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 Harmonie, a second-year MBA student with a background in engineering, future career aspirations in the field of healthcare, and a passion for promoting women and…
Meet Dr. Akshat Kumar, Wharton MBA ‘19 [Episode 242]
Our guest today, Dr. Akshat Kumar, earned his MD from Kasturba Medical College in India and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Rutgers University/St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Jersey, where he became Chief Resident and then Attending Physician. In his spare time he co-founded thewisemd.com and later joined WellUHealth as Business Development Lead…
Admissions Tips for Vanderbilt’s MBA Program [Episode 233]
This week we welcome Christie St. John, Director of Admissions at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management. Christie earned her PhD in French and Italian from Vanderbilt and worked at Vanderbilt as Director of International Relations before becoming the Senior Associate Director of Admissions at Tuck. Christie returned to Vanderbilt as Director of MBA…
Obtaining an MBA With Healthcare Goals in Clear View
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Aditya Marathe, MBA class of 2018 at UCLA Anderson… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you…
MIT Sloan Launches New Healthcare Certificate Program
MIT Sloan’s MBA program will now offer students a Healthcare Certificate, giving all MIT students who are passionate about healthcare and health management an opportunity to participate in innovative research and healthcare related educational activities. After completing the certificate program, students will be prepared for careers in the biomedical and pharmaceutical industries, healthcare management positions,…
Healthcare Management at Wharton and at Large
Healthcare related opportunities for MBA graduates are on the rise, and the Health Care Management Program is at the cutting edge of preparing students to enter this exciting and dynamic field. Listen to the full recording of our podcast interview with June Kinney to learn more about healthcare management’s past, present, and future. June is…
MBA Admissions: Wharton and Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotechnology
A quick glance at Wharton: Wharton currently ranks in third place as one of the best business schools, according to US News & World Report (March 2012). In 2011, 5.89% of Wharton graduates accepted job offers with health care/pharmaceuticals/biotechnology functions. Incoming Wharton Students and Health Care/Pharmaceuticals/Biotech The class of 2013 has an average of four years…