Tuck | Mr. Invest In Change
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Columbia | Mr. European MBB Consultant
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MIT Sloan | Mr. Startup Strategy
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From Engineer To MIT Sloan: An MBA Overcomes Rejection & Doubt (NEWS)

By: Varun Kumar | Last Updated: September 14, 2023

Dreams come true. Sometimes they just take longer to realize! Getting an MBA from an elite business school is a dream for many. It opens up many avenues and exposes them to cutting edge ideas and professors. As graduates, it enables them to tap into a global alumni community for the rest of their careers.…

These MBA Programs Are The Top Feeders To The Tech Industry — For Now (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: August 19, 2020

Most MBA jobs still rely on traditional business customs. Whether it's consulting or marketing or finance or consumer goods, a firm handshake, good eye contact game, and a knack for salesmanship will get you far. But technology is different. It still matters — a lot — who you know, whether you're in fintech or Internet services or…

What Harvard MBA Virtual Admissions Events Are Like (NEWS)

By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: July 25, 2020

What Harvard MBA Virtual Admissions Events Are Like The COVID-19 pandemic forced b-schools across the nation to shift their courses online back in March. And following suit, many in-person events and functions had to be canceled only to be brought back in a virtual state. At Harvard Business School, two primary admissions programs – the…

MBA Handicapping: What Engineers Need To Do To Get In (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 3, 2023

https://youtu.be/GdjqEppB1Hk Just about every single part of Zach's MBA application seems really solid. Start with that 750 GMAT, a score that comfortably puts him in the top 2% of all test-takers in the world. Then, there is his 3.69 GPA in engineering from Cornell University. The 30-year-old project engineer works for a structural engineering company…

MBA Handicapping: Getting Into Wharton & Harvard With A 720 GMAT & A 3.6 GPA (NEWS)

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

https://youtu.be/rBWroWcxURY How's this for an MBA applicant profile? Dakota is a 26-year-old young professional who was once the catcher and captain of the senior varsity baseball team at Vassar. He majored in economics, racked up a 3.63 GPA, landed a job as a senior account associate at PIMCO, the well-known and prestigious asset management firm.…

Good News For Oxford On The Job Front As It Prepares For A Year Unlike Any Other (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: August 14, 2020

Brexit didn't cramp Oxford MBAs' style. Will coronavirus? As Oxford University's Saïd Business School prepares to begin a school year amid an unprecedented global health crisis — on a physically distanced campus where on-demand digital content will support small-group learning — the school has released the 2019 jobs report for its one-year MBA program, reporting…

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How To Tackle The HEC Paris Essays (NEWS)

By: Brendan Kramp, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: March 30, 2026

Unlike most top US schools, which have trended toward fewer essays, HEC Paris maintains an impressive five required questions, from the practical ‘why HEC Paris’/why now’ to the provocative, ‘Imagine a life entirely different from the one you now lead, what would it be?’ Thankfully, most are short answer questions (250-word max), and taken together,…

Poets&Quants’ Best International MBA Programs Of The Decade (NEWS)

By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: August 26, 2020

Which international business schools have fared the best in the main global rankings over the past decade? To answer that, we decided to crunch the rankings numbers of the Poets&Quants International MBA ranking over the past ten years. We did the same for domestic programs earlier this week. Like Harvard and Stanford in the ranking of…

Meet The MBA Class Of 2022: The COVID Cohorts (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 14, 2020

Fast, first, fair, and factual. That’s the name of the game in the news business. You race around to break stories before anyone else. Chase down rumors. Tap sources. Sniff out agendas. Break complex and shifting dynamics into compelling bits. High profile...heavy pressure…harsh hours – a world as exhilarating as it is exhausting. That was…

Meet Emory Goizueta’s MBA Class Of 2022 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 7, 2020

Go big or go home. Bigger is better. You’ve probably heard those maxims. After all, getting big reflects success. It is a reward for perseverance and performance. Big means ‘name’ clients, fawning press, and exclusive circles. Of course, big also brings suffocating overhead and expectations – no place to hide and little room for error.…

Meet Indiana Kelley’s MBA Class Of 2022 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 7, 2020

You can do anything you want. That’s true…in theory. Just try to switch careers. It isn’t easy starting over. Experience? That’s what employers demand. After all, talent is expensive…and fast returns are expected. What company can afford to invest time with learning curves? Let’s not forget all-important mentoring. Where can someone find that patient guide…

Meet The Berkeley Haas MBA Class Of 2022 (NEWS)

