The Aspen Institute published last week its biannual ranking of MBA programs, “Beyond Grey Pinstripes.” This ranking ignores admissions criteria and abandons ROI. Through surveys of 149 participating schools, it attempts to rank the programs according to their “social impact management” or addressing of social, environmental or ethical topics. The goal: “spotlight innovative full-time MBA…
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MBA Admissions: Multiple Acceptances and Waitlisted
A few MBA applicant bloggers are dealing with questions now that they have received first round decisions. First Hakuna Matata!!! is thrilled to be accepted to Yale SOM and Cornell Johnson. Congratulations! He asks several questions in “3 down…1 to go!” and I am going to respond to those that aren’t visa-related. (I know nothing about immigration…
MBA Admissions: Yale SOM Reports on Round 1
The Yale Daily News reports today on trends at Yale SOM. The highlights: Applications rose 4% in Round 1 2008 over Round 1 2007. The average GMAT of round 1 applicants rose 2 points to 698. “SOM’s participation in The Consortium more than doubled the number of underrepresented minority students — which include African-Americans, Hispanics,…
Yale MBA Admissions: Educating Leaders for Business and Society
I visited Yale SOM last week during a visit to the East Coast. Yale’s admissions office graciously arranged for my husband and me to participate in a tour, attend a class, and meet with Bruce DelMonico, the Director of Admissions at SOM. I can’t tell you how much such a visit adds to one’s understanding…
MBA Admissions: B-School Bulletins — Fuqua, Tuck, Wharton, Yale
It’s been an interesting week in MBA-dom. Both good and bad. Let’s get the bad out of the way: Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business found that 34 first-year M.B.A. students cheated according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education. According to the article, Fuqua‘s Judicial Board found 33 students guilty of inappropriate…
Stanford GSB’s New Curriculum for Class of 2009
Stanford GSB has announced a complete overhaul of its MBA curriculum for the class of 2009. In doing so it joins Yale SOM in radically changing its approach to graduate business education. Here are a few of the changes at Stanford GSB: Accepted students will be expected to acquire basic accounting, finance and spreadsheet knowledge…
Yale SOM Application Volume Scores Healthy Increase
Yale is joining the many top MBA programs enjoying a climb in application volume. According to the Yale Daily News, Yale’s School of Management experienced an 11% increase in applications over last year. Not as spectacular perhaps as Haas’ 30% increase or Tuck’s 40% increase over last year, but still healthy. That increase in application…
