Accepted.com has started a new blog series offering our readers a behind-the-scenes look at selected MBA programs. We hope to offer you a candid picture of student life, and what you should consider as you prepare your application. Here are some excerpts from an interview with...

If you’ve been anywhere near the MBA blog-o-sphere lately, then you’ve probably encountered some of the excitement and anticipation around Clear Admit’s annual Best of Blogging Competition. Each and every MBA applicant and student blogger brings wisdom, experience, and sometimes even heartbreak to the MBA forum....

As discussed in an earlier Almanac post, Kellogg School of Management has a new dean, Sally Blount, who had served as Dean of NYU’s undergrad program and Vice Dean of the university’s Stern School of Business. This is good news for Kellogg on multiple levels—Blount...

Here’s yet another reason why women aren’t lining up for MBAs: According to the Harvard Business Review, women make about $4,600 less per year than men do post-MBA. Apparently the pay gap is widening, even after making adjustments for giving birth and aspiring towards goals...

Since last week’s presentation of “Essays that Stick” for the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants did not have enough room for all who wanted to attend, I decided to offer this thought-provoking webinar again for those who missed the previous event for whatever reason...

GMAC (the Graduate Management Admission Council) released a press release this week about the incredible jump in GMAT volume in Asia over the last five years. Below you’ll find a summary of GMAC’s recent statistics: 265,613 – The number of total GMAT exams taken globally in...

With the job market as bad as it is, that family business is starting to look more and more appealing to many undergraduate business school students and graduates, reports a BusinessWeek article last week entitled “Family Inc.: The New B-School Job Choice.” Many undergraduate business students...

Top universities in Latin America—concentrated mainly in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil—have poured an increasingly large amount of government funds into sending students abroad to complete graduate degrees and on improving the educational standards at home, reports a Chronicle article titled “Latin America Hopes...

You’ve got one more day to submit those stunning photos you took during your recent b-school visits to Accepted’s Beautiful B-School Photo Contest. We’ll bet you never thought that taking a picture of that massive snowball fight at MIT Sloan would win you a $200 Amazon.com...

“Every year the most selective colleges report that acceptance rates are at an all-time low, which freaks out the next class of high school juniors to no end,” says Kevin Carey in his Chronicle opinion piece “Real College-Acceptance Rates Are Higher Than You Think.” In Carey’s...