduction we have to our Ivey MBA candidates. On paper, we’re looking for a strong package of quality work experience, GMAT score, references, academic history — just to name a few. In our in

 It‘s part of the article.     Older MBA applicants may face unique obstacles in trying to impress the admissions committees at business schools. Here’s some advice from career and admissions experts to help you make your case, in application essays and interviews:

By the time Tim Hanlon was in his early 30s, his résumé looked like a case study that could have been written up in a young entrepreneur’s handbook. He says he was a student franchisee in university, helped a young technology company double its revenue, and turned a one-man l

 When we consider how organizations select leaders, there is often an imbalance between strength and warmth. Not only are the people involved in the selection process typically most concerned about choosing someone who can get things done; they are likely to have seen only the sunniest side

Despite their fine buildings and media visibility, business schools remain curiously insubstantial. Why do they exist and what do they do for us? Unlike medical or engineering schools, they lack an established body of practical knowledge, or a clear place in an executive’s career or in the unive

申请 B-school 的申请人他们都很优秀，有良好的的教育背景，出色的工作经验，甚至可以在百忙之中不忘做一些慈善活动，回报社会。可是每个申请人都这么优秀，怎样才能在众多商学院申请人中脱颖而出，夺得招生官员的青睐呢？大多数申请人往往受中国文化影响之深，谦虚对人，怕招生官员觉得自己是在自吹自擂，而留下不好印