The number of students wishing to study in top European schools is striking. Oxford, IMD, ESADE and INSEAD increased the size of their profits at the expense of students from China, India, and, surprisingly, America.

Since 2001, enrollment of students in ESADE has increased by 700% among the Chinese, 400% – among students from India and 150% among Americans. For INSEAD and IMD, the figures were 50% and 66%, 155% and 133%, 91% and 92% respectively.

Oxford is no exception. According to Open Doors in 2004, an annual report published by the Institute of International Education, the number of foreign students in U.S. schools for 2003-2004 decreased by 4.9%.

Naturally, the events of September 11 could not make a difference. Toughening visa regime has led to the fact that many students went to study in Europe and not in the U.S. As soon as America withdrew, Europe began to blossom in his eyes. A huge number of graduates of business schools has led to economic recovery and to enhance the ratings of European business schools.

Terms of training.

Students and teachers unanimously say that the teaching of European business schools is more attractive than the U.S. primarily in terms of training time. The above Colac chose IMD because of this. Next on the list of the attractiveness of IMD were: long experience of students before they enter, view 42 nationalities in the classroom and the number of students – 92.

European approach to business education is especially attractive to students who are in the midst of a career path and who have a family that is waiting for their speedy return.

Aggressive marketing.

However, increasing the number of students – is not a passive event. In India and China, European schools have long been launched aggressive marketing campaign to attract students. For example, in the past year, several schools had a recruiting tour in China, which could not generate interest among young businessmen and media.

Similar actions were taken London Business School and INSEAD in India. Prior to that, there they actually have not heard of the above-mentioned schools, but now the crowd of students trying to pass all required tests for entrance.

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As executive director of Hermes (Chanel) or responsible position at LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton), he will receive about $ 50,000 per year, and it is at its usual pre-MBA salary of $ 100,000. His colleagues will also earn an average $ 135,000 per year. Clearly, the question is not about the money.

“I want to be in the center of all events,” – Bekerman explains his choice. It is commendable, especially for someone who spends $ 35,000 per year for training. Bekerman belongs to the cohort of MBA, which believes that working in the luxury goods sector is worthy of low wages.

In 12 schools, from Duke and finishing Harvard, students are trying to change the skepticism of business schools to glamorous sector and graduates – on the contrary, reassures recruiters of companies of this type finally pay attention to the MBA.

Professors help: invite to lecture people with the name of the well-known companies, such as representatives of Calvin Klein, Tiffany & Co are frequent guests at business schools.

At Columbia, students fly to the lectures of Professor Alan Kane, in which he talks about the evolution of Ferragamo, who were beginning at provincial shoemakers and achieved in the end, world-wide success.

The club of luxury goods is active in the school, which helps students get to interview for their company. Several graduates this year are already in Tiffany and LVMH.

The same focus group exists in Duke, where there has been talk about how you have to add luxury goods in a group of objects of choice.

However, in other schools, for example, in Kellogg, the sphere of luxury goods is not as a separate field of activity, but simply as a marketing niche. “It’s a mix of commerce and culture, which in most cases based on intuition rather than knowledge” – says Timothy Calkins, the Professor of Kellogg.

Indeed, the sphere of luxury goods is very capricious, because using a single analysis is not always possible to determine whether that product will be popular or not. Sometimes, irrationality prevails over the logic of the subjective attitude – on objective data. This is, in fact, contradicts the very concept of MBA.

Maybe that’s why only some directors working in this area have MBA. That’s why recruiters of these companies are rare guests in the business schools that are not always appealed to seniors. And yet, how many MBA is needed for luxury goods sector?

“We want to see competent people who understand the specifics of work in our area,” – Konchetta Lanco said, adviser at LVMH. Literally it means: leave all your fantasies and illusions, and be prepared for what will work for pennies. Of course, it is possible that you will wear suits for $ 10,000, but it will not happen soon.

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Is it very interesting, isn`t it? It’s not a life of which I dreamed. From the beginning I knew that this is not for me, but I was not able to change anything. By the way, my name is Phil Kohler and I am a student at Oxford Class of 2005. But more about it I will tell later.

I was born in England, grew up in Saudi Arabia and Kenya, then my family moved to California in Palo Alto. I think my idea of a perfect life formed on the basis of the impressions I received, traveling to different countries, and learning from many different cultures. So nine years on this nightmarish work began for me as a living hell.

