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April 19, 2018

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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… 

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Article by Natalie Grinblatt / Columbia, Cornell Johnson, INSEAD, MBA Admissions, Michigan Ross, Notre Dame Mendoza, NYU Stern, Rankings, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UNC Kenan Flagler, UVA Darden, Yale SOM / Columbia Business School, INSEAD, Rankings

November 28, 2016

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How Business Schools Have Failed Business

Business school deans and educational thought leaders are doing a lot of soul-searching concerning the role and culpability of graduate business schools in the economic downturn. Dean Robert Bruner of Darden on April 5 wrote on Twitter “Controversy over the role of B-schools in the crisis. Did they warn strongly enough about the risks of toxic… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Harvard HBS, MBA Admissions, McGIll University, Rankings, Stanford GSB, UNC Kenan Flagler, UVA Darden, Yale SOM / Harvard Business School, leadership, twitter, Wall St. Journal

November 20, 2014

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Rankings Awry

The now AWOL rankings “Top 50 Business Schools for Getting Hired”  showcases the weaknesses and flaws in rankings, real and potential  But first a little background: Last week CNN Money.com published Fortune magazine’s ranking of the “50 Best Business Schools for Getting Hired.” I chose not to blog it, because I had a lot of… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Rankings, UNC Kenan Flagler / Rankings, UNC Kenan Flagler

August 26, 2014

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The Admissions Yield

As colleges and universities admit their freshman classes, they are trying to read your mind as to whether you are likely to attend.  That’s right.  To some, a measure of college prestige is the yield rate, or the percentage of students who accept an offer of admission to a particular institution.  The higher the yield… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions, Rankings / Rankings

January 20, 2010

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Stanford Wins First Place for Forbes’ “The Most Satisfied MBAs”

Forbes took its survey findings from “The Best Business Schools” and compiled a second rankings report: “The Most Satisfied MBAs.” Stanford won top slot for both rankings. It is #1 for providing the best return on investment for its graduates, as well as for churning out MBAs who are extremely satisfied with their current jobs… 

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Article by Accepted / Chicago, Dartmouth Tuck, INSEAD, International, London Business School, MBA Admissions, NYU Stern, Rankings, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UVA Darden, Wharton / Dartmouth Tuck, INSEAD, NYU Stern, Rankings, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, Wharton

October 28, 2009

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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… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Columbia, MBA Admissions, Michigan Ross, Notre Dame Mendoza, NYU Stern, Rankings, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, Yale SOM / entrepreneurship, Michigan Ross, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, Yale SOM

April 23, 2009

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Rankings (Part 5 of 5): 8 Flaws in Rankings

How NOT to use the rankings Don’t give them too much importance. Don’t replace research and self-reflection with school ranking to determine where you apply or attend. Using them mindlessly could contribute to an expensive, time-consuming mistake. Blinding yourself to the rankings’ flaws leads to poor decisions. Consider this partial list of limitations:   They… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Financial Aid, GMAT, Grad School Admissions, GRE, Law School Admissions, LSAT, MBA Admissions, MCAT, Medical School Admissions, Rankings / Financial Aid, Financial Times, Rankings

April 23, 2009

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US News Grad Rankings Are Out!

The US News just released its 2009 Grad School Rankings. I’m going to list the top ten for business school, law school, and medical school (research) and provide links to the ranking methodology for each category. For other graduate specialties, please visit the US News site. Business School Rankings and methodology 1. Harvard2. Stanford3. Northwestern Kellogg… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Chicago, College Admissions, Columbia, Columbia University, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Duke Law, Grad School Admissions, Harvard HBS, Harvard Law HLS, Law School Admissions, LLM, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Rankings, Stanford GSB, Stanford Law, UC Berkeley Boalt Law, UC Berkeley Haas, USC, UVA Darden, UVA Law, Wharton, Yale Law YLS, Yale SOM / Northwestern Kellogg, Rankings, UC Berkeley Haas, US News

April 21, 2009

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How Should You Use Rankings? (Part 3 of 5)

How should you use the rankings? For initial research and data mining. And maybe a little reputation checking if you are lucky enough to receive multiple acceptances. First for that initial research: Let’s say you are looking into the schools you will apply to. You recognize that your academic qualifications are an important element in that… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / EMBA, GMAT, Grad School Admissions, GRE, Law School Admissions, LSAT, MBA Admissions, MCAT, Medical School Admissions, Rankings / Financial Times, Rankings, US News

April 17, 2009

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The Rankings (Part 2 of 5)

