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INSEAD Repeats As No. 1 In New 2017 Financial Times Ranking (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 29, 2017

The Financial Times began ranking full-time MBA programs in 1999, offering what was then a novel global take on business education. For 17 straight years, the top of the British newspaper's ranking was dominated by the likes of Wharton, Harvard, Stanford and home town favorite London Business School. Then, INSEAD cracked the code, finishing first…

From Trump’s Inauguration To Your MBA Application – Capturing Your Leadership Potential (NEWS)

By: Matt Symonds, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: January 20, 2017

Donald Trump was only 14 years old when John F. Kennedy gave his inaugural address. Long before the advent of Twitter, Kennedy understood the importance of inspiring others with a short and memorable phrase: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” What did the…

New Dean, New Day At Warwick (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: January 12, 2017

It’s been a really interesting six months, says Andy Lockett, dean of Warwick Business School — and it’s going to be an even more interesting 2017, in no small part because this year marks the school’s 50th anniversary. Lockett, who took over as dean in August 2016 after nearly six years on the faculty as…

Meet The Warwick MBA Class Of 2017 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: January 5, 2017

Most schools will claim that rankings don’t matter. That is, until they have a great year! 2016 was that kind of year for the Warwick Business School. Ranked 46th globally by the Financial Times and 22nd among international MBA programs by Bloomberg Businessweek, the program exploded in October’s Economist ranking, placing 20th in the world.…

This Week’s Round 2 Deadline Dance (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 11, 2019

So it has come down to this. After months of introspection, multiple drafts of essays, and dozens upon dozens of prompts to complete on MBA applications, you're about to push the button and let fate take over. Many of you have labored feverishly over the holidays to put the finishing touches on your apps. This…

Poets&Quants’ Favorite MBAs Of 2016 (NEWS)

By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: December 27, 2016

I am large, I contain multitudes. Each year, we report on some of the most accomplished, unique, and interesting young professionals. As a news site that reports on the most elite business schools, we live and work in a bubble at the apex of higher education. And so, at the end of each year, we…

After Brexit, HEC Paris Eyes Bigger Global Role (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: December 17, 2016

Andrea Masini doesn’t think the two big political temblors of 2016, Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, will drive business school talent out of the U.K. and U.S., respectively. But the head of HEC Paris’s MBA program — and the designer of what is being styled a “MBA super program” — does expect those two events…

Big Decision Week For Round 1 Applicants (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: December 12, 2016

https://youtu.be/BJrshB0Ory8 You were among the MBA early birds. You took the GMAT, slaved over the essays, prepped your recommenders, and filled in every question on your business school application before those September or early October deadlines. You jumped over the first hurdle, gaining an interview. And now it's D-week. Thousands of round one decisions…

Gender Equity Group Eyes ‘Men As Allies’ (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: December 7, 2016

A consortium of nonprofits and business schools dedicated to gender equity on B-school campuses is launching a new initiative aimed not at the women striving to achieve that equity, but at the men they study and work with. The Forte Foundation’s Men as Allies initiative will recruit male allies on business school campuses, leveraging insights…

Dinged In Round One? What’s Next? (NEWS)

By: Judith Silverman Hodara & Caroline Diarte Edwards | Last Updated: November 18, 2016

Nobody likes to get the ding email. But it is not only painful for the candidate; as Admissions Directors, having to send the “thank you but no thank you” letters or emails was always with a heavy heart. We were all too aware how much candidates had invested – time, heart and soul – as…

The Entire Meet The Class of 2018 Series (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: September 7, 2023

Who is going to business school these days to get an MBA? We've been doing a fascinating series at Poets&Quants during the past six weeks, introducing readers to the incoming MBA students at some of the world's leading business schools. A simple glimpse of any of school specific profiles leads you to an inevitable conclusion:…

The Fundamental MBA Question That Many Applicants Mess Up – And How To Get It Right (NEWS)

By: Emma Bond, Director at Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: January 29, 2025

In recent years, business schools have turned to increasingly unconventional essay topics for MBA admission. Berkeley-Haas, for example, asks you to choose a song that expresses who you are; Chicago Booth directs applicants to a collection of photos - “shared Booth moments” - and to choose the one that best resonates with them; and Cornell…

You Won’t Believe Who Harvard Just Rejected (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 13, 2020

Nobody ever said it is easy to get into Harvard Business School. But many of the candidates who were dinged last week when HBS "released" as many as 2,800 applicants never thought they wouldn't even get an interview. Among the disappointed were McKinsey & Co. consultants with 790 GMATs, a 25-year-old Asian American female with…

The Economist’s 2016 MBA Ranking Is A Doozy (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 13, 2016

For the fifth consecutive year, the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business claimed first place in The Economist’s global ranking of MBA programs. But Booth’s steadiness at the top of the new 2016 ranking belies the absolute chaos beneath it. This year, 28 out of the Top 100 ranked MBA programs experienced double-digit increases…

