Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Making the Most of Your Time Before B-School Introduction Chapter 1: Choose Your School & Accept the Offer Chapter 2: Say Your Farewells-and Celebrate Chapter 3: Rest, Relax, & Search Your Soul Chapter 4: Get to Know Your Future Classmates Chapter 5: Firm Up Your Career Knowledge Chapter 6: Prepare for Class Chapter 7: Find Housing & Move Chapter 8: Figure Out Your Finances Part II: Taking Care of Business at Business School Introduction Chapter 9: Time Management 101 Chapter 10: Social Graces Chapter 11: The Finer Points of Being an MBA Chapter 12: Learning With & From Your Teams Chapter 13: The Social Life of the MBA Part III: Grasping First-Year Academics Introduction Chapter 14: Excel & PowerPoint Chapter 15: Economics & Game Theory Chapter 16: Statistics Chapter 17: Accounting Chapter 18: Finance Chapter 19: Marketing Chapter 20: Operations & Supply Chain Chapter 21: Common Threads Part IV: Landing the Perfect Job Introduction Chapter 22: When I Grow Up Chapter 23: The Big Buckets of MBA Jobs Chapter 24: The Professional Network Chapter 25: For Whom the Recruiting Bell Tolls Chapter 26: Interviews...and Offers! Chapter 27: One Down, One to Go Appendix A. Twenty-Five Key Points B. Catechism of B-School Cliches C. Jargon Bingo D. Glossary of Common Terms E. Acronym Guide

About the Author

Carrie Shuchart holds an A.B. in Social Studies from Harvard University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. She has previously been an editorial analyst at The Atlantic, a freelance television producer, and an entrepreneur. While at Columbia, she focused her efforts on Follies, the school's semi-annual comedy show, for which she acted, directed, and made some pretty poor attempts at dancing. She began teaching with Manhattan GMAT in 2008 as a way to fund her start-up habit and her shoe collection. Recently, Carrie joined the Los Angeles office of McKinsey & Co. as a consultant. She still can't explain what the job entails. A native of the First State, Chris Ryan has an A.B. in Physics from Harvard University. Before getting an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business (Duke), he taught high school science through Teach for America and later in private schools. At Fuqua, Chris was head TA of the core Statistics and Finance courses, as well as Curriculum Representative and FuquaVision co-president. After b-school, he worked for McKinsey & Co. in New York, then joined Manhattan GMAT, where he now serves as the Director of Product and Instructor Development. In his spare time, Chris writes moody music, tinkers with moody screenplays, and occasionally hangs out with his wife Kathryn at home in Brooklyn.