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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Dawna Levinson, Assistant Dean of Admissions at MIT Sloan, Answers Applicant Questions
Our AMA (Ask Me Anything) with MIT Sloan’s Assistant Dean of Admissions Dawna Levinson was fantastic! After outlining MIT Sloan’s application process and providing some great tips for success, Dawna answered participant questions and offered the real inside scoop. If you missed the AMA, or if you’d like to view it again, it’s now available…
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…
Highlights of Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2019 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…
MIT Sloan MBA Class of 2021 Profile
Here’s a look at MIT Sloan’s class of 2021 class profile, taken from the MIT website. Class size: 416 Average work experience (years): 5 Percent of women: 41% Countries represented: 54 International students: 42% Average undergraduate GPA: 3.6 Average GMAT: 727 Median GMAT: 730 GMAT range (middle 80%): 700-760 GRE Quant range (middle 80%): 156-168…
Forbes 2019 Best Business Schools: Booth Tops the List
Forbes has released its 2019 rankings of full-time MBA programs in the U.S. and one-year programs internationally. These rankings are based on responses from more than 100 schools and 17,500 alumni around the world. Graduates’ earnings in their first five years after graduation from business school were compared to their opportunity cost, which gave Forbes…
A Glimpse into the MIT MFin Experience of an International Student
Learn how real students navigate their way through the business school admissions process and b-school itself with our What is Graduate School Really Like? series. Meet Dave, a math buff, beekeeper, and recent graduate of MIT’s Master’s in Finance program Dave, thank you for sharing your story with us! Congratulations on your recent graduation from…
MIT Sloan Executive MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines [2019 – 2020]
These essay questions show that the MIT EMBA adcom seeks applicants who have the judgment and practical skills to take on the challenges that will fly at them as they re-define industries and functions. Applicants who push the boundary of what’s possible and provide “principled leadership” amidst a torrent of change. The essays (including Statement…
MIT Sloan MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines [2019-2020]
This year’s MIT Sloan MBA application, like most MIT applications in the last fifteen years, includes its signature cover letter and resume. It also retains the video component, which was introduced approximately three years ago. My tips for these parts of the MIT Sloan application are in blue below. MIT Sloan MBA cover letter and…
U.S. News Releases 2020 MBA Rankings
Many students apply to grad school believing that another degree will improve their professional options and salaries. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)’s employment forecast published in the summer of 2018, they may be right. The BLS forecast the jobs in master’s-level professions would rise by close to 17% between 2016-2026, and jobs…
Financial Times Releases 2019 Global MBA Rankings
This year’s Financial Times’ Top 10 Business Schools is made up of the same names as last year’s list. Although Stanford Graduate School of Business has stayed in the top spot, there was a lot of shuffling around of the other top 9. Most notably, Harvard Business School rose to the #2 spot after falling…
MIT Sloan Early Admission Initiative Announced
According to MIT’s website, the Sloan School of Management MBA Early Admission program is now accepting applications from enrolled students who will complete their bachelor’s or first degree by July 2019. Applicants who are admitted to the program are required to work for 2-5 years after graduating college before attending Sloan. MIT is the latest…
MIT Sloan Fellow, User Experience Expert, and Busy Mom [Episode 259]
Show Summary Katie Luby will be graduating this spring from the MIT Sloan Fellows program, and can’t say enough good things about the experience. Coming from Salesforce, and with an anthropology and design educational background, business school was a whole new animal. Katie feels her experience at MIT Sloan Fellows will uniquely enhance her work…
What to Expect at Your In-Person MBA 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,…
All the Details About the Full-Time MIT Sloan MBA Program [Episode 241]
We are pleased to welcome back Dawna Levenson, Director of Admissions at MIT Sloan. Dawna earned her bachelors and masters in Management Science at MIT Sloan, worked in consulting, and then returned to MIT Sloan in 2007 as Associate Director of Academic Programs. She moved into Admissions in 2012 and became Director of Admissions…
Top MBA Programs That Defer
Most U.S. MBA programs will allow students to defer acceptance (push off starting the program for a year) for U.S. military deployment, illness, or illness of a loved one for whom the candidate is the sole or a major caregiver (you will need proof of the above). Check with the individual programs, but here are…
Top MBA Program Average GMAT and GRE Scores [Infographic]
Feel free to grab this code and share the timeline on your blog or web site: <a href=”https://blog.accepted.com/top-mba-program-average-gmat-gre-scores/”> <img alt=”Top MBA Program GMAT and GRE Average Scores from Accepted” src=”https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/top_mba_program_average_gmat_scores.png” /></a> Top 10 MBA Program Average GMAT Scores The GMAT is a computer adaptive test that assesses certain analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal and reading skills….
Poets & Quants Releases 2017 Top 100 U.S. MBA Programs
Poets & Quants has just released their 2017 ranking of Top 100 U.S. MBA Programs, and the holder of the top spot may come as a surprise. For the first time ever, Wharton has overthrown Harvard Business school to take the top spot in the Poets & Quants composite rating. This is just the second…
From the Mouths of MBA Adcom Members
Looking for the best possible admissions advice? How about admissions advice from the admission committee members themselves? Linda Abraham, founder of Accepted and host of the Admissions Straight Talk Podcast has a collection of highly enlightening interviews with directors of admissions and adcom members of top business schools! Listen in as Linda asks her adcom…
MIT Sloan Master in Finance: How to Get In! [Episode 231]
This week we are pleased to welcome Heidi Pickett, Director of the MIT Sloan Master of Finance Program. Heidi worked in financial services for 20 years before becoming Director of this program in 2011. She fills us in on what the program is looking for in an applicant, how to figure out if the program…
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