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# Harvard Business School

# Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford Graduate Business School is not only one of the top graduate business schools in the world, it is also one of the most selective ones. With an acceptance rate of only 6.5%, it is definitely a challenge to get into SGB.

The recent changes that make up the new SAT test, are causing confusion on students and administrations providing the tests. A survey carried out by College Board resulted in students reacting positively to the new test, however, colleges do not seem to agree.

The top 10 percent law was designed to increase access to the state’s top public universities. The law is primarily active in Texas, and gives low-income families to still have a shot at top universities.

With the new SAT test recently officialised and made public, it was only a matter of time until it was breached and made available for the public to see. Reuters reports that the new SAT is still not up to the levels it should be, retaining key vulnerability the test has been having for years.

An MBA requires a lot of reading! This is true not only in-class but also out-of class. Students should be reading textbooks, online literature and any other relevant media out there. Here are three must-read articles for MBA students:

4’000 more students in the UK result to be undertaking academic subjects rather than vocational courses. This however, does not mean that it will result in more college students enrolling Universities.

With rising tuition fee, and gradually decreasing scholarship opportunities it is becoming increasingly difficult to become an MBA grad. This in combination with the increasing competition at top business schools and the increasing popularity of an MBA as a graduate degree choice, is making this popular choice a very hard one indeed.

Business school interviews can be challenging and it is at this stage of the admissions applications that most students have been said to falter and fail at. While students tend to prepare intensively for the dreaded interview, it is hard to be able to anticipate precisely what may or may not come up! Here are four common interview questions asked at business school interviews:

Being an entrepreneur is not an easy job! With so much cut-throat competition in the ever changing business world it is hard to ensure success even with an MBA degree. Failure is not uncommon in the field. Most people who are willing to go through the grind and experience their fair share of success and failure can come out smiling at the end, but the ups and downs are not for everyone.

How important is an MBA in determining one's success in the business world? It is commonly perceived that having an MBA automatically means higher salaries and quicker career progression. But recruiters are now saying that this may not necessarily be true and an MBA can only be useful if used in a combination with excellent business acumen.

Changes brought by technology and decline in prospects force admissions offices to adapt to meet freshman-class targets. Every year, college enrolment managers try to sign up enough freshmen for the fall semester, but hitting the mark requires schools to court an outsize number of prospects, knowing that only a fraction will enrol.

In December 2015 the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) swept through Congress, largely unopposed by leaders. Years from now, the ESSA will be remembered as the catalyst that sparked a movement that helped to move away from the standardised SAT/ACT tests.

The rise of technology startups in the past 5 years and one of the most prolific investment periods in Silicon Valley history has led to more than just TV sitcoms and young students more focused on studying STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) majors.