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MBA Handicapping: A 770 GMAT & A 4.0 From LSE — What Else Do You Need For 2+2 (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne & Sandy Kreisberg | Last Updated: September 14, 2023

https://youtu.be/G16jCkcSJ2o The question for Harvey is not what he needs to gain acceptance from either Harvard Business School or Stanford's Graduate School of Business in their deferred admission programs. The question is how can he screw it up? Talk about a perfect candidate: Harvey is a Brit, with a jumbo 770 GMAT (40 points above…

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What It’s Like To Get An MBA At HEC Paris (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: June 29, 2023

https://youtu.be/Ko-Aj5SVHSE Few people would challenge the view that Paris is one of the most beautiful and most enchanting cities in the world. It is the capital of France, of art, and of fashion. And it is also home to one of the world's best business schools and one of Europe's most compelling MBA experiences: HEC Paris.…

MBA Handicapping: Interview Advice For Military Applicants–And Others (NEWS)

By: Sandy Kreisberg | Last Updated: August 25, 2023

https://youtu.be/ddvp_2HaFiA Cameron enlisted in the Navy in 2010 after failing out of college on the first attempt. He picked up an officer program to go back to college and excelled and has since been working as a Nuclear Submarine Officer in the U.S. Navy. With a stellar 750 GMAT and a 3.86 GPA, he's hoping…

MBA Handicapping: Bainie, BYU Athlete = H/S/W? (NEWS)

By: Sandy Kreisberg | Last Updated: July 3, 2023

https://youtu.be/j01V4ZKN1Mg For his MBA journey, Shaquille is aiming high. In his sights are the five of the M7 schools: Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, and Columbia. Plus, he's added Yale School of Management and the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School. But he's bringing plenty to the party. An associate consultant at Bain & Co., Shaquille…

Meet UCLA Anderson’s MBA Class Of 2021 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: November 22, 2022

For most, “Yes-Men” comes with a negative connotation. They are timid and unimaginative blank slates. They do what they’re told, without question or critique, terrified of causing disruption or losing their status. In recent years, “Yes-Men” has become associated with something different. They are the ones who are open to new ideas and embrace responsibility…

Stanford GSB ‘Working On STEM Certification’ (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: February 15, 2020

We may be about to see the biggest splash yet in the STEM pool. Stanford Graduate School of Business says in the wake of a widely discussed op-ed by a current graduate student that efforts are underway to achieve Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math certification — but for which programs, and on what timeline, the…

Meet The Texas McCombs MBA Class of 2021 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 12, 2020

Want to reinvent yourself? Go to New York. Get famous? Think Tinseltown. Live the American dream? Increasingly, Austin is the place to be. To outsiders, Texas is all big and brassy, oil rigs and ranches, a land where guns, God, and gridiron easily intermix. In Austin, the state’s fierce independence takes the form of an…

MBA Handicapping: An MBA For This Concert Pianist? (NEWS)

By: Sandy Kreisberg & John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 3, 2023

https://youtu.be/XUL5JE1d-eQ There are nontraditional MBA students and then there are really nontraditional MBAs. Samuel Deason falls in the latter category. He's a 31-year-old prize-winning concert pianist who has performed in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Austria, Armenia, Spain, Canada, and Italy. You can hear him play Rachmaninoff's Etude-Tableaux Op.39 No.6. He's never really held a…

Meet The Non-Traditional MBAs Of Europe (NEWS)

By: Jeremy Hazlehurst | Last Updated: February 19, 2020

All MBAs worked as consultants, bankers, or engineers, right? Actually no. It’s true that a large proportion of the people in MBA programs come from corporate jobs, in Europe as in the United States. But by no means everyone has that to traditional business background. In fact, top schools are often hungry for people who…

MBA Handicapping: How Does This McKinsey Analyst Not Get Into HBS & Stanford? (NEWS)

By: Sandy Kreisberg & John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 3, 2023

https://youtu.be/gvOpK-qMD-Q It's rare when an MBA candidate doesn't have a single blemish on an application to Harvard Business School or Stanford Graduate School of Business. After all, the hurdles are high, from the raw GPAs and standardized test scores, work experience and accomplishments. Nick checks every box. He has a 3.98 GPA from Harvard College…

MIT’s Nicolaides: Stop Coronavirus By Washing Your Hands—At The Airport (NEWS)

By: Howard R. Gold | Last Updated: September 13, 2023

The coronavirus has caused governments to shut down whole cities and financial markets to plunge. As of Thursday, there were over 96,000 reported cases worldwide and more than 3,300 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. Public health officials, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have urged people to sneeze into their bent…

MBA Handicapping: Getting Into Kellogg & McCombs From Pluto (NEWS)

By: John Hendel | Last Updated: July 3, 2023

https://youtu.be/Fm0tC12o7bY With a 690 GMAT and a 3.37 GPA from the University of Michigan where he majored in international economics and history, Brad is hoping to get into a top MBA program. He brings some valuable work experience to the game, including a stint in Capital One's highly selective rotational program where he was an…

What You Should Know About 2+2 At HBS (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 3, 2023

https://youtu.be/BaruAJP9wP8 With Harvard Business School's application deadline for its 2+2 deferred admission program just around the corner on April 2, we checked in with HBSGuru.com founder Sandy Kreisberg for some timely tricks and tips. On this Friday with Sandy video, Kreisberg advises prospective 2+2 applicants what to do and what not to do. If you…

Meet Queen’s University’s Smith MBA Class Of 2021 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: July 24, 2023

A generation ago, being a “lone-wolf” was considered a compliment. Back then, ditching the pack to go it alone was considered a mark of courage. If you succeeded, you were hailed as a genius. You were viewed as pure and effective, a jack-of-all-trades with the grit to handle the demands and pressure. These days, getting…

