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MBA Handicapping: How To Deal With Classy Jobs & A Low GPA (NEWS)

By: sandy Kreisberg & John A. Byrne | Last Updated: September 23, 2023

https://youtu.be/7YbfsTkc6ss For many aspiring MBA applicants to highly selective business schools, it's a common challenge. You have the kind of work experience with admired employers that would be the envy of many. You came away with an impressive score on the GMAT or GRE. Yet, during your undergraduate years, things didn't quite click. You graduated…

The Favorite Courses Of MBAs (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: September 25, 2023

Every business school has that class. It is the stuff of legend, the one that fills up fast because it is worth the price of admission. In some cases, it forces MBAs to wade through uncomfortable topics and ambiguous options. Other times, it stirs their imaginations and nudges them towards a new trajectory. At best,…

Poets&Quants’ Top 100 MBA Startups Of 2023 (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: October 5, 2023

As an Executive MBA candidate at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, Tim Knickerbocker got the best hands-on learning a student of entrepreneurship could hope for: Building his own company. He was recruited as a cofounder to join MBX Biosciences, a biotech company working to improve treatment of endocrine disorders through peptide therapies. Decades earlier, MBX’s…

The Favorite MBA Professors Of The Class of 2023 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 4, 2023

When they arrived at the W. P. Carey School in 2021, Rishabh Kakkar and Taner Bicer were very different from each other. Kakkar had majored in Mechanical Engineering, Despite writing poetry on the side, he was a self-described quant – someone skeptical of “subjective” case studies with no right or wrong answers. In contrast, Bicer…

October 2023 CentreCourt MBA Festival (NEWS)

By: Ursula Balent | Last Updated: October 4, 2023

Are you exploring an MBA to advance your career? If so, tune in as we bring you our final CentreCourt MBA Festival event for 2023. CentreCourt co-founders, John A. Byrne and Matt Symonds speak with 25+ top business schools to provide you insightful real world perspectives from alumni as they share their personal experiences and…

Blazing A Trail: Cultivating Curiosity Through An MBA (NEWS)

By: Sharvan Pethe | Last Updated: October 11, 2023

Decades have passed, but I still have striking memories of walking home from preschool. Like most New Zealand streets, ours was tree-lined and luscious green. One of my hands would be clutching my mum’s, while the other would be outstretched into the foliage – making sure to feel every leaf that we passed. Some were…

Meet McKinsey’s MBA Class of 2022: Michelle Gil (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 13, 2023

Michelle Gil McKinsey Office: London Hometown: New York City, NY MBA Program and Concentration: London Business School (No Concentration) Undergraduate School, Major: Dartmouth College, Government Why did you choose McKinsey?  As someone who loves problem-solving, being challenged at work and meeting new people, McKinsey was a no-brainer for me! Beyond the unparalleled reputation and chance…

Meet McKinsey’s MBA Class of 2022: Hugo Nathaniel Chim (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 13, 2023

Hugo Nathaniel Chim McKinsey Office: London Hometown: Hong Kong MBA Program and Concentration: London Business School Undergraduate School, Major: University of Hong Kong, English Literature & Economics Why did you choose McKinsey?  In business school, I had the opportunity to interact with many McKinsey people and I was deeply impressed by how smart they were.…

Meet McKinsey’s MBA Class Of 2022 (NEWS)

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

MBAs don’t join companies just for the money. They’re drawn to learning, to being exposed to a variety of issues and responsibilities. They want to surround themselves with smart, good people who’ll make them better – and even make them laugh too! In many cases, these MBAs hope to make a difference, to fulfill a…

IMD’s Top Leader To Step Down Two Years Early (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 14, 2023

Following announcements of earlier-than-expected resignations from major deanships, IMD President Jean-François Manzoni says he will step down two years early at the end of 2024. Manzoni's decision to leave the top leadership job at a major European business school follows announcements by the deans of both London Business School and the University of Illinois' Gies…

Ranking: Financial Times’ World Best Executive MBA Programs Of 2023 (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: December 10, 2024

Europe and China dominated the top of the Financial Times’ latest ranking of the world’s Executive MBA programs, snagging the top 10 spots. You have to go all the way to No. 10 to find a stand-alone U.S. based program: Yale School of Management’s EMBA program tied with Iese Business School to crack the top…

CentreCourt Specialized Masters October 2023 Event (NEWS)

By: Ursula Balent | Last Updated: November 10, 2023

Tune in as we bring you the final CentreCourt Specialized Masters events for 2023! Listen in to discussions from Alumni and Career/Program Directors from top schools from the US and abroad as they take a deep dive into their respective MSBA programs. Get answers and practical advice on who a program is best suited for,…

QS MBA Ranking: Sober Assessment Or Bat-Crazy Boondoggle (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 27, 2023

You have to give the 2024 QS Global MBA Ranking credit. It starts out normal enough. That’s more than you can say for The Financial Times, which ranked IESE above Harvard Business School and Stanford GSB and SDA Bocconi over Chicago Booth and Northwestern Kellogg earlier this year. Historically, QS is also less volatile than…

Women In Leadership: Together We Rise (NEWS)

