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Adcom Questions From HBS, Yale, MIT (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: November 15, 2014

Interview Questions Being Asked at Harvard, MIT…and More Remember take home tests in school? No, they weren’t only for jocks. And they weren’t given just so you’d pass (most times). No, these essays had a specific purpose. Your teacher expected you to think, to explore what you learned and fashion something original. It wasn’t a…

Leaders Ponder Inclusiveness At EurOUT Conference (NEWS)

By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: November 23, 2014

Many of the European business schools pride themselves on a global and accepting atmosphere. The entering class of 2014 at London Business School (LBS) boasts 411 students from 65 countries. IESE Business School has 56 different countries represented amongst the 280 first-year students. IE Business School calls their full-time MBAs "Global" and "International" MBAs. Diversity and…

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Poets&Quants’ 2014 Top 100 MBA Programs In The U.S. (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: November 26, 2014

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose. And so it is in the world of business schools. With interest in startups and entrepreneurship reaching a fever’s pitch, Stanford Graduate School of Business emerged the No. 1 business school in the U.S. in Poets&Quants’ 2014 ranking of the best full-time MBA programs.…

What Bain & Co. Seeks In MBA Hires (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 3, 2014

Bain is booming. That’s the message from Keith Bevans, a Bain & Company partner who leads the company’s global consulting recruiting efforts. In an exclusive interview with Poets&Quants, Bevans shares that Bain has been growing at 15 percent a year over the past two decades. And that means opportunity for gifted MBA prospects. “Last year,…

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The Third Round Advantage? Nah (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 6, 2014

Third Round Advantage? Don't Believe It The early bird may get the proverbial worm. But when it comes to MBA admissions, latecomers are getting a bit more attention. That was the theme of a Wall Street Journal article on third round candidates. You know the stereotype: They are procrastinators or rejects from other programs. They are throwing…

Smart Guidance For Round Two Applicants (NEWS)

By: Judith Silverman Hodara and Caroline Diarte Edwards | Last Updated: December 12, 2014

The clock is ticking for candidates applying to start an MBA program in 2015. For most applicants, round 2 represents the last realistic shot at securing a place at a top school in the class starting next fall. And this season, 17 MBA programs have their round two deadlines in a four-day period between January…

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The Top Ten MBA Rankings Of 2014 (NEWS)

By: Ethan Baron | Last Updated: October 3, 2019

Look at any one major business school ranking and you get a useful but quite limited view of programs and institutions. And as this year's volatility in the Bloomberg Businessweek ranking shows, different methodologies may produce surprising, or even dubious results. To obtain, via rankings, a more comprehensive and realistic picture of the business school…

Our Top Ten Favorite MBAs of 2014 (NEWS)

By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: October 3, 2019

“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.” – Max De Pree MBAs are leaders. They are innovators. They are game-changers. In 2014, Poets&Quants got to know a few of them better. Here are our favorites. 10. Pete…

Landing Your Dream Job – The Best of Ivan Kerbel (The Sequel) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 26, 2014

Picture this: You’re working at a Fortune 500 firm, three years removed from college. You’ve established a reputation and a track record. You’ve even earned a promotion. You have money, security, and friends. These are your best years. You’re young and free – and the whole world is ahead of you. But something is missing.…

MBA Questions To Prepare For & Ask (NEWS)

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

“You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” That’s a cliché, right? Sure is. And wasn’t that a tagline for dandruff shampoo? Guilty! But if you’ve ever flubbed an interview, it’s a lesson that you’ll never forget. If there are 50 ways to leave your lover, there are 150 ways to turn…

Handicapping Your MBA Odds: Mr. International, Mr. Toastmasters, Ms. Entrepreneur, Mr. Non-IIT, Mr. Real Estate (NEWS)

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

She's a serial entrepreneur in Eastern Europe, having successfully sold one business and started another. At 27 years of age, she says with conviction: "I want to employ people, not to be employed by someone else." She wants an MBA to scale her company by securing a strategic investment that would allow her to expand…

Big Changes In FT Ranking Due Monday (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 19, 2015

It’s that time of the year again when anticipation begins to build for the first of the annual MBA rankings in 2015. As usual, The Financial Times will weigh in first on Jan. 26th with its global ranking of the top 100 MBA programs. For the first time, the British newspaper began dribbling out some…

The MBAs Who Lead The World’s Most Valuable Companies (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 11, 2019

When it comes to the world's Corporate Elite, it's no secret that Harvard Business School wins hands down in claiming more CEOs in the corner office than any other institution. But what may well be more surprising is how far ahead Harvard is over any other business school in the world. A new analysis of…

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2015 Financial Times Global MBA Ranking (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 25, 2015

