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Welcome to the July edition of ICON+’s MBA Access Newsletter. You are receiving this e-newsletter because you inquired about our test prep and/or admissions consulting services.

By now, you have selected the MBA programs that you will apply to, or you're getting there. Are you now ready for the endless process of perfecting essays, recommendation letters, resumes/CVs, and intervew skils? Sign up for a complimentary 30 minute session with an MBA admissions consultant to get started on the right foot. Simply call us at 6336-6558 or admissions@icon-plus.com to make an appointment.

GMAT Trial Class
11am-1pm, Saturday, July 31
ICON+ Raffles Campus

To register, please contact us at 6336 6558 or vivian@icon-plus.com.

So far, nothing has escaped the global economic crisis.

Every job market from Spain to Japan has suffered; people everywhere are scurrying to find work and money. Today, even the most successful professionals in Manhattan feel the financial burden. Nightclubs and restaurants are swarmed with doctors and investment bankers, begging for part-time waitressing jobs and bartending gigs.

Needless to say, MBA Applications have also been hit by the wave. As the unemployment rate increases and work opportunities decline, people everywhere start looking for other options -- and going back to school is the first to come to mind. The solution seems easy enough: after all, graduate school serves as a kind of buffer: a permissible suspension from the desperate need to acquire a reasonable income.

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Ready for your MBA? Meet the World's Best Business Schools at The MBA Tour event in Bangkok and Singapore!More than just a fair, The MBA Tour events offer unique formats to explore MBA programs and to help you discover your ideal school.

Participating Universities: UCLA, University of North Carolina, University of Maryland, Michigan - Global, Georgetown, HKUST, Queen's, McGill, Rice,ESADE, Copenhagen Business School & More!

Bangkok MBA Conference (link to:http://www.thembatour.com/events/bangkok.shtml)
Monday September 13, 2010
Sofitel Centara Grand Bangkok
1695 Phaholyothin Road, Chatuchak
Bangkok

Singapore MBA Conference (link to:http://www.thembatour.com/events/singapore.shtml)
Thursday September 16, 2010
Shangri-la Hotel
22 Orange Grove Road
Singapore, 258350

It’s not unusual for students to pay us a visit or call and blurt out, “My GMAT score is embarrassingly low, but I really want to get into Wharton (or INSEAD, NUS, IE, Columbia, etc.). WHAT SHOULD I DO?”

Of course, as established GMAT test-prep specialists, we advise them to study and retake the test. However, we do meet students who are unable to raise their GMAT scores to their dream level in time for the application due dates. Sometimes their base scores were simply extremely low, or they are left with only 2 weeks before their deadlines.

Whatever the case, some students want to know if there is any way to compensate for the lack of a brilliant GMAT score.

Find out how to compensate here.

Student Body:

583 full time students
28% women
Avg work experience – 5 years
5 % - % of International passport holders

Program Information:

One year full time management programme
Specialisation offered in Analytical Finance, Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Leadership, Operations Management, Information Technology Management and Strategic Marketing. Exchange programme with 36 B-schools world wide

Admissions Requirements:

Min. GMAT Score: No cut off Score
Min. TOEFL Computer Based Score: 100
Min. IELTS: 7
Min. Years of Work Experience:2

Cost:

USD ($) 46000 is the total Programme Cost

Highlights:

Founded by eminent business leaders, entrepreneurs and academicians from around the world, the ISB has lived up to its vision of becoming a global leader in management education. The ISB enjoys the distinction of being the first Indian B-school to be ranked among the top 12 global business schools in the Annual MBA Rankings by Financial Times, London. ISB's faculty is an ideal mix of resident and visiting professors, each of whom holds a doctorate and is much sought after by businesses across the world. The ISB is associated with Wharton, Kellogg and the London Business School.

Website address:
www.isb.edu/pgp

Here are some suggestions for ways to build skills for the three reading purposes included in TOEFL iBT.

•Scan the passages to find and highlight key facts (dates, numbers, terms) and information.
•Practice this frequently to increase reading rate and fluency.
•Increase vocabulary knowledge, perhaps by using flashcards.
•Rather than carefully reading each word and each sentence, practice skimming a passage quickly to get a general impression of the main idea.
•Build up the ability to skim quickly and to identify the major points.

More tips here.