By: Jemima Maunder-Taylor | Last Updated: October 31, 2023

Say fromageeeeeee…’ The distinctive French-rolled ‘r’ rang out across London’s Royal Festival Hall. The Dean of London Business School, affectionately known as Dean François, had paused mid-ceremony to snap an on-stage selfie. In the background were 551 gown-clad exuberant MBA graduates, crowding into the photo whilst swatting at the eye-level tassels of our mortar boards.…

The World’s Best MBA Programs For Entrepreneurship In 2024

All Of The Data Behind P&Q’s 2024 Top MBA Programs For Entrepreneurship (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: October 31, 2023

At Poets&Quants, we are journalists first. Our entrepreneurship ranking for MBA programs is essentially a reporting exercise: We gather data from as many schools as possible and try to present it in an easy-to-digest way for our readers. Part of that process includes sharing the data used to calculate actual rankings and the weights we…

RANKING: The World’s Best MBA Programs For Entrepreneurship In 2024

RANKING: The World’s Best MBA Programs For Entrepreneurship In 2024 (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: December 10, 2024

Before Kai Skallerud ever even thought about business school, he was a third-year medical student. Through previous work as a medical scribe and later as student, he shadowed doctors and helped chart patient care notes into the Electronic Medical Record. He came to recognize how incredibly inefficient the process was, so terribly time consuming and…

Just A Magic Show? The Princeton Review’s Entrepreneurship Ranking (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: November 8, 2023

In magic, you create an illusion by diverting the audience’s attention away from where the action really happens. Clearly, the editors at The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine have studied David Copperfield and Kriss Angel. After all, their newest entrepreneurship ranking is an exercise in misdirection. In the strangest ranking move ever, The Princeton Review…

LinkedIn’s Debut MBA Ranking: Shrewd Concept, Botched Execution (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: November 22, 2023

There’s nothing like the first time. No precedents or rules – just the exhilarating rush that comes with breaking new ground. That’s true whether you’re launching a venture or rolling out a ranking. In both cases, the worst mistakes involve misunderstanding your value proposition. LinkedIn today (Nov. 14) released its inaugural Top MBA Programs 2023,…

20 Highest-Funded MBA Healthcare Startups Of 2023 (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: November 21, 2023

With its complex and often cumbersome delivery system, changing technology, and built-in customer base, the healthcare industry is a sector ripe for disruption. It can be agonizingly slow, with clinical trials for new medicines and treatments often taking years. It’s very often infuriatingly selective, with the best care often reserved for the most privileged. And,…

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The 7 Key Differences Between US And European MBA Programs (NEWS)

By: Caroline Diarte Edwards, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: March 30, 2026

As the former Director of Admissions at INSEAD, I often get asked about how an MBA at a top international school is different from a top US school. It’s a great question. There are many commonalities between such schools – you’ll find a similar curriculum, top notch professors, access to outstanding job opportunities, as well…

Why Queer Confabs Matter & What We Learned From Organizing EUROUT 2023 (NEWS)

By: Amanda Langanke, Kathryn Fatina, Laercio Alves Passos Da Silva & Rakesh Sharma | Last Updated: December 7, 2023

On the morning of the 17th of November, in the greenroom behind the main stage of Nuffield Hall at the London Business School (LBS), the excitement and anticipation in the air were palpable. Months of preparation — seen and unseen — were finally taking concrete shape. Even the sun was out — as were hundreds…

P&Q’s Must Reads: Poets&Quants’ Best Online MBA Programs For 2024 (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: December 18, 2024

https://youtu.be/_65IIuvFCzc Hello everyone  — Welcome back to Poets&Quants’ Must Reads, a quick, digestible recap of the top business school news, sponsored by CentreCourt, P&Q's virtual admission events. I’m your host, Kristy Bleizeffer, and I’ll be highlighting the most important P&Q stories you might have missed. So, let’s get to it.  No. 1: Poets&Quants’ Best Online…

Meet the MBA Class of 2024: Daniel Tuan Anh Hoang, INSEAD (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 15, 2023

Daniel Tuan Anh Hoang INSEAD “Head in the clouds, feet on the ground.” Hometown: Ha Tinh, Vietnam Fun Fact About Yourself: Cooking is my love language Undergraduate School and Major: Vietnam National University, International Business and Economics Most Recent Employer and Job Title: Unilever, Global HR Manager - Talent Management INSEAD is one of the…

HEC Paris Partners With LaidLaw Foundation To Create Scholarships For Underserved Women (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: December 20, 2023

Months after the Laidlaw Foundation helped the first European B-school in history achieve gender parity in an MBA class, another European business school hopes to replicate that success. HEC Paris and the HEC Foundation have partnered with the Laidlaw Foundation to provide scholarships to exceptional women for whom a full-time MBA program would likely be…

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Poet&Quants’ International MBA Ranking: INSEAD Squeaks Ahead Of IESE To Claim The Top Spot (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 15, 2025

INSEAD did it again. After giving up first place to Spain's IESE Business School in last year's Poets&Quants' ranking of the best international MBA programs, INSEAD squeaked back to the top for the ninth time in 14 years. The school, with campuses in France, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and San Francisco, also won Poets&Quants' MBA Program…

Jonathan Masland (CONSULTANT)

By: consultant | Last Updated: March 4, 2026

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…

Emy Han (CONSULTANT)

By: consultant | Last Updated: March 4, 2026

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…