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(More customer reviews)If this book could be updated, with CURRENT industry and student remarks, I would give it a much better review. The MBA 'payback' and education approach is now currently under turmoil with the global downturn and the corporate scandals worldwide - this book of course is now too old to consider these aspects.
Be very careful, particularly if you expect an MBA in the current climate to 'spoonfeed' you a job with Morgan Stanley, to take this book too seriously. I am currently in the final term of a top-flight MBA in the Asia-Pacific region (which included a European exchange to a highly regarded school), and have had the time of my life, so can speak with a fair bit of authority about the book.
It is very well written and honest, so that's a good thing.
Unfortunately it was written right towards the end of the Internet bubble, and way before Sep. 11 and Iraq, so the book's advice in the second part in particular is now almost like reading a quaint history book of a bygone era.
It also at times takes too much credence from some of the studnent's comments, many of whom have a very US-centric/investment banking view of the MBA (ironically the region/sector that has been affected worst by the MBA downturn)
As a book telling you about the CURRENT situation of what you get out of the MBA, it is hopeless. It badly needs to be updated.
The MBA is still the most amazing experience of my life, but my current class have learnt to become 'optimistic realists'. The book needs to reflect this.
Have a look at the latest articles on [website](uk - education section) regarding the tough situation for current MBAs to see what I mean....
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(Pearson Education)A guide to where to go, what to do, and who to know in business school, based on interviews of MBA students at top business schools. Tells what life at business school is really like, how best to prepare for an MBA, and which schools offer the best MBA experience. Softcover.
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