The rankings are not… The rankings are not objective measures of educational quality that apply across the board to all students. Nothing fits that bill. Educational quality is highly subjective, and experts debate it endlessly. Moreover, student objectives vary so “quality” differs from student to student. For...

US News is publishing its much-watched, much-maligned annual ranking of graduate programs by April 23. I have developed several posts on rankings, what they are, what they aren’t, and how to use them. I will post them over the next several days. Ahh, those rankings. Hated...

Tweet! It’s Thursday again and time for our next winner!Thank YouThursday Liz Short 19 followers • from West Virginia, US Congratulations on winning your choice of Accepted.com Admissions Ebooks! We want to thank our Twitter followers. Twice a month, we randomly pick one of our followers as...

Since September the Accepted Admissions Almanac has posted frequently about the impact of the financial crisis on MBA admissions, hiring, and financial aid. We have collected these posts in a free special report Applying to Business School in Times of Crisis. You will find in the...

I have decided to make April 1, known as April Fool’s Day in the United States,  the day I go public with my predictions for the next application season. If I’m wrong, it will be my April Fool’s Day post. If I’m right, I can...

Tweet! It is with great pleasure that we announce our first Thank You Thursday winner! “WorldTutorExch” Congratulations on winning your choice of Accepted.com Admissions Ebooks! As mentioned earlier this week, we’d like to thank our Twitter followers. So twice a month, we will randomly pick one of...

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In “New Horizons for MBAs”, the Financial Times, reports that many MBA students are looking outside of traditional “MBA jobs” for work. Due to the current recession, job opportunities in financial services and investment banks are far more limited and MBAs are looking to use their...

There is a lot going on at Accepted! Save $100 on any editing or consulting purchase totaling $1,000 or more. This special ends Thursday March 12. Don’t miss it. Indiana Kelley MBA admissions chat with Jim Holmen on Thursday March 12 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00...

Regular readers of this blog know that last Thursday I started a short series, ”MBA in Finance: Forget It?” I posed a less provocative version of that question to several admissions directors and with their permission posted their responses. While their replies varied and emphasized different...