One of the most daunting aspects of the MBA experience is sitting though a case interview. Anyone in business school recruiting for a consulting or strategy role must go through this rite of passage before getting one of these coveted positions. The case interviewers have full control in this setting: while some may choose to go ...
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MBA Tips: How to Prepare Harvard Business School Cases
While reading and preparing cases is a significant part of any business school experience, there isn’t always a concrete result to your work. You could easily invest hours preparing a case and have nothing to say about it during the class discussion. It’s because of this ambiguous return on investment that many people choose Continue Reading >>
MBA Course Grading Curve at UCLA Anderson
One of the least pleasant aspects of going back to get your MBA is being graded on your work again. While we’ve all received feedback in the workplace already, it’s still a bit unsettling to be evaluated in an academic environment. The rules are sometimes opaque, you don’t know how tough your competition will be, ...
Notes: Linguistic Devices to Improve Your Writing or Presentation
Alliteration
Repetition of consonants (usually the first or last letter in a word)
Parallelism
Repetition of words or phrases
Personification
Give an object personal qualities
Simile
Comparison using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
Implicit comparison not using "like" or "as" but instead using a form of "is" or "are"
Antithesis
The Continue Reading >>