For many business degree hopefuls, the MBA remains the gold standard of graduate management education, and not without reason – an MBA can be the start of a new chapter in your life. Professionally, it can help you accelerate your career or make a career pivot. Academically, it can help fill gaps in hard and…
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M7 MBA Programs: Everything You Need to Know in 2025
M7 MBA Programs: Everything You Need to Know in 2025 The M7 business schools represent seven distinct, vivid cultures – each with its own history, values, characteristics, opportunities, and challenges. Of course, there are many commonalities among the M7 schools, as well: all are highly competitive, offer robust academic resources, are supported by committed and…
The Top Eight MBA Programs for Consulting
The good news for anyone looking to pivot into consulting post-MBA is that the major consulting companies – such as McKinsey & Company, Bain, and BCG – recruit from all the top MBA programs. As a former campus recruiter for McKinsey, I can attest that the firm has recruiters who are aligned with leading business…
Stanford GSB MBA Application Essay Tips and Deadlines [2024 – 2025], Class Profile
In this post, we provide guidance and information to support you in creating and submitting your application to the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB): Stanford GSB application essay tips Essay A: What matters most to you, and why? For this essay, we would like you to reflect deeply and write from the heart. Once…
Stanford’s MCiM Combines Technology, Healthcare, and Business [Episode 548]
Show Summary In this podcast episode, Linda Abraham interviews Dr. Kevin Schulman, the director of Stanford’s Master of Science and Clinical Informatics Management Program. They discuss the opportunities available at the intersection of medicine, business, and technology, and the problems that you can solve by combining these interests in your career. The program at Stanford…
Applying for Your MBA Through The Consortium: Best Deal in Town
Our consultants receive a lot of questions from clients about applying to MBA programs through The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management. I’ve heard myths that suggest that applying to one (or more) of the 22 Consortium schools through The Consortium’s application is disadvantageous. But as the former director at two Consortium schools, I can assure…
Top STEM MBA Programs: A Comprehensive List and Overview of STEM-OPT Eligible B-Schools
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,…
What Does It Take to Get Into Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton?
Are you the Harvard, Stanford, or Wharton “type?” Each year, Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton are flooded with applicants who have great experience and powerful stats. However, most are not the applicants these programs are looking for. If these elite programs are on your radar, you need to know if you will be considered a viable…
Applying to the Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program: Everything You Need to Know [2022 – 2023]
Everything you need to know about the Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program Overview: What is the KHS Program? Who is eligible to apply? Unique application deadlines and procedures KHS Acceptance Rate Application elements: Resume Recommendation letters Institutional letter of endorsement Short answer questions Essay question Video statement What is the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program? The Stanford Knight–Hennessy…
Stanford MSx Application Essay Tips & Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
The relatively complex MSx online application and your resume (and ideally your recommendations as well) will establish you as a leader in your organization (and possibly even your domain), and that leadership role is essential if you want to be a qualified MSx applicant. But it’s just a qualification. Being qualified is just step one, because…
Transitioning from the Military to an MBA at Stanford GSB [Episode 471]
Football, Air Force Academy, and business; hear how they come together in this Stanford MBA’s journey [Show Summary] Captain David Harris has been a leader since childhood. Growing up and in college, he played football. After graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy, he served as an officer in the U.S. Space Force, and now…
How Do Your Top Choice MBA Programs Rank in Accepted’s Selectivity Index?
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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