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Title: Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MBA by Peter Robinson ISBN: 0-446-51786-0 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: May, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.74 (34 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Just okay
Comment: The title is the first point of confusion; although the author names the book "Snapshots From Hell," he later calls B-School rewarding and interesting. What I disliked about the book was all the complaining that Robinson did, as if he expected to cakewalk through one of the most prestigious B-Schools in the nation, especially with a liberal arts degree. Also, if you read the preface carefully, the author admits that the characters in the story are fictional, so that took a bit out of the story as well. All in all though, the story wasn't that bad, and was actually quite interesting at times. There are two ways to get a first-hand account of B-school life: you can either spend $80,000 at a business school, or pay for the book and have someone give you their (mostly) honest account.
Rating: 4
Summary: An accurate and entertaining essay on the MBA experience.
Comment: Written in an easy to read, natural style,this book
describes the trials and tribulations of undertaking an
MBA degree at a prestigious Californian university. While
at first it appears to ask us to suspend disbelief (the
author was one of Ronald Reagan's speechwriters!), it soons
moves on to a fascinating account of the life of an MBA
student. Coming from a non-business background, Peter
Robinson struggles with much of the course material, but
finds time to think about and discuss the philosophies
behind the subjects he is studying, as well as examining
the psyches of his fellow students.
Guaranteed to cause flashbacks for anyone who has studied
at university as a 'mature' student!
Rating: 4
Summary: Might spark you for an MBA from top B-School
Comment: The book gives you an impression that even though the first year of your MBA from a top B-School (in this case Stanford) might seem like a hell - though this might only be the case for so called poets - one has a high probability of doing well after an MBA form one of the top b-schools. Though, author has done a lot of complaining, he later concludes that is MBA was fun, interesting and rewarding.
This book is more like a diary, which also provides some (I said some!) insight into a b-school. Overall, this book is fun and worth a read.
On the lighter side, if you are a so called poet, planing to go for an MBA, take up some Maths and Statistics courses before you actually start your MBA :-)
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Title: Year One: An Intimate Look Inside Harvard Business School by Robert Reid ISBN: 0380725592 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Monkey Business : Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle by John Rolfe, Peter Troob ISBN: 0446676950 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis ISBN: 0140143459 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The MBA Jungle B-School Survival Guide by Jon Housman, MBA Jungle, Editors of MBA Jungle, The editors of MBA Jungle ISBN: 0738205117 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: 07 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: How to Get Into the Top MBA Programs by Richard Montauk ISBN: 0735203199 Publisher: Prentice Hall Press Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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