Don’t Want To Be An MBA Admissions Reject? Be Like Mike!

Feb. 21, 2012 - PRLog -- With nearly 6,000 schools offering masters degrees in business worldwide, one might think it would be easy enough to earn an MBA.  Not true in the case of the top MBA programs:  Stanford, ranked #1 by US News, rejects 94% of applicants. Even the school listed as #49 on US News’ 2012 rankings, Purdue’s Krannert School, rejected 66% of applicants.  

A gilt-edged MBA can open the doors to high paying jobs in elite industries, so how to get accepted to a top school against the odds?  Admitted: An Interactive Workbook for Getting into a Top MBA Program (85 Broads, 2011) by Betsy Massar, founder of Master Admissions, with business school expert Francesca Di Meglio, presents applicants with a proven method to navigate and succeed at the competitive admissions process.

Published by professional women’s networking group 85 Broads, the book is currently available through www.AdmittedMBA.com and Amazon.com for $24.95. Downloadable chapters are also obtainable on the book’s website, AdmittedMBA.com.

“If more potential MBA students knew about the tools in Admitted, they’d be able to write much stronger essays,”   says Marie Highby, former member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business admission team. “Massar’s witty, insightful book will guide you through the thinking process that will help you get into a top business school.”

Admitted guides the student through hands-on workbook exercises that help students
•   Fill in gaps in work experience, academic performance, or test scores
•   Strengthen their stories by using a classic screenwriter’s hero’s model
•   Show the candidate’s leadership traits through emotional intelligence and teamwork
•   Determine influences that help make their stories unique and powerful
•   Learn to talk about failure like Michael Jordon does

By prompting readers with questions designed to have them reflect on their strengths, experiences, and distinguishing characteristics, Massar and Di Meglio help readers craft their personal story in a creative yet purposeful way.   “You don’t have to be a straight-A student or Nobel Peace Prize winner the Dalai Lama to  get  into a top school,” Massar says, “but you do need to have an organized plan and an authentic story to tell. Finding and illustrating your inner leader is the secret. Admitted helps you achieve that.”

About the Author & Publisher
Betsy Massar is founder of Master Admissions, a graduate admissions consulting firm specializing in MBA applications. A graduate of Harvard Business School, she has worked on Wall Street for Goldman Sachs and in the financial markets in the US, Europe, and Asia. In addition, she has been a business journalist and a communications coach at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Betsy is an active mentor and member of 85 Broads and the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC).   Francesca Di Meglio is a freelance journalist based in northern New Jersey. An expert on business schools, she has spent more than seven years covering all things management education, with particular emphasis on MBA admissions, rankings, curriculum, and careers.

Founded in 1997, 85 Broads is a global network of 30,000 trailblazing women,  whose mission is to generate exceptional professional and social value for its members. Through its regional network events and online at 85Broads.com, members invest their time, intellect, and financial capital in each other’s ideas and businesses.