Meet Georgia Tech Scheller’s MBA Class Of 2021 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: March 18, 2020

Faster speed. Greater access. More information. Better quality. That’s business today…and business is good. More options and capabilities. More complex and demanding too. These days, it is nearly impossible to keep pace with technology – and its applications. Artificial intelligence, 3-D Printing, Cloud Computing, Analytics – makes 90s automation and 00s outsourcing look pretty tame,…

MBA Handicapping: How To Get Into HBS With A 3.2 GPA (NEWS)

By: Sandy Kreisberg & John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 3, 2023

https://youtu.be/qEJz4DBH3pM Okay, we admit it. The headline is a bit of clickbait. It's not because today's candidate on Fridays With Sandy didn't get a 3.2 grade point average during his undergraduate years. It's because Andrew Dominguez is hands down the most impressive MBA applicant who has ever undergone the Sandy Kreisberg treatment on Poets&Quants. We're…

MBA Handicapping: Should She Rush To Apply Now Or Wait For The Next Cycle? (NEWS)

By: Sandy Kreisberg & John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 3, 2023

https://youtu.be/7y_kQHo4X4Q This year's MBA admissions cycle is in turmoil. And like many prospective MBA students, Priya Srinivasan is in an ideal place to seize opportunity out of the tubulence. The 23-year-old has been working for Canada's version of the Import Export Bank called Export Development Canada. It's a job she landed after graduating with a…

Poets&Quants’ Top MBA Startups Of 2020 (NEWS)

By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: April 3, 2020

The future is female.  The decades-old rallying cry that invokes the breaking of glass ceilings rings true on this year's Poets&Quants' list of the Top 100 MBA Startups. In tracking the world's fastest-growing and exciting MBA startups every year since 2013, not once has a fully woman-founded team made it to the top of our annual…

MBA Handicapping: How To Explain Six Jobs In Five Years (NEWS)

By: Sandy Kreisberg & John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 3, 2023

https://youtu.be/OTydcuXWukc Aiming for MBA programs at Stanford, Wharton, Chicago Booth, and Kellogg, John brings an array of startup experience from Silicon Valley with him, including working for two startups that have become unicorns. He has a 3.8 GPA from Notre Dame in computer applications and programming and political science. And the 28-year-old has made company…

MBA Handicapping: Fulbright, Family Poultry Biz, Pakistan = HBS? (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 3, 2023

https://youtu.be/k8zWMj-BIoc Ahmed is living in Dallas at the moment, sheltered in place due to the pandemic outbreak from his home in Pakistan where he leads as managing director his family's poultry business with roughly 75 employees. The 28-year-old has already gotten a taste of American higher education, having received a full ride to Georgia Institute…

MBA Handicapping: Will Stanford & Harvard Buy This Story? (NEWS)

By: Sandy Kreisberg & John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 3, 2023

https://youtu.be/NQuke8nCY68 Daniel is a 26-year-old professional with a lot of promise. He has worked as a senior consultant for more than three years and wants to get an MBA to enhance his career opportunities. He brings some enticing assets to the table, including the fact that he graduated summa cum laude with a 3.96 GPA…

The Consequences Of COVID For MBAs, Industry By Industry (NEWS)

By: Túlio Prado | Last Updated: April 23, 2020

From early February, information about an unknown respiratory disease originating in China was circulating in the international media. A few weeks later, all classes in Spain, where my MBA is based, switched to an online format. Social gatherings were banned, and my end-of-the-year trips were put on hold. I found myself with additional free time,…

2020 Best & Brightest MBAs: Shoko Ogasawara, CEIBS (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: May 2, 2020

Shoko Ogasawara CEIBS (China Europe International Business School) “A Japanese girl believing in her Chinese dream.” Hometown: Tokushima, Japan Fun fact about yourself: I gained 7 kgs after I moved to Shanghai because the food is so tasty here. Undergraduate School and Degree: The University of Tokyo, Bachelor of Law Where was the last place…

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The Best International Online MBAs? (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: April 22, 2020

What are the best online MBA programs outside the United States? That’s a good question that is often hard to answer. The largest ranking of online options is U.S. News’ annual list which assigns a rank on 321 programs, but it is entirely U.S. centric. The Poets&Quants’ 2019-2020 ranking—based on online MBA alumni satisfaction surveys…

MBA Handicapping: Can You Get Into Stanford From Your Fourth Job? (NEWS)

By: Sandy Kreisberg & John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 3, 2023

https://youtu.be/wvw1LPlzlSM Colter has spent his young professional life consumed by new ideas and new organizations. The 30-year-old data analyst at 500 Startups, the accelerator community of founders, mentors, and investors, is passionate about the entrepreneurial life. He's launched a couple of his own businesses and has consulted with young companies in France, Columbia, and Costa…

2020 Best & Brightest MBAs: Christopher Lee Owen, University of Michigan (Ross) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: May 2, 2020

Christopher Lee Owen University of Michigan, Ross School of Business “Tea-loving, growth-minded, life-enthusiast on an exciting adventure of relentless self-improvement and scalable positive impact.” Hometown: Marshall, WI, home of the Fightin’ Cardinals and three farms on Main Street. Fun fact about yourself: In 2017, upon returning to the U.S. after serving in the Peace Corps…

2020 Best & Brightest MBAs: Joshua Lah, University of Chicago (Booth) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: May 2, 2020

Joshua Lah University of Chicago, Booth School of Business “Ambitious and driven, with a little bit of calculated risk-taking on the side.” Hometown: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Fun fact about yourself: I’m a big fan of the TV show Survivor; the show provides great insights into social interactions and general strategic and critical thinking. I’d love…