Ad-Coms - Getting Gamed

Fact : Almost all applicants to B-schools dedicate a good part of their application to proving how 'different' they are.Fact : Each of the top B-schools claims to handpick a 'diverse' student body, diverse in their backgrounds as well as their career plans.Inference : There should be a good amount of diversity in the jobs taken by MBA graduates.Fact : The top B-schools place the bulk of their outgoing...

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Who, What, When, Where and Why?

Lets begin at the beginning, shall we? No 'letting it gradually dawn upon the reader' business... I'm headed to Madrid in a couple of weeks time, joining the IE IMBA course (April 2010 intake). I'll be writing about just about anything that catches my fancy during my MBA. Let's keep the "why" bit for later. It's a long story (aren't they always ?). To start, it's my way of giving back (Angie, Rahul,...

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