The Economist Announces Winner Of Brightest Minds MBA Scholarship Contest

Brightest Minds contest winner is awarded $25,000 scholarship to business school

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Dec 10, 2014, 11:48 ET

NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Economist GMAT Tutor, an adaptive online GMAT test preparation course from Which MBA? at The Economist Group, announced the winner of its latest $25,000 Brightest Minds MBA Scholarship Contest.

Sean Walsh of Alberta, Canada, received the highest score on the Economist GMAT Tutor's simulation test, beating more than 6,000 other contest entrants. He then participated in a tie-breaker essay writing task, which he won. "I'm still at a loss for words in trying to express my excitement and gratitude," he said. He added that an MBA degree will provide him the foundation for making a career shift. Sean currently works as a Mechanical Engineer in the energy industry, finding more environmentally friendly ways to source oil and gas, and plans to use his MBA degree to advance into the financial side of the energy industry.

The next Brightest Minds MBA Scholarship competition will launch February 2nd during The Economist's Online MBA Fair and will also award a $25,000 scholarship to the person who scores the highest on the GMAT preparation test.

Rich Whiting, lead contest organizer, commented, "We were happy to reward Sean with a scholarship to help him achieve his goals. We're grateful to all the participating schools for helping us make this initiative such a success. We were all very pleased to witness the impressive level of engagement the contest's entrants demonstrated.

Sean can apply the scholarship towards tuition at any of the contest's business school partners, pending his acceptance:

Participating business schools:

Yale School of Management
Warwick Business School
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
University of Virginia, Darden School of Business
University of Florida MBA Programs
University of Exeter Business School
University of Edinburgh Business School
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Pace University Lublin School of Business
Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University
International University of Monaco
Hult Business School
HEC Paris MBA
Florida International University College of Business
Brandeis International Business School
Aston Business School

About Which MBA? (economist.com/whichmba)
Which MBA? is a division of The Economist Newspaper Group which offers a suite of online products serving both prospective MBA students and business schools. Our consumer products for prospective students include a GMAT preparation course , annual MBA rankings, and content on Economist.com. Which MBA? offers multi-media advertising solutions for business schools ranging from online MBA fairs, to traditional online and print mediums, to custom white-label lead generation tools.

About The Economist (economist.com)
With a growing global circulation (approximately 1.6 million including both print and digital) and a reputation for insightful analysis and perspective on every aspect of world events, The Economist is one of the most widely recognised and well-read current affairs publications. The paper covers politics, business, science and technology, and books and arts, concluding each week with the obituary. Its website offers articles from the past ten years, in addition to web-only content such as blogs, debates and audio/video programmes. The Economist is now available to download for reading on Android, iPhone, or iPad devices

*Audit Bureau of Circulations UK and Alliance for Audited Media US, January-June 2013

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SOURCE The Economist