Prospective graduate students across the country are now facing an added pressure to the application process for business school: the modification of the GMAT that will be implemented by the Graduate Management Admissions Council in June.  The newest section, “integrated reasoning,” is said to “gauge how well applicants can extract and analyze complex data,” according [...]

Today, Americans are constantly bombarded by news of rising oil prices, potential shortages in pipelines, offshore drilling moratoriums, and pump prices potentially reaching four to five dollars a gallon.  But what is constantly being ignored is the statistic for oil exports by the United States.  Since 2008, the United States has been exporting refined gasoline [...]

Many different factors influence a job-seeker’s net worth.  Education, experience, skills, industry, company, and geography all impact salary, yet the job-seeker is not solely powerless in determining his or her compensation. How job-seekers comport themselves during all parts of the hiring process, from the first interview to the job offer, plays a role in determining [...]

Many students are concerned with landing an excellent summer or semester-long internship that will hopefully lead to a full-time job after graduation.  In response to the increasing importance of internships for resume building and real-world experience, the Boston College Career Center offers an Externship Program for undergraduate students.  Although it is not widely publicized on [...]

The average college student has a busy schedule, balancing academics, extracurricular activities, and a social life.  However, some students take on even greater challenges during their undergraduate years by becoming entrepreneurs. Whether students create a website that revolutionizes networking, a space-maximizing model of dorm furniture, or a campus laundry service, college start-ups can prove not [...]

The 2010 overhaul to healthcare legislation simultaneously included massive changes to the federal student loan program.  The bill was intended to make a college education more accessible for the aspiring students across the nation; however, how effective has the legislation proven, now over a year since its passing?   Studies have shown that, despite the [...]

Donald Trump.  Martha Stewart.  Kim Kardashian.  What do these people have in common?  Personal branding.  Everyone knows who they are because they have successfully marketed themselves to the public as unique in their person, product, or knowledge.  Marketing oneself or one’s career through a strong personal brand is essential to any aspiring entrepreneur. According to [...]

In late July, Germany and France reached an agreement on bailing out Greece in the eleventh hour.  The plan included cutting the interest rates on bailout loans to Greece from 5.5 percent to 3.5 percent and doubling the repayment period to fifteen years. They believed these interest rate cuts would also be applied to Ireland and [...]

Occupy Wall Street is not an attack on corruption or greed; rather, it is an attack on the American Dream and the principles upon which the United States was founded, a fact that these “99%” do not comprehend.  The American Dream is not for all citizens to have free healthcare, free college tuition, to own [...]

The Carroll School of Management offers not only a great business curriculum, but also world-class faculty members, experts in all fields, who are dedicated to sharing their knowledge with CSOM students.  There are too many great professors and administrators in CSOM to give them all due justice, but the following are five people CSOM students [...]