Tuck | Mr. Invest In Change
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Tepper | Mr. Tech Mil-Veteran
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Columbia | Mr. European MBB Consultant
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MIT Sloan | Mr. Startup Strategy
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Stanford GSB | Mr. Mid-Market PE
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Savvy Advice For MBA Applicants In India (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: June 21, 2014

It’s no secret that the world’s top business schools have been flooded by applications from Indian candidates in recent years. In the 2012-2013 GMAT testing year, applicants from India took the GMAT 25,268 times, third in the world behind only the U.S. at 90,541 and China at 53,005. But it may be less known that…

How Essay Reductions Impact Applicants (NEWS)

By: Jana-Blanchette | Last Updated: June 2, 2020

Two years ago, the Harvard Business School made a bold move by reducing the application requirements for potential MBA applicants. They moved to one essay, technically optional, and reduced the number of required letters of recommendation. It didn’t take long for their rivals to follow suit. Top MBA programs like HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Ross, Sloan,…

Advice To The Next Generation Of MBAs (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: April 8, 2020

Advice to the Next Generation of MBAs   “Too many tears were shed last year at the GSB,” Shirzad Bozorgchami wrote after his first year at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. “Many of my classmates and I went through what I would now consider to have been unnecessary pain and hardship – both academically…

A Day In The Life Of A Stanford First Year MBA (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: April 8, 2020

You don’t really know what it’s like until you get there. That’s certainly true of business school. Sure, you can meet with alumni and second years over coffee. And those encounters will give you a snapshot of MBA life. Like all snapshots, they only capture the sentiments of a passing moment. Some chats will frame…

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What Employers Really Think About Online MBAs (NEWS)

By: Sandy Khan | Last Updated: April 6, 2020

THE VALUE OF AN ONLINE MBA FOR STUDENTS IS CLEAR If you are looking to advance your career but don’t have the time or money for classroom study, then an online MBA might be the right choice. There’s increasing sophistication and variety among online and distance-learning options (e.g. blended MBA programs, MOOCs, SPOCs, etc.), which…

Hult: A Powerhouse Or A Pariah? (NEWS)

By: Ethan Baron | Last Updated: July 2, 2020

This is the second of a two-part series on Hult International Business School. The first part ran yesterday under the headline "The Story Behind The Remarkable Growth Of The World's Largest Graduate School Of Business." Depending on who's talking, Hult International Business School can be a money-sucking educational cesspool or a plucky, innovative rising star. …

What Ever Happened To The MBAs On The Apprentice? (NEWS)

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

  “You’re hired to be fired.” That mantra certainly applied to Donald Trump’s The Apprentice. Ten years ago, the tacky show replaced Friends as the staple of NBC’s Thursday night lineup. If you were a business student, The Apprentice was truly must-see TV! You remember the premise. Each season, the producers would pick 18 often…

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Harvard MBAs Create A Youthful OpEd Site (NEWS)

By: Ethan Baron | Last Updated: October 1, 2014

Four globally focused Harvard Business School students including a former White House national security director have launched an international news and opinion website aimed at young professionals. The group say they want to educate peers, broaden and deepen dialog about global affairs, and help prepare the next generation of leaders - rather than rake in piles…

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Did You Get Good News From HBS? (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 8, 2014

  It was 6 p.m. in Egypt for me. I was on a work phone call when I heard a tiny beep in the middle of the call meaning that I got an email. I instantly hung up, checked the email, said "HELL YEAH!" at the top of my voice, then called back the technical…

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Face Time Key To Hybrid MBA Battle (NEWS)

By: Ethan Baron | Last Updated: October 16, 2014

  Business schools have fought each other for students ever since Grok opened the Paleolithic Commerce Institute right next door to Trog's well-established School for Counting Rocks. Eventually, the teaching and learning moved from caves into classrooms, and students and professors became a bit more, well, evolved, but for millennia, not a whole lot changed…

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Who HBS Dinged In The First Round (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 20, 2014

This 28-year-old captain in the U.S. Marine Corps has been a prosecutor for the past three years, having been recently promoted as U.S. attorney for his air station. He grew up in Singapore and has an undergraduate degree from New York University and his J.D. from William & Mary. With a 720 GMAT, he applied…

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Wharton’s Trick-Or-Treat Ding Day (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 31, 2014

Thousands of hopeful round one applicants to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School got a trick-or-treat experience from the school today. On Halloween, Wharton told its early bird candidates whether they would be given a treat--an invitation to interview with the school--or a trick and were dinged. Wharton is the second highly selective school to…

Recruit Foreign Students More Selectively: Rochester Dean (NEWS)

By: Ethan Baron | Last Updated: December 12, 2014

It happens so often: it turns out that the easy fix is not really a fix at all. For business schools competing strenuously for students, a pool of very bright, high-performing potential applicants appears to offer salvation - and rankings glory. And when that pool contains millions of individual saviors, why, it makes sense to…

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Handicapping Your MBA Odds: Ms. Automotive, Ms. Finance, Mr. Auditor, Mr. NGO, Ms. Financial Analyst (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne and Sandy Kreisberg | Last Updated: July 6, 2023

