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…
Forbes Announces Top Ten Business Schools
Forbes has just released its list of the top business schools in America. The Forbes’ ranking methodology is based on the return on investment achieved by the class of 2006. They surveyed 16,000 alumni at over 100 schools and received feedback from 30% of those grads. They then compared the earnings of the respondents…
Wharton Expands to India
A recent Economic Times article discusses the Wharton School‘s recent plan to expand its presence in India, in either Mumbai or Delhi in the next 1.5 years. Currently, the Wharton School, along with Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, are the Indian School of Business’s associate schools, which means that the top b-school already has…
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…
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…
How to Display Teamwork in MBA Essays
While charting his MBA application process, one MBA applicant blogger, KT, recently wrote in his blog, My Quest for Life, about hitting a snag when tackling Kellogg’s question on displaying teamwork. Teamwork, and its close cousin, leadership, are highly prized by MBA programs. But even if you have not worked in teams on any regular…
MBA Applicants: What McKinsey (and HBS) Wants
They were looking for four things. I didn’t know until I’d made it to the third and last round of interviews, but McKinsey and Company, the strategy consulting firm perennially ranked among the top “dream” employers of MBA students, was looking for four specific qualities in the candidates they hired. By my calculations, McKinsey made…
Interview with a Current Kellogg Part-time MBA Student
Accepted.com is continuing a blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at selected MBA programs. We hope to offer you a candid picture of student life, and what you should consider as you prepare your MBA application. Interview with current part-time Kellogg student (evening program) with an engineering background,…
Kellogg: A Current MBA Student Interview
Accepted.com is continuing a blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at selected MBA programs. We hope to offer you a candid picture of student life, and what you should consider as you prepare your MBA application. Here are some excerpts from an interview with a current Kellogg MBA student…
Kellogg’s New Dean: What Does She Mean (for You)?
As discussed in an earlier Almanac post, Kellogg School of Management has a new dean, Sally Blount, who had served as Dean of NYU’s undergrad program and Vice Dean of the university’s Stern School of Business. This is good news for Kellogg on multiple levels—Blount is expected to help the program raise money and increase…
Financial Times Global 2010 MBA Rankings
The Financial Times published today its 2010 ranking of global MBA programs. Its ranking attempts to “assess the effect of the MBA on … subsequent career progression and salary growth.” Consequently it draws its data from the schools themselves and from surveys of graduates at least three years after earning their MBA degree. In building…
HBS Launches International Seminar Program
Following the lead of other top MBA programs, reports a recent article in The Financial Times, Harvard Business School will be expanding its international immersion programs this year by holding small, intensive seminars across the globe. According to the FT, HBS has been “slow to initiate such projects, as data from the Financial Times…
New “No-Co-Signer” Loans Aid Foreign MBA Students
According to BusinessWeek, Chicago Booth, Northwestern University, Rochester’s Simon School, and UCLA Anderson are among the six universities and 15 graduate programs that have joined the Affiliated Loan Program for Students (ALPS), a solution to the international student loan crisis. In 2008, just as admissions season was approaching, a few major international student loan lenders…
B-Schools Search Globally for International Students
Reaching out to countries like India and China is old news already. The recent trend, according to BusinessWeek in “In Hunt for Students, Business Schools Go Global” is to recruit from economically developing countries like Chile, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam. The number of U.S. B-school attendants from these emerging markets is up since last…
MBA Applicants: What Should You Do Now?
A few bits of communications this week reveal the uncertainly among 2010 MBA applicants now and the new opportunities provided by the earlier Round 1 deadlines/notification dates set by certain schools. Here’s what I’m referring to: On the BusinessWeek Forum, Todoubled started a fairly active thread with the title “Denied from Wharton/Chicago, what next?” I…
Grad School Applicants: Self-Assess for Success
To apply or not apply. That is the question many of you are asking yourselves as admissions deadlines approach. Is it time to go for the MBA? The JD? MD? PhD? Here’s the answer: it depends. I know that’s a cop out, but it’s true. It really depends on you, your circumstances, and your goals….
MBA Admissions Happenings @Accepted.com
Whether you applied round 1, are planning to apply round 2, or fit into both categories, there is a lot going on at Accepted to help you with your applications. November Special: Save $100 on orders over $2000 with code MBA100. MBA Letters of Recommendation that Rock is our featured ebook this month and 20%…
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…
MBA Admissions Chat News: Kellogg, Consortium
Do you have questions about Kellogg? Then join us in an admissions chat with Northwestern Kellogg’s Director of Admissions, Beth Flye, and other Kellogg representatives on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/6:00 PM GMT. The Kellogg team can answer all your questions about their admissions practices and its famed general management…
