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Jumping Into The MBA Admissions Rabbit Hole (NEWS)

By: Lawrence Cole | Last Updated: November 15, 2021

Well, its official. I’ve jumped down the MBA admissions rabbit hole. Just a few hours ago, I successfully submitted my first app to HBS; and my last of three recommenders submitted his recommendation about an hour and a half later without my having to be a pest about it. I also received an invite today to…

Booth Hires A Financial Times Reporter (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: November 15, 2021

The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business today (Sept. 19) said it hired a Financial Times reporter to help promote the research of the school’s faculty. Hal Weitzman, a 12-year veteran of the British newspaper, will join the school as executive director of intellectual capital on Sept. 24. It is rare for a university,…

Meditation For MBAs: Train Your Mind, Improve Your Game — Part III (NEWS)

By: Deborah Knox | Last Updated: November 17, 2021

In the first two articles in this series, I outlined the physical and mental benefits of meditation, explaining how the practice will help you better navigate the MBA-application process and become a better leader. I’ve saved perhaps the best for last: the “touchy feely” benefits of meditation, which I contend are more important than you…

Deloitte Top Fuqua Employer For 2nd Year (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: November 17, 2021

Deloitte Consulting hired at least 30 MBAs from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business this year, the second year in a row that Deloitte is the school’s top employer. Other companies in double digits were McKinsey & Co. (18), Boston Consulting Group (12), Johnson & Johnson (12), and Samsung (11), according to preliminary employment statistics released…

What Harvard MBAs Made This Year (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: November 17, 2021

A modest economic recovery? Don't tell that to this year's graduating MBAs from the Harvard Business School. For the Class of 2012, median base salaries were $125,000--a slight $5,000 bump over last year--with three of every four graduates getting a median signing bonus of $20,000 and one in five (21%) reporting median "other guaranteed compensation"…

Handicapping Your MBA Odds (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: November 17, 2021

An avid reader and blogger, she’s a rising senior at a second-tier private school. Although she has scored up to a 740 on a GMAT practice test, her grade point average is just 3.0. But her goal is to get into Harvard Business School’s 2+2 program. Applying to Harvard and Stanford with a 690 GMAT…

Can You Get Into A Top MBA Program? (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: November 18, 2021

An avid boxer, this 27-year-old entrepreneur expects to compete in the Golden Gloves tournament this year. With an expected 750 GMAT and a 3.65 grade point average, he wants an MBA to help him launch an SAT prep company. For the past seven years, this 29-year-old Wharton undergrad has been in the Marine Corps, flying…

One-Year MBA Programs Gain More Traction (NEWS)

By: David Bogoslaw | Last Updated: November 18, 2021

It’s no secret that an MBA is one of the most expensive gifts you could ever give yourself. Once you add in the lost income from quitting your job, the interest payments on student loans, and the ever-rising tuition and fees, the total cost of the degree can approach $350,000. So at a time when…

Core MBA Courses Given Thumbs Up (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: November 18, 2021

Eight of every ten current and former MBA students believe the core MBA classes provide them with a good grounding in the fundamentals of business, according to a survey published today (July 9) by The Economist. Current business school applicants, who also were polled by the British magazine, were even slightly more enthusiastic about the…

What Are Your Chances Of Getting In (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: November 18, 2021

He’s a self-taught trumpet player who has spent five years working for a Fortune 100 movie studio. With a 750 GMAT and a 3.2 grade point average from Vanderbilt University, this 27-year-old analyst hopes an MBA will help him achieve a dream to become the head of a major movie studio. The death of her…

The Appeal Of Getting Your MBA In The Far East (NEWS)

By: Rebecca Reisner | Last Updated: November 29, 2021

Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Justin Chang lived in Alabama and California before attending high school in New Jersey and earning an economics degree at New York University. But when he decided to get an MBA, he never even considered a U.S. school. “I think every generation has a gold rush, and now it’s China,” says…

Confessions Of A Certified Quant (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: December 29, 2021

Paris de L’Etraz is an investment banker turned business school professor who knows a quant when he sees one. They are usually mathematically minded and see numbers as sacred. They struggle with ambiguity. They are obsessed with objectively. They believe that more information means more certainty. They exhibit a fairly closed mind. They struggle in…

Calculating Your Odds Of Getting In (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: December 29, 2021

He plays guitar and the trumpet and sings in a band when he’s not working as an analyst for a Boston-based investment management firm. With a Ivy League degree and a 740 GMAT score, this 27-year-old hopes an MBA will allow him to “build something—not just judge others’ ability to do.” With the exception of…

Concern Over HBS’ ‘Mad Men’ Culture (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: December 29, 2021