After graduating from Cal Berkeley, I immediately went to work in one of the giants of technology – Applied Materials. My career started very quickly and developed rapidly: in the 26 years I managed a team of eight engineers, helping to release the key products of the company. Robot also includes communication with clients from other countries, and that was for me a kind of escape. Despite this, I gradually began to increase the desire to change anything, and especially to get rid of the feeling that you’re constantly in the shadow of a huge company. I wanted to know I was capable of myself.

I do not want to go to trail, to climb the corporate ladder typical way to buy a car, house, start a family – all of it is boring. I did not want my biography could be described in three words: born, lived and died.

Unfortunately, my desire to make a difference has grown to alarming proportions as the time when the economic downturn. On the one hand, all quit and start their own business was extremely risky; on the other hand, I realized that it is impossible to live such a life. To some extent it is the economic problems have pushed me to action.
First I went to Argentina to learn Spanish and enjoy the nightlife of Buenos Aires. Then I traveled all over France, which was the subject of my old passions. Then – East Africa, where I visited friends and stayed for a while to teach English. Ultimately, through Spain and England, I went to Mexico, where I began to improve Spanish.

In the middle of my journey, and it was in Tanzania, I have come to the conclusion that I need a MBA. To some extent I was ready for business school and knew what to expect. I wanted to work in a small company, and preferably in Europe. Ideally, if I could organize my business, but I had no right to hurry. I did not know in what area to go, in which country to settle in the near future. I had a great experience, especially in the management and output, but for the organization of the business I needed a recognized worldwide level.

So, I applied to four schools: two on the East Coast and two in England. I imagined MBA myself in such a bridge that would connect me with my desires, goals and dreams. After completing all the formalities, I stopped at Oxford. First, I approached the school’s reputation. Second, the program was all that I need: 70% of foreign students, a wonderful campus, imbued with the spirit of leadership, and not afraid to repeat the famous name of the school.

The program was relatively new, although it did not occupy first place in the rankings, but still quoted. School – a new, attentive to the slightest manifestation of discontent on the part of students. I felt that when I talked to teachers and students. Each of them sent their best efforts to achieve a common goal: to get an excellent knowledge base, which, in turn, raises the rating of the school.
The program is designed for 12 months, with summer practice – 15. The schedule is busy, but you do not lose time as in American schools. In my opinion, one year of MBA is enough.

As a veteran I can share some tricks to achieve his goal. First, focus on those schools that you want to enter. It sounds corny, but many applicants are not confident in their abilities and ready to go to any school. This is wrong. If you want to study, for example, in Harvard, then do all to be taken to this very school. Learn about the features of the review of documents. Second, do not do anything mediocre. Let’s say you miss one round, but a stunning write an essay, you write some banal nonsense. Third, try to find a flavor – exactly what they are looking for at a top school. I’m sure you have it, perhaps you just do not know about it.

Ask friends to read your essay – the more is the better. Do not describe anything dramatic or, even worse, the lyric – the members of the admission committee have no tears. Describe your future plans. If not, just come up. Do you know what the worst thing for a business school? To learn that its senior hung his MBA at the wall in a frame, and sits out of work.

Of course, GMAT is also important. There’s nothing new I can tell you: get ready, get ready and get ready again. Stock up on books, CDs and patience. GPA is important, but not as much. My example was not very impressive, but I saved the results of the GMAT.

In general, I am looking forward to the start of classes. I really want to know what happens. Final exhortation: Go to your goal no matter what!

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It is not always considered suitable solution proceeds in the MBA program. To someone who has stability in work and family is almost impossible to carry out the move and left without basic income for several years. But at the same time still have to pay for tuition.

This provision changes the Internet. The credibility of the courses in online-mode is sure to grow after the opening of a special MBA program in the format of teaching remotely in the business school. The name of this school is Kenan-Flagler Business School, here in July this year launched a program in which trained 19 people. These people were the same selection as candidates for conventional programs, and as a result of their learning forward to receiving a diploma.

Between the programs in campus and UNC MBA online difference is that due to the remote program, communicating with students and a professor at the individual level, but not in the classroom, where it is difficult to take time to full-time communication.

Online MBA program at the school Kenan-Flagler Business School aims are likely to working professionals who are eager to develop in their field, but do not want to change profession.

