Next up in our MBA Profile Series we’ll introduce you to Jane, examine her profile, and determine the best MBA programs for her to apply to. See the third post in our series here. Who is Jane? Want to get to know Jane? Let’s find out what she’s all about… 1. Jane wants to go into marketing with…
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MBA Admissions Profile: Where Should Ajay Apply
Next up in our MBA Profile Series we’ll introduce you to Ajay, examine his profile, and determine the best MBA programs for him to apply to. See the second post in our series here. Who is Ajay? Let’s learn about our friend Ajay… 1. Ajay has high-tech product ideas and wants to start his own business,…
2015 Economist MBA Rankings
Let’s see how well our top schools did this year in The Economist 2015 global MBA rankings: Some highlights: • There was quite a lot of jumping around in the top 10 with four new schools joining the top of the chart. Numbers 7-10 above are all newcomers to the top 10. IESE, NYU Stern,…
An Indian MBA Applicant Story: Accepted to Top 3 Choices with $$$
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with MBA applicant bloggers, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at the MBA application process. And now…introducing Vandana… [The story continues….check out our most recent interview with Vandana here!] Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you…
Consortium MBA Admissions Committee Interview #2 Available Online
Thank you to Consortium representatives for another outstanding Q&A! As always, the Consortium team and partnering school reps offered loads of insight into the Consortium admissions process and the ways in which the individual programs support the Consortium mission. See the below excerpt for more on this: Linda Abraham: Elva asks, “What percentage of your…
2012 Best U.S. and International B-Schools
Businessweek just released its latest biannual rankings. Below you’ll find the top 10 business schools in the U.S. and abroad. 2010 ranking positions are in parentheses. Top 10 U.S. Business Schools Chicago Booth (1) Harvard Business School (2) University of Pennsylvania Wharton (3) Stanford GSB (5) Northwestern Kellogg (4) Duke Fuqua (6) Cornell Johnson (13)…
What Did the Class of 2012 Make this Year?
The Poets & Quants article that covers this topic starts out like this: “if you still need evidence that a highly ranked MBA degree is worth the investment, look no further than this year’s starting median salaries.” I guess this year’s class fared pretty well! The article continues to point out that the actual salaries…
What Your Work Experience Reveals About You in Your MBA Applications
In honor of the first birthday of MBA Admission for Smarties: The No-Nonsense Guide to Acceptance at Top Business Schools, by Linda Abraham and Judy Gruen, we are posting a series of excerpts from the book throughout November. This post is excerpted from Chapter 3: “How Qualified Are YOU?”. Even if your GPA and GMAT…
Consortium MBA Admissions Committee Interview Available Online
Thank you to the Consortium MBA panelists (including reps from CMU Tepper, Rochester Simon, Cornell Johnson, and others) for an insightful Q&A. The following excerpt offers important tips into what NOT to do when completing your Consortium MBA application: Linda Abraham: Kurt asked, “Could the member schools talk about a few common mistakes they see…
Internship-to-Job Conversion Rates Up
A recent Bloomberg Businessweek article, “MBA Interns Seeking Job Offers Breathe a Sigh of Relief,” talks about the increased success b-school students have had in receiving job offers from their summer internships. BW collected data from 30 top MBA programs in the U.S. Six of these said that they saw no changes in the internship-to-job…
Consortium MBA Admissions Director Interview Available Online
Thank you for attending our recent Consortium Strategy Q&As with Travis McAllister and the reps from participating Consortium schools UT McCombs, University of Wisconsin, UC Berkeley Haas, Yale SOM, Michigan Ross, CMU Tepper, Indiana Kelley, and Rochester Simon. The school adcom representatives each talked about what’s new at their schools and how their programs view…
The GMAT is Slipping and So are Applications
Good news for b-school applicants: There has been a decline in business school applications. While that might not mean that getting into MBA programs has gotten easier, it does mean that the median GMAT score has been lowered. Poets and Quants (“GMAT Scores Slip At Many Top Schools”) did an analysis of the median GMAT…
Businessweek Releases Top Part-Time MBA Rankings
Along with its Executive MBA rankings, BusinessWeek also recently released its rankings of Part-Time MBA programs. This is only the third year that BusinessWeek ranked part-time MBAs, which is why there is still quite a bit of volatility in the rankings. In addition, while all the other BusinessWeek rankings use three years of data, the…
School-Specific MBA Essay Tips
Zoom in to your school’s specific essay questions with the MBA application tips below. Just click on the appropriate link to see tips for your particular b-school. Applying to business school doesn’t need to be daunting! Work with an expert, apply with confidence, and get accepted. Cambridge Judge 2022-2023 MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines Chicago Booth…
MBA Essay Tips
Click on the links to review 2012 MBA application tips and deadlines for the schools below: Chicago Booth 2012 MBA Essay Tips CMU Tepper 2012 MBA Essay Tips Columbia 2012 MBA Essay Tips Cornell Johnson 2012 MBA Essay Tips Dartmouth Tuck 2012 MBA Essay Tips Duke Fuqua 2012 MBA Essay Tips Emory Goizueta 2012 MBA…