BusinessWeek‘s 2011 ranking report reveals that more than ever, college applicants are seeking a global experience, especially those who plan on pursuing an undergraduate degree in business. Undergraduate business programs are responding by creating more immersion options, overseas internships, and business-related study abroad opportunities. Some schools are even offering business courses that require students…
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…
The MBA is a Means to an End
Ahembeea, author of the MBA Beckons blog, writes in”Lessons From My Journey,” the lessons he has learned while applying to several top business schools and ultimately gaining acceptance to Emory’s Goizueta Business School with a full tuition scholarship. Congratulations! Although the entire post is worthwhile, I want to highlight Ahembeea’s #1 lesson, “I want to…
BusinessWeek 2008 Rankings Are Out!
BusinessWeek released its much awaited biannual, full-time MBA rankings. The rankings showed slight movement: Columbia went from #10 in 06 to #7 in 08. Wharton went from #2 to #4. Kelley climbed from #18 to #15. Frankly, don’t pay too much attention to the absolute ranking or even slight movement. Take advantage of BW’s rich, informative…
MBA Admissions: Emory Chat on Monday
Quick reminder. Accepted is hosting it first chat for the Emory Goizueta MBA program. Guests will include Julie Barefoot, Associate Dean & Director of MBA Admissions and Anne Dries, MBA Program Director, along with current MBA students at Emory. Please join us Monday Jan. 14 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM EST/6:00 PM GMT in the…
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…
MBA Admissions: WSJ Recruiter Ranking is Out
The Wall St. Journal has released its 2008 recruiter ranking of MBA programs. The WSJ surveys recruiters, not deans or students. It groups schools into 3 categories (National, International, and Regional). The recruiters rated the full-time MBA programs on 21 attributes and then ranked them in these categories.. To fully understand the methodology, please see…
Return and Renewal at Wharton
Wharton has had a busy week. Today University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and Provost Ron Daniels announced that as of August 1 Dr. Thomas S. Robertson, executive faculty director of the Institute for Developing Nations at Emory University and former dean of Emory’s Goizueta Business School will become Wharton’s next dean. Dr. Robertson taught…
BW Undergrad Business School Rankings 2007
Busienssweek published yesterday its second annual undergrad business school rankings. Here is the list of the top 20: University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) University of Virginia (McIntire) UC Berkeley (Haas) Emory University (Goizueta) University of Michigan (Ross) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) Notre Dame (Mendoza) Brigham Young University (Marriott) New York University (Stern) Cornell University Georgetown…
MBA Interview Feedback Galore and Accepted.com Contests
The MBA Interview Feedback Database (MBAIFDB) is one of the most valuable and popular sections of our site. Thanks to your generous sharing of interview experiences, it has grown and grown and grown. Furthermore, the feedback we are getting lately is far more comprehensive and still focused. And thanks to the improvements we made last…
BW Undergrad Business School Rankings
BusinessWeek published yesterday its promised and first-ever undergrad b-school rankings. The top ten are: Penn (Wharton) Virginia (McIntire) Notre Dame (Mendoza) MIT (Sloan) Emory (Goizueta) Michigan (Ross) NYU (Stern) Brigham Young (Marriott) Texas (McCombs) Indiana (Kelley) Before using these rankings as anything more than a curiosity, please take the time to familiarize yourself with BW’s…
MBA Interview Prep
Dr. Lois Frankel is a nationally recognized "career coach." In a recent radio spot she advised managers about to interview a potential employee: "Preparing in advance – not winging it – is the secret to good interviewing." The same is true for the interviewees, including MBA applicants facing admissions interviews. To those of you who…
