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December 1, 2019

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Top MBA Programs Get STEM-Certified to Attract Int’l Students

Top MBA Programs get STEM-Certified to Attract International Students

  Here’s a question for all MBA applicants: what do you do if the product you are selling suddenly becomes significantly less appealing to your international markets? Evolving conditions have made your customers doubt your product is worth as much as you are charging, and fewer potential customers are taking the risk on your product…. 

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Article by Jennifer Bloom / MBA Admissions / CMU Tepper, Cornell Johnson, international student, masters in data analytics, Masters in Finance, Northwestern Kellogg, Notre Dame Mendoza, NYU Stern, researching mba programs, Rochester Simon, UC Berkeley Haas, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, Vanderbilt Business School, Wharton

November 27, 2019

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Poets & Quants Announces 2019-2020 MBA Rankings

Poets and Quants Announces 2019-20 MBA Rankings

Poets & Quants just released its 2019-2020 rankings of the top 100 U.S. MBA programs. There were some minor changes in the top 10  – most prominently is Stanford GSB climbing two spots, passing Harvard Business School and UPenn Wharton, to claim the #1 position. It’s the second time in 10 years that Stanford has claimed the… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Emory Goizueta, Georgetown McDonough, Harvard Business School, Indiana Kelley, 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 Foster School of Business, Wharton, Yale SOM

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

September 26, 2019

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USC Marshall MBA Application Essay Tips & Deadlines [2019 – 2020]

USC Marshall 2019-2020 MBA application essay tips and deadlines

Along with academic excellence, the USC Marshall MBA program is characterized by a powerful global network with special emphasis on the Pacific Rim, a close-knit and passionate community, and a strong regional presence. Your essays should show how you will both fit in and contribute to this dynamic environment, and the questions provide interesting opportunities… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / 2020 MBA Applications, USC Marshall

June 16, 2019

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Life at USC Marshall as a Future Investment Banker

Student interview with Paolo

Learn how real students navigate their way through the business school admissions process and b-school itself with our What is Business School Really Like? Series. Meet Paolo, a student at USC Marshall with an interest in investment banking. Thank you Paolo for sharing your story with us! How did you know you would be a… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / USC Marshall, what is business school like series

March 28, 2019

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U.S. News Releases 2020 MBA Rankings

US News Releases 2020 MBA Rankings

Many students apply to grad school believing that another degree will improve their professional options and salaries. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)’s employment forecast published in the summer of 2018, they may be right. The BLS forecast the jobs in master’s-level professions would rise by close to 17% between 2016-2026, and jobs… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Harvard Business School, 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, Wharton, Yale SOM

December 8, 2018

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Poets & Quants Releases 2018 MBA Rankings

Poets & Quants 2018 MBA Rankings

Poets & Quants has released their 9th annual MBA ranking. P&Q integrates the five most recent rankings from the top publications in the world: U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Financial Times, and The Economist to come up with their rankings. Each source is ranked based on P&Q’s determination of their credibility…. 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Emory Goizueta, Georgetown McDonough, Harvard Business School, Indiana Kelley, mba news, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT, Northwestern Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, USC Marshall, UT McCombs, UVA Darden, Washington Foster School of Business, Wharton, Yale SOM

April 16, 2018

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USC Marshall’s Kellee Scott: Don’t Be Rigid, Boring or Tedious! [Episode 255]

It gives me great pleasure to welcome Kellee Scott. This is Kellee’s first time on AST, but she is no stranger to Accepted, having participated in our old online chats. Kellee earned her bachelors in business at the University of Miami and worked in business for companies like Unilever and Ernst and Young. Then she… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / podcast, USC, USC Marshall

August 23, 2018

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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… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Georgetown McDonough, HEC, IE, INSEAD, London Business School, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, podcast, researching mba programs, Rotman, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, USC Marshall, Wharton-Lauder, Yale SOM, yale SOM EMBA

August 29, 2016

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A 20-Year MBA Admissions Veteran Shares His Insights [Episode 163]

Today we welcome Keith Vaughn, a highly experienced MBA admissions professional. He started as an Associate Director of MBA admissions in 1994 at USC Marshall, moved up to Director in 1997 and to Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions at USC Marshall in 1997. In addition, he served briefly at different points in time as Interim… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / podcast, USC Marshall

September 15, 2016

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B-School Girl Reflects on Her Time at USC Marshall

B-School Girl

This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with B-School Girl, a recent graduate of UCS Marshall. (We first met B-School Girl two years ago – you can read our first interview with her here.) Accepted:… 

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June 3, 2015

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Top Ranked Part-Time MBAs

Are you using the rankings correctly?

