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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

November 20, 2014

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Admissions Consultants and Conflicts of Interest

Since last week the activities of three admissions directors have raised a storm of controversy in the admissions world. These directors serve or have served on an advisory board at a private admissions consultancy in Japan. The directors have positions at Wharton, UNC Kenan-Flagler, and Columbia Teacher’s College. Wharton has since requested that the director… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, BBA Admissions, College Admissions, Columbia, EMBA, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, UNC Kenan Flagler, Wharton / AIGAC, GMAC, UNC Kenan Flagler, Wharton

September 18, 2008

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Accepted Welcomes Natalie Grinblatt

It is with great pleasure that I welcome Natalie Grinblatt to Accepted’s staff. Natalie previously served as: Assistant Dean at Arizona State University’s W P Carey School of Management. Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Cornell’s Johnson School Director of MBA Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at the University of Michigan (where she also… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, Babson, BBA Admissions, Chicago, CMU Tepper, College Admissions, Columbia, Consortium, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, EMBA, Emory Goizueta, Financial Aid, Georgetown McDonough, GMAT, Harvard HBS, IMD, Indiana Kelley, INSEAD, London Business School, MBA Admissions, MBA Interview, MBA Waitlist, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Notre Dame Mendoza, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, Wharton, Yale SOM / Financial Aid

January 29, 2008

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MBA Admissions: UNC Chat Tomorrow

I am pleased to invite you to a chat tomorrow at Accepted with UNC Kenan Flagler’s Director of MBA Admissions, Sherry Wallace will answer your questions about UNC’s program, admissions policies, and student life. Joining her are: Julie Wiley, Assistant Director of Admissions Matt Kippeny, UNC MBA Student Sherry and her team can answer any… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions, UNC Kenan Flagler

December 11, 2007

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MBA Admissions Chats Past and Future: Consortium, LBS, Haas, and INSEAD

We have two large chats planned for this week and are adding a couple of excellent new transcripts from recent chats. First the upcoming chats: The Consortium has put together an impressive group of career services professionals to answer your questions tomorrow December 11 at 5:00 PM PT/8:00 PM ET during an online chat in… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / CMU Tepper, EMBA, INSEAD, London Business School, MBA Admissions, Michigan Ross, NYU Stern, UC Berkeley Haas, UNC Kenan Flagler, USC Marshall, UVA Darden / Consortium, entrepreneurship, hiring, INSEAD, leadership, London Business School, recruiting, Wharton

November 19, 2007

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MBA Admissions Chats: Haas, Wharton, Consortium,

During this week’s upcoming Haas MBA admissions chat, Stephanie Fujii, Senior Associate Director of MBA Admissions at the Haas School of Business, will answer your questions about Haas’ top MBA program and its focus on innovation and leadership.  Please join us tomorrow Tuesday November 20 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/6:00 PM GMT for an… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions, MBA Interview, Michigan Ross, NYU Stern, UC Berkeley Haas, UNC Kenan Flagler, USC Marshall, Wharton / career goals, Consortium, Fellowship, Goizueta, leadership, Michigan Ross, NYU Stern, Wharton

May 10, 2007

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Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants

Two years ago I attended Tuck’s first Conference of International Educational Advisors. I went with the purpose of  learning more about Tuck. And I did learn a lot about Tuck, as expected, but I discovered that I enjoyed meeting my competition and professional colleagues much more than I anticipated. The networking was great!  I have… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, Babson, Chicago, CMU Tepper, Columbia, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Dental School, Duke Fuqua, EMBA, Fellowship, Grad School Admissions, Harvard HBS, Harvard Law HLS, IMD, INSEAD, Law School Admissions, LLM, London Business School, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Residency, Stanford GSB, Stanford Law, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UCLA Law, UNC Kenan Flagler, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, UVA Law, Wharton, Yale Law YLS, Yale SOM / Admissions Consulting, AIGAC, GMAC

March 8, 2007

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MBA Audio: Forte, Haas, and EMBA programs.

There is no shortage of MBA admissions information, or media for presenting that data. Here are a few excellent podcasts I have come across in the last several weeks: “GMAT Not Required?: Which B. Schools Are Removing the GMAT Requirement from Admissions Criteria?” discusses EMBA programs and the pros and cons of requiring the GMAT… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Chicago, Cornell Johnson, Duke Fuqua, EMBA, Forte, MBA Admissions, Michigan Ross, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, UT McCombs, Wharton / Duke Fuqua, EMBA, Forte, GMAT, recruiting, Wharton

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