Exciting news! LinkedIn just launched new rankings that connect prospective students to universities based on career outcomes. Here’s how they did it (in their words) using software developers as an example: 1. First, we identified the top companies where software developers are choosing to work. 2. Next, we found people on LinkedIn who work as software developers and…
2014 U.S. News Med School Rankings
U.S. News published their 2014 best medical schools rankings. Here are the rankings for schools in the Best Research and Best Primary Care categories, as well as some additional links for your reference. (You can view the rankings of other specialties here.) Top 10 Med Schools: Primary Care 1. University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill…
Busting Two MBA Myths
Thanks to those of you who stopped at Accepted.com’s table at the Los Angeles MBA Tour event a couple of weeks ago and shared your thoughts, doubts, questions, and experiences. I enjoyed meeting you. I was bothered, however, by a certain refrain I heard a few times during the evening. Basically two related MBA myths…
2012 Employer Rankings of Global B-Schools
QS World MBA Tour recently compiled a report on the world’s top 200 business schools according to employers. The findings are based on a survey of over 3,300 international recruiters for full-time MBA graduates. Employers that focus on domestic hiring only were not included. Employers were asked to identify those schools (out of a list…
2012 Best U.S. and International B-Schools
Businessweek just released its latest biannual rankings. Below you’ll find the top 10 business schools in the U.S. and abroad. 2010 ranking positions are in parentheses. Top 10 U.S. Business Schools Chicago Booth (1) Harvard Business School (2) University of Pennsylvania Wharton (3) Stanford GSB (5) Northwestern Kellogg (4) Duke Fuqua (6) Cornell Johnson (13)…
What Did the Class of 2012 Make this Year?
The Poets & Quants article that covers this topic starts out like this: “if you still need evidence that a highly ranked MBA degree is worth the investment, look no further than this year’s starting median salaries.” I guess this year’s class fared pretty well! The article continues to point out that the actual salaries…
4 Ways You Should NOT Use the MBA Rankings
You’ll find loads of articles online enumerating the ways in which you can use the MBA rankings to your benefit. Most of these articles are found on the ranking websites. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t trust what you read on BusinessWeek, The Financial Times, or U.S. News – after all, the rankings do offer…
Top Feeder Schools to Big Law
Wondering which law school will lead you to that coveted Big Law job? Well, the WSJ Law Blog broke it down for you using newly released data from the ABA. This data involved employment summary reports for individual schools, revealing that only about 8% of 2011 grads found jobs at big law firms. Plus, “schools…
U.S. News 2013 Medical School Rankings
U.S. News provides two overall rankings of medical school: research and primary care. Here are the ten best in each category. 2013 Rank Best Medical Schools: Research 2012 Rank 1 Harvard 1 2 Johns Hopkins 3 3 University of Pennsylvania 2 4 Stanford 5 5 UC San Francisco 5 6 Washington University (St. Louis) 4…
Financial Times 2012 Rankings Are Out!
The Financial Times published its annual ranking of MBA programs today. And the top 10 are: Stanford (3 year average: #3; last year tied for #4) Harvard (3 year average: #3; last year’s #3) Wharton (3 year average: #2; last year tied for #1) London Business School (3 year average: #2; last year tied for #1) Columbia (3…
4 Ways You Should NOT Use the MBA Rankings
You’ll find loads of articles online enumerating the ways in which you can use the MBA rankings to your benefit. Most of these articles are found on the ranking websites. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t trust what you read on BusinessWeek, The Financial Times, or U.S. News – after all, the rankings do…
U.S. News’ Best Medical Schools 2012
U.S. News released its 2012 best medical schools report today. The lead article in the med school component of the rankings reports a few of the highlights. You’ll see that Harvard Medical School again snagged the first place spot among the best research universities. While that seems to be pretty constant year-to-year, there were…
U.S. News’ Best Law Schools 2012, Ranked Two Ways
U.S. News released its law school rankings today, with few surprises among the top 20. Yale Law School took its place at the top of the list (where it has been for the last two decades) and was followed by the rest of the top 5 regulars—Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, and Chicago. There is one…
Sustainable MBAs
Thinking about a career in sustainable enterprise? Each year the Aspen Institute ranks MBA programs in their Beyond Grey Pinstripes edition on the schools’ ability to provide curriculum, research and careers while looking at the triple bottom line. This list continues to grow, but according to the 2010 rankings, candidates looking at MBA programs that…
US News 2009 College Rankings
The much maligned, used, cursed, and pored over US News College rankings have been released for 2009. The Top 10 Universities are: Harvard Princeton Yale MIT (tied with Stanford) Stanford (tied w/ MIT) California Institute of Technology (tied with Penn). University of Pennsylvania (tied with CalTech). Columbia (tied with Duke and Chicago) Duke (tied with…
MBA Admissions: Should I Reapply? And Where?
This week has been the week for reapplication queries on the BW Forum. Should I reapply? To which programs should I reapply? Let me give you a few tips on successful MBA reapplication: Coldly and objectively analyze your profile. Do you have competitive qualifications for the schools you applied to? I just yesterday spoke to…
US News 2007 College Rankings:
For those of you who have not yet seen it yet, the Top Ten in US News this year are: 1. Princeton University(NJ) 2. Harvard University(MA) 3. Yale University(CT) 4. California Institute of Technology 4. Stanford University(CA) 4. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology 7. University of Pennsylvania 8. …