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Blog, Bschool Life, Current, Fun Stuff, Interviews, MBA
It’s that time of year again—time to visit your top choice b-school campuses and show off to the world what you’ve found. Put your artistic talent to the test by submitting your favorite campus photos to the annual Beautiful B-School Photo Contest!
Last year’s 1st place winner presented this dramatic picture of Columbia:
You can view other [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
BusinessWeek has published its biannual rankings of EMBA programs. The top five EMBA programs are:
Kellogg
Chicago Booth
Wharton
Columbia
USC Marshall
BusinessWeek also published its part-time MBA program rankings and its rankings of executive education programs. Its methodology in all three cases focuses on “end-user satisfaction.”
The articles and videos accompanying the rankings are recommended if you are considering an EMBA or [...]
Bschool Life, Current, Interviews, MBA
The Aspen Institute published last week its biannual ranking of MBA programs, “Beyond Grey Pinstripes.” This ranking ignores admissions criteria and abandons ROI. Through surveys of 149 participating schools, it attempts to rank the programs according to their “social impact management” or addressing of social, environmental or ethical topics. The goal: “spotlight innovative full-time MBA [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, Fun Stuff, MBA
We have two great MBA admissions chats next week:
Cornell Chatter, an Accepted.com online Q&A session, on Monday, October 12, 2009 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT when Randall Sawyer, Director of Admissions, along with other staff members will answer your important questions. Use this outstanding opportunity to ask questions about Cornell’s close-knit student [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, Interviews, MBA
This is unofficially Columbia Business School week at Accepted. We didn’t plan it that way, but that’s how it worked out.
A few items to keep in mind:
Columbia’s Linda Meehan, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid for Columbia’s MBA program, will be available to answer your questions tomorrow, Thursday Oct. 1 at 10AM PT/1PM ET/5PM [...]
Career, Current, MBA
Yes those MBA deadlines are approaching. Rapidly. Kind of like a train roaring through a dark tunnel. Do you see the headlight peering through the gloom, growing brighter and brighter?
So what are my thoughts at the end of a hectic week?
Accepted’s editors have noted a rash of bloopers in applicant essays. While these malapropisms (and [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
Forbes published today its 2010 MBA rankings for US and non-US MBA programs. The Forbes ranking is based on ROI, specifically “the return on investment achieved by the graduates from the class of 2004.” Forbes surveyed 17,000 alumni at 103 schools and heard back from 24% of those grads in compiling its data.
For the US, [...]
Bschool Life, Current, MBA
Columbia September 2101 MBA Essay Questions
Columbia has released its 2010 MBA essay questions, which are identical to last years; I’ve tweaked my comments (in red) a little.
In addition to learning about your professional aspirations, the Admissions Committee hopes to gain an understanding of your interests, values and motivations through these essays. How you answer these [...]
Bschool Life, MBA
The AIGAC conference this year was fantastic. The first day consisted of presentations from Pete Johnson of Haas, Christie St. John of Tuck, Cassandra Pittman of INSEAD, Wendy Huber of Darden, Soojin Kwon Koh of Ross, and Bruce Delmonico of Yale’s SOM. During the second day AIGAC was hosted by NYU Stern and Columbia Business [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Fun Stuff, GMAT, MBA
And the winners are:
The First Prize ($200 Amazon Gift Certificate) goes to Simon Lau for a magnificent shot of Columbia’s dormitory.
Second Prize ($100 gift certificate) to Ninad Gujar for a stunning photo of fall foliage near Tuck.
Third Prize ($50 gift certificate): A tie between Bizwiz for Kellogg and Sargsyan Gor for Stanford.
Thank you again to all the [...]
