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MIT Sloan | Mr. Startup Strategy
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Meet the MBA Class of 2021: Nicholas Walker, INSEAD (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 18, 2021

Nicholas Walker INSEAD “Gargantuanly gregarious with a knack for alliteration and exploring new ideas and things.” Hometown: Toronto, Ontario Fun Fact About Yourself: Growing up, it turns out that I was very accident prone, and have had stitches in each corner of my head twice Undergraduate School and Major: McGill University, Economics & Political Science Most Recent Employer and Job Title:…

Meet INSEAD’s MBA Class Of 2021 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 18, 2021

You don’t grow amid the familiar. To become a leader, you need to strike out on your own. That means exposing yourself to new ways of viewing the world and tackling everyday issues. Growth involves embracing ideas, testing limits, enduring failures, and learning constantly. That’s what sets INSEAD MBAs apart. They are as worldly as…

MBA Handicapping: Yes At HBS With A 3.0 & A 680 — This Guy’s ‘Twin’ Did It (NEWS)

By: Sandy Kreisberg | Last Updated: July 2, 2023

https://youtu.be/O3vzbqqeogE David graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2017, majoring in management and playing football all four years. After an internship with a private equity firm, he went to work in the military on a range of issues, including long-range nuclear cruise missile planning. In his current job, he's a program manager overseeing…

Meet The MBA Class of 2022: Billy Lange Hewlett, Fordham University (Gabelli) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 23, 2021

Billy Lange Hewlett          Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business “Intellectually curious Englishman, looking to effect positive change through ESG/ Sustainable finance.” Hometown: London, United Kingdom Fun Fact About Yourself: Can eat most apples in two bites (this was before I came to the US and discovered the Honeycrisp) Undergraduate School and Major: University of Manchester,…

Meet The MBA Class of 2022: Ayanna Egbarin, Fordham University (Gabelli) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 23, 2021

Ayanna Egbarin               Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business “A sprightly world traveler striving to use compelling storytelling to drive technological innovation.” Hometown: Bloomfield, Connecticut Fun Fact About Yourself: I picked up my first camera at ten years old. It was an old point-and-shoot that I took on long walks, to middle school basement parties, and…

Meet Fordham Gabelli’s MBA Class Of 2022 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 24, 2021

What happens in the classroom is just the beginning. In essence, that’s the Jesuit tradition. For 500 years, Jesuits have fostered transformation through education – creating agents of change using institutions for learning. Whether you’re studying business or biology, Jesuit education is followed by a commitment to action. That means being an example, pursuing excellence,…

Meet Minnesota Carlson’s MBA Class Of 2022 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 21, 2021

Business school is sometimes associated with a sabbatical. It is an extended breather where students can refresh and explore – a time to reflect on who they want to be and assess where they want to go. In school, students enjoy the freedom to size up the market and their value proposition. Along the way,…

MBA Handicapping: 4.0/760, Caltech: Minefields For 2+2 (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 2, 2023

https://youtu.be/Xe4D0IA9rnk It would be hard to think of a more perfect MBA candidate for a deferred admission program than Amy Wang. She has a perfect 4.0 GPA at CalTech in a rigorous academic discipline, chemical engineering. She killed the online GMAT on her first try, scoring a 760 even after two Internet disruptions during the…

Meet The MBA Class of 2022: Priyesh Patel, CEIBS (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 28, 2021

Priyesh Patel China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) “Astute, detail-oriented, and open-minded, always seeking to improve myself and the situation of others.” Hometown: London, UK (but oddly, I support Manchester United). Fun Fact About Yourself: My father’s family are Indians who settled in Uganda in the 1930s before moving to the UK in the 1970s.…

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Don’t Be Distracted By MBA Rankings: Forbes, The Financial Times & Bad Data (NEWS)

By: Pascal Michels, Menlo Coaching | Last Updated: January 28, 2025

  The headlines attract many readers, including a sizable number of potential MBA applicants who then use those rankings to form judgments about the quality of business schools. But those more familiar with the world of MBA admissions know better: the primary purpose of MBA rankings is to generate page views and advertising revenue for…

ESMT Berlin Enters The Online MBA Market With A $30,000 MBA (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: March 5, 2021

Add yet another major competitor to the online MBA market. ESMT Berlin today (March 4) announced that is launching a global online MBA program with a highly disruptive price tag of just $30,000. The German business school will welcome its first online class this fall.  The school is entering a European online market where the…

MBA Handicapping: How This Powerful Candidate Screwed Up His First HBS App (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 4, 2023

https://youtu.be/e4PRXFqx6k4 A senior product manager for Microsoft, Omar has set his sights high for an MBA. He is applying to four of the M7 business schools--Harvard, Stanford, MIT and Chicago Booth--as well as Oxford Said in Britain. With a 720 GMAT and a 3.2 GPA in computer science, this 31-year-old professional brings a lot to…

Cambridge Taps A Wharton Prof For Its New Dean (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 12, 2023

Cambridge University today (March 9) found a new dean for its Judge Business School in the U.S., reaching into the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School for a professor of international management. Mauro Guillén, who served as director of the university's Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies for a dozen years until 2019, will assume…

MBA Handicapping: Big 4 — Launch Pad For H/S/W (NEWS)

By: Sandy Kreisberg | Last Updated: July 2, 2023

https://youtu.be/XMwEtt1ajV0 Geon Yoon has worked as a Big 4 auditor and senior analyst and wants an elite MBA. With a 332 GRE score that includes a 170 quant and a 162 verbal, along with a 3.6 undergraduate GPA, this 28-year-old accounting professional is aiming for Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia and Chicago Booth. In this episode…

Master’s In Finance: Bob Hoogendoorn, Cambridge (Judge) (NEWS)

