Tuck | Mr. Invest In Change
GMAT 710, GPA 3.1
Tuck | Mr. Chemical Engineer
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
GRE GPA: 3.9, GPA 3.0
Kellogg SOM | Mr. Military To Entrepreneur
GMAT 745, GPA 2.38
London Business School | Mr. Decarbonisation
GMAT 695, GPA 3.5
Kellogg SOM | Mr. MENA Growth Equity
GMAT 730, GPA 3.4
Kellogg SOM | Mr. West Point Logistics
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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The Top 20 MBA Admission Consultants Of 2021 (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne & Heather Soderquist | Last Updated: May 4, 2022

When it comes to customer satisfaction, it's hard to beat Susan Cera, one of the MBA admission consultants at Stratus Admissions Counseling. After spending nearly a decade on the admissions committee at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, she joined Stratus Admissions Counseling in 2015 and has never looked back. Over the past half dozen…

MBA Internship Pay & Placement At The Top 25 — Before & During Covid-19 (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: June 15, 2021

Hello, rising second-year MBA students. How's your summer going so far? As your internships get underway, we hope you have signed up for rich and fulfilling experiences full of career promise, and that they are live and in-person — or at least less remote than your colleagues experienced last summer. We also hope that some…

Where McKinsey, Bain & BCG Hire Their $165K-A-Year MBAs (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: June 22, 2021

There is little doubt that among the most desirable jobs out of an MBA program are in consulting at McKinsey, Bain and BCG, known to everyone as MBB. But business school employment reports are notoriously unreliable in providing a full picture of which MBA programs send the most graduates to those elite global consulting firms.…

Where Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase & Morgan Stanley Hire Their MBAs (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: June 21, 2021

Which business schools supply the most MBAs to bulge-bracket investment banks and the elite boutiques? If you guessed Columbia Business School, you guessed right. But it may very well surprise you to learn that at least as a percentage of overall banking placements, the school at the top of the bulge bracket and elite boutique…

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Why Now Is A Great Time To Apply To IMD (NEWS)

By: Karen Ponte, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: March 30, 2026

Founded in 1990, in just 40 years, IMD has earned a place amongst Europe’s most elite business schools. The MBA program at IMD is internationally ranked the #1 by both Forbes and BusinessWeek and offers a globally-focused 12-month leadership journey on a breathtaking campus in the city of Lausanne, Switzerland. With a class of just…

MBA Handicapping: Applying After 30 — Do’s & Dont’s (NEWS)

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

https://youtu.be/R6jynXLHI5k Charlie has the stats. That's for sure. A 3.9 GPA and a 740 GMAT. But he's 35 years of age, well outside the mid-to-late twenties sweet spot of elite MBA admissions. And he's as non-traditional an MBA candidate as you'll ever find. Charlie is the director and head coach of a competitive university cycling…

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HEC Paris Tops New FT Ranking Of Best Master’s In Finance Programs (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 23, 2023

The leading business schools in the U.S. with master's in finance programs yet again ironed the annual Financial Times ranking of the world's top programs. The new FT rankings came out today with HEC Paris leading the pre-experience list of 55 different programs, while London Business School topped the slim ranking of just four post-experience…

Full-Time MBA Options For Mid-Career Professionals (NEWS)

By: Rishabh Gupta, Partner, GyanOne Universal | Last Updated: June 22, 2021

Rohit Singh is 38, with 14 years of uninterrupted professional experience behind him. At 21, this engineer from India’s hinterland began his career with a small test prep company. A year later, disillusioned by the possibilities there, he switched to a career in finance. In the next decade, he held progressively senior roles in corporate…

MBAs To Watch: Class of 2021 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: September 14, 2026

When business schools trumpet their “Star Power,” they’re generally referring to alumni CEOs and famous faculty. Sometimes, you’ll find a celebrity hunched over a laptop and poring over balance sheets like their peers. That was the case at IE Business School with Cristian Arens. Arens doesn’t fit your MBA celebrity profile: former athletes or entertainers…

Five Biggest Surprises In Fortune’s First MBA Ranking (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 15, 2021

Does the world need yet another ranking of MBA programs? Fortune, the old business media brand, apparently thinks so. This week Fortune debuted a new ranking of full-time MBA programs in the U.S. All together, 69 different business schools were on the inaugural list. The winners, appropriately enough, reflect the old world view of a…

MBA Handicapping: How Do Accenture Consultants Get Into Wharton? (NEWS)

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

https://youtu.be/qMhVNyISLSA Melody is aiming high. Wharton, MIT Sloan, Columbia Business School, Chicago Booth, and the London Business School are on her target list of business schools. With a 325 GRE score and a 3.6 GPA from UCLA in economics, the 26-year-old enterprise strategy consultant for Accenture has an impressive track record, with two promotions, increasing…

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What You Need To Know About Applying To Oxford Saïd (NEWS)

By: Cassandra Pittman, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: March 30, 2026

Oxford Saïd, the business school of the University of Oxford, is one of the UK’s oldest and most prestigious Universities. This bastion of British excellence has maintained the #12 slot for the past two years in Bloomberg Businessweek’s European MBA Ranking, and the Financial Times ranked it #17 in 2021. Meanwhile, Oxford’s Saïd applications spiked…

