Tuck | Mr. Invest In Change
GMAT 710, GPA 3.1
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GRE 326, GPA 3
INSEAD | Mr. Future AI Product Manager
GMAT 715, GPA 3.7
NYU Stern | Mr. Operations Strategy & Youth Leadership
GMAT 770, GPA 4
IE Business School | Mr. JD Garay
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GMAT 745, GPA 2.38
London Business School | Mr. Decarbonisation
GMAT 695, GPA 3.5
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GRE 327, GPA 2.76
Harvard | Mr. Energy & AI PM
GRE 328, GPA 9.65
Tepper | Mr. Tech Mil-Veteran
GMAT TBD, GPA 3.35
Columbia | Mr. European MBB Consultant
GMAT 645 (Gmat Focus), GPA 8.2
MIT Sloan | Mr. Startup Strategy
GMAT 720, GPA 3.7
Stanford GSB | Mr. Mid-Market PE
GMAT 770, GPA 4
Stanford GSB | Mr. MBB Guy From Big 4 & Startup
GRE 325, GPA 3

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Has The Online MBA Finally Come Of Age? (NEWS)

By: Paolo Taticchi | Last Updated: November 18, 2016

Demand for online MBA programs continues to grow, so why do so few of the world’s leading business schools offer an online MBA? In the U.S., Carnegie Mellon, Indiana University, UNC and the University of Southern California's Marshall School are in the game. And among the top 40 schools in the Financial Times Global MBA…

Meet The Rochester Simon MBA Class Of 2018 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 2, 2016

The MBA marketplace would make for a fascinating case study. Like any industry, business schools boast revered brands with deep pockets and sweeping capabilities. However, these programs aren’t seeking to maximize market share. This has widened the field and spurred intense competition, boosting academic quality, student services, and financial aid in the process. It has…

Meet the IESE MBA Class of 2018 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 10, 2016

How do you become a global business leader? You start by immersing yourself in other cultures. You become fluent in the customs, language, and history of your hosts. Not only do you respect their values and experience, but you make them part of your own. Location has always been a major enticement for MBA applicants,…

Handicapping Your MBA Odds: Mr. Grunt, Ms. Hollywood Marketing Guru, Mr. Brazilian Advertising, Ms. Quant Girl (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 8, 2023

He's a 29-year-old military man with a highly unconventional background that includes a master's degree in religion from a top-tier Ivy League school. After teaching for a year at a public school, he joined the U.S. Army where he has been for the past six years, three in special operations. Now he wants to get…

Meet The Rotman MBA Class Of 2018 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 15, 2016

What's the biggest takeaway from business school? Ask MBA alums and they’ll tell you it was learning how to think. Whether they were dissecting their 200th case or pinpointing revenue streams for a startup, their two years were a daily exercise in diving deep into data, weighing tradeoffs, and tying up loose ends. In the…

Meet The Oxford Saïd MBA Class Of 2017 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 17, 2016

It took Oxford centuries to emerge as one of the world’s most renowned universities. It only took the Saïd Business School 20 years to do the same feat. In 1996, Saïd was a late arrival to the MBA beat, short on achievements but blessed with the best brand name in education. Fast forward to now,…

Meet the USC Marshall MBA Class of 2018 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 20, 2016

To land a dream internship, you need every advantage. Just picture your competition. Many have been prepping for a shot at Bain or Google before they even set foot on campus! Right now, they are networking with alumni at these firms, gaining experience as they rack up case competition wins or lead clubs. You’ll even…

Meet The McCombs’ MBA Class of 2018 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 21, 2016

“MBAs? We don’t need no stinkin’ MBAs?” You can almost hear the sultans of Silicon Valley blurt that out in their best Black Bart accent. Let’s face it: an MBA is almost an albatross in some startup circles. To them, entrepreneurship is rooted in muse and mettle, vision and versatility — a mysterious, magical, miraculous…

Harvard’s New Online Negotiation Course (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 28, 2016

What if you could be just 10% better at something? Would that be the difference between winning and losing? Competence or excellence? Could 10% be the catalyst behind your ideas becoming reality or winning trust from your peers and renown in your industry? This 10% improvement is the premise behind the new certificate program, Negotiation Mastery: Unlocking…

Our Best MBA Videos Of The Year (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: March 26, 2020

They usually start with the sound of a few sprightly notes played on a piano, then the gentle striking of a tamborine. That has been the signature opening of a Poets&Quants video ever since we started recording them six years ago. Occasionally, we'll mix it up, playfully starting a video series in New York with…

Our Favorite MBA Professors Of 2016 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: January 4, 2017

In popular imagination, MBA professors fit two different archetypes. The first is the tweedy academic. You know what I’m talking about. Buttoned down and all business, they churn out acclaimed research and beatify sweeping models for a perfect world. Deep inside, you suspect they’re better at running their mouth than a business. In contrast, people…

HBS Goes Hollywood With Gordon Ramsay (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 11, 2017

It's not exactly what you would expect from Harvard Business School. British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay sits in the back seat of a moving car talking about his career with multiple bleeps to mask an onslaught of obscenities --all in a black-and-white, film noir video to promote HBX, the school's online learning initiative. The blunt and acerbic Ramsay…

HBS Round 2 Invites Go Out Wednesday (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 20, 2017

For round two applicants to Harvard Business School’s prestige MBA program, this coming Wednesday is D-Day. On Jan. 25, the school will dispatch hundreds of interview invites in the first of two waves, with the second batch going out on Feb. 1. Needless to say, it’s an anxious time for the largest single group of…

Poets&Quants’ Top MBA Startups Of 2017 (NEWS)