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700+ Isn’t Enough: Communicating Character In Your MBA Application (NEWS)

By: Cassandra Pittman, Expert Coach at Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: January 29, 2025

In his 2015 book, “The Road to Character”, journalist David Brooks made the case that our “resume virtues”, our test scores, professional accomplishments and the skills we bring to the workplace, have taken center stage at the expense of our “eulogy virtues”, the aspects of our character that others praise when we aren’t there and…

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How To Ace Your MBA Video Questions (NEWS)

By: Cassandra Pittman, Expert Coach at Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: January 29, 2025

Over the past few years, video conferencing applications have gone from nouns to verbs. We Skype, Google Hangout, or FaceTime friends and family, whether they are down the street or across the globe. Web conferencing solutions like GoToMeeting and Vydio have become an integral part of our work lives. This year, more and more business…

The Women Deans Of Europe: Leading The Fight For Gender Equality (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: July 6, 2021

Diane Morgan knows how steep the hill is for women in academia. She’s been climbing it, on two continents, for most of her career. Morgan knows — because it is an ever-present reality in her career — that female business school deans face different challenges than male deans face, from life as a working mother…

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Top Reasons to Apply to Yale SOM (NEWS)

By: Matt Symonds, Director at Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: January 29, 2025

Yale SOM may be one of the newest top business schools in the country but it’s quickly becoming one of the most popular. Over the past decade, applications have increased from around 2,000 to this year’s staggering 3,652, its class size increasing from just over 200 to 325. Yale SOM’s increasing popularity helps explain its…

IESE Expands Incoming MBA Class By 22% (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: September 14, 2016

To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of declining interest in two-year, full-time MBA programs has been greatly exaggerated. IESE Business School today (Sept. 13) reported that it expanded its incoming full-time MBA class by 22% to a record 356 students, adding a fifth cohort for this academic year. The Spanish school said it had seen increasing…

Meet The HEC Paris MBA Class Of 2018 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: September 12, 2016

How do you become a leader? Forget those myths about “natural ability” or “rising to the moment.” Leadership requires work — lots of it. You practice it everyday. You study various industries and issues. In a global marketplace, you seek exposure to people very different from yourself. These are some of the hallmarks of HEC…

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How To Say More With Less In Your MBA Application (NEWS)

By: Cassandra Pittman, Expert Coach at Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: January 29, 2025

HBS asks for your resume and two letters of recommendation. You’ll also provide academic transcripts and test scores, and fill their online application with details of your background and accomplishments. So then they ask ‘What more would you like us to know as we consider your candidacy for the Harvard Business School MBA Program?’ Where…

The MBA For The Anti-MBA Crowd (NEWS)

By: sandboxdev | Last Updated: September 4, 2016

For decades, Henry Mintzberg, an academic at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, has said that the MBA doesn’t teach management properly, and if graduates enter the workforce thinking they’re trained managers, he believes they could even be a danger to society. Mintzberg is one of the co-founders of an alternative management program called…

The Stereotype-Defying MBAs In The Class of 2018 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: June 8, 2021

A.J. Steigman describes himself as “an international chess champion, investment banker-turned-entrepreneur, and Lyme disease survivor.” Just 31, Steigman could easily be characterized as a prodigy. Competing in chess tournaments when he was just five, he bested Bobby Fischer by becoming a Master at age 13. In 2010, he co-founded Soletron, a social networking, content, and…

November 8, 2016 (CALENDAR)

By: Heather Soderquist | Last Updated: October 24, 2016

Prospective applicants are welcome to find out more about London Business School and its MBA programme. Attendees will also have the chance to speak directly with alumni to discuss goals and career aspirations. The evening will start with registration at 18.45, a presentation and Q&A session from 19.00 and a drinks reception at 20.00.

November 10, 2016 (CALENDAR)

By: Heather Soderquist | Last Updated: October 24, 2016

Prospective applicants are welcome to find out more about London Business School and its MBA programme. Attendees will also have the chance to speak directly with alumni to discuss goals and career aspirations. The evening will start with registration at 18.45, a presentation and Q&A session from 19.00 and a drinks reception at 20.00.

October 22, 2016 (CALENDAR)

By: Heather Soderquist | Last Updated: October 3, 2019

Prospective students are welcome to meet London Business School's Admissions managers and alumni at the fair, and to get a chance to find out more about the full-time MBA and Executive MBA programs. *Note: Listed times are in EST, while event is in Greenwich Mean Timezone.

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By: Heather Soderquist | Last Updated: October 10, 2025

Fortuna Admissions possesses unique insider knowledge of how admissions committees work, because we have been the gatekeepers in the admissions offices of top business schools. Our entire team comprises of former business school professionals from top-tier institutions including Wharton, INSEAD, Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, London Business School, Chicago Booth, NYU Stern, Duke Fuqua, IE…

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