Build Your Roadmap to MBA Success

The Full-Time MBA Experience is an exciting and immersive experience to grow your career. But how do you choose the right activities, prioritize the right opportunities, or navigate the challenging moments of Business School?

Introducing The MBA Insider Online Course

MBASchooled’s Introduction to Business School is the only online MBA Onboarding course that gives you the inside guide planning and navigating your MBA experience. 

We use an interactive learning approach with best practices from MBA students, role-based learning, and reflection exercises to teach you the important aspects of Business school and help you prepare for your Full-Time MBA experience.

What's In The Course

This course will answer common questions like:

  • What are the actionable steps I can take to get ready for My MBA experience?
  • What are the common mistakes that MBA students make, and how to best avoid them?
  • How do students manage to juggle academics, career, and other priorities during the first semester?
  • What does the recruiting timeline look like, and what do I need to do in order to prepare?
  • How does one acclimate back into the “academic mindset?”
  • What are the toughest decisions MBA students have to make, and how can I navigate them?

Course Benefits

  • Onboard Faster to Business School

    Hit the ground running at school by learning actionable preparation tips that can be implemented immediately

  • Improve Decision Making

    Learn best practices, common mistakes and tips for success from former students to make better decisions

  • Increase Confidence

    Build confidence and self-awareness through hands on exercises around goal setting, personal development, and success measures

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

    • A message from the instructor

    • How to use this course

    • Course Materials
  • 2

    The Transition To Business School

    • Chapter 1 Overview: Learning Objectives

    • Transitioning To Business School

    • Reflection: What Are Your Goals?

    • Challenges and Opportunities in Business School

    • Survey: Common Challenges

    • Survey: Priorities

    • Imposter Syndrome

    • FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)

    • Student Stories Around The Transition To Business School

    • Tips For Success

    • Chapter 1 Summary: Learning Objectives

    • Chapter 1 End of Chapter Reflection Questions
  • 3

    Academics

    • Chapter 2 Overview: Learning Objectives

    • Core Classes Vs. Elective Classes

    • The Classroom Experience

    • Common Challenges Within The Classroom

    • Survey: Which of These Challenges Resonates Most with you?

    • Student Stories

    • Managing Grades

    • How Do You Feel About Grades?

    • Scenario: Managing Priorities on Your Study Team

    • Academics Student Story: Najee Johnson

    • Academics Tips For Success

    • Chapter 2 Summary: Learning Objectives

    • Chapter 2 End of Chapter Reflection Questions
  • 4

    Careers and Recruiting

    • Chapter 3 Overview: Learning Objectives

    • Introduction To Careers and Recruiting In Your First Year

    • Survey: How Do You Feel About Your Career Path?

    • On Campus Recruiting Vs Off-Campus Recruiting

    • Recruiting Timelines For Select Industries or Functions

    • Scenario: Should You Recruit For Management Consulting?

    • Common Career Deliverables

    • How To Find The Right Career

    • How To Explore Careers

    • How Much Time Do You Have to Explore?

    • The Importance of Strengths

    • Survey: Career Reflections

    • Scenario: Managing The Internship Recruiting Process

    • Survey: Career Priorities

    • Top Career and Recruiting Challenges

    • Survey: Career Challenges

    • Career and Recruiting Advice From an MBA Recruiter

    • Chapter 3 Summary: Learning Objectives

    • Chapter 3 End of Chapter Reflection Questions
  • 5

    Clubs, Organizations and Student Leadership

    • Chapter 4 Overview: Learning Objectives

    • Clubs, Organizations, and Student Leadership

    • Survey: Clubs and Organizations

    • Participating in Student Clubs and Organizations

    • Scenarios: Managing Leadership Positions

    • Student Story: How Being Involved in Student Clubs Helped In The Recruiting Process

    • Other Unique Ways to Get Involved

    • Chapter 4 Summary: Learning Objectives

    • Chapter 4 End of Lesson Reflection Questions
  • 6

    Social and Personal Life

    • Chapter 5 Overview: Learning Objectives

    • Building Relationships With Classmates

    • Survey: Social and Personal Life

    • Scenario: Weekend Trip

    • Managing Stress

    • Survey: Managing Your Personal Life

    • Making Personal Time For Yourself

    • Advice For Managing Your Personal Life

    • Chapter 5 Summary: Learning Objectives

    • Chapter 5 End of Lesson Reflection Questions
  • 7

    Personal Development

    • Chapter 6 Overview: Learning Objectives

    • The Importance of Personal Development and Growth

    • Examples of How MBA Students Approached Personal Development

    • Strategies For Personal Development and Growth

    • Assignment: Write Your MBA Graduation Announcement

    • How I Thought About Personal Development and Growth

    • Chapter 6 Summary: Learning Objectives

    • Your MBA Personal Development and Growth Plan

    • Chapter 6 End of Chapter Reflection Questions
  • 8

    The Virtual MBA Experience

    • Academics

    • Social and Personal Life

    • Student Clubs and Organizations

    • Careers and Recruiting
  • 9

    Course Summary

    • Summary

FAQ

  • Who is This Course For?

    This course is for driven and knowledge hungry incoming MBA students who are looking to prepare for business school to maximize their MBA experience. It’s for those who know they want to take advantage of the resources an MBA has an offer, but want guidance on how to do it. And it’s for students who want to understand the key elements of the MBA experience, as well as tactical advice for how to successfully master those elements.

  • When Should I Take This Course?

    When you buy the course you get lifetime access and can revisit the materials at anytime. That said, there are two great use cases for this course: Pre-MBA - Treat this as your guide to building a vision/plan for business school. Use this as a knowledge guide to understanding what your year will be like, and take the exercises and reflection questions as ways to solidify your goals and plans. Finally, use the tips and best practices in the course as a way to implement and execute your vision. 1st Year MBA Treat this as your trusted advisor as you navigate through your first year of business school. Use the chapters as best practice insight and the exercises as a means to help you take action and make decisions throughout your first year

  • How Does The Online Course Work?

    This is an asynchronous course, which means you can take this own your own. Each lesson has a combination of mini lectures, reflection questions, role-based scenarios, quizzes, and exercises. Through these modes of learning, you will learn the key aspects of the chapter, real-examples of how other MBA students experienced it, common challenges to avoid, and best practices and implementable tactics for mastering the specific topic. You’ll also get the chance to implement what you learned, or make progress toward a specific outcome through a series of reflection questions and hands on exercises.