By: rileywebster | Last Updated: March 21, 2021

Student Name: Bob Hoogendoorn Graduate Business School: University of Cambridge Judge Business School Describe Yourself In 15 Words: Always looking for a challenge. Master’s Graduation Class: 2020. Undergraduate School and Major: Tilburg University, Business Administration. Current Employer and Job Title: Bank of America Merrill Lynch (London), Investment Banking – M&A Advisor for Infrastructure Funds. Describe your biggest…

Master’s In Finance: Monika Tran, UCLA (Anderson) (NEWS)

By: rileywebster | Last Updated: March 21, 2021

Student Name: Monika Tran Graduate Business School: UCLA Anderson School of Management Describe Yourself In 15 Words: A European-born Asian, passionate female empowerment advocate, and a trading-to-consulting career switcher.  Master’s Graduation Class: 2019. Undergraduate School and Major: University College London, Mathematics and Management Studies. Current Employer and Job Title:  ZS Associates, Decision Analytics Associate.  Describe your biggest…

MBA Handicapping: Are All of India’s IITs Created Equal? 2+2 Applicant Says Each Can Get You Into HBS (NEWS)

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

https://youtu.be/Rv5ChUVev6M Vasanta has a degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. With a GPA of 9.19 on a ten-point scale and a GMAT of 750, she is applying to Harvard Business School's 2+2 deferred admissions program as well as Stanford, Wharton, MIT Sloan and Columbia.  She brings a couple of internships…

Meet The National University Of Singapore’s MBA Class Of 2022 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: March 28, 2021

Ardelia Djati Safira has a habit of becoming the first. She was the youngest person to ever lead an investment project at PT PPA Kapital, an Indonesian private equity firm. In the process, she managed a team of 20 – many much older than she was. It was a role, Safira says, that prepared her…

MBA Handicapping: Summa, 780: HBS Likes That, Wharton Loves That, Does Stanford Want More? (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: August 25, 2023

https://youtu.be/bUT5XOWtycs Sarim's post-MBA goal is to work in investment management at a top-tier hedge fund in Toronto or New York. And he wants to make that career transition after worked for an investment firm as a strategy associate, on a quant financial advisory team for Deloitte and in corporate banking for CIBC Capital Markets. He's…

6 Hard Truths About Earning An MBA (NEWS)

By: Bianca Garcez, ESADE Business School | Last Updated: April 3, 2021

If you’re reading this, you’re probably either considering an MBA or currently in the process of applying to one. My name is Bianca Garcez, and as a first-year ESADE MBA student, I’d like to share with you some hard truths about the difficult and exciting path of going through an MBA course. Some of those…

MBA Handicapping: 2+2 With Low Stats? — How About 3.39 GPA and 700 GMAT? Sandy Says Could Happen (NEWS)

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

https://youtu.be/NggzrzsZjmU Judging by the raw stats--a 700 GMAT and a 3.39 GPA--Kamryn could have a difficult time applying to the deferred MBA admission programs at Harvard Business School or Columbia Business School. But the senior majoring in management information systems at the University of Georgia has a lot more going for him. For one thing,…

Getting Into Both Harvard & Stanford: What It Takes (NEWS)

By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: April 3, 2021

Getting Into Both Harvard and Stanford: What It Takes With Harvard Business School having an acceptance rate of 11% and Stanford’s Graduate School of Business being even lower at 6%, most applicants will ultimately receive a rejection letter. And yet, there are those applicants who miraculously get accepted into both programs. Stacy Blackman, founder of…

MBA Handicapping: Great Stats, Public Ivy Degree & FANG Job. Why He’s Going To Get Dinged (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 2, 2023

https://youtu.be/g_ruV2pu98A On the face of it, William has everything it takes to get into an elite MBA program. He racked up a 3.6 GPA in computer science at a public Ivy, the University of Texas at Austin. He has scored a 330 on his first try on the GRE, a score equal to the class…

Meet McKinsey’s MBA Class of 2020: Krati Tripathi (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: April 19, 2021

Krati Tripathi McKinsey Office: London Hometown: Difficult to answer! I'm an Indian who grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. My family still lives there, so it's what I call 'home'. MBA Program: INSEAD Undergraduate School, Major: VIT University, Computer Science and Engineering Focus of Current Engagement: Yet to be staffed; Just joined the Digital practice as…

Meet McKinsey’s MBA Class of 2020: Ayesha Ahmed (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: April 18, 2021

Ayesha Ahmed McKinsey Office: London Hometown: Islamabad, Pakistan MBA Program, Concentration: INSEAD, 20J Undergraduate School, Major: Army Medical College, Pakistan (Medicine) Focus of Current Engagement: Public Sector, COVID- related Why did you choose McKinsey? Consulting was an entirely new world to me and I didn’t know a single consultant when I started my recruitment journey. So…

Master’s in Management: Anne-Sophie Dobbelaar, Imperial College (NEWS)

By: rileywebster | Last Updated: April 21, 2021

Student Name: Anne-Sophie Dobbelaar Graduate Business School: Imperial College Business School Describe Yourself In 15 Words: I am French and Dutch and have worked in e-commerce, fashion, and luxury. I am energetic and curious!  Master’s Graduation Class: 2020. Undergraduate School and Major: Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University), International Business Administration. Current Employer and Job Title:…

The Rise Of Sustainability Master’s Programs (NEWS)

By: Catalina Vlad | Last Updated: April 23, 2021

While the business school rankings of The Financial Times, Forbes, Bloomberg and U.S. News continue to reward those schools whose graduates achieve the highest salaries, quantifying ROI means something entirely different to a new generation of candidates. While securing an enviable salary is still a key priority, today’s applicants are increasingly looking to do more…