Thanks everyone who entered our first giveaway. I wish everyone could win. Soooooo the lucky winners are "Mbalady" and "Moving forward". Congrats to you both. Please send an email fortune800mba@gmail.com and we will reach out to you with more details.
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So lately I have been living under a rock. I have so much on my plate with studying for the GMAT, design classes, a newly 3 year old, and work, that I haven't had much time to write any posts.
I came across a good article talking about the cost of grad school and if it's really worth it. I think the article stated it the best "Graduate degrees are becoming like tattoos: you should think hard before getting one." I believe going to grad school is a wonderful investment on your future but at the same time you really have to look at the cost of everything. Say I attend B-school and rack up $80,000 in debt. What will my loan repayment look like? I found this loan payment calculator online that will give you an estimate of your loan repayment. I'm not sure how accurate this is, but to pay off a $80,000 loan in 10 years the monthly payment would be $880.15 @ 6.8% interest. Yes, 10 years lol. I don't want to look at students loans for the rest of my life. I realized that cost is somewhat of an important factor for me when choosing schools. Do I sacrifice a good school because of price? It's a hard decision. I want the branding that a top school brings butI don't want the debt. Anyway first things first, let me get into a top school, then I can worry about $$$ later . In the meantime, anyone want to give me small portion of their trust fund lol.
We are giving away a book, The Power of Story. To win book just simply post "I want it" in the comment section. We will use random number generator to select a random number and the corresponding post will win it! Only two rule, (1) shipping address must be in the US (2) Must enter by May 25th.
Good Luck!!
-Fortune800Mba Team
There are a lot of math tricks out there to help improve your quant score but who knows them all? I had the chance to have some tutoring sessions with one of the co-founders of the gmat coach . This guy had the best way to solve problems. I LOVED his approach to problems. If only I would have found him earlier. Sadly, I found him 1.5 weeks before my exam but during the time I worked with him, the tips helped out a lot!!
This is one of the tricks he showed me.
Go ahead take a moment and try. When I first saw these, I wanted to say "really sir, you joking right". I had memorized a few of these but there was no way I was going to finish the calculations in a 30 secs or less.Hi everyone! My name is MktgBadger. I’m a 2008 graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (GO BADGERS!!!). Upon graduation, I pursued a career working for a large conglomerate doing corporate finance. After 3 yrs, I’ve realized it’s time to get my MBA in Fall 2012 to jumpstart a career switch to marketing. I am loving Fortune800's posts… I find them insightful, helpful, and motivational! So I was excited when Motown asked me to write about my recent visit to HBS.
With the GMAT out of the way, I’ve started to really hone in on school selection and making sure I go ‘preview’ the 6 figure investment that is my future. With that said, I recently took advantage of my locale and visited the Harvard Business School with a friend who attends (after leaving the same company as me lol).
First let me start off by saying…WOW. From the perfectly manicured gardens, to the amazing buildings, Harvard’s campus is nothing short of immaculate. The weather was perfect, the birds were singing (or was that in my head?) and I felt like I was in la-la land.
And this was just my walk to the class.
I had the opportunity to meet some of my friend’s peers and they were refreshingly down to earth & welcoming. They told me the class I was about to visit was a treat and that I had picked a great lecture to visit. It probably also helped that they were all very excited to go to Rhode Island for the weekend for their ‘prom’.
I visited a class called BGIE (Business, Government & the International Economy) and the topic was Brazil & the WTO. The lecture was enthralling, the professor was phenomenal...and the students were engaged the entire 80 min lecture.
Key takeaways:
1) Age/Diversity: The class was relatively young…this wasn’t a surprise to me, HBS is known for having a relatively younger class than some of the competing top schools. The class (80 students) was relatively diverse and had about a 60:40 male/female split.
2) Participation: Aside from the professor singling out one student to kick off the class, each student was eager to participate (part of their grade depends on this) and HAD SOMETHING INSIGHTFUL TO SAY. Now I understand what admissions advice means that you need to be able to convince the school how you will contribute!
3) Case method: Bottom line…blew me away. The class was a debate, but yet, I learned so much from one study. My friend said the first two weeks of b-school is ungraded so that students can learn the case method of learning in a (relatively) risk-free environment
All in all, the trip to HBS was definitely worthwhile… it was really great to see the student life firsthand…I left eager to start the process! Check out the website and see if HBS is worth a visit for you!
Hope you found this informative & helpful. Thanks!
-MktgBadger
So a little background on the title. I have to take it back to 2008 when a group of college homies and I spent New Years in ATL. It was there the phrase "knees" was born lol. Instead of giving you a formal definition of "knees", I'm just going to give you examples of things that can "throw you to your knees".
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