2009 is a crucial year for MBAs. It could be highly advised to stay away from one year mba's during 2009. Placement stats at some of the 2009 passouts doesnt seem very encouraging and hovering around 20 to 40% is quite a bit a warning enough.

DO's:

1. Ask the school that you are applying what the situation of the current student placements are.
2. Do ask for proofs of placements rather than of companies who arrived at career fairs.

I have suggested several times that you should not convert your grades. Submit them with your application as provided by your Institute or College. This information is given here to help you in the selection of your universities for Applying.I found this information on a different website, but I highly recommend that you do not use it.

Here is what we thought you might benefit from. These questions are pretty much the same in whichever college you want to apply and you could use these tips wisely.

UCLA Anderson 2009 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips UCLA Anderson 2009 MBA Deadlines

Application Deadline: Decision Released By:

Round 1 Oct 9, 2008 Jan 8, 2009

Round 2 Jan 8, 2009 Mar 26, 2009

Round 3 Apr 2, 2009 Jun 4, 2009

UCLA Anderson 2009 Essay Questions

I guess most of you would have noticed the change in the tag line ..'Get Set and Start Networking..'.

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I have finally decided to write about funding the INSEAD adventure. I got another request to write about this and I think some people applying now could benefit from the information.

If you come from a developing country such as India or any African country, my guess is that you will experience similar difficulties regarding money issues that I experienced during my application time.

Program Structure: Students are required to complete 68 modular credits to graduate, comprising 32 compulsory core modular credits, and 36 elective modular credits (MCs). Each "full module" earns four MCs, while half modules earn 2 MCs. A four MC module meets for 14 3-hour sessions. As with all MBA programs, students will spend significant amounts of time daily to work on individual assignments, group projects, case studies, quizzes and term papers. Some modules will also have final examinations.

A top 30 private US biz school, Simon is famous for its Finance Program. It's ranked in the top 10 for finance and economics. The Professors are pretty well known in the finance circles as well! In fact its so into Finance that its program is based around it. They called it the economics based approach.

One of the plus points (Depends on how u look at it ) is the very small class. There are just about 150 full time students. International students would make up 40-50% of the class, which is quite a good mix !

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Came across this discussion by some highly rated business school admission consultants about converting a waiting list to an admit. The ways to approach , the communications to have so that you tell the school how interested you are in their course. This even have some tips on stuff you can do which would improve your chances of admit into some of the top top schools.

Almost anyone and everyone who goes for an international MBA uses an educational loan. Here are some facts about educational loans that might be of help.

In India, educational loans are provided by SBI, SBT, Corporate Bank and Vijaya bank. These banks give you a loan up to 15 and in the special cases up to 20 lakhs for a period of a maximum of 8 years after the course.