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November 20, 2020

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November 15, 2020

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No Work Experience. Want MBA. What Should You Do?

No work experience, want MBA. What should you do?

When I used to travel to applicant fairs to represent London Business School, I’d commonly be approached by candidates asking, “I want an MBA but don’t have any full-time work experience. Can I study at your school?” While the answer in that instance was “no”, the conversation never ended there. The discussion would then turn… 

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Article by Jamie Wright / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School, HBS 2+2, masters in data analytics, Masters in Finance, Masters in Management, mba work experience, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UVA Darden, Wharton, when to apply to bschool, Yale SOM

November 1, 2020

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Columbia MBA Essays: Tips for a Successful Application [Video]

columbia business school essay tips video

Gain insight into how to best answer each of the Columbia Business School application essay questions from admissions expert, Linda Abraham: Video transcript “What do schools want? The essay questions seemed random.” This is a very common question and comment that I get from applicants trying to deal with their MBA applications. And while it’s… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / Columbia Business School, MBA Video Tips

October 29, 2020

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The Applicants That Stand Out at Columbia Business School

The Applicants that Stand Out at Columbia Business School

My observation as a former insider at CBS is that Columbia is looking to build a diverse class of high-achieving world citizens who’ve got a bit of grit. World citizen What do I mean by a world citizen? For a small fraction, it means applicants who are internationally famous due to their own achievements or… 

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Article by Michelle Stockman / MBA Admissions / Columbia Business School

October 14, 2020

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Columbia Business School MBA Class Entering 2020 Profile

Columbia Business School MBA Class Entering 2020 Profile

Here’s a look at the CBS MBA Class entering 2020, taken from the Columbia Business School website: Applications received: 6,971 Admissions: 1,130 Enrolled: 782, divided into 11 clusters January Entry class size: 211, divided into 3 clusters August Entry class size: 571, divided into 8 clusters GMAT scores (average): 726 GMAT scores (range): 580–780 GMAT… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Columbia Business School, MBA Class Profile

September 17, 2020

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Got Your Sights Set on CBS? Watch This Video Now!

Watch our AMA with Columbia Business School Director of MBA Admissions, Michael Robinson!

Our recent AMA session with Columbia Business School Director of Admissions Michael Robinson was an illuminating peek behind the scenes of the admissions decision-making process.  In addition, his answers to attendees’ questions provided deep insight into how applicants can improve their chances of acceptance to this elite program. If you’re hoping to apply to CBS… 

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July 7, 2020

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An MBA’s Perspective on Columbia Business School [Episode 373]

An MBA’s Perspective on Columbia Business School

What’s it like to be a student at a top business school during COVID-19? [Show summary] Eli Engelman, member of the Columbia Business School Class of 2021, shares his experience applying to and matriculating at Columbia’s MBA program, including how his experience has been shaped by COVID-19. A CBS student reflects on his b-school experience… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / Columbia Business School, COVID-19 MBA, podcast

July 2, 2020

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Columbia EMBA Application Essay Tips & Deadlines [2020 – 2021]

Columbia EMBA Application Essay Tips 2020-21

The first two Columbia EMBA essay questions ask you to project into the future, both near and long term – they address what you hope, plan, want, and expect. The third essay question is a “getting to know you” question, and it also reflects the adcom’s interest in your well-roundedness. In these essays, a potential pitfall, given… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / 2021 EMBA Application, Columbia Business School, Columbia EMBA

June 30, 2020

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Top MBA Programs Get STEM-Certified to Attract Int’l Students

Top MBA Programs get STEM-Certified to Attract International Students

Here’s a question for all MBA applicants: what do you do if the product you are selling suddenly becomes significantly less appealing to your international markets? Evolving conditions have made your customers doubt your product is worth as much as you are charging, and fewer potential customers are taking the risk on your product. The… 

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Article by Jennifer Bloom / MBA Admissions / Arizona State Carey, Babson, Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Delaware Lerner, Duke Fuqua, Georgetown McDonough, Harvard Business School, international student, Lehigh University College of Business, masters in data analytics, Masters in Finance, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Notre Dame Mendoza, NYU Stern, Pace University, Purdue Krannert, researching mba programs, Rice Jones, Rochester Simon, Rutgers Business School, Stanford GSB, STEM MBA, UC Berkeley Haas, UC Davis, UC Irvine School of Business, UC Riverside, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, University of Connecticut, University of Georgia Terry, University of North Texas Ryan, University of Wisconsin Madison, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, Vanderbilt Business School, Washington Foster School of Business, Wharton

June 9, 2020

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Columbia Business School MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines [2020 – 2021]

Columbia Business School 2019-20 MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines

Columbia’s admissions team has been unexpectedly busy this spring – they had to move their recruiting online and position themselves to deal with an anticipated increase in “summer melt.” But the admissions committee still had time to change one question; the short answer question and Essays #1 and #2 are unchanged, but Essay #3 is… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / 2021 MBA Applications, Columbia Business School

May 8, 2020

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M7 MBA Programs: Everything You Need to Know in 2021

M7 MBA Programs: Everything You Need to Know in 2020-21

What are the M7 business schools? Harvard Business School Stanford Graduate School of Business MIT Sloan School of Management Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania Columbia Business School Talk about diversity! Seven distinct, vivid cultures – each with its own history,… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB, Wharton

April 23, 2020

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Could COVID-19 Derail Your MBA Dreams?

