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B-Schools That Churn Out Consultants

 

So you want to be a consultant, huh? That’s not surprising. Many students enroll in top MBA programs to become consultants. And why not? It pays well. And who wouldn’t want McKinsey, Bain, or Deloitte on their resume. Those names open a lot of doors.

If you’re looking to become a consultant, where do you enroll? Wharton or Harvard, you say? Well, you’re way off. They rank #9 and #16, respectively, for the percentage of graduates who get hired as consultants. So which schools are on the radars of top consulting firms? What makes their graduates so attractive? And what starting salaries and signing bonuses can you expect after graduating at specific business schools? Check out this article to learn more.

Source: Poets and Quants

Video of the Week

 

How To Stand Out In Your MBA Admissions Interview (Google Hangout)

Source: Official GMAT

One Liners:

 

Harvard Alums Donate Record $22 Million To School

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek

Harvard Professor Benjamin G Edelman Ferrets Out Misdeeds On The Internet

Source: Economic Times

Should You Decline An Acceptance In Hopes Of Something Better?

Source: Accepted

Startup Institutes Will Disrupt Business Schools And The MBA As We Know It

Source: Academic Entrepreneur

Where Fuqua Students Work And What They Get Paid

Source: Fuqua

USC Unveils New Social Entrepreneurship MBA

Source: LA Times

Yes, Virginia. You Can Earn An MBA While Starting Up A Company

Source: Bostinno

Online MBA Program Experiences Success At UNC

Source: Daily Tar Heel

I Took the GMAT With No Preparation: Here’s What Happened

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek

Berkeley Haas To Compete With Harvard in Publishing

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek

4 Mistakes To Avoid In Admissions Essays

Source: Accepted

MBA Humor

 

How To Tell You Should Be a Manager

10. You like not doing anything

9. You have no trouble telling others what to do

8. Work fascinates you–you can sit and watch it for hours

7. You like “sweating the small stuff”

6. You have always been something of a loner

5. You don’t think “plan” is a four-letter word

4. Your favorite cocktail is milk of magnesia

3. On Halloween you dress up as Alex P. Keaton

2. Your favorite horror writer is Tom Peters

1. And the number one clue you are management material? You enjoy having people despise you for just doing your job.

Source: http://management.about.com/cs/businesshumor/ht/ManagementMatl.htm

 

Tweets of the Week:

 

Emily Parsons ‏@em_pars  26m

MBA 1: This project is 25% of my grade! MBA 2: Well there’s a 25% chance you’re going to do it!!!!

Ben Owens ‏@CoMoBenO  16m

It’s not a lie when I say that about half of every class in the business school feels remedial. #JSchoolProbs

jessie langer ‏@J_Langz  4h

Worst part about business school…no matter what major you go in to, you still have to take both accounting classes #fail

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