NYU’s Stern Langone part-time MBA requires just one short essay: a straightforward goals essay. That means the other application elements – resume, recommendations, and application form will be especially important in terms of rounding out your profile and conveying relevant information. So, approach all the application elements thoughtfully and strategically. There is not even usually an interview…
MBA Options: Full-Time MBA vs. Part-Time MBA vs. EMBA
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…
From Biomedical Research to Kellogg MBA: A Non-Traditional Business School Journey
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 Mandar, a Kellogg grad and former biomedical researcher. Mandar, thank you for sharing your story with us! We’d like to get to know you better!…
Michigan Ross’ Brand-New Online, Part-Time MBA [Episode 309]
Interview with Michigan Ross’ Dr. Wally Hopp, Associate Dean for Part-Time MBA, and Anne Schoen, Associate Admissions Director for Part-Time MBA Programs [Show Summary] Michigan Ross has a brand new MBA program – an online option to add to its menu of part-time programs as well as its flagship, highly ranked full-time program. We’re going…
4 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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
