Posted on 10/28/2006 4:51:20 AM PDT by Flavius
Cheating seems to be pretty rampant in MBAs, based on my experience applying to MBA programs right now. For instance, there's a million hoops that my recommenders have to go to to submit their letters of recommendation (online using special passwords). Ditto with the GMATs, they made me remove my Swatch watch (none digital), won't let you use a simple calculator, and won't even provide you with real scrap paper and pencils any more (they give you these ridiculous dry erase boards instead). The whole experience threw me off so much that I screwed up the math portion of the GMAT.
Excel is probably the only skill from college that I use in my job on a regular basis.
Excel - nobody deserves to receive an MBA today without demonstrating some ability to use it, and no MBA program deserves accreditation that fails to require it.
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