Beyond the MBA Hype: A Guide to Understanding and Surviving B-Schools (Revised and Updated)
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Beyond the MBA Hype: A Guide to Understanding and Surviving B-Schools (Revised and Updated)

Paperback – January 1, 2011

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Price
$18.71
Publisher
HarperCollins India
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-9350290781
Dimensions
5.39 x 0.51 x 8.46 inches
Weight
7.6 ounces

Description

"...Kamat systematically and effectively, demolishes the notion that an MBA is a magic wand that will change your life...the book destroys the myth of the invincible MBA..." - Mail Today "A book that can set you on an effective path" - The Hindu - Business Line Sameer Kamat is an Indian author based in Mumbai. He completed his MBA from the University of Cambridge. He is also the founder of MBA Crystal Ball, a leading MBA admissions consulting venture that helps Indian applicants get into the top MBA programs globally.

Features & Highlights

  • Beyond the MBA Hype talks about the typical issues, challenges and dilemmas that Indian applicants grapple with when it comes to international MBA programmes - from the typical candidate profile to the selection and admission process, to what to expect in the course itself as well as after completing MBA.

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Definitely very Indian centric

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Will save you a bundle if you take the time to read

I completed an MBA from a relatively high ranked business school 10 years ago and all I can say is that my life would certainly have been easier if I'd had access to a book like this at that point in time.

This book (which I received as a review copy) packs style, personality and humor with an abundant dose of useful information. Throughout the book, the author displays an easy going sense of humor. For example he makes a statement that the top talent from India that can't get into the IIMs (India's top B Schools) settles for Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, and the rest of the top programs globally. And for the earlier reviewer who said that he (she?) did not like the mix of Hindi in the book ... actually it's called Hinglish (Hindi + English) and is very well understood by most Indians. Adding an appendix of those terms would be like trying to explain a joke.

The book features real life stories which give the prospective applicant an idea of what to expect before, during and beyond the MBA. There are also fascinating facts and statistics that one can glean from reading this book. Case in point - did you know that only 19,000 Indians took the GMAT while 200,000 Indians took the CAT (the test that you write to get into Indian business schools)?

This book will help you avoid mismatched expectations and navigate through the maze of consultants, MBA coaching programs, admission essays and standardized testing. It could save you a bundle of money by helping you to select the right school and focus your efforts in the right direction.

The book also gives you a head start over your peers by giving you a preview of MBA courses, how MBA class teams really work, what they teach and what they can't teach (common sense, practicality, creativity and foresight.) You get a glimpse of how networking really works and how to land an internship.

For me the best part of the book is where the author describes a day in his life when he was an MBA student at Cambridge. It made me wish for my student days all over again!

A must read if you are an Indian b-school aspirant.

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