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June 17, 2023

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Behind the Scenes in MBA Admissions

Behind the Scenes in MBA Admissions

Ever wonder what happens to your application once you send it in? Does it enter a black hole in space and come out the other side with an admission or a deny? What transpires between the moment you click the “submit” button and when you receive that decision letter? Let’s go behind the scenes to… 

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Article by Christie St-John / MBA Admissions / researching mba programs

June 15, 2023

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How to Choose the Right MBA Program

Business schools vary in many ways: location, cohort size, program culture, degree customization offerings, and employer relationships, to name a few. What factors matter most to you? To ensure that you have an optimal b-school experience, you should explore different program types and compile a list of schools that interest you.  Start with the websites.      … 

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Article by Christie St-John / MBA Admissions / EMBA, researching mba programs

May 3, 2023

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U.S. News & World Report 2023-2024 MBA Rankings [Full-Time & Part-Time]

After a one-week delay and a sharp change in methodology, U.S. News & World Report finally released its 2023-2024 Best Business Schools ranking, with some big surprises. While Chicago Booth maintained the spotlight at #1, Kellogg (Northwestern) climbed one spot to #2, and Wharton (University of Pennsylvania) dropped two notches to #3. U.S. News’ new… 

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Article by Esmeralda Cardenal / MBA Admissions / MBA Rankings, researching mba programs, US News

March 18, 2023

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Short-Listing and Visiting Business Schools

You must understand how business schools differ when deciding whether to apply to specific MBA programs. What are their relative strengths and weaknesses? Getting a real sense of what makes a school unique is difficult: they all claim top faculties, great student bodies, and professional networks that will sizzle when you graduate. How can you… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / business school visits, Navigate The MBA Maze, researching mba programs

March 17, 2023

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MBA Options: Full-Time MBA vs. Part-Time MBA vs. EMBA

Full time MBA vs Part time MBA vs EMBA3

At its core, the MBA is a business administration graduate program for professionals seeking knowledge, skills, a credential, and/or a network to advance in business and maximize their career 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 multiplied in response… 

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Article by Natalie Grinblatt / MBA Admissions / EMBA, Part time MBA, researching mba programs

March 7, 2023

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How to Get Into Georgetown McDonough’s MBA Program [Episode 512]

Podcast interview with Shelly Heinrich How to get into Georgetown McDonough

Shortcuts to Key Insights from this Episode Shelly Heinrich, Associate Dean for MBA and MS-ESM admissions, and Director of Marketing at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, discusses everything applicants need to know about getting into Georgetown McDonough’s MBA program. [Show Summary] Are you interested in sustainability? Also considering an MBA? Well Georgetown University’s McDonough School… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Consulting, Admissions Straight Talk Podcast, Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / 2023 MBA Applications, Georgetown McDonough, MBA Adcom podcast, mba application essays, MBA Interview, podcast, researching mba programs

January 9, 2023

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M7 MBA Programs: Everything You Need to Know in 2023

M7 MBA Programs: Everything You Need to Know in 2023 - Accepted

What are the M7 business schools? Talk about diversity! Seven distinct, vivid cultures – each with its own history, values, characteristics, opportunities, and challenges. Of course, there are many commonalities among the M7 schools: all are highly competitive, all feature deep academic resources, all are supported by committed and involved alumni, and all attract top-tier… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB, Wharton

December 19, 2022

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Top STEM MBA Programs: A Comprehensive List and Overview of STEM-OPT Eligible B-Schools

Top MBA Programs get STEM Certified to Attract International Students

U.S. STEM MBA Programs: An Overview STEM certification programs have proven application bonanzas for top business schools. STEM certification may have begun pre-pandemic as a way to alleviate uncertainty in the visa process, but the programs have proven to be a robust inducement for MBA applicants, particularly from foreign countries. According to Poets & Quants,… 

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Article by Jennifer Bloom / MBA Admissions / Arizona State Carey, Babson, Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Delaware Lerner, Duke Fuqua, Georgetown McDonough, Harvard Business School, international student, Lehigh University College of Business, masters in data analytics, Masters in Finance, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Notre Dame Mendoza, NYU Stern, Pace University, Purdue Krannert, researching mba programs, Rice Jones, Rochester Simon, Rutgers Business School, Stanford GSB, STEM MBA, UC Berkeley Haas, UC Davis, UC Irvine School of Business, UC Riverside, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, University of Connecticut, University of Georgia Terry, University of North Texas Ryan, University of Wisconsin Madison, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, Vanderbilt Business School, Washington Foster School of Business, Wharton

November 21, 2022

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MBA Programs Seek Recently Laid Off Tech Workers

MBA Programs Seek Recently Laid Off Tech Workers

If you are a recently laid off and otherwise competitive applicant, MBA programs want YOU! Are you a tech worker who just got laid off from Meta, Twitter, Facebook, Stripe, or a similar company? Were you thinking of getting an MBA before and/or since the layoff? Well, what started as a trickle with Northwestern University–Kellogg… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Cornell Johnson, Cornell Tech, Georgia Tech Scheller, Indiana Kelley, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, researching mba programs, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson

September 20, 2022

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Approaching Your MBA Application [Episode 487]

Linda APPROACHING MBA APP SEPT 2022

Expert tips on how to approach your MBA application [Show Summary] What’s the right way to approach an MBA application? Like a productivity challenge? A jigsaw puzzle? A to-do list? Linda Abraham weighs in and shares her expert tips to master this process.  Linda Abraham, Founder and CEO of Accepted, shares her insights into how… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk Podcast, MBA Admissions / MBA career goals, optimize your mba admissions profile, podcast, researching mba programs

April 18, 2022

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How Do Your Top Choice MBA Programs Rank in Accepted’s Selectivity Index?