Programs of the two formats have many similarities, including a training plan. Development and sale of programs are implemented by the same professors, and the same number of classes is required to complete the courses.

Some people are skeptical of training in the form online, and puzzled by the question what will miss the students, who are trained not in campus. And how can you move the support classmates in online environment?

According to Susan Cates, it is possible. Students are engaged in building a professional network of contacts from the time of training – in the online-discussion period of study, full-time. They exchange ideas in social networks via publications on the walls and in online-clubs.

UNC is one of the first schools among the top 100. That it is demanded in the field of education in the Internet, although many schools have started much earlier than their online-programs.

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Each year, applicants, who received 750 or higher score, do not find you in the lists of students of the best business schools, despite the fact that their score for the GMAT is very high. And many of these candidates were rejected because of a fatal error, which could have been avoided: they are too opinionated and determined that on its own, the grade for the GMAT will help them to do. But in fact grade for GMAT does not affect the entrance – rather, it is only part of your package of documents.

The Admission Committee jokes that sometimes with great pleasure they deny people with 780 scores for GMAT, because they consider themselves to be unique and unfazed about anything else. And they really have to think about. After all, there is still a lot of information you need to provide business school and you need to do it all in very high quality. The Admission Committee wants to know more about you, a lot more than just a certain number obtained in the test. Business schools are interested in hearing about your ambitions, achievements, leadership qualities, experience, teamwork, perseverance, motivation, integrity, compassion … this list could go on and on. The most important thing – is the Admission Committee determines whether you can be a valuable member of the school community. A GMAT grade just tells them that you can do some work.
So do not relax and go to the filling of all documents with the same enthusiasm and diligence with which approached to the GMAT. Indeed, once this strategy has proved successful for you, so it is not a sin to use it again.

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Stage 1, informational (day 1-2). Learn as much as possible about what and how to take TOEFL computer version – TOEFL ibt. Thoroughly examine the official website of TOEFL www.ets.org. Understand what makes up the test, how it is estimated, and what you need to prepare. Buy or download educational materials. In addition, you can immediately sign up for the surrender of the test and decide to which schools to send its result – the day of the test you cannot do this.

Stage 2, preparation for “Read” paragraph (day 3-8). In this section of the test you will read a passage and then answer the questions to him. It is desirable to directly parallel with the preparation for the test still read newspapers and magazines with articles on economics, politics, social life, etc. – They improve your vocabulary and teach you the language to be written texts in TOEFL.

Stage 3, preparation for “Listening” paragraph (day 9-14). Here you have to listen to fragments and again to answer questions on them. Typically, these records have a clear structure, thoughts are well-organized. Listen to the news, the various programs and films in English, devoted to business.

Stage 4, preparation for the spoken section (day 15-21). As a rule, applicants have a lot of difficulty with this stage. First, you have to speak into the microphone, and other will do the same next to you. When a person is nervous and trying to show his best side, he usually speaks much louder than usual, i.e. it may prevent you from concentrating. So learn to disconnect from the noise, think over the training conditions which are close to “combat” – for example, turn a movie. Time on the test you will have quite a bit – 1 minute on all, 15 seconds are given for reflection, and 45 – directly to you, to express the idea. In preparation make sure you use a timer. Memorize as much as possible binders words – “first,” “thus”, “moreover,” “due,” etc. These ligaments show the logic and structure of your answer.

Stage 5, the preparation for the written section (day 15-28). Begin with reading all that you recommended in the textbooks you downloaded and then read the various essays written by others. Take the official list of those identified in the directory, and write your essay. Do not forget to keep track of time!

Stage 6, the final (day 29-30). Relax, go for something relaxing – do not teach grammar, and watch a movie. Get your rest and gain strength, the test itself is long and requires you to considerable stress. Bring a snack and water – during the test, you will break and you can eat.

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Many famous businessmen possess at least three languages, but they are not always enough. They choose a business school in order to further plunge into a new culture for them and learn another language.

It’s no secret that the training leading business schools are taught in English. Despite this, many schools in Europe are beginning to realize that the solidarity of the languages of other countries can bring a good income. Consequently, the study of foreign languages is beneficial for all. Also important criterion in selecting the best graduates is precisely the knowledge of foreign languages. Not to mention the global business, where the knowledge of English language is vital. Schools that are located in France, require students to the knowledge of at least three languages: fluent in English, French, and the third is given to the student’s choice. It is necessary to obtain a degree.

