When I was applying to b-school, I contemplated part-time vs. full-time, and one of my best friends, Colleen, had to make the same decision at the same time. Ultimately, I decided to attend the full-time program at the University of Michigan. Colleen decided to attend a part-time program at the University of Michigan. We shared…
Which B-School is the Best for You?
Today and for more than 50 years, the MBA has been the most popular and profitable graduate degree in the world. That’s why year after year, thousands of candidates apply for the MBA. However, today, there are increasingly more “flavors” of the MBA — from the traditional full-time two-year program to the one-year program very…
The MBA Family Tree: A Roundup & Overview of Different MBA/EMBA Options
At its core, the MBA is a graduate program in business administration for professionals who seek knowledge, skills, a credential, and/or a network to advance in business and to maximize their business performance. While “MBA” makes many people automatically think of a two-year, full-time program, in recent years the variations on the MBA theme have…
B-School for Good: Pursuing Social Impact Through UCLA Anderson’s Fully Employed MBA
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 Sana Rahim… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? Sana: I was…
NYU Stern Langone MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
The two Stern Langone part-time MBA essays, together, cover “the whole you” – your professional side and your non-work side. And they require you to address both highly structured, specific questions (essay 1) and very open, “free form” questions (essay 2). The applicants who can best handle this duality are confident, mature applicants; they know…
Tips for Applying to Part-Time MBA Programs
The extensive available advice about applying to MBA programs was largely created with applicants to full-time MBA programs in mind. If you are applying to part-time MBA programs, most of this advice will be pertinent for you as well. But there are some nuances to applying to part-time programs that warrant attention. Here are a few things that set the…
NYU Stern Langone 2016 MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
The two Stern Langone part-time MBA essays, together, cover “the whole you” – your professional side and your non-work side. And they require you to address both highly structured, specific questions (essay 1) and very open, “free form” questions (essay 2). The applicants who can best handle this duality are confident, mature applicants; they know…
Top Ranked Part-Time MBAs
The U.S. News has released its list of the top-ranked part time MBA programs. Here are the top 10: 1. UC Berkeley (Haas) 2. U Chicago (Booth) 3. Northwestern (Kellogg) 4. NYU (Stern) 5. UCLA (Anderson) 6. U Michigan (Ross) 7 (tie). Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) 7 (tie). U Texas- Austin (McCombs) 9. Ohio State (Fisher) 10 (tie). U Minnesota- Twin Cities (Carlson) 10…
Exploring the Part-Time MBA Options at NYU Stern
Not all b-school students are career changers. Not all seeking an MBA want a full-time program that requires them to leave the work force. Enter the part-time MBA, specifically the part-time MBA program at NYU Stern Langone, the option for students who want to keep their jobs while earning a top MBA. Want to learn…
NYU Stern Launches 2-Year PTMBA Accelerated Program
Applicants may now apply for NYU Stern’s new Langone part-time two-year accelerated option. According to a recent survey among NYU part-time prospective students, nearly a quarter of respondents said that they preferred an accelerated part-time MBA program over the previous self-pacing or weekend-only options (which took between two and six years). The course requirements for…
NYU Stern Langone 2015 MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
The Stern Langone part-time MBA essays, together, require you truly to “know thyself” — i.e., know yourself so well that you can zero right in on the essence of who you are and where you’re going without background explanation or elaborate contextualization. All the essays require one common quality, albeit in different ways: confidence. It…
An Artist at B-School: Interview with an NYU Stern Langone Student
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Chris Alexander, a student at NYU Stern’s Langone Part-Time MBA program. Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what…
2015 Best Business Schools Ranked by U.S. News
U.S. News released its annual best b-school rankings, and we’re here to provide all the top rankings all in one spot! 2015 Best MBA Programs (last year’s rank in parentheses) 1. Harvard Business School (1) 1. Stanford GSB (2) 1. Wharton (3) 4. Chicago Booth (6) 5. MIT Sloan (4) 6. Northwestern Kellogg (4) 7. UC Berkeley – Haas (7) 8. Columbia (8) 9. Dartmouth Tuck (9) 10. NYU Stern (10) 2015 Best Executive MBA…
Businessweek Announces Top Part-Time MBA Programs for 2013
Top 20 2013 Best Part-Time MBA Programs (2011’s rank in parentheses) 1. CMU Tepper (3) 2. UC Berkeley Haas (5) 3. SMU Cox (7) 4. UCLA Anderson (2) 5. Elon Love (1) 6. Loyola Marymount (13) 7. Rice Jones (6) 8. Chicago Booth (17) 9. Rollins Crummer (44) 10. Michigan Ross (9) 11. USC Marshall (16) 12. Lehigh University (15) 13. UNC-Greensboro Bryan (50) 14. Emory Goizueta (23) 15. Washington…
Chicago Booth Weekend Part-Time MBA Application Essay Tips for Fall 2014
NOTE: These questions are for the fall 2014 applications; the questions for the spring 2014 applications are different and were featured in a previous post.) Two questions in this set – questions one and three – address your potential interactions with your classmates and your fit with the class. No accident! The fact that the…
Chicago Booth Weekend Part-Time MBA Application Essay Tips for Spring 2014
(NOTE: These questions are for the spring 2014 applications; the questions for the fall 2014 applications are different and will be featured in a subsequent post.) Traditional! In an era of MBA application experimentation with micro-length questions, video, slides, and other new elements, these questions ask for something rare these days in MBA admissions: focused,…
U.S. News’ 2013 Best Part-Time MBA Programs
There are a bunch of rankings which have been released in the last few weeks – hope you’re keeping up with us! Here we’ve got U.S. News’ best part-time MBA rankings. Make sure you check out the links at the bottom of the post for more info. Top 20 Part-Time MBA Programs 1. UC Berkeley…
Tips for Applying to Part-time MBA Programs
The extensive available advice about applying to MBA programs was largely created with applicants to full-time MBA programs in mind. If you are applying to part-time MBA programs, most of this advice will be pertinent for you as well. But there are some nuances to applying to part-time programs that warrant attention. The fact of…
Drop in UK MBA Applicants
According to Poets & Quants, “applications to Britain’s business schools plunged 20% last year as a result of government changes to visa policies that made MBA programs there a less viable option for international students.” These students comprise 90% of MBA students at UK business schools, and were deterred due to the possibility that they…
New Accelerated Part-Time MBA at Kellogg
In addition to their traditional Part-Time MBA Program, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern is now offering an Accelerated Part-Time Option. This new option caters to those who have fulfilled certain requirements as undergrads or graduates and can jump straight to the more advanced courses needed for an MBA. The Accelerated Option provides flexibility: Students…
