Over the years, they have become increasingly selective with MBA applicants, even with tuition costs at record levels.
At the same time, these schools are looking to attract top caliber talent to join their community. One way to do that is by offering highly selective scholarship packages to top applicants.
James Plumb, an MBA applicant to London Business School, was recently offered one of these highly competitive scholarship opportunities. In his case, the scholarship was in the amount of GBP 61,400 – or just over USD 93,000.
The scholarship was based on merits of his GMAT, essays, interview, and professional background.
James offers some thoughts about what made him a unique applicant.
“From speaking to them they’ve re-iterated over and over how ‘academics’ is one of the things that have set me apart.And as my other academic background is average, they must mean my GMAT.”
said James.
James did indeed score highly on the GMAT exam with a 770 (99th percentile). He attributes much of his success on the GMAT to strategies he learned from GMATPill.com, a top-rated online video course dedicated only to the GMAT.
Writing in a popular online forum, James said:
“As I’ve said previously, this is all really thanks to the guys at GMAT Pill as I was hitting 600-ish without them.”
“Zeke and his team gave me the skill set to really score super high – and standout from the crowd. They keep things super simple, and allow you to really focus on your weaknesses.I did not believe the other story of someone else getting 780 with GMAT Pill, but now I do.”
Schools that offer merit-based MBA scholarships often do not publicize them. There is no separate application process for these scholarships. Instead, they are privately offered towards the end of the admissions process.
With competition just to get in to top business schools already tough, it’s even tougher to score one of these few highly selective and highly competitive MBA scholarships.
Yet, London Business School is not the only program to offer merit-based MBA scholarships.
Zeke Lee, founder of the GMAT Pill Study Method, said, “James is not the only GMAT Pill-er to score an MBA scholarship. We had another student Kang who retook his GMAT with us and scored a 760 along with a USD 50,000 MBA scholarship. Today, he’s studying at the Darden MBA program.”
While tuition costs of business schools around the world continue to inch up every year, there are opportunities to reduce that cost. But in order to find out if you qualify, you will have to go through the admissions process of taking the GMAT, doing your essays, and applying. Only after you’ve been accepted will you be notified about such merit-based scholarships.
The admissions process can be intimidating, but resources do exist to guide you along the way.
For James, enrolling in the GMAT Pill online prep course was an investment that paid off extremely well.
Today, you can find him helping other students on GMAT practice questions as a staff member of GMAT Pill. He will be starting London Business School in the fall.
Source: BusinessBecause.com
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