Vancouver Winter Climate – Doing Your MBA in a “Mediterranean” City
Until recently, when the Vancouver 2010 Olympics showed the world that Vancouver weather is capable of 10°-15° C in February, Canada was thought of globally as a “cold place”. In[…]
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Avatar for MBA’s – A Graduate Business Perspective of Ethics and Sustainability
“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” – James Cameron I’ll do my best not to spoil the movie,[…]
Quick GMAT Tip – Put More GMAT Study Emphasis on the Verbal Section
As you read this post in preparation for the GMAT, you’re likely more nervous about one section over the other. This is totally normal, some people are really good at[…]
Graduate Business MBA and Your Personal Brand – Authenticity
This post is part-one of a multi-part series from the international branding expert Christof Appel. Christof was born and raised in South Africa, and has been consulting with individuals and[…]
List of All the Free Online GMAT Practice Tests
The goal of this post is to become the one-stop, definitive guide for every single free online GMAT test that exists on the web. We will include tests for download,[…]
MBA Mentor in Residence – SFU’s Entrepreneurial Resource
It’s opportunities to meet business people like Jim Derbyshire, Mentor-in-Residence, that truly define the power and depth of the SFU community. Vancouver is often thought of as a small town,[…]
Introducing the School… in Mandarin!
As a part of the YouTube project for the Information Systems class, a team of SFU Graduate Business students from China in the Full-time MBA program created a short video[…]
Annual SFU Graduate Business Boat Cruise:
“Enjoy the Journey”
“Enjoy the Journey”
Every spring, after the rain subsides from the Vancouver skyline, and the city shows its true beauty, the MBA class sets out on a different kind of journey – A[…]
MBA Speaker Series: The CMC Presents Brian Josling: Common Sense Refined
“Common sense refined” is Brian Josling’s tag line, and the moment Brian started speaking it was clear that he has a large amount of “street” experience for our hopeful MBA’s[…]
What is the Best GMAT Review Book?
The length of this post in no way reflects the amount of research put into the topic. For the past week I’ve made it my quest to seek out the[…]
GMAT Tips – Best Practices for Test Day (CAT Part 3)
Now that you’re well versed on the ins and outs of the computer adaptive exam, and you’ve read Dave’s (SFU MBA ’11) harrowing GMAT tale, the only thing left with[…]
GMAT Tips – How the GMAT Computer Adaptive Test Works (CAT Part 2)
This is the second part of a three part series on the CAT. This post goes into technical detail about the inner workings of the unique test. The other two[…]