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Pre-MBA Bootcamp Kit

Before day one: readiness self-assessment, 12-week plan, budget, quant refresher, Excel modelling drills, formula sheet, economics, accounting and finance primers, case reading and team charter.

Step 1

Assessments

  1. MBA Readiness Self-Assessment Template (Scored, 10 Domains)

    Full

    Scored self-ratings, 18 diagnostic questions and evidence checklists across 10 domains, calibration flags, readiness index, gap map to pre-MBA primers

  2. Pre-MBA 12-Week Preparation Roadmap Template

    Full

    12-week pre-MBA plan: tracks and hours, weekly deliverables, 3 checkpoints, quant, Excel, accounting, finance, economics, stats, cases, career, logistics

  3. MBA Budget During the Programme Template

    Full

    Monthly MBA cash budget: term tuition, rent, recruiting, treks, social, internship months, buffer flags, rent, currency and social stress tests

    Cash-flow budgeting; US federal loan facts from 1 July 2026
Step 2

Quantitative skills

  1. Pre-MBA Quant Refresher Template

    Full

    12-question diagnostic, algebra, functions, exponents and logs, growth and compounding, percentages, probability, descriptive statistics, Excel, answer key

  2. Pre-MBA Excel Modelling Drills Template

    Full

    Graded Excel drills: absolute references, XLOOKUP and INDEX-MATCH, SUMIFS, pivots, data tables, Goal Seek, Solver, charts, three-statement model, checks

    Microsoft Excel function documentation; common financial-modelling conventions

  3. MBA Formula Sheet Template (Finance, Accounting, Operations, Stats)

    Full

    50 MBA core formulas in KaTeX: ratios, CVP, TVM, NPV/IRR, CAPM, WACC, DCF, M&M, Black-Scholes, elasticity, CLV, EOQ, newsvendor, queues, regression

    General finance, economics, operations and statistics formulas; original works cited (Sharpe 1964, Modigliani and Miller 1958/1963, Black and Scholes 1973, Little 1961, Harris 1913)

  4. Pre-MBA Economics Primer Template

    Full

    Pre-MBA economics refresher: opportunity cost, supply and demand, elasticity, MR = MC, market structures and HHI, GDP, inflation, interest rates, exchange rates

    Marshall 1890; Cournot 1838; Lerner 1934; Fisher 1930; Keynes 1923; Cassel 1918
Step 3

Corporate finance

  1. Pre-MBA Accounting Primer Template

    Full

    Accounting equation, debits and credits, accruals, adjusting entries, three statements and links, full worked company, IFRS 18 from 2027, self-test

    IASB Conceptual Framework (2018); IFRS 18 (2024, effective 2027); IAS 7; IFRS 15

  2. Pre-MBA Finance Primer Template

    Full

    Time value of money, compounding and EAR, annuities, perpetuities, NPV, IRR, XNPV, payback, risk and return, portfolio, Sharpe, beta, Excel formulas

    Fisher (1930); Markowitz (1952); Gordon (1959); Sharpe (1964); Lintner (1965); Excel function documentation
Step 4

Case method

  1. MBA Case Reading Guide Template

    Full

    How to read and prepare a business case in 90 to 120 minutes, cold calls, learning teams, practice plan, original mini-case with exhibits and teaching note

    Case method (HBS Baker Library history; Garvin 2003; Ellet 2018); Dunlosky et al. 2013

  2. MBA Case Preparation Sheet Template

    Full

    One-page case prep worksheet: decision, options, criteria, analysis, recommendation, risks, opening statement, class questions, with a filled hospital example

    Decision-focused case method (Ellet 2018; Hammond, Keeney and Raiffa 1999)

  3. MBA Learning Team Charter Template (Norms, Roles, Conflict)

    Full

    Purpose, members, goals, observable norms, rotating roles, meeting cadence, decision rules, workload ledger, conflict escalation, psychological safety, checkpoints

    Tuckman 1965; Edmondson 1999; Hackman 2002