Tag Archive | "columbia"
Current, MBA
Test prep companies have a busy season ahead of them; test prep traffic is bound to increase as future b-school applicants scramble to prepare for the Next Generation GMAT, reports a Businessweek article, “GMAT Test Prep: Changes on the Way.” The new GMAT, which will launch in 2012, will include a new integrated reasoning section [...]
Bschool Life, Current, MBA
Some facts:
When the Financial Times began their global MBA rankings in 1999, 20 out of the 25 top business schools on the list were from the U.S. The remaining five were European b-schools. In 2010, of the 25 top international business schools, 11 are from the U.S., 11 are European, and three [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, GMAT, MBA
Here’s what’s been going on in the world of MBA and medical school admissions news:
An Israeli news source (Globes.co.il) reports that top b-schools in the U.S. have begun recruiting seriously in Israel. This year, more than 150 Israeli students will attend MBA programs in the U.S., including the first ever Israeli-Ethiopian student will be studying [...]
Bschool Life, Current, Fun Stuff, MBA
I will run out of superlatives if I attempt to describe the 2010 AIGAC Conference in Boston. Suffice it say that it was extraordinarily illuminating. MIT Sloan and Harvard Business School graciously and generously hosted the event, which was kicked off by MIT Sloan’s Dean David C. Schmittlein, who discussed the reasoning behind MIT Sloan’s [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
Celebration and cheer are in the air as b-school students flip their tassels, get their long awaited diplomas, reflect on their past two years, and contemplate what the future holds. According to a recent Bloomberg Businessweek article, “Goodbye B-School, Hello World,” expectations are high for the class of 2010.
Graduation speakers are choosing their words wisely [...]
Current, MBA
Business professionals are working to combat the blatant, unapologetic amorality in the business world. The government is taking measures by enforcing firm new regulations, the media is keeping a closer eye on corporate action, and, perhaps most impressively, business school students are taking initiatives to “chang[e] business itself by changing the way its leaders think [...]
Career, Current, MBA
According to new Bloomberg Businessweek research, graduates from top business schools (which are also the most expensive programs) earn more straight out of school and down the road than do grads from lower ranked, less expensive schools. And they don’t just make a little more…but a lot.
Robert Dammon, CMU Tepper associate dean and professor, explains [...]
Books, Bschool Life, Career, Current, Fun Stuff, MBA
Wharton will host the first official “MBA Peer School Forum,” a gathering of top MBA student government leaders. The three-day President Summit will focus on “inter-school cohesion and collaboration” as well as initiatives that will “bring positive impact to business and society.” The event will include the collaboration of outgoing and incoming student presidents from [...]
Career, Current
A recent BusinessWeek article, titled “MBAs with a Social Conscience,” reports that more and more MBA applicants have social enterprise, nonprofit work, and sustainability on their minds when it comes to choosing a post MBA career path.
Adcoms from top MBA programs are seeing increases in the interest applicants show for these idealistic, “nontraditional sectors.” Assistant [...]
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 [...]