Our highly popular MBA handicapping series is back, with a new video and four great legacy assessments of real candidates who want to get into a top business school. After focusing on his round one and round one clients, Sanford “Sandy” Kreisberg, founder of MBA admissions consulting firm HBSGuru.com, is returning to analyze these and a…

What McKinsey Seeks In MBA Hires (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 7, 2019

It isn’t easy being number one. The competition is always gunning for you. And your critics never stop assailing you. And being on top of the prestige consulting game has been McKinsey & Company’s burden going on seven decades now. Everyone seemingly has an opinion about McKinsey. To do that, they must be doing something…

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The Best I-Banks For Prestige & Leadership (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: January 24, 2015

The Best Investment Banks for Prestige and Leadership Few people join Wall Street to feed the poor and cure the sick. Sure, many pursue higher callings after earning a few million. Initially, they become associates and analysts dreaming of dollars…and everything that comes with them (power, respect, and cool toys to name a few). As…

How Not To BLOW Your HBS Interview (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 27, 2015

As a major snow storm closed Harvard Business School today (Jan. 27), thousands of anxious MBA candidates were awaiting a prized invite to an admissions interview. Harvard expects to dispatch roughly 600 interview invitations to MBA applicants tomorrow and another 200 on Feb. 4th when the remaining round two candidates will be dinged. HBS says…

Why Hult Fell Out Of The FT Ranking (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: February 6, 2015

  Hult International Business School apparently disappeared from the Financial Times’ global MBA ranking because of a single metric that accounts for only 3% of the ranking’s methodology. For Hult, it’s the first time in seven years that the school failed to make the list of the top 100 MBA programs in the world. No…

Wharton Names MBA Admissions Director (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: February 24, 2015

The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business today (Feb. 24) named Frank DeVecchis its new director of MBA admissions. For DeVecchis, who joined Wharton in late 2009 as associate director of the Wharton Fund, it will be his first stint in an admissions post. Over the past five-plus years at Wharton, he has held…

What Blackstone Seeks In An MBA Hire (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 28, 2015

How do you know if a firm walks the walk? These days, their employees will tell you. Thanks to sites like Glassdoor and Vault, you can get an unfiltered look into any company. There’s no place to hide. If you live your values, such feedback is actually your biggest asset. Take Blackstone, for example. Last…

What PwC Seeks In An MBA Hire (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 3, 2019

When you hear the name PricewaterhouseCoopers, what comes to your mind? Chances are, you don’t picture pink bunnies or exotic vistas. Instead, certain qualities like “value,” “reliable,” and “knowledgeable” pop into your head. You probably picture a rock solid firm that focuses on fundamentals like building relationships and solving problems. PwC may not be brash…

Guide To MBA Case Competitions (NEWS)

By: Ethan Baron | Last Updated: March 14, 2015

There's far more to an MBA case competition than the battle among students and schools. While there is plenty to be learned from working under the gun on a dreadfully tight deadline, there's at least as much to be gained, career-wise, from participating an event that typically brings together dozens or hundreds of very bright,…

Handicapping Your MBA Odds: Ms. CPA, Ms. Museum, Mr. Consultant. Mr. Football, Mr. Boutique Consultant (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne & Sandy Kreisberg | Last Updated: July 6, 2023

She's a first generation college graduate, working at a Big Four accounting firm for hedge fund and private equity clients. With a 680 GMAT and a 3.5 grade point average, this 25-year-old African-American professional hopes to use an MBA degree to transition into management consulting. After graduating with a degree in art history from a…

What Bain Capital Seeks in MBA Hires (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 3, 2019

How about this for reach? Drive down any suburban parkway and you’re bound to pass a Burger King, Sports Authority, or Dunkin’ Donuts. Stroll through any shopping strip and you’ll probably find a Burlington Coat Factory or Michael’s. Your car is safer because of sensors made by Sensata Technologies. And you’ve certainly checked Weather.com before…

The Worst (and Best) Things Students Say About Their Professors (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: September 14, 2023

You have to feel sorry for Wharton’s Michael Sinkinson. An assistant professor of business economics and public policy, Sinkinson was voted among Poets&Quants’ top 40 professors under 40 for 2014. Wharton students describe him as “engaging,” “dynamic,” and “responsive.” And he is revered for getting to know his students personally, even taking them out to…

Exclusive Interview: GMAC President Sangeet Chowfla On The MBA’s Future (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: April 29, 2015

For many, the GMAT acts like a security guard. You can almost imagine a squinting and scowling figure, whose burly figure cuts you off from heading to business school with the cool kids. But what if the GMAT was really more like your favorite teacher? This person may have pushed you, but you came away…

December 10, 2014 (CALENDAR)

By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: November 20, 2014

University of Oxford | London Information Session December 10, 2014, 6:45 p.m., 116 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5ED, United Kingdom We are pleased to invite you to an information session in London on Wednesday 10 December at the Institute of Directors where Jonathon Reynolds, Associate Dean of Degree Programmes at Saïd Business School, will deliver a…