Posts Tagged ‘Harvard HBS’
MBA Specialty Rankings Unveil Possibilities for All
Fact: Not everyone can go to a top 10 business school. Businessweek‘s new MBA specialty rankings give the other 90% of us a solid place to begin research when you know what you want to do but can’t attend or afford a top 10 program. Such...
MBA Hiring on the Rise on Wall Street
Banks and brokerages on Wall Street have increased their MBA hiring, reports a Fins.com article from last week. Maryellen Reilly Lamb, senior associate director of MBA career management of Wharton, explains, “Two years ago, I couldn’t get a bank to take our calls, last year they...
2010 MBA Rankings Released by Businessweek
Businessweek just released its biannual full-time MBA rankings. There were some minor shifts in this year’s U.S. top 30 compared to those of 2008, and some more significant changes in the international rankings, as you’ll see below. Top 30 U.S. Business Schools of 2010 (2008 rankings...
MBA Admissions News Round Up
The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) released sample “integrated reasoning” questions for the new GMAT. According to a Businessweek article on the subject, some GMAT test-takers will receive sample reasoning questions at the end of their exam; results won’t be scored, but will be used...
Harvard Stresses Importance of Innovation with New Lab
The Harvard Innovation Lab, which is scheduled to open in fall 2011, will “foster team-based activities and deepen interactions among both aspiring and experienced innovators across the schools of Harvard,” says Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust in a recent HBS press release. HBS Dean Nitin Nohria...
Top B-School Admissions Gets Easier, for Some
A Businessweek article reports on the drop in selectivity among top business schools including Michigan Ross, Cornell Johnson, UCLA Anderson, Indiana Kelley, and Maryland Smith. These schools all admitted a higher percentage of applicants in 2010 than they did in 2008, when b-school application numbers...
Study: Which MBAs Have the Highest Salaries, and Other Recent Trends
A recent survey on international recruiting trends was conducted by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The following findings were published in a New York Times article, “Bank Crisis Shifts Demand for MBA’s.” The demand for business school graduates has increased 32% in the Asia-Pacific region. This is compared...
The College to B-School Jump (With No Work In Between)
According to a Wall Street Journal article, “No Experience Necessary,” more MBA students are heading straight to business school after completing college. One advantage of such a move, at least according to Wes Swank, a 29-year-old who completed his MBA at age 24, is that “going...
MBA Admissions News Round Up: What’s Going On in the World of Top MBA Admissions
Large, elaborate b-school campuses don’t just attract more applicants and professors, but help a school climb higher in the rankings, reports a Businessweek article, “Elite B-Schools Keep on Building.” According to Yale professor Matthew Speigel, “Elite business schools in the U.S. are locked in an...
HBS 2+2 Program Hits Lowest Acceptance Rate
According to a recent Harvard Crimson article, only 12% of applicants gained admission to Harvard Business School’s prestigious 2+2 Program, the lowest acceptance rate yet in the program’s three year history. 828 college juniors applied to the 2+2 Program (down slightly from last year’s 844 students)....