By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: October 11, 2019

West Coast, best coast? If the deciding factor was based solely on successful recent MBA-founded startups, the answer would be a resounding yes. For the fourth time since 2013, Poets&Quants has ranked startups coming out of the world's most elite schools based on one criterion: venture capital-backed funding. And for the first time, Harvard Business School…

Global MBA Programs See A Resurgence (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: January 27, 2017

A new survey of hundreds of global business schools found that a four-year decline in applications to MBA programs was reversed in 2014-2015. Global B-schools saw a 5% increase in MBA apps in those years, according to the historical trends study in the Association of MBAs' 2016 Application and Enrollment Report. The AMBA, an international accreditation body based…

How To Nail Your HBS Interview (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 27, 2017

https://youtu.be/CyJ1vhN4QWg   This past week was a big one for MBA applicants to Harvard Business School. Chad Losee, Harvard Business School's new admissions chief, dispatched hundreds of interview invites to round two candidates in the first of two batches. The second group of invites (and dings) will go out Feb. 1. Losee says that interviews…

How To Apply To Harvard’s 2+2 Program, Mr. Non-IIT Finance, Mr. Captain Teach for America, Mr. Insurance (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne & Sandy Kreisberg | Last Updated: July 8, 2023

He's a junior at a top 10 public university, with a 3.9 grade point average and a triple major in math, east Asian studies and finance. He expects to score a 740 on the GMAT and is already set up for a forthcoming summer internship with a Big Three consulting firm. He's hoping to apply…

Meet Arizona State’s MBA Class of 2018 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 19, 2017

“The Best Things In Life Are Free.” Everyone has heard some crooner cover that number at one time. Yes, the moon and stars belong to everyone. And the flowers and sunbeams are yours and mine. Thanks to Arizona State’s  W.P. Carey School of Business, you can add a new freebie to the lyrics: An MBA…

Investors Poured Millions Into These MBA Startups. Will They Crash & Burn? (NEWS)

By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: October 11, 2019

For the past five years, Poets&Quants has ranked recently-founded MBA startups on one sole datapoint: investment raised. Each year, our annual list of the Top MBA Startups boasts entrepreneurial heavy-hitters that have raised hundreds of millions of dollars. The ventures have ranged from a disruptive loan refinancing goliath to a satellite imaging software platform to a now defunct social media…

These Whartonites Want To Burst Your Political Bubble (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: October 10, 2019

Newsflash: Donald Trump is a terrible president. Counter-newsflash: Actually, Donald Trump is a great president. It's not news that Americans seem to be more politically divided than ever. And it's not a new theory that the blame for our at-times-bitter polarization lies, at least in part, on our ability to tune out opposing views by being more exclusive than ever…

Imperial Gets New Dean From Lisbon (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: March 14, 2017

Imperial College London yesterday (March 13) tapped the dean of a rival European school to the the new dean of its business school. Francisco Veloso, who has led Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics as dean since 2012, will join Imperial on Aug. 1. Imperial credited Veloso, a professor of innovation and entrepreneurship, with…

Highest & Lowest Paid MBAs of 2016 (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: March 20, 2017

The starting salary for a newly minted MBA often tells only part of the story when you're trying to track the highest paid business school graduates of the year. That's often because sign-on bonuses and other guaranteed compensation can equal or exceed base pay for the most extraordinary MBAs who went to school with highly…

The Round 2 MBA Rollercoaster (NEWS)

By: By Heidi Hillis, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: October 11, 2019

This has been a big week for MBA applicants. Harvard, Booth, Kellogg, Yale, Darden, Cornell and other top schools have been sending out decisions to round 2 applicants, bringing joy to some and frustration or disappointment to others. For many candidates this can be the most nerve wracking time of the admissions cycle, as round…

2017 Best 40 Under 40 Professors: Aravind Chandrasekaran, Ohio State (Fisher) (NEWS)

By: Andrea Carter | Last Updated: March 26, 2017

Aravind Chandrasekaran Associate Professor of Operations Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business Talk about real world impact! Recent work by Ohio State’s Aravind Chandrasekaran, in collaboration with over 40 healthcare providers, involved radically redesigning the discharge process for transplant recipients at a large medical center. The multi-year project resulted in a significant reduction in…

Handicapping: Mr. Minister, Ms. Nigeria 2+2, Mr. Ivy League Sergeant, Mr. Insurance, Ms. Fashion Startup, Mr. Strategy (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 8, 2023

Ever since he dropped out of college with a 2.4 GPA, this 29-year-old young professional has been on an upward trajectory. He joined the military, working his way up to become a sergeant and a sniper who saw two combat deployments and led 12- to 15-person teams over six years. Then, he got himself into…

May 20, 2017 (CALENDAR)

By: Georgina Hannah | Last Updated: January 12, 2017

  The CentreCourt MBA Festival has been designed for MBA applicants by two of the world’s foremost authorities on business schools. John A. Byrne, editor-in-chief of Poets&Quants and Matt Symonds, bestselling MBA author and columnist for Forbes and The Economist are pulling together exceptional content and guest speakers – interviews, panels, workshops and school interaction – everything you need to know…

Hult Webinar: Marketing yourself in today's job market

March 9, 2017 (CALENDAR)

By: Georgina Hannah | Last Updated: March 3, 2017

Join us for a Webinar: Marketing yourself in today's job market Poets&Quants and Hult International Business School are joining forces to host a global webinar on the hot topic of how best to position your skills and experience within the context of today’s global employment trends.     Join Editor-In-Chief at Poets&Quants, John A. Byrne,…