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

Community is destiny. It’s catchy, but not all that original. After all, we’re warned as children that “You are who surround yourself with.” Come adulthood, we’re cautioned against the hubris of unfettered individualism. “It takes a village,” some say. “You can go further together,” others assert. Either way, the message is clear: We’re in this…

Meet Arizona State’s MBA Class Of 2022 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 7, 2020

“It’s nothing personal. It’s strictly business.” That was Michael Corleone’s famous line from The Godfather. It was a cold and transactional ethos imported from the old country, where who you are was separate from what you do. In the end, it left Corleone estranged from loved ones, surrounded by fickle allies waiting to pull the…

Meet Washington Foster’s MBA Class Of 2022 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 7, 2020

Innovators are rare. Sure, business leaders gush about stepping outside the box, taking bold risks, and embracing new ideas. Just try making a pitch that involves overhauling revenue streams and re-tooling staff. Resources get shifted and egos get bruised. Those faux innovators retreat back to being incumbents real fast. Every business student imagines surfing larger…

Meet Carnegie Mellon Tepper’s MBA Class Of 2022 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 7, 2020

Are leaders born or made? Some people make it look so natural! They project an aura of authority and confidence. When they speak, their words inspire faith and instill passion. Somehow, they can connect with everyone. To groups, their vision is clear and urgent. One-on-one, they possess a knack for bringing out each person’s best.…

MBA Handicapping: Don’t Screw Yourself In The First 2 Minutes Of An Adcom Interview (NEWS)

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

https://youtu.be/lDQA2QU4B8s Emre's target business schools are an elite bunch: Stanford, Columbia, Yale, Northwestern Kellogg, Berkeley Haas, INSEAD and London Business School. Yet, this young professional has a 2.95 GPA from Bikent University in Turkey and a 700 GMAT score. After spending three years at EY Consulting, he joined a startup that is applying artificial intelligence…

Meet The Texas McCombs MBA Class Of 2022 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 7, 2020

“You have a lot of potential. You just don’t have enough experience.” That’s what employers would tell you…if they could. To them, you are undefined and unproven – a cost and a risk. Sure, you’re motivated. In the interview, you delivered shining examples of how you’re a flexible, team-oriented problem-solver. Decision-makers have seen career changers…

The Financial Times MiM Ranking Shows What’s Wrong With Rankings (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: September 28, 2020

Ranking critics often focus on the volatility of the lists cranked out by media organizations every year. But yesterday's Financial Times ranking of the best Master's in Management programs has the opposite problem. The winner, the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, topped the ranking for the tenth consecutive year. It is a record of…

MBA Handicapping: CIAO!!! Euro Admissions For Big Four Types (NEWS)

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

https://youtu.be/nNeMeol-QsA When COVID struck, Pietro was personally impacted by the pandemic when people close to him contracted the disease. To both care for them and pursue a way to give back to the world, he left his job as an analyst doing M&A and valuation work at KPMG in Italy after three and one-half years.…

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Big MBA App Boost At Georgetown — And Even More Apps For The Next Class (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: January 6, 2021

That downward trend in applications is entirely in the rearview. MBA applications were up for the coronavirus admissions cycle at most of the leading business schools — in some cases, way up. Now one of the last U.S. schools to release its Class of 2022 profile data has weighed in, adding a final piece of…

Meet Cornell Johnson’s MBA Class Of 2022 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: August 26, 2023

In popular culture, the Ivy League is associated with wealth and brainpower – selective and image-conscious. It is finishing school for the wealthy, people imagine. In secret societies and posh mixers, the next generation of STEM nerds, boozy bankers, and aspiring politicians intersect on their way to their country clubs. Here, students must be insiders…

Most & Least Challenging MBA Applications Of 2020-2021 (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 13, 2020

The question has been asked for what seems like forever. "What matters most to you, and why?" And for 21 years the essay prompt has been asked of MBA applicants to Stanford's Graduate School of Business, it has bemused, bothered, and bewildered anxious candidates. This 650-word essay is the centerpiece of Stanford's MBA application, an…

Meet The Rice Jones MBA Class Of 2022 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: July 18, 2023

Entrepreneurs come to business school with a different mindset. They are proactive and self-reliant, confident and decisive, flexible and outcome-driven. To them, every problem is an opportunity and every setback is a temporary blip. Shunning comfort, these risk-takers embrace what’s new and disruptive, obsessed with expanding possibilities and enriching experience. In their minds, the biggest…

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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…

Zachary White (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…

Julia Brady (CONSULTANT)

By: consultant | Last Updated: March 6, 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…

Michael Malone (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…