The student newspaper at Harvard Business School reported today (April 30) that an off campus sexual assault on an unidentified MBA student is prompting deeper questions about the broader culture of the famous business school. According to the report in The Harbus, written by The Harbus’ recently elected co-editor Bart Clareman, the assault “involved unwanted…

The Financial Times Historical MBA Rankings (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: December 1, 2021

You’d be hardpressed to find a business school that can match the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business’ gains in both excellence and prestige over the past dozen years. The quality and diversity of Booth’s students has seen singificant improvement, with average GMAT scores for the latest entering class now 719, up from 687…

What If Don Draper Had An MBA? (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 1, 2021

“Advertising is based on one thing: happiness. And do you know what happiness is? Happiness is the smell of a new car. It's freedom from fear. It's a billboard on the side of a road that screams with reassurance that whatever you're doing is OK. You are OK.” Ah, that silver-tongued devil! In fifteen years,…

EMLYON Names New President (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: December 30, 2021

Philippe Courtier, currently Director of the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) will join EMLYON Business School in July 2012 as President. He succeeds Patrick Molle, president of EMLYON since 1996, who announced in May 2011 that he would be stepping down this year. Poets&Quants ranks EMLYON 21st among the best business schools outside…

Handicapping Your Odds of Getting In (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 21, 2022

With a Wharton undergrad in her pocket, this 26-year-old woman has been working for the past five years in real estate private equity and mentors underprivileged high school students. She now wants an MBA to move into a deal sourcing role at a private equity or venture capital fund. He’s a 30-year-old Jordanian who has…

UNC’s $10 Million Online MBA Program (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 21, 2022

Marissa Hunt and Ben Walker are trying hard to coax a few million bucks from four venture capitalists in a San Francisco conference room. But they’re pitching a rather peculiar idea and there’s skepticism all over the faces of the people they’re trying to sell. The idea: a retractable shield that covers the top of…

New Dean Named At Iowa’s Tippie College (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: December 29, 2021

Sarah Gardial, vice provost of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been named the first woman dean of the University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie College of Business, effective July 1. Gardial, 54, prevailed over four other finalists who publicly presented their visions for the future of the Tippie School and were ultimately graded by…

What U.S. News’ List Means For Applicants (NEWS)

By: Shawn P. O'Connor | Last Updated: December 29, 2021

Numerous media outlets, including Businessweek, The Economist, the Financial Times, and of course US News & World Report, publish business school rankings, each with their own unique methodology. While there is substantial debate over whose approach is the most accurate, the impact of the various rankings comes largely from when they are released. As US…

Winners & Losers In U.S. News’ 2012 MBA Ranking (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: March 14, 2012

Shortly after Harvard Business School professor David Thomas was named dean of Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business last year, he met privately with University President John J. DeGiola. "What is going to be the part of the job that will be the toughest for you?," asked DeGiola. "Waking up every day knowing how much…

NYU Falls Off U.S. News’ Top Ten (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: February 11, 2020

New York University's Stern School, locked in a tenth-place tie with Yale's School of Management last year in U.S. News & World Report's ranking of the best business schools, will fall out of the top ten when U.S. News publishes its new ranking on March 13th. A sneak preview of the top ten, released today…

Yale’s Global Network for Advanced Management (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: February 7, 2022

Yale School of Management Dean Edward "Ted Snyder has persuaded a large number of business schools around the world to join a unique network in an attempt to redefine how globalization is taught in MBA programs. He smartly used the convening power of the Yale University brand to corral schools in all the far-flung reaches…

Predicting Your Odds of Getting In (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: February 7, 2022

She has awesome stats: a 770 GMAT and a 3.93 grade point average in biochemistry and neurobiology. A first year medical student, she wants to apply for a joint MBA/MD program. He’s a 27-year-old public relations specialist who has advised companies engaged in mergers and acquisitions, proxy fights and other crises. Now he wants an…

ASU Offers 9-Month Masters In Mgt. (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: February 7, 2022

Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business yesterday (Jan. 26) launched a nine-month Master’s in Management (MiM) program. The program, which costs $36,844 for non-residents and $22,750 for state residents, will accept its first class in the fall of 2012. Though highly popular in Europe, accelerated master's degree are a relative novelty in…

708 MBAs, 1,549 Recruiters (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: March 23, 2022

Talk about an embarrassment of riches. This year, 708 Harvard MBAs in the Class of 2011 were in the job market, and Harvard Business School had 1,549 organizations vying for them. That’s right. There were more than two companies for every graduating student seeking a job, and some of those companies, including McKinsey, Boston Consulting…