Step 1. Familiarizing. What is MBA intended for? What do you need to know before beginning of preparation? An ideal candidate: does he (she) exist? Alternatives of an MBA or just think one more time. MBA as an investment. 3 reasons to enter a business school and when you shouldn’t do it.

Step 2. Cognitive. The main sources of getting information about an MBA. Business school rankings. How to “read” rankings properly (Business Week, U.S. News, Economist, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Forbes etc.). The budget of entering a school or what if to send application package in 10 schools at one time? Types of MBA programs and its differences: full-time, executive, distance and others. How to choose program properly? Where to go studying: USA, Europe, and Asia? Work after getting MBA. MBA career.

Step 3. Organizational. Admission deadlines, time planning. What round of entering do you need to choose? Where should you find free time for preparing? What can you do by yourself and what could be done by others? What will be use full during admission process: helpful literature (GMAT, TOEFL, essay writing, MBA books). Useful Internet links.

Step 4. Analytical. Business school “under microscope” or let’s make everything clear. How to get known business school better? School reputation (finance, general management, entrepreneurship, international relations, IT). Studying methods: case study vs. lections vs. project work. School’s profile and how to use it properly. People who will study with you will form you as a business school graduate. Alumni is the main value of the most of business schools. School location, possibilities for schools’ cooperation. How to study at several schools at one time and to get several diplomas?

Step 5. Preparatory. Preparing for obligatory GMAT and TOEFL tests. What is the sufficient score? How to prepare to the tests properly? Approved method to get more than 700 GMAT score. What is the right time in admission process to pass these tests? What can improve your results and what can’t do this? Methods of effective preparation.

Step 6. Application package preparation. What does good application package consist of? How to simplify your life and not to pay for it? Transcripts, recommendations, essay. Essay as the main and most significant part of MBA candidate’s application package. The main application essay topics. Easy and complex essay topics. How to write essay properly? Preparation for an interview. Interview. Specificity of interview while entering  a business school.

Step 7. Getting the answers. What then should you do when you are accepted (not accepted)? Possible alternatives of business schools answers and how to react on them? Waitlist, deferral. What should you do if your are accepted in several schools at one time? It’s not the time to relax after getting the answer.

Step 8. Searching financial aid. Financial planning for future MBA. Crediting. Scholarships (based on needs, merits). Peculiarities of getting financial help in top business schools or how not to miss the right time. Guaranteed MBA credits: where and how to get them. Peculiarities of opening an account in western banks.

Step 9. Second wind. Getting a visa. Problems in getting a visa is not a situation to despair of. What should do students with families? Preparation for studying: set of required knowledge before entering a class. Variants of living in business school: campus, apartment. What can disturb your departure and what can help it? 

Step 10. Victory! You are in business school. How to make a study plan? Core curriculum and elective studies. Balancing between studying and resting. Work searching: better to do it as early as possible. Is there a life after getting an MBA? Where is the best place for self realizing after getting diploma?