The Stanford Graduate School of Business has posted the MBA application deadlines for the 2013-2014 admissions cycle.  This year’s three deadlines are as follows: Round 1 Deadline: October 2, 2013 Notification: December 11, 2013 Round 2 Deadline: January 8, 2014 Notification: March 26, 2014 Round 3 Deadline: April 2, 2014 Notification: May 7, 2014 The...

Columbia Business School announced Thursday that Ronald O. Perelman, Chairman and CEO of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. and a member of the School’s Board of Overseers, has pledged $100 million to Columbia Business School.  The pledge matches the school’s largest gift ever, and will...

Graduate programs in business and management are drawing a wider range of applicants, and these aspiring students are more likely to have a single program type in mind for either an MBA or non-MBA master’s degree, according to Graduate Management Admission Council’s 2013 mba.com Prospective...

Harvard Business School is to become the first US institution to take part in next month’s MBA Tournament (MBAT), the annual business school Olympics which takes place at HEC Paris. The MBAT started with six participating business schools in 1991, and is set against the backdrop...

The Chicago Booth School of Business extended an open invitation to both newly accepted MBA candidates as well as prospective applicants to attend one of the multiple diversity events held around the globe during the school’s 9th annual Women’s Week. In collaboration with the office of...

Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management has named M. Eric Johnson as dean effective July 1st, pending approval by the Vanderbilt Board of Trust. Currently, Johnson is associate dean at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business, where he has been responsible for seven research...

In the latest entry on the MBA admissions blog at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, director Soojin Kwon shares key updates for waitlisted and Round 3 applicants, as well as news of what’s on the horizon for the upcoming application cycle. Most of...

The waiting game at the end of round 3 is a nail-biter for MBA applicants, whether you’re hoping for an interview invitation or enduring a stretch on a waitlist. Joanna Zisis from the admissions team at Chicago Booth School of Business recently shared her tips...

Dean Thomas S. Robertson of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School has announced his decision to step down when his seven-year term expires next year on June 30, 2014. Upon leaving the deanship, Robertson plans to return to the marketing faculty to teach, and to...

In the era of social media saturation, business school hopefuls have to think about more than just drafting memorable essays, nailing interviews and marketing themselves effectively during the MBA application process. Today’s applicants must scrutinize their public persona on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and elsewhere to make...