How Will COVID-19 Impact Your MBA Admissions Journey?

During this unprecedented time of global disruption, it’s natural to feel anxious. The MBA application process is daunting in the best of times, and all the more so when factoring in a pandemic. However, you don’t have to navigate this alone; there are people who have the answers, and they are here to guide you!… 

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March 26, 2020

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MBA Deadline Updates: How Will COVID-19 Affect the MBA Application Process?

MBA deadline updates

With the unprecedented reality of a worldwide pandemic, it is reasonable to be concerned about the MBA admissions process. Universities have emptied out their campuses, and both students and teachers are rapidly trying to adjust to remote learning and a host of other modifications in traditional education. Additionally, job prospects are dwindling as the economy… 

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Article by Rachel Slutsky / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, COVID-19 MBA, Dartmouth Tuck, Harvard Business School, Michigan Ross, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, UC Berkeley Haas, Wharton

March 22, 2020

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U.S. News Announces 2021 Ranking of Best MBA Programs

US News Announces 2021 Ranking of Best MBA Programs

U.S. News just released its 2021 ranking of full-time and part-time MBA programs. The rankings are based on expert opinions about the quality of each program and statistical indicators that calculate the quality of a program’s faculty, research, and students. The reputation surveys were sent to academics and professionals in fall 2019 and early 2020…. 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Emory Goizueta, Harvard, Indiana Kelley, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UT McCombs, Wharton, Yale SOM

March 19, 2020

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Columbia Business School Extends Application Deadline to June 1

Columbia Business School to Extend Application Deadline to June 1

Coronavirus and fears of the unknown future have prompted Columbia Business School to extend their application deadline for the August 2020 entering class to June 1, 2020. Assistant Dean for Admissions, Amanda B. Carlson, states that this uncertainty may be a barrier to applying to b-school. “You may feel unsettled in these uncertain times. Perhaps… 

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February 4, 2020

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Financial Times Ranks Harvard as #1 in 2020 Global MBA Ranking

Financial Times ranks Harvard as #1 in 2020 global MBA rankings

Harvard Business School has taken the top spot away from Stanford Graduate School of Business in the Financial Times 2020 global MBA ranking.  Although the Financial Times ranking is designed to favor non-U.S. programs, 15 of the top 25 MBA programs are based in the U.S. This result comes despite the decline in applications to… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, CEIBS, Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, ESADE, Financial Times, Harvard Business School, HEC, HKUST, IESE, IMD, INSEAD, London Business School, MBA Rankings, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Oxford Said, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UVA Darden, Wharton, Yale SOM

December 16, 2019

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Big Changes in Economist 2019 MBA Rankings

Big changes in Economist 2019 MBA Rankings

  Chicago’s Booth School of Business remaining at the top of The Economist’s ranking of the world’s top MBA programs for the second year in a row is only one of a few stable things in this year’s ranking, according to the Poets & Quants website. This is the seventh time Booth has taken the… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Georgia Tech Scheller, Harvard Business School, HEC, IESE, INSEAD, London Business School, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, researching mba programs, SDA Bocconi, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, Warwick, Washington Foster School of Business, Wharton, Yale SOM

December 5, 2019

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Eli’s Journey to Columbia B-School and His Passion for Being at the Very Center of Business

What is business school really like? Hear it from Eli, a first-year MBA student at Columbia Business School!

Learn how real students and recent grads have navigated their way through the business school admissions process and b-school itself with our What is Business School Really Like? series. Meet Eli, a first-year MBA student at Columbia Business School with unique international experience. Eli, thank you for sharing your story with us! We’d like to… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Columbia Business School, what is business school like series

November 27, 2019

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Poets & Quants Announces 2019-2020 MBA Rankings

Poets and Quants Announces 2019-20 MBA Rankings

Poets & Quants just released its 2019-2020 rankings of the top 100 U.S. MBA programs. There were some minor changes in the top 10  – most prominently is Stanford GSB climbing two spots, passing Harvard Business School and UPenn Wharton, to claim the #1 position. It’s the second time in 10 years that Stanford has claimed the… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Emory Goizueta, Georgetown McDonough, Harvard Business School, Indiana Kelley, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, USC Marshall, UT McCombs, UVA Darden, Washington Foster School of Business, Wharton, Yale SOM

November 15, 2019

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Top MBA Programs for Entrepreneurs

Top MBA Programs for Entrepreneurs

Poets & Quants has just released their inaugural rankings for the top MBA programs for entrepreneurs, and Washington University’s Olin Business School tops the list. 20.7% of its graduates from 2016-2018 launched companies within three months of graduation, and has a whopping $1 million in annual funding available for student entrepreneurs. By comparison, the second… 

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Article by Jen Weld / MBA Admissions / Babson, CEIBS, Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Emory Goizueta, entrepreneurship, ESADE, Georgetown McDonough, Harvard Business School, Indiana Kelley, INSEAD, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, USC Marshall, UT McCombs, UVA Darden, Washington Olin, Wharton, Yale SOM

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