The Aspen Institute and World Resources Institute last week released "Beyond Grey Pinstripes," their biannual ranking of MBA programs on criteria related to teaching environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and business ethics. The top 10: 1. Stanford, USA 2. ESADE, Spain 3. York (Schulich), Canada 4. ITESM, Mexico 5. Notre Dame (Mendoza), USA 6. George Washington,…
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Chicago GSB 2006 MBA Essay Questions
Chicago’s 2006 MBA essay questions have a new succinct look: Essay 1: Complete all parts below (1500 words maximum) Explain the path that has led you to pursue an MBA as the next step in your professional personal development. Describe your short and long term post-MBA career goals. What or who influenced your choice of…
MIT Sloan, Starting Bloc Help Young Applicants
Starting Bloc and MIT Sloan have set up a program were six Starting Bloc Fellows (college seniors) are accepted to MIT Sloan’s MBA program for deferred admission. The Starting Bloc fellows will work in social or private enterprise for one to two years before matriculating at Sloan. The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at…
Forbes MBA Rankings: ROI Rules
Forbes published yesterday its biennial MBA rankings, based entirely on ROI five years after graduation. The top full-time programs on this basis: The Top Ten Dartmouth Pennsylvania Chicago Columbia Yale Stanford Harvard Virginia Cornell Northwestern (If you are going to use this data at all, please also read Forbes’ ranking methodology.) Forbes’ data show that…
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MBA Admission: The Great Round 1/Round 2 Fight
“On my right, now entering the ring is Round 1. A perennial favorite with those who have stratospheric GMATs, patents, Noble Prizes, and the like. And on my left, waving to the crowd is Round 2. He is favored by those with more average, but still respectable scores, grades, and experience.” So goes the fight…
“These are really good essays!”
As a result of my being quoted in that front-page Wall St. Journal article yesterday, (OK. OK. I’m milking it.) I received a call from a client I worked with in 1996-97. We haven’t spoken in several years, and it was great hearing from him. We worked closely on his application, and he was accepted to several schools,…
4 Tips for Demonstrating Professional Growth in a Flat Organization
If you work in a flat organization, how do you demonstrate advancement and growth? After all, your progress will be compared to that of other candidates who have regular promotions with clearly delineated expanded responsibilities. In a flat organization, you may hold the same title for five years. It is a point that your MBA…
