Is it worth it to pursue an MBA, especially when the cost of tuition and lost wages can be more than $300,000? Most prospective MBAs apply to school planning to make a career change and/or obtain a higher salary. Forbes’ tenth biennial rankings of the best U.S. and international business schools are based exclusively on…
Oxford Saïd MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
Oxford Said expects its graduates to address the world’s great challenges, such as energy and food and water security. Whether such challenges are one’s actual focus, the work of a business professional will inevitably overlap with such issues. This reality leads the adcom to seek individuals who understand integrity, who value the program’s effort to…
Forbes Top 10 International MBA Programs
Top 1-Year International MBA Programs: Top 2-Year International MBA Programs: 1. London Business School – London, UK 2. IESE – Barcelona, Spain 3. HEC Paris – Paris, France 4. CEIBS – Shanghai, China 5. Hong Kong UST – Hong Kong, China 6. Manchester – Manchester, UK 7. NUS Business School – Singapore 8. IPADE – Mexico…
2015 Bloomberg Business MBA Rankings
Out with the old, in with the new. Let’s take a look at Bloomberg’s 2015 top 20 U.S. MBA programs: • There wasn’t a single overlap between this year’s rankings and last year’s. And there was some very significant shuffling around. These dramatic ups and downs, explains John A. Byrne, rankings expert from Poets &…
Oxford Saïd And Schwarzman Scholars Introduce Dual MBA And Master’s In Global Affairs
Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and the Schwarzman Scholars recently announced the launch of their new full-time, joint Oxford MBA/Schwarzman Scholars-Tsinghua Master’s in Global Affairs degree program. The program will welcome its first class in 2016; students will spend one year in Beijing at Tsinghua University, and then, upon successful completion of that year, a…
Tips for Applying to European B-Schools
Applying to a European MBA program isn’t quite the same as applying to an American program. The programs themselves often have a different focus than U.S. schools, and adcoms therefore look out for different skills and qualifications. I’d like to direct you to the following resources on our website – blog posts that focus specifically…
More BW Rankings: Best International B-Schools 2014
I hope you didn’t think we were done with this year’s Businessweek rankings! Next up…the top 20 international MBA programs. Here are some highlights: • There are 2 new schools to the top 10 this year, both of which were unranked in 2012: ESMT (3rd place) and Cambridge Judge (6th place). • ESADE fell dramatically from…
1000+ Students to Compete in Europe’s 24th Annual MBA Tournament
This year’s MBA Tournament (MBAT), a three-day sporting event organized by HEC Paris students in which 1,150 students from 13 European business schools compete to take home some sporting glory, will take place this weekend from the 8th-10th. This year there will be 23 sport competitions, including cricket, rugby, football, poker, chess, and ultimate frisbee….
Oxford Said 2014 MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
This program packs a lot into its one year, including a lot of team and group work. Therefore, it needs students who can quickly connect and form working relationships (and hopefully personal relationships). Also, its short duration means there is not time for creative soul searching and for exploring this and that industry or function…
Top 10 International 1-Year & 2-Year MBA Programs in 2013
We recently posted the Forbes’ top 20 American MBA programs – now it’s time to turn our attention to the global b-school scene. Below are Forbes’ top 10 international MBA programs for 1-year and 2-year programs in 2013. 1-Year MBA Programs: RANK & SCHOOL 5-YEAR MBA GAIN PRE-MBA SALARY 2012 SALARY 1. IMD – Switzerland…
Financial Times’ 2013 Global MBA Rankings
Drum roll please…The Financial Times ranks the top 25 global b-schools as follows… 1. Harvard Business School 2. Stanford Graduate School of Business 3. University of Pennsylvania – Wharton 4. London Business School 5. Columbia Business School 6. INSEAD 7. IESE Business School 8. Hong Kong UST Business School 9. MIT Sloan 10. Chicago Booth…
Oxford Said 2013 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
Oxford Said Business School Essay Questions: 1) Explain why you chose your current job. How do you hope to see your career developing over the next five years? How will an MBA assist you in the development of these ambitions? (750 words) This question presents a slight twist on the classic goals question. In addition…
Oxford Saïd Current MBA Student Interview
Accepted.com is continuing a blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. We hope to offer you a candid picture of student life, and what you should consider as you prepare your MBA application. Here’s a talk with Saket Khanna, an entrepreneur and student at Oxford…
MBA Admissions News Roundup
EMBA Programs Are A’ Changin- BusinessWeek reports that EMBA programs are undergoing a shift, as fewer companies are paying for their employees to get EMBAs. More and more students are enrolling in EMBA programs as a means of making a career change, and they expect their school’s career services to help them. Yet EMBA career…
