Often students nourish the dream of going abroad for foreign higher education but they pay little attention to the requirements needed to fulfill for making this dream a reality. Hence, the aspiration of getting higher education abroad gets dashed when they fail to match the prerequisites. Understanding the prerequisites for admission into desired field of […]

Heading to a foreign destination for higher education may seem a little intimidating if you are not well-versed with the culture or do not speak the language of your chosen destination. For most overseas education pursuing students and their families, the cultural and language barriers of staying and studying abroad is often a major hindrance. […]

The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) is a standard test which is part of the admissions process to obtain a seat in graduate schools in the US and in several other countries. Created and administered by Educational Testing Service (ETS) in 1949, the exam aims to measure verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, analytical writing, and critical thinking […]

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell is designed to prepare managers to effectively lead organizations in rapidly changing and diverse regional, national, and global competitive environments. The MBA program at UML integrates theory and practice, using case studies, experiential learning techniques, and field programs applicable to […]

The Executive Education building of HEC Paris We saved MBA essays for the end of our mini-theme (covering MBA application components) for several reasons. When you are competing in the Indian applicant pool that looks like one big homogeneous monolith, MBA essays are the single most effective way to achieve differentiation and stand out from […]

Richard Ivey School of Business, Canada (Photo: Lars Plougmann) For many MBA applicants, completing an MBA application can become a daunting process for two main reasons. There are too many independent components to be taken care of (application form, resume, essays, interview, recommendations, GMAT, TOEFL). The preparation time for each can range from a few […]

New York University’s Stern School of Business (Photo: skinnylawyer) In the earlier two posts, there were several queries from puys on financing and scholarships. Its true that financing of education is an important detail especially for Indians earning in rupees. But before we move to those points it is also important to understand how admission […]

Editor’s note: Starting today, PG oldie Sameer Kamat will write a weekly column answering frequently asked questions related to the international MBA application process. Feel free to comment with questions of your own, which he will try to answer in the next weekly post. ——— MIT Sloan School of Management (Photo: Vitor Pamplona) International business […]

International Business Schools have started accepting applications for their MBA courses. That you don’t miss out on any deadlines for applications, we have put the important dates for admissions of the top 30 schools, according to Financial Times Rankings or (FT), on the events calender on the PaGaLGuY.com Homepage. The date of the ‘event’ listed […]

Fewer people will definitely be crossing oceans and going to business schools as the number of GMAT registrations has reduced for the first time in five years. The Asian MBA may just prove to be a good option in these times and Nick Soriano, Admissions Director at Nanyang Business School, Singapore takes us through the […]