BSchools.org Blog - Resources for Business School Students
The BSchools.org blog helps online MBA students choose the right business school and make the most out of life beyond graduation. Readers can learn about what to expect when pursuing an online business degree, including information about the application process, exceptional professors leading programs, and MBA alternatives. Additionally, there are detailed guides to scholarships, internship opportunities (paid and unpaid), conferences, careers, and prospective salaries, as well as features about the ever-changing business landscape.
Check back regularly for interviews with degree program administrators and tips for successful applications, among other resources.
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What is Work-From-Anywhere (WFA)? A Shift for Employers & Employees
August 18, 2022Work-from-home (WFH) is so 2020. The latest workplace trend no longer embodies the remote work-from-home model or even the hybrid model where post-Covid employees spend one or two days a week back in their old offices. The cutting-edge trend is actually WFA, which stands for work-from-anywhere.
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An MBA During the Great Resignation?
August 17, 2022Discover why delaying applications to MBA programs during the Great Resignation so that future MBAs can take advantage of attractive pre-MBA job opportunities during a “hot” labor market makes little to no economic sense.
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Acing the MBA Essay Questions - Tips & Reviews
August 12, 2022Focusing on Harvard Business School application essays written by candidates who won admission, our previous guide in this series presented general principles for writing compelling long-form MBA essays. However, this guide takes a different approach. This article presents specific tips for writing short-answer essays constrained by tight word limits.
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Personal Reference Letters for Business School – Tips & Templates
August 3, 2022A great recommender is an MBA candidate’s champion. They need to fit the profile of the “raving fans” cited by management gurus like Ken Blanchard and Tony Robbins. Because the likelihood of a great recommendation letter mostly depends on whom the candidate selects to write it, their enthusiasm level amounts to a crucial benchmark and a major deciding factor.
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Online MBA Students Now Exceed Full-Time On-Campus MBAs in U.S.
June 6, 2022Here’s a surprise: the number of online MBA students just surpassed those enrolled in full-time, on-campus programs for the first time in the United States. That’s according to historic new data released by the world’s main business school accrediting board, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
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Are Digital Dollars the Future of Banking?
May 23, 2022Understanding the public relations damage that this broadcast did to the Fed’s plan to launch its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) first requires understanding how this new form of currency differs from other kinds of money.
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Dealing with Workplace Ambiguity - How to Increase Happiness on the Job
May 16, 2022Ambiguity in the workplace is one of the most commonly reported sources of stress and anxiety. The feelings generated can feel outsized. Because it is caused by the surrounding workplace, the individual can often do very little to change the environment outside of their scope.
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Is the U.S. Already in a Recession? An MBA Application Opportunity
May 12, 2022Discover new forecasting methods that can provide MBA applicants with earlier awareness of an impending economic downturn, giving them extra time to prepare more competitive MBA applications that can help them win entry at better business schools—where they can ride out a recession predicted by leading economists for 2022.
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Online MBA Admissions Requirements by Program
May 9, 2022An MBA takes hard work and dedication, starting with the application process. While each school's admissions requirements differ, commonalities exist, and knowing what to expect is the first step in making a proper first impression.
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Pfizer/BioNTech & Moderna: The Next Enrons?
May 5, 2022So will Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna turn into the next Enrons? That outcome will probably depend upon what the collective wisdom of the hedge fund community eventually decides.
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Is the Consumer Price Index (CPI) a Scam? An MBA Economist’s Perspective
April 29, 2022All national governments estimate inflation rates within their national income accounting programs. In the United States, the main measure of inflation remains the Consumer Price Index, or CPI.
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Y Combinator & Other Seed Funding Basics for MBA Student Startups
April 19, 2022At some point during business school, many MBA students will have an opportunity to join a startup company, and some will even launch startups as founders. For many students, launching a startup is the objective that drives their applications to business school.
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Did Covid Media Suppression Sabotage Business News Coverage?
March 24, 2022One such question relates to the accuracy of the PCR tests. But there’s another question that in some ways seems just as intriguing: why did the steadily growing number of positive tests among Harvard’s MBA students fail to attract national press coverage before CNBC finally broke the story on September 27?
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Want to Succeed in Your MBA Program? Take Better Breaks
February 14, 2022Believe it or not, the radical new science of optimizing break time can promote success not only in MBA coursework but in any focused activity. And if you care about your success in grad school and your career during the next 40 years, you can’t afford to miss out on learning about this fascinating new research.
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What Are the Best Graduate Degrees for Rising Leaders in Healthcare?
January 21, 2022Given this transformative environment, it is time to reconsider the value that an MBA can bring to the table, with its strong focus on innovative practices, change management, entrepreneurship, and its highly generalizable applicability to a career in the healthcare industry of the future.