When Harvard Business School began offering Harvard seniors the opportunity to apply to HBS, but commit to spending two years post-grad in the workforce before starting their MBAs, the plan seemed pretty straightforward—two years of work, and then two years of business school. Over the...

Schools want to see evidence of quant skills. They want to confirm your ability to handle the demands of a rigorous program. For liberal arts majors who haven’t taken math since high school, the quant score on the GMAT takes on greater importance because it...

Following the success of the new GRE revised General Test, ETS announced another step in making the exam more “test-taker friendly,” with a ScoreSelectSM option. On the test day itself, once test takers have viewed their scores at the test center, they can either choose the...

The Indian School of Business has become one of the strongest graduate business programs in Asia: it ranks 13th in the Financial Times’ MBA rankings – only two Asian programs surpass it according to FT, more than 98% of its graduates secure job offers within...

Vice Dean of Wharton Business School, Howie Kaufold, spoke to The Wharton Journal about the new MBA curriculum. He noted that in reviewing their curriculum, the MBA Review Committee focused on four main principles: Rigorous, Innovative, Flexible, and Brand-Strengthening. Regarding flexibility, some of the required courses...

Next up in our series of featured MBA bloggers is Selemon Asfaw, otherwise known as TheSenator2014, the author of the blog, Road to the MBA Class of 2014. Enjoy the Senator’s thoughtful answers and use them to help you make your way through the MBA...

The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article entitled “MBAs Attract Current and Former Soldiers.” Like many such articles I’ve read in my decade of MBA admissions consulting, it promotes the benefits of business schools to former military personnel and vice versa, so no surprises...