Your MBA Game Plan, Third Edition: Proven Strategies for

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"Terrific resource. Your MBA Game Plan provides a fresh perspective and really helps readers focus on what matters in the MBA admissions process. Applicants will finish this book much better prepared to represent themselves and their career aspirations to top business schools."

--Soojin Kwon Koh, director of admissions, Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan

"With everything from essays and resume tips to detailed insider information, this handy guide is a must-have for MBA candidates."
--Karen Schweitzer, businessmajors.about.com

"Two pioneers in the MBA admissions guidebook space have revised their classic. A great resource for applicants."
--Paul Bodine, author, Great Applications for Business School

"This book has it all--dozens of in-depth school profiles, loads of sample essays, and specific advice for different types of business school applicants. Follow the plan in this book and you will be sure to improve your odds of success in the MBA admissions process."
--Eric Bahn, founder, Beat the GMAT

The MBA has rapidly become the world's most desired degree, with graduates of top business schools landing six-figure pay packages in private equity, high-tech, investment banking, and management consulting. As a result, the competition for admission into select programs is fierce; some schools admit less than 10 percent of applicants.

This third edition of Your MBA Game Plan includes even more sample essays and resumes from successful applicants, fresh insight on 35 leading business schools from around the world, and advice specifically tailored to international applicants. It will show you how to:

Select target schools and highlight the personal characteristics and skill sets they seek

Navigate the "GMAT or GRE?" question

Assess your own candidacy with the objective eye of an MBA admissions officer

Craft compelling essays and resumes that highlight your most salient attributes and make you stand out to the admissions committee

Avoid the mistakes that ruin thousands of applicants' chances each year

Perform flawlessly during your admissions interviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Paraphrasing Henry Ford, "Whether you think you can earn an MBA from a top business school or you can't, you're probably right.", January 5, 2012

Robert Morris (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your MBA Game Plan, Third Edition: Proven Strategies for Getting Into the Top Business Schools (Paperback)

This review is of the Third Edition of a book first published in 2002. My comments are based on three assumptions:

o That you are determined to earn an MBA degree
o That you intend to apply to a business school that offers an MBA degree
o You are convinced that what earning that degree requires is worth it

Obviously, the "terms of engagement" for applying to any of the top business schools have changed since 2002. Even this revised and updated edition cannot be expected to accommodate all of those changes, nor can the co-authors, Omari Bouknight and Scott Shrum, guarantee success if all of their "proven strategies for getting into top schools" are followed. I highly recommend that the Preface to this latest edition be read and re-read. It is refreshingly candid.

As I began to work my way through the narrative, I was again reminded of the fact that anyone who aspires to earn a graduate degree in any field of study (medicine, dentistry,...Read more

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

A fantastic resource, November 17, 2009

S. Weiner "mba applicant" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your MBA Game Plan: Proven Strategies for Getting Into the Top Business Schools (Paperback)

As soon as I started filling out my first business school application I realized that I really had no clue what I was doing. I didn't know what admissions officers were looking for and how to present myself to them as a more competitive candidate. Furthermore, I didn't really know which schools would be the best fit for me, or what factors contribute to the rankings that these schools get from major news sources. Thankfully, my sister recommended that I read Your MBA Game Plan.

This book really gave me all of the information I needed, and I shudder to think of the applications that I might have submitted to some of these schools had I not used it as a resource. Additionally, since it details application strategies for many of the top MBA programs, you can really tailor your applications to account for what the school tends to value in the candidates it ultimately admits, rather than submitting the same generic content to each school.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Fantastic, December 1, 2011

AMW 14 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your MBA Game Plan, Third Edition: Proven Strategies for Getting Into the Top Business Schools (Paperback)

Great tips and guide to planning your approach. It helped me get accepted into the #1 MBA program in the country!