Haas, like several top MBA programs, is looking for a new dean to replace its dynamic, innovative dean, Richard Lyons, on July 1. He has served as dean for the last eleven years. I expect an announcement any day. Despite the impending change at the top, Haas is extremely difficult to get into. It has…
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Top MBA Program Average GMAT and GRE Scores [Infographic]
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Feel free to grab this code and share the timeline on your blog or web site: <a href=”https://blog.accepted.com/top-mba-program-average-gmat-gre-scores/”> <img alt=”Top MBA Program GMAT and GRE Average Scores from Accepted” src=”https://blog.accepted.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/top_mba_program_average_gmat_scores.png” /></a> Top 10 MBA Program Average GMAT Scores The GMAT is a computer adaptive test that assesses certain analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal and reading skills….
Poets & Quants Releases 2017 Top 100 U.S. MBA Programs
Poets & Quants has just released their 2017 ranking of Top 100 U.S. MBA Programs, and the holder of the top spot may come as a surprise. For the first time ever, Wharton has overthrown Harvard Business school to take the top spot in the Poets & Quants composite rating. This is just the second…
From the Mouths of MBA Adcom Members
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…
The Economist 2017 Full-Time MBA Rankings
The Economist has released its annual international ranking of full-time MBA programs based on data collected during spring 2017. Two surveys were used: 1) The first was completed by schools with eligible programs which covered quantitative subjects and accounted for 80% of the ranking. 2) Current MBA students and a school’s most recent graduating MBA…
Forbes Releases 2017 Ranking of Best Business Schools
Is it worth it to pursue an MBA, especially when the cost of tuition and lost wages can be more than $300,000? Most prospective MBAs apply to school planning to make a career change and/or obtain a higher salary. Forbes’ tenth biennial rankings of the best U.S. and international business schools are based exclusively on…
From the Military to Haas MBA [Episode 223]
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Military and older student attending the UC Berkeley Haas Full-time MBA program. Let’s hear his story. Our guest today, David Middleton, graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the US Coast Guard Academy in 2003, when many of his classmates were in middle school. He served in different capacities in the Coast Guard, most…
Up Close and Personal with Berkeley Haas at the 2017 AIGAC Conference
Last month, the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants – AIGAC – held its annual conference, and Berkeley Haas generously hosted our first two days. This “host” role included a valuable opportunity to interact with Dean Rich Lyons (just announced he will step down), Haas adcom members including Executive Director Morgan Bernstein, and Haas students….
U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 Best Business Schools (MBA & EMBA) Rankings
U.S. News & World Report surveyed all 471 MBA programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International in fall 2016 and early 2017. Of these, 377 responded and 131 were ranked (those that submitted enough of the necessary data on their full-time MBA programs that were needed to calculate the rankings). The…
FT Releases 2017 Global MBA Rankings
Financial Times has released its 2017 Global MBA Ranking of the best 100 programs. These rankings are based on surveys of business schools and their graduates of 2013. MBAs are evaluated according to alumni career progression, the school’s idea generation, and the diversity of students and faculty. Following are some of the findings of the…
Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best Business Schools of 2016
There are more graduate degrees awarded in business annually than in any other field in the US. Dozens of new business schools are accredited every year. Finding the right program for you can be an overwhelming task. Bloomberg’s annual ranking, or more specifically the data collected to create those rankings, may help you wade through…
Poets&Quants 2016 U.S. MBA Ranking
Harvard Business School has taken first place for the sixth time in seven years in the new Poets&Quants ranking of the best MBA programs in the U.S. Stanford is in second place, Chicago Booth is in third, and Northwestern Kellogg and UPenn’s Wharton School are tied for fourth. This is also the sixth out of…
Exploring the Haas MBA: An Interview with Peter Johnson [Episode 173]
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Our guest today is Peter Johnson, Assistant Dean of the Full-Time MBA Program and Admissions at Haas School of Business. He has been on the admissions team almost continually at Haas since 2004, becoming the director in 2006 and the Assistant Dean of Admissions in 2012. Welcome, Peter! Can you give us an overview of the…
Haas, McCombs, and Case Interviews [Episode 147]
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This week, join us for a discussion about Haas, McCombs, consulting, and case interviews. Meet Erin Robinson, Destin Whitehurst, and Robin Ligon, the team behind Consulting Interview Coach. [0:45] All three have extensive experience in consulting prior to starting their MBAs – Erin and Destin at Deloitte and Robin at McKinsey. And all three are currently…
U.S. News Ranks Best Business Schools in 2016
How did your target MBA programs fare this year? Let’s take a look: Top 10 MBA Programs: Here are some observations and highlights (some from Poets & Quants): • This is the first year in seven years that Stanford hasn’t been in the top spot. The school is now tied for second place with Chicago Booth…
In-State vs. Out-of-State Tuitions at Top MBA Programs
B-school’s not cheap. We all know that. And we all know that staying in-state and attending a public university close to home can save you money…but how much? Should you choose your MBA program based on price? Should you stay in-state to save money? Those are questions that depend on you, the schools available in…
2016 Financial Times Global MBA Rankings
Here are some highlights from the Financial Times‘ top 20 global MBA programs (with a few points on women in business school): • This is the first time that a one-year MBA program (INSEAD) has taken the #1 spot. The other 4 schools in the top 5 remain the same as last year, each pushed…
The Price of Higher Ed: 10 B-Schools with High Out-of-State Tuition Fees
Staying local is the general trend for budget-conscious MBA students, and there’s a good reason for this. According to the stats over at U.S. News, out-of-state students could pay close to $60,000 a year. Here are a few highlights from the research: • Michigan Ross charged the out-of-state students $59,778 in tuition fees (about $5,000…
Forbes Top 20 U.S. MBA Programs in 2015
Here are the top 20 MBA programs in the U.S. according to Forbes:
2015 Financial Time Best Global MBA Programs
Let’s see how our favorite global MBA programs fared in the 2015 Financial Times rankings. (See the full chart on the FT site here.) Last year, there were some very dramatic leaps and falls. This year there are fewer. Here are some highlights: • UC Berkeley Haas is the only newcomer to the top 10,…
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