US News is at it again! The magazine’s newest top ten list is the top 10 Business Schools That Receive the Most Full-Time Applications. Not surprisingly, almost all the top 10 programs listed in US News’s rankings of the best business schools were also on the list of the top 10 business schools that received…
Columbia 2012 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips.
Our 2013 Columbia MBA Application Essay Tips are Now Online! Click Here to Check Them Out! This Columbia MBA Application tip post is one of a series of posts providing MBA application and essay advice for applicants to top MBA programs around the world. Check out the entire 2012 MBA Application Tips series for more valuable MBA essay advice. …
U.S. News Ranks Best EMBA Programs
U.S. News & World Report just released its annual Execute MBA rankings, which we’ve posted below. Top 10 Best Executive MBA Programs 1. University of Pennsylvania Wharton 2. Chicago Booth 3. Northwestern Kellogg 4. Duke Fuqua 5. Columbia 6. NYU Stern 6. UCLA Anderson 8. Michigan Ross 9. UC Berkeley Haas 10. UNC Kenan-Flagler You’ll…
Top 20 EMBA Programs in North America
Top executive MBA programs in America are charging an arm and a leg —is it worth it? That’s the topic of a recent CNN Money Fortune/Poets & Quants article, “Executive MBAs: Great, if you can foot the bill,” which reports that if people are willing to pay the sky-high prices for an EMBA degree, they’ll…
Application Volume Soars at Top Colleges
We recently posted an article on the increase of applications at Harvard; apparently it’s not the only school experiencing an undergraduate application boom. A few more articles were recently published which report on record-breaking application increases at other top colleges in the U.S. According to a Bloomberg.com article, applications at Duke University and the University…
MBA Admissions News: CEOs, EMBA Salaries, iPads, and More!
A BusinessWeek article discusses the disproportionate number of Fortune 500 CEOs who trace their educational credentials to Ivy League schools, in particular to Harvard, Columbia, and Penn. Of the 500 “corporate bigwigs,” nearly 100 come from one of these three schools (from both the undergrad and graduate pools). Also, only 174 of the 500…
A Few of the Mostest at Accepted.com
This is the time of year to look back at the most, best, (worst), etc. I am going to stick to the positive. Top Ten Most Visited Accepted Admissions Almanac Posts of 2010: In a nutshell, rankings and application tip posts rule. (I am only listing the current tip post when last year’s tip post…
Up Close with Columbia Business School: Q&A Tomorrow!
UPDATE: Transcript and MP3 from the Columbia Q&A are now available online. Join Columbia Business School alum and Associate Director of MBA Admissions, Michael Robinson ’01, for an informative question and answer session tomorrow, Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/6:00 PM GMT. During the Q&A webinar you’ll get a chance to…
Sustainable MBAs
Thinking about a career in sustainable enterprise? Each year the Aspen Institute ranks MBA programs in their Beyond Grey Pinstripes edition on the schools’ ability to provide curriculum, research and careers while looking at the triple bottom line. This list continues to grow, but according to the 2010 rankings, candidates looking at MBA programs that…
Making Your MBA Essays Do “Double Duty”
With the new MBA essay questions coming out, you may be starting to sketch out your answers. Of course first and foremost answer the given questions thoroughly and thoughtfully. But how can your essays work for you to the max, especially when the questions don’t seem to provide opportunities to portray experiences, skills, qualities, or…
2010 AIGAC Conference in Boston
The Charles River Near MIT Sloan I will run out of superlatives if I attempt to describe the 2010 AIGAC Conference in Boston. Suffice it say that it was extraordinarily illuminating. MIT Sloan and Harvard Business School graciously and generously hosted the event, which was kicked off by MIT Sloan’s Dean David C. Schmittlein, who…
Columbia 2011 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips.
Update: The tips for the Columbia 2012 MBA application are now available online. Please review the tips and post questions or comments to the new post. Check out the entire 2012 MBA Application Tips series for more valuable MBA application advice. This Columbia 2011 MBA Application tip post is one of a series of posts…
Beautiful B-School Photo Contest 2010 is Here!
It’s that time of year again—time to visit your top choice b-school campuses and show off to the world what you’ve found. Put your artistic talent to the test by submitting your favorite campus photos to the annual Beautiful B-School Photo Contest! Last year’s 1st place winner presented this dramatic picture of Columbia: You can…
BusinessWeek EMBA and Part Time MBA Rankings
BusinessWeek has published its biannual rankings of EMBA programs. The top five EMBA programs are: Kellogg Chicago Booth Wharton Columbia USC Marshall BusinessWeek also published its part-time MBA program rankings and its rankings of executive education programs. Its methodology in all three cases focuses on “end-user satisfaction.” The articles and videos accompanying the rankings are recommended if…
Beyond Grey Pinstripes Ranking of MBA Programs
The Aspen Institute published last week its biannual ranking of MBA programs, “Beyond Grey Pinstripes.” This ranking ignores admissions criteria and abandons ROI. Through surveys of 149 participating schools, it attempts to rank the programs according to their “social impact management” or addressing of social, environmental or ethical topics. The goal: “spotlight innovative full-time MBA…
MBA Admissions Q&As: Cornell, NYU Stern, Columbia, Notre Dame
We have two great MBA admissions chats next week: Cornell Chatter, an Accepted.com online Q&A session, on Monday, October 12, 2009 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT when Randall Sawyer, Director of Admissions, along with other staff members will answer your important questions. Use this outstanding opportunity to ask questions about Cornell’s close-knit…
MBA News at Accepted: Columbia Business School
This is unofficially Columbia Business School week at Accepted. We didn’t plan it that way, but that’s how it worked out. A few items to keep in mind: Columbia’s Linda Meehan, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid for Columbia’s MBA program, will be available to answer your questions tomorrow, Thursday Oct. 1 at 10AM…
Forbes ROI MBA Rankings for 2010
Forbes published today its 2010 MBA rankings for US and non-US MBA programs. The Forbes ranking is based on ROI, specifically “the return on investment achieved by the graduates from the class of 2004.” Forbes surveyed 17,000 alumni at 103 schools and heard back from 24% of those grads in compiling its data. For the…
Report From AIGAC Conference: Buzz vs.Substance
The AIGAC conference this year was fantastic. The first day consisted of presentations from Pete Johnson of Haas, Christie St. John of Tuck, Cassandra Pittman of INSEAD, Wendy Huber of Darden, Soojin Kwon Koh of Ross, and Bruce Delmonico of Yale’s SOM. During the second day AIGAC was hosted by NYU Stern and Columbia Business…
Personal Statements are Difficult!
On Twitter I frequently see tweets lamenting the difficulty inherent in writing personal statements. It’s true, they are a pain, especially if you are the kind of person who does not like self-reflection or self-expression. In listening to a podcast on an entirely unrelated topic, I started thinking about the essential components of a strong personal…