The rankings are not… The rankings are not objective measures of educational quality that apply across the board to all students. Nothing fits that bill. Educational quality is highly subjective, and experts debate it endlessly. Moreover, student objectives vary so “quality” differs from student to student. For example, a female student interested in strategy consulting… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / EMBA, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Rankings / Financial Times, Rankings, US News

March 30, 2009

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HEC Tops in Marketing Outside US Per Princeton Review

Reuters reports: HEC in France has been voted the top business school outside the USA for the teaching of marketing by over 19,000 business school students in the latest survey by The Princeton Review. The school was one of only two non-US schools to feature in the complete ranking, which also covered subjects such as… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Duke Fuqua, Harvard HBS, MBA Admissions, Northwestern Kellogg, Rankings, UC Berkeley Haas / finance, Financial Times, Ivy League, Rankings

December 4, 2008

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Best Public Interest Law Schools

In its latest edition, The National Jurist releases its rankings of the Best Law Schools for Public Interest Law. The National Jurist bases its rankings on three equally weighted categories: student involvement, curriculum, and financial factors. The top ten are: Northeastern University School of Law Loyola Law School in Los Angeles Lewis and Clark College… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Law School Admissions, Rankings / Rankings, Stanford Law

November 11, 2008

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Maclean’s Magazine Issues Latest Canadian Rankings

 The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Maclean’s released its 18th annual Canadian University Rankings aiming to provide essential information that will help students find undergraduate and graduate programs that will best suit their needs. Some interesting highlights: For the fourth consecutive year, McGill University was #1 in the medical-doctoral category. The University of Toronto… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Grad School Admissions, McGIll University, Medical School Admissions, Rankings / McGIll University, Rankings

October 15, 2008

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First Ranking of Part-Time Law School Programs

Approximately 10% of all law school students attend part-time J.D. programs. Many attend part time programs due to financial constraints, which necessitate their working while pursuing their degree. Therefore, US News has decided to rank such programs, and give prospective law school students the ability to determine the strengths and weaknesses of specific part-time legal… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Law School Admissions, Rankings / LSAT, Rankings, US News

August 22, 2008

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US News 2009 College Rankings

The much maligned, used, cursed, and pored over US News College rankings have been released for 2009. The Top 10 Universities are: Harvard Princeton Yale MIT (tied with Stanford) Stanford (tied w/ MIT) California Institute of Technology (tied with Penn). University of Pennsylvania (tied with CalTech). Columbia (tied with Duke and Chicago) Duke (tied with… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Rankings / Rankings, US News

April 17, 2008

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And Yet Another Opinion on Legal Job Market, the Rankings, and Law School

William D. Henderson is an associate professor at Indiana University School of Law — Bloomington and Andrew P. Morriss is the H. Ross and Helen Workman Professor of Law and Business at University of Illinois College of Law. They have also just published a study of law school graduate income, debt, and job opportunity at… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Law School Admissions, Rankings / Rankings

April 15, 2008

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Law Admissions: Look at the job market

According to Law.com "All together, the top 20 law schools that NLJ 250 law firms relied on most to fill their first-year associate ranks sent 54.9 percent of their graduates to those firms, compared with 51.6 percent in 2006." Obviously that does not mean that the remaining 55.1 percent were all unemployed, but if you… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Law School Admissions, Rankings / Rankings, Wall St. Journal

December 5, 2007

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BW Interview with Stanford’s Derrick Bolton

BW has published an informative and lengthy interview with Stanford’s Director of Admissions Derrick Bolton. If you are a Stanford applicant either preparing for a R1 interview or drafting and editing your R2 essays, this really is a must-read. At the same time, while I strongly recommend this interview to Stanford applicants and find much… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, MBA Admissions, Rankings, Stanford GSB / Admissions Consulting, GMAT, personal statement, writing techniques

September 19, 2007

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Employment News for Grads

There have been a few fascinating articles this week focused on job opportunities for recent graduates of college and various graduate programs. Here is a brief run-down: "Best Places to Launch a Career" is a BusinessWeek Special Report surveying hiring trends for Generation Y and "ranking" the best employers. Included are pieces about the Big… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Harvard HBS, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Rankings, Stanford GSB, Wharton / finance, hiring, recruiting, Wall St. Journal, Wharton

June 21, 2007

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Colleges to Cease Cooperating with US News Rankings

The New York Times reports that the majority of colleges that comprise the Annapolis Group, a loose association of 80 liberal arts colleges, have agreed not to participate in the US News rankings. This non-binding commitment means that the deans of these schools, including Barnard, Sarah Lawrence, Gettysburg, and Kenyon will not respond to the… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Rankings / Rankings, US News

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