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All About the Case Study Method Used by MBA Programmes| The Red Pen

All About the Case Study Method Used by MBA Programmes

While researching business schools and their different teaching methods, you will come across something called the case study method. A teaching method employed by many business schools, the case study method focuses on a “learning by doing” approach. Here, students are expected to provide solutions to complex real-life scenarios that are dependent on many variables. …

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MBA Interview Preparation Part 5 - 6 General Interview Tips | The Red Pen

MBA Interview Preparation Part 5 – 6 General Interview Tips

5th in a 5-part series on MBA interviews The MBA interview is one of the most nerve-racking parts of the MBA application process and a critical factor in the admissions decision. Below, we offer some general tips to help you navigate the MBA interview process: 1) Understand the different formats: Most MBA programmes follow a …

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What Should You Do After You Get Accepted to Business School? | The Red Pen

What Should You Do After You Get Accepted to Business School?

Congratulations on securing an admit! Getting that acceptance letter after months of hard work, including taking the GMAT, submitting your application and interview rounds, is cause for celebration. But after the initial excitement settles, you must be wondering, ‘What’s next? How do I use the time before business school starts?’ One option is to take …

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6 Strategies to Get Off the Waitlist at Your Top Choice MBA Programme | The Red Pen

6 Strategies to Get Off the Waitlist at Your Top Choice MBA Programme

MBA round one and early results are out and some of you may be celebrating with exciting news while some may be processing being rejected from your dream business school. However, some of you might have been placed on a business school’s waitlist. We understand that it’s unsettling and disappointing when there is no clear …

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Dinged Everywhere? Here’s What Business School Applicants Can Do | The Red Pen

Dinged Everywhere? Here’s What Business School Applicants Can Do

Okay, so it seems the worst has happened. After a long and arduous MBA application process, despite all your hard work, you didn’t get accepted to a single MBA programme where you applied. We realise this is disappointing, even demoralising. As you struggle to understand why this happened, what you should do and whether you …

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MBA Interview Preparation Part 4 - How to Thank Your Interviewer | The Red Pen

MBA Interview Preparation Part 4 – How to Thank Your Interviewer

4th in a 5-part series on MBA interviews By the time you’ve finished your final interview, we are sure you would have heaved a huge sigh of relief, thrilled to be done with this long and exhaustive MBA application process. But before you close the door on your application, there is one last thing you …

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MBA Interview Preparation Part 3 - Admissions Committee and Alumni Interviews | The Red Pen

MBA Interview Preparation Part 3 – Admissions Committee and Alumni Interviews

3rd in a 5-part series on MBA interviews Different institutes conduct interviews in different ways and knowing the format for these interviews beforehand can help you prepare more efficiently. While all interviews aim to learn more about you–your personality, motivations and whether you would thrive in that programme–the style and focus of alumni interviews are …

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