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This year’s MBA Selectivity Index™ is here! Accepted developed the MBA Selectivity Index to help you apply realistically and effectively to business school. The index takes the most recent U.S. News rankings data and reflects the schools’ average GPA, test scores, and acceptance rates so that you can assess the relative difficulty of acceptance. You… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / GMAT, MBA Rankings, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB

April 7, 2022

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Top 10 or Bust: Dispelling 2 MBA Myths

Dispelling 2 MBA Myths

I constantly hear two comments from applicants related to MBA admissions. Both of them are myths that I want to bust once and for all: Myth #1: Once you attend an MBA program outside the Top 10, it doesn’t matter which school it is, so you may as well go to the least expensive one… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / MBA Rankings, MBA ROI, researching mba programs

March 31, 2022

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U.S. News MBA Rankings 2023 [Full-Time & Part-Time]

2023 mba rankings us news

Chicago Booth and Wharton (University of Pennsylvania) share the #1 spotlight in U.S. News’ Best Business Schools of 2023 rankings, released March 29. The metrics for the rankings are based on career placement success, student excellence and qualitative assessments by experts. MBA rankings are studied voraciously by applicants, students, and alumni but remain controversial.  Notable changes… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth Tuck, Harvard Business School, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Part time MBA, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, US News, Wharton, Yale SOM

February 28, 2022

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Do MBA Rankings Matter?

Do MBA Rankings Matter

You’ve defined your goals and assessed your qualifications. Now it’s time to move on to the program research stage of the MBA admissions process. There is a sea of information out there: rankings, books, MBA program websites, MBA fairs, Poets & Quants, student and adcom blogs, school open houses, your neighbor’s sister’s boyfriend’s dad –… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / MBA Rankings, researching mba programs

January 3, 2022

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From the Mouths of MBA Adcom Members: How to Get Accepted

Business school admissions directors speak about how to get accepted

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… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, CMU Tepper, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, ESADE, fit, Georgetown McDonough, HEC, INSEAD, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, optimize your mba admissions profile, Oxford Said, podcast, researching mba programs, Rotman, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, USC Marshall, Vanderbilt Business School, Washington Foster School of Business, Wharton, Wharton-Lauder, which MBA programs to apply to, Yale SOM

April 19, 2021

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Which MBA Program Is Right for Me? The Ultimate Guide to Choosing an MBA Program

Which mba program is right for me

In 20+ years of MBA admissions consulting, I have found that otherwise highly capable and focused people often flounder when creating their target list of business schools. I’ve heard things like: “I’m just applying to all the top ten.” Top ten according to what source? Or: “I realize now [after R2 deadlines have passed] I was overreaching…. 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / fit, optimize your mba admissions profile, researching mba programs, which MBA programs to apply to

January 7, 2020

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Is an MBA Worth It, or Is the Sky Falling Down on the MBA Degree? [Episode 346]

When is the MBA worth it

Accepted founder Linda Abraham discusses when pursuing an MBA justifies its cost [Show Summary] Linda Abraham, Accepted’s founder and president explores the latest headlines about the value of an MBA. This is a must-listen for anyone trying to decide whether or not to get an MBA degree. Why we’ve been asking the wrong question about… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk Podcast, MBA Admissions / MBA ROI, podcast, researching mba programs

November 15, 2019

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Top MBA Programs for Entrepreneurs

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… 

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Article by Jen Weld / MBA Admissions / Babson, CEIBS, Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Emory Goizueta, entrepreneurship, ESADE, Georgetown McDonough, Harvard Business School, Indiana Kelley, INSEAD, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, USC Marshall, UT McCombs, UVA Darden, Washington Olin, Wharton, Yale SOM

June 3, 2019

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Harvard, Stanford, Wharton: What’s the Difference?

harvard stanford wharton difference

True, Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton have a lot in common. But what if you are in the enviable position of having to choose between the three? What really differentiates the programs and how can you decide which is best for you? For more important information about the differences between top business schools, check out M7 MBA Programs:… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, MBA accepted applicants, MBA Video Tips, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB, Wharton

May 14, 2019

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4 Steps to Choosing the Right School for You [Webinar Recording!]

4 Steps to Choosing the Right Business School for You

Applying to business school in 2019? Watch this webinar to learn how to refine your post-MBA goals, research business schools, assess your qualifications, and then evaluate this information to develop a list of programs to apply to. This webinar was hosted by The MBA Tour.  Related Resources: • Best MBA Programs: A Guide to Selecting… 

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