MBA

In short

The MBA, Master of Business Administration, trains for business leadership. The program mixes core courses, like accounting, finance, marketing, operations and management, with electives. It relies heavily on case studies, group work and presentations, with exams depending on the school. Many applicants already have a few years of experience. Programs vary in length and format, so check your school’s.

What goes on your cards

Put finance formulas, like present value and ratios, marketing and strategy frameworks, accounting definitions and operations vocabulary on cards. One card per framework, with when to use it. Lumi helps you have the basic tools in your head when you reason.

A study rhythm

An MBA schedule is packed, so short regular passes on each subject beat big blocks before exams. See each framework on different days (Kornell, 2009) and keep time to discuss cases.