For the sixth time since The Financial Times has been ranking the best MBA programs and for the third consecutive year, Harvard Business School today (Jan. 26) remained at the very top of the FT global heap. Harvard managed to beat back a general trend of improving positions by European and Asian schools in this…

Total MBA Pay Above Pre-Crash Levels (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 30, 2015

The dean of Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business is predicting what he calls a “positive growth slope in overall applicants to full-time programs” in the years ahead. His optimism is based on the MBA degree’s recovering return-on-investment at the best business schools. Graduates of the top MBA programs, he said, are now receiving total…

GMAT vs. GRE: Which Should You Choose? (NEWS)

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

Do I want to go school full-time or continue working? Is an MBA or a master’s degree a better fit? Should I take classes on campus or online? Which school would best position me for the next step? These are obvious questions to confront before you start the application process. Increasingly, a new question is…

Why A January Entry MBA Is A Good Option (NEWS)

By: Caroline Diarte Edwards | Last Updated: October 3, 2019

Nervous you might miss out on a place in a top MBA program this year? With schools like Yale University's School of Management and the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business reporting huge increases in applicant numbers this year, and the chance of securing a place in Round 3 at Harvard, Stanford and Wharton…

What MBA Grads Made In 2014 & Why This Year Could Be The Best Ever (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 3, 2019

For MBA students who decided to go to business school over the past five years, it's been an amazing time, rich with career opportunities and increasingly handsome pay. If anything, the value of the MBA itself has been confirmed again and again as one of the very few degrees that brings an immediate payoff. For…

Wharton Remains No. 1 In Research Rankings (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 21, 2015

For business school administrators in the U.S., the U.S. News rankings are the academic equivalent to the Super Bowl. It is a winner-takes-all event where the movers gain prestige, gain pats on the back, and can see additional application volume. However, there is a lower stakes ranking that bestows something even more important to…

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Should You Apply In Round Three? (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 27, 2015

Should You Apply in Round Three? Good things come to those who wait. Maybe, but do you really want to tempt fate? That’s the dichotomy of applying in the third round. Perception is everything. And some still view stragglers are disorganized, unmotivated, desperate, or impulsive. No, most professionals don’t wake up after the holidays…

A Great 100-Hour MBA Application Strategy (NEWS)

By: Matt Symonds | Last Updated: June 26, 2021

In the coming weeks the world's top business schools will announce their MBA admissions deadlines for the Class of 2018. Harvard Business School has maintained its tradition of leading the dance, with Managing Director of MBA Admissions Dee Leopold already confirming a Round 1 deadline of Sept 9. That gives you four months - or…

Class of 2015: The World’s Best & The Brightest MBAs (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: May 16, 2015

Katie Benintende was accustomed to being in the minority. As an undergrad, she majored in engineering, a traditionally male-dominated field. And she spent six years climbing the ranks in the Fortune 500, a place where women comprise just 14% of senior executives. When she decided to get an MBA, she picked the University of California-Berkeley…

2015 Best MBAs: Anne-Marie Kruk (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: May 16, 2015

Anne-Marie Kruk London Business School How do people cope with a medical disorder? Some complain or withdraw. And others – like Anne-Marie Kruk – fight back by launching a an organization to improve the lives of others and building a community around it. Kruk, who has epilepsy, is the founder of Something on the Brain,…

The European Option Never Looked So Good: Prices Plunge For MBA Degrees (NEWS)

By: Ethan Baron | Last Updated: May 27, 2015

Add one more upside to the European MBA for U.S. students. Already, MBA programs in Europe offer an advantage to many students in their typical one-year length, cutting tuition along with opportunity costs. And the top European B-schools tend to accept higher percentages of applicants with lower GMAT scores than in highly ranked U.S. schools. Over…

What Companies Pay MBA Interns (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: June 1, 2015

It's that time of the year again when MBA students are marching off to their summer internship jobs in one of the best job markets in years. At many schools, internship offers were up, with some lucky students having multiple opportunities from which to choose. Pay is trending higher and an increasing number of elite…

2015 MBA To Watch: Venita Sivamani (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: June 10, 2015

Venita Sivamani University of California-Davis, Graduate School of Management (GSM) Dancer…Teacher…Volunteer…Entrepreneur…Leader. Those are all labels that Venita Sivamani carries. At UC-Davis, she was president of the Women in Leadership Club, where she has been instrumental in developing board training for future students. She also co-chaired Davis’ Diversity and Retention of Underrepresented Students Committee and…

The MBA Gatekeeper To Berkeley Haas (NEWS)

By: Ethan Baron | Last Updated: June 29, 2015

At the U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business, the future is rising out of a hole in the ground. And fortunately for the school, construction of its new six-story, $60 million building didn’t have to wait until people living in trees climbed down. After all, it was only seven years ago that the university had to…

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