Case Studies & Cocktails: The Now What? Guide to Surviving Business School - Softcover

Case Studies & Cocktails is an indispensible guide for newly-admitted students and first-year MBA candidates who want to make the most out of their experience—and their investment—in business school.

After all the hard work on your application, you’re finally in to business school. Now what? The acceptance letter is just the beginning of your MBA experience. Even before classes start, you’ll face all kinds of new challenges: financing your degree, readjusting to homework, schmoozing recruiters. Now you can turn to this book, produced by Manhattan GMAT—one of the leading names in GMAT preparation—to ready you for the challenges you’ll face as a newly-minted MBA candidate.Case Studies & Cocktails will be your go-to guide as you prepare to enter your MBA program and throughout your time at b-school. The authors—MBAs themselves—have drawn on their own experiences and interviewed current students for the inside scoop on every aspect of b-school, from telling the boss you’re going back to school to balancing wine and cheese in one hand while networking. The result is both a handbook for the social side of school and an academic primer on the material you’ll have to master. The book even includes a glossary of need-to-know jargon, so you won’t feel lost when classmates start slinging around acronyms.

Congratulations! You've just been admitted to business school! Now what? Have no fear, Case Studies & Cocktails has you covered. This all-in-one guide provides the tools for living and working as a business school student. Whether you're stressed about paying tuition, valuing bonds, repairing a dysfunctional team, or mastering the ins and outs of recruiting, the solutions are in this comprehensive guide: - Follow a structured game plan that takes you from your acceptance to your arrival on campus. - Use game theory to split the rent with your roommate. - Demystify the math side of the b-school curriculum with thorough introductions to quantitative topics. - Get the scoop on common MBA career paths--and not-so-common ones. - Manage your life and your money with numerous downloadable calendars and worksheets. - Look up need-to-know jargon in the handy glossary. The authors are b-school grads who've "been there and done that." Plus, they teach for Manhattan GMAT, the best in the test-prep biz, so you know they can break down complicated material. Current students and staff from over a dozen top programs have also contributed their insights and suggestions.