The Top MBA Programs That Feed The Tech Industry (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: August 4, 2021

There's been little change in recent years at the top of the tech feeder pipeline. The big question in 2020 was, would coronavirus have any effect on the top schools for producing tech industry MBAs — particularly the University of Washington Foster School of Business, which has long been the school with the highest placement…

Favorite Companies Of The MBA Class of 2022 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: August 20, 2021

Affordable. Accessible. Adaptable. Powerful. Practical. Prestigious. These qualities make any product sell -- the kind that can transform how we think, work, and live. In the early 20th century, the automobile fit this description by re-defining what was possible. People enjoyed the freedom to pursue their dreams beyond their hometowns. Interstate highways were built and…

MBA Admissions Trend: A Single Rec Letter (NEWS)

By: Emma Bond | Last Updated: August 15, 2021

London Business School changed its MBA application for the 2021-2022 season to require just one letter of recommendation. In doing so, it joins a growing number of top business schools requesting a singular reference, including MIT Sloan, Columbia Business School, and IESE. So what does this mean for your MBA recommender strategy?  To put this…

Tips for INSEAD’s Career Essay Prompts (NEWS)

By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: August 28, 2021

Tips for INSEAD’s Career Essay Prompts Growth is everything at INSEAD. The “Business school for the world” specifically seeks out students who can demonstrate a fearless nature in overcoming challenges and have a strong understanding of how they will reach their goals. To find these students, INSEAD’s 2021-2022 MBA application asks applicants to answer not…

Meet The MBA Class Of 2023: Pacesetters With A Purpose (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: September 12, 2021

Creating opportunity. That’s the essence of business. When you see a void, you fill it. When you imagine a possibility, you pursue it. You shorten distances and level obstacles. In the process, you draw people into a larger world that welcomes their talents BRINGING BASKETBALL TO VIETNAM For Nga Le, that world was basketball. On…

Employers Say The MBA Needs a Refresh, Survey Finds (NEWS)

By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: September 5, 2021

Employers Say The MBA Needs a Refresh, Survey Finds Employers believe the MBA education needs a serious makeover. A new survey of 508 employers across 22 countries this year and found that 77% believe that the MBA degree needs to evolve to be relevant for the future. “There’s this mismatch between what employers are looking…

If It’s The Financial Times MiM Ranking, St. Gallen Is On Top Again (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: December 14, 2021

When it comes to master's in management programs, the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland must have the secret formula for staying on top. For the 11th year in a row, this small university in a sleepy town of just 80,000 that is barely known outside the German-speaking world wins top honors for its MiM…

Stanford GSB Interview: 3 Ways to Embody Leadership (NEWS)

By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: October 25, 2021

Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), which ranks number one in P&Q’s “Top Business Schools” ranking, places a high value on leadership. In the prestigious B-school’s interview process, admissions officers aim to find applicants who can demonstrate a strong sense of leadership in terms of impact, mindset, and personality. Stacy Blackman, founder of Stacy Blackman…

MBA Debt? Not A Problem, Says The WSJ (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 27, 2021

  The Wall Street Journal ran a story today (Oct. 27)  that told everyone who knows anything about an MBA education that it essentially pays off. The Journal did an analysis of federal student loan data and found that the vast majority of MBA programs, including most that are not ranked in the Top 100,…

The Most-Read Case Studies Of 2021, And The Profs Who Wrote Them (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: October 27, 2021

Harvard Business School, which invented both the first MBA program and the business case method, remains king of the case study 100 years later, according to the latest international ranking of case authors. The Case Centre, a nonprofit that distributes the largest collection of management case studies to business schools across the world, today (October…

MBA Handicapping: HBS Interview Tips For Non-Liberal Arts Majors (NEWS)

By: Sandy Kreisberg & John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 1, 2023

https://youtu.be/rnHnFSyvdZE A senior geotechnical engineer, Jeremy wants an MBA degree from Harvard, INSEAD, London Business School, Cambridge or Oxford. With a 710 GMAT and a 3.7 undergraduate GPA from University of Auckland in New Zealand, his post-MBA goal is to land a consulting job at McKinsey, Bain or BCG. In this episode of Friday’s With…

Pursuing An International MBA? Read This (NEWS)

By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: November 15, 2021

The first B-schools that come to mind for American applicants are often the Wharton School and Stanford Graduate School of Business, to name a few. Outside of the U.S., name recognition can often differ. In fact, prominent B-schools can be found well beyond the U.S.—from HEC Paris to London Business School. Ilana Kowarski, a reporter…

Meet the MBA Class of 2023: Cindy Gao, Northwestern University (Kellogg) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: November 22, 2021

Cindy Gao Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University + McCormick School of Engineering (MMM Program) “I’m an equity-driven urban technologist by day and a professional dabbler in hobbies by night.” Hometown: Shanghai, China Fun Fact About Yourself: I became an avid plant mom over quarantine and name all my plants based on their places of…

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How To Tailor Your MBA Application For Round 2 Programs (NEWS)

By: Amy Hugo, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: March 30, 2026

What does it take to tailor your killer MBA application from Round 1 to a fresh batch of business schools in Round 2? Once you’ve done the hard work of reflecting on where you’ve been, where you want to go, and how an MBA is going to get you there, it’s tempting to plug your…

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