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… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Part time MBA, Rankings, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, USC Marshall, UT McCombs

November 9, 2015

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USC Marshall 2015 MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines

On one hand, the new USC Marshall MBA essay question is very focused: goals, why Marshall.  There is a little twist, however, which gives the question an intriguing complexity: personal and/or professional goals…  What does this twist say about Marshall?  That the adcom trusts you to frame your goals in the most meaningful way, and… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / 2015 MBA Application, USC Marshall

January 13, 2015

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What’s an MBA Really Worth?

This is the question tackled in a recent Poets & Quants article in which John Byrne presents PayScale data provided exclusively for P&Q. In the analysis, PayScale calculates the estimated median pay and bonuses (not including stock-based compensation, retirement benefits, or non-cash benefits like healthcare) of graduates from the top 50 U.S. MBA programs from… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Emory Goizueta, Harvard Business School, MBA ROI, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Notre Dame Mendoza, NYU Stern, Rankings, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, Wharton, Yale SOM

October 27, 2014

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2014 Economist MBA Rankings

2014 Economist Full-Time Global MBA Rankings: 1. Chicago Booth (U.S.) 2. Dartmouth Tuck (U.S.) 3. UVA Darden (U.S.) 4. HEC Paris (France) 5. IESE Business School (Spain) 6. Harvard Business School (U.S.) 7. UC Berkeley Haas (U.S.) 8. NYU Stern (U.S.) 9. Stanford GSB (U.S.) 10. Columbia Business School (U.S.) 11. UPenn Wharton (U.S.) 12…. 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth Tuck, Emory Goizuta, Harvard Business School, HEC, IESE, INSEAD, London Business School, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Notre Dame Mendoza, NYU Stern, Rankings, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, Wharton, Yale SOM

August 24, 2015

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Consulting at Top MBA Programs

Entrepreneurship is the sexy post-MBA job, but the reality is that less than 5% of grads from top MBA programs start a business at graduation. Per GMAC’s just released Prospective Students Survey Report, 34% of all graduate business students seek consulting positions after they earn their degree. My suspicion is that the figure is even… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Emory Goizueta, Georgetown McDonough, Harvard Business School, Indiana Kelley, Management Consulting, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Notre Dame Mendoza, NYU Stern, Rankings, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, US News, USC Marshall, UT McCombs, UVA Darden, Wharton, Yale SOM

July 16, 2014

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FT’s Best Global MBA Programs in 2014

The Financial Times released its 2014 global MBA rankings! Read on for the list, the facts, the analysis, and the sources. The List: 2014 Rank 3 Year (Avg)  School Country  1 1 Harvard Business School USA 2 2 Stanford Graduate School of Business USA 3 4 London Business School UK 4 3 U Penn Wharton USA… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, CEIBS, Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Financial Times, Harvard Business School, IE, IESE, IMD, INSEAD, London Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Rankings, Rotman, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UNC Kenan Flagler, USC Marshall, Wharton, Yale SOM

December 18, 2013

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MBA Applicant Blogger Interview with Bschoolgirl

We’d like to introduce you to Bschoolgirl, an anonymous blogger at Girl Meets B-School who will be starting her first year at USC Marshall this fall. A self-proclaimed non-traditional applicant, Bschoolgirl made it into one of her top picks, and shares lots of good advice about her admissions experience. Thank you Bschoolgirl! Accepted: First, some… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / MBA applicant bloggers, reapplication, USC Marshall

October 17, 2012

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More 2012 Economist MBA Rankings Data

We already analyzed The Economist’s rankings of the top 25 global MBA programs; now we’re going to provide insights from the Poets & Quants article, “The Economist’s Winners & Losers.” In short, volatility is the name of the game. 23 of the 100 top global MBA programs saw double-digit changes (jumps or falls) this year…. 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / 2012 MBA Application, Cornell Johnson, Georgetown McDonough, Rankings, USC Marshall

October 27, 2012

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USC Marshall 2013 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips

USC Marshall

What will you gain from your two years at USC Marshall, and what will the school gain from you during that time? These are the questions you’ll need to keep in the back of your mind as you prepare your USC Marshall application essays. The adcoms want to hear about how you will give and… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / 2013 MBA Application, USC Marshall

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