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Your MBA Game Plan: Proven Strategies for Getting into the Top Business Schools (平装)
by Omari Bouknight
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MBA guide, MBA application |
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| MSL Pointer Review:
Focused and intelligent, this highly effective guide shows the reader exactly how to build her strategy and position herself successfully for the top schools. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-23 00:00>
To cut a long story short, this book is your ticket to a top MBA program. It contains everything you need to know in order to apply a winning strategy.
There are a lot of books over there that claim to be complete guides. Their most apparent drawback is exactly that they try to be "complete" guides. They pack information that you can actually find in the school's website or irrelevant information that you'll probably never need. The problem however is that time is rarely in abundance when you struggle with MBA application preparation. What you need is concise information in order to craft a winning app. Nothing less and nothing more. This book sets itself apart in providing exactly this sort of advice. A general strategy guide (the "game plan") that can be applied to almost all b-schools and a couple of pages for each top-30 school that are MORE than helpful in crafting tailor-made information for each school (showing "fit"). In case you need extra info, there's always the Internet, where you can search. You don't need the school's brochures repeated in a book. Not only you don't need them, but you also don't want them. Since they are so similar anyway, you only want the DIFFERENTIATION factors between the schools.
There are many points about this book that make it stand out. It covers the whole application process, all types of essays, it provides sample essays with explanations for the key points that are shown. Since I haven't read all books out there, I cannot argue that these are unique characteristics. What is unique (apart from the cut-the-b*shit-and-show-where-the-actual-game-is philosophy) is that the authors of the book are available for questions! They maintain a very interesting thread at BusinessWeek forums where they offer free consulting services thus extending the book's usefulness. Besides, they maintain a very interesting website (mbagameplan.com) with up-to-date information about b-schools (deadlines, etc.) and a free essay-advice service. What else could you ask?
To sum up, this book is the first and probably the last one you'll ever need (along with an Internet connection) in order to successfully apply to a top business school. Along with the website and BW-forums thread, it puts competition in shame in terms of total usefulness. In terms of usefulness per page, there simply isn't any competition! |
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Jimmy Hsieh (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-23 00:00>
I decided to apply to business school pretty late in the game. Knowing that I had a lot of work to do, I did a lot of research into which books and resources were on the market. After looking around and talking to people, I decided to give this book a shot. It has lived up to its reputation! It is very complete, covering everything about the application process. It covers essays and recommendations like all of the books, but also covers smaller (important) details, like how to set up your resume and when you should consider taking a GMAT class. I have not had to rely on the section about each of the top schools as much, but the advice in there is also really valuable. And the book is very easy to read. It is not a large phone book, like some of the others out there. All in all, you will also be glad that you bought this book!
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Maryann Ford (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-23 00:00>
I am applying to business school this fall, and just got this book a week ago after hearing about it. I have already read it most of the way through, and I can say that it is definitely worth it.
I have also read How to Get Into the Top MBA Programs and I can say that this book helps you at least as much as that one, in less than half the length. I actually consider that one to be good, but this one to be even better.
I really like how the authors describe a framework for getting your story together. I wonder if everyone will follow their advice to the letter, but I think they
would benefit by doing so. The authors start by describing their framework, and then step through each part of it throughout the rest of the book. Like I
mentioned, I have read nearly the whole thing (which I couldn't do with the other books I bought).
My favorite aspects of this book:
1) Advice on specific schools - Not everything that they tell you about a school is earth-shattering, but it's all good info. This is important info to consider when you apply to any school. A friend of mine at a Top 10 school read what they wrote about her school and agreed with what they said.
2) Interview prep - All of my target schools require interviews, and I really like the framework that they use in this section to help you prepare for the kinds of questions you will probably be asked.
3) Advice for applicants based on their backrounds - This section is fairly short, but still contains good advice to think about as you write your essays, etc.
4) Essay analysis and advice - Other books also do this, but this book does a good job of breaking down essays by type and letting you know what schools tend to look for.
They also give good general advice like making sure that you and your recommenders are on the same page in terms of what to emphasize, etc. And the GMAT section looks like it has good advice, although that's the one section that I sort of skipped, since I already took the test.
My only suggestions for improvement would be to expand the section that gives advice by type of applicant. And, they give advice for the top 30 schools, but not
everyone is targeting those schools. So, maybe covering the top 50 would be better, although that of course would make it a lot longer.
All in all, definitely worth picking up, especially if you want a smaller book that gives you the same advice that the bigger, more expensive ones give. These guys
seem to know their stuff.
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Sarah (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-23 00:00>
I can tell you from experience: This book works! I have been admitted to Haas and Stanford for the Class of 2006, thanks in large part to this book. Before I bought the book I had no idea of how involved the application process is. I definitely underestimated how structured my application needed to be. But this book was the "kick in the pants" that I needed to realize that one needs more than a high GMAT score.
Probably the most valuable part for me was the section on recommendations. Give yourself PLENTY of time to get those taken care of, and expect to go through some re-writes with your recommender. When your recommenders don't appreciate how important this stuff is, you need to give them a ton of guidance. This section alone made the book worth it.
I can't compare this to other books since this is the only one that I bought (in addition to the Official GMAT Guide), but I can say without a doubt that it works! |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-23 00:00>
I was only trying to get into one school, it was the only one with the program I needed. It is just starting to make the lists for top 50 business schools. This book was invaluable. It really walks you through all the steps of applying. A few things didn't apply to me but it was all useful. I didn't have the chance to do an interview for a backup school first as it recommends, because I didn't have one. But with this book I was prepared. So, long story short, I got in and even recieved a significant scholarship.
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