Chinese patent.

Many students come to business school to gain experience in China business, because almost a quarter of students come from China and Asia. Although, the Portuguese and Russian business arouses interest.

English-speaking students are lazy in the field of language study, but for some reason they do not stop the stringent requirements of schools on the language. Over the past five years the school INSEAD receives twice as many applications exactly from America. But not everything is running smoothly. To learn the language, it always needs a representative, a person who lives in the country where they speak the language. So you have to spend money on representative.

The school Grenoble allocates 72 hours for studying languages during two semesters, students have to learn in the evenings after regular classes MBA program. Courses in French are mandatory for students. There, they learn to understand television and radio broadcasts, as well as consider the various situations and view examples of official documents.

Learning Spanish is also popular among foreign students. Although the basic course of the MBA is in English, some modules of second-year are in Spanish. Schools are trying to maximize the knowledge of both languages.

So you will have more chances to enter and successfully complete a business school, if you own at least several foreign languages. Go for it!

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Before you write the first draft of the answer to this question, you have to delve into yourself. A few questions will help you decide whether you want to enter the business school this fall.
Is the quality and quantity of your work is comparable with the volume that carry current students of the chosen program? Check the profile of the last typed group to find out this information. If you are lagging behind – qualitatively or quantitatively, think of another program, or any other time.
Isn`t your career growth stalled? Did you learn something new? If you feel that you’re standing still, it’s a sign that the time for you to get MBA. And if you wait for career growth, promotion, leadership, and increasing accountability, it may be wiser to wait.
Do you have a clear goal to work after MBA? (Hate to your ongoing work will not work here). If any is missing, and there is no need to get MBA. If you have a clear direction and purpose, then here’s another sign that it is time to learn.
What about your personal factors – your couple, family, health, finances? Do they favor for getting MBA now?
When you answer these questions for yourself, it will be easier to draw your solution by the beautiful and the right words. The Admissions Committee will look for signs in your essay, your maturity and concentration, as well as having a goal. Show your readers that you are blinded from the correct test and that your dreams of an MBA cannot wait for a minute. Now is the time for them.

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Candidates for admission to MBA are much more complex than consumer products. So that the presentation in one dimension (“I – the entrepreneur in all that I do,” “I – Financier”) – this is actually a bug that prevents you to show the depth of your character and experience. A variety of self-presentation – the key point, because the Grants and educational programs should understand that you are a versatile person with diverse interests, hobbies and goals. Finally, because you need to show that you are able to combine many things – how else can you prove that they are able to successfully find the time to study?
Consider a simple example: Peter developed a business of transportation from one truck to a big company. In addition, he is still engaged in charity work, helping many families. Why should he talk only about their business and remain silent about the other side of his life? After all, Peter can reveal all his depth, telling each story, and demonstrating the different but complementary strengths.
Unfortunately (or fortunately), there is no one simple formula for successful self-presentation before the selection committee. In general, it is important to show himself as the holder of many talents and diverse person. Finally, the selection committee hunts for the next generation of business leaders than these legends and international business. And these people cannot be described by two or three words.

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Improve the internal environment of the enterprise, and help colleagues in professional development, create and offer several ways to increase profits and minimize costs. Also, be careful, as colleagues and leaders react to your actions with the official records or by orally at the meeting. That way you can grow professionally and be able to present information on introducer constructive criticism and your attitude towards it. Some of the applicants of business schools often change their place of work. In principle, it is not so bad, but if you changed six works during five years has, you will create the impression of an unstable, untrained person who cannot achieve anything at all.
Look for the teachers, make new relationships.
The success of people, who have accomplished a lot, depends of many things: their dedication, perseverance, reputation and, of course, the business relationship. No matter how far you have progressed through the ranks, whether you are a low-level, or already on the board of directors and taking important economic decisions, you should not ignore the advice of experienced people. These people can give an objective assessment of your actions and activities in general, show a variety of marketing courses and suggest different options for solving a particular problem. We advise not to neglect communicating with alumni of your college, do not miss a meeting, because you do not know how you can help this or that person. Perhaps your company has a formal mentoring program. Attend various training sessions and meetings where you can also make useful contacts.

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