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April 29, 2020

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Incoming MBAs Can Choose Deferment at HBS

Incoming MBAs can choose deferment at HBA

Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced that deferments will be offered to incoming MBAs if they choose not to attend fall classes that may be taught partially or fully online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Poets & Quants article, MBA Admissions and Financial Aid Director, Chad Losee, and Executive Director of the… 

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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 2, 2020

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What Do You Learn in Business School? 6 Unexpected Lessons

What do you learn in business school? 6 unexpected lessons

Each year, thousands of MBA students graduate from business school and embark on the next chapter in their careers. This often means moving up to a higher role in a current field, taking on a new role, or jumping head-first into a new industry. The impact of these changes is often looked at in terms… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Duke Fuqua, Harvard Business School, Michigan Ross, Wharton, Yale SOM

February 12, 2020

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Rejected by HBS – Now What?

Rejected by HBS- Now what?

February 4th was either an exciting day or a tearful one for HBS Round 2 applicants: HBS’s MBA Admissions Board notified students whether they were invited to interview or had merited “early release.” Euphemistic though it sounds, early release should really be viewed by R2 applicants as the blessing that it is: you now know… 

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Article by Jennifer Bloom / Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, MBA rejection

February 9, 2020

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All About Harvard Business School’s Certificate in Business Analytics

All about HBS's certificate in business analytics

Many business schools are adding specialized master’s degrees in business analytics. However, Harvard Business School is taking a different approach. Rather than developing a specialized degree program, Harvard offers a certificate in business analytics. The cost of the program, not including travel and lodging, is around $51,500. More HBS Certificate in Business Analytics details HBS… 

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Article by Accepted / Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School

February 9, 2020

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9 Tips for Writing a Memorable MBA Interview Thank You Letter

9 tips for writing a memorable MBA thank you letter

You’ve finally finished your b-school interview and are looking forward to heading home, crossing this experience off your MBA application to-do list, and waiting to receive your acceptance letter. However, before you file the day away, it’s appropriate to send thank you notes to all of the people who helped you during the day. Gratitude… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, MBA Interview

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, SDA Bocconi, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, Warwick, Washington Foster School of Business, Wharton, Yale SOM

December 10, 2019

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Entrepreneurship at HBS: How Stride will Help You Fund Your Future [Episode 341]

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Learn about HBS 2+2 from Tess Michaels, entrepreneur and HBS 2+2 student [Show Summary] Stride Funding is an innovative start-up that is revolutionizing student financing with income share arrangements instead of traditional student loans. Today Linda talks to Tess Michaels, founder of Stride Funding, and second-year student at Harvard Business School who joined the class… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / entrepreneurship, Grad Financial Aid, Harvard Business School, HBS 2+2, Law Financial Aid, MBA Financial Aid, Med Financial Aid, paying for med school, podcast

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, 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

November 6, 2019

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Highlights of Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2019 MBA Rankings

2019-20 Businessweek MBA Rankings

Bloomberg Businessweek released its 2019 MBA rankings this week, and the administration at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business is celebrating! Tuck rose an astonishing 17 places in this year’s ranking to take the #2 spot just under Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. This is Stanford’s second year in a row in 1st place. Who… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Harvard Business School, MBA Rankings, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UVA Darden, Wharton

June 21, 2019

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How I Helped My Clients Get Accepted to HBS This Year

How I Helped My Clients Get Accepted to HBS This Year

It is not easy waiting those 12 weeks to hear back from Harvard Business School after hitting the application’s “Submit” button. Luckily, it was worth the wait for three of the four clients I worked with this year who ultimately received a call with the news they had been admitted to the class of 2021…. 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School

June 13, 2019

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Sample Essay from Admitted HBS Student: The Mechanical Engineer

Sample essay from admitted HBS student- The mechanical engineer

This sample essay is from The Harbus MBA Essay Guide Summer 2016 Edition and is reprinted with permission from Harbus. Author’s Home Country: United States of America Author’s Previous Industry/Profession: Operations consulting, operations management Author Gender: Male Analysis: The author focuses his essay on two themes – his professional experience as an operations consultant and an… 

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June 3, 2019

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Harvard, Stanford, Wharton: What’s the Difference?

True, Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton have a lot in common. But what if you are in the enviable position of having to choose between the three? What really differentiates the programs and how can you decide which is best for you? For more important information about the differences between top business schools, check out M7 MBA Programs:… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, MBA accepted applicants, MBA Video Tips, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB, Wharton

June 2, 2019

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How to Leverage an HBS Education: The Story of LeverEdge [Episode 313]

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How to leverage an HBS education: The story of LeverEdge [Show Summary] Do you want to save money on your student loans? Interested in earning an MBA with entrepreneurship as your goal? Considering Harvard Business School as the place to earn that degree? Pull up a chair, or at least plug in your ear buds…. 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / b-school life, entrepreneurship, Harvard Business School, Law Financial Aid, MBA Financial Aid, Med Financial Aid, podcast

June 2, 2019

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Ida Valentine: Investment Banker, Inspirational Speaker, HBS 2021 [Episode 311]

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Interview with Ida Valentine, Associate at Barclays Investment Bank and Member of the HBS MBA Class of 2021 [Show Summary] Our guest today is Ida Valentine. She earned her BA from UNC-Chapel Hill IN 2014, majoring in business administration and minoring in Spanish for the Professions. She joined Barclays Investment Bank upon graduation and today… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, investment banking, podcast

May 16, 2019

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The Journey From India to Harvard MBA [Episode 220]

What’s it like to be a Harvard Business School student and Google Intern? Let’s find out in today’s podcast! Our guest today is Shantanu Misra, currently a 2nd-year Harvard Business School MBA student who just completed a summer internship at Google and will serve this year as the product manager for the Harbus, the independent,… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / b-school life, Harvard Business School, podcast

January 2, 2019

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What to Expect at Your In-Person MBA Interview with an Adcom Member

In-Person Interview With an Adcom Member

This post is part of a series exploring the different forms MBA interviews take and how you can ace them all! Some MBA adcoms choose to interview candidates individually, themselves, and do not delegate this task to alumni or students. Why adcoms use this method It’s a resource-intensive process, but adcoms get as much as they invest. Moreover,… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, MBA Interview, MBA Interview Formats Series, MIT Sloan

January 2, 2019

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B-Schools That Rank for Landing Jobs in Investment Banking

schools that rank for investment banking hiring

When looking to fill investment banking positions, top firms tend to direct their searches towards cream of the crop universities. Here are the top b-schools you should be looking at to give yourself the best chance of getting hired after graduation, according to the latest eFinancialCareers findings. * For a complete list of the top… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, finance, Harvard Business School, HEC, INSEAD, investment banking, London Business School, Masters in Finance, NYU Stern, Rankings, Stanford GSB, Wharton, Yale SOM

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