Posts Tagged ‘MBA Admissions’
HBS, Stern, and Chicago MBA Applicants: Over Here!
I came across three excellent sources for those of you doing research on Harvard Business School, Chicago Booth, and NYU Stern. Interview with the MBA Admissions Director Dee Leopold and Andrea Kimmel discuss HBS’ application process. The first question: What is HBS looking for? Other...
Kellogg Oops: Accepts and then rejects 50 applicants
Ouch and Oops. Kellogg on Monday accidentally sent acceptance notifications to 50 students it intended to reject. Northwestern spokesperson Megan Washburn blamed a mail-merge glitch and said “It is a very unfortunate error.” She said the school will reimburse each of the affected students their $235...
Georgetown McDonough 2009 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips.
Georgetown McDonough 2009 MBA Deadlines Deadline Received By: Decisions Notification Round 1 November 7, 2008 January 12, 2009 Round 2 January 16, 2009 March 23, 2009 Round 3 (Final) April 3, 2009 May 18, 2009 *If you are applying to a Full-Time Joint Degree program you must submit your MBA application by the deadlines stated above. Applications to the other schools...
WSJ EMBA Rankings — Part 2
Taking a leaf from Forbes, The Financial Times, and The Economist, which all use ROI in calculating their rankings, The Wall St. Journal published a second ranking of EMBA programs based exclusively on ROI. The September ranking surveyed EMBA students and recruiters and asked them how well...
Cambridge Judge MBA Admissions Blog
Cambridge’s admissions office is the latest to join the ever-growing list of MBA adcoms with its own blog — albeit officially unofficial. Written by James Barker, Admissions Co-ordinator at the Cambridge MBA Admissions Office, The Cambridge MBA Admissions Year’s stated purposes is to “give readers an insider’s...
MBA Admissions: Is Finance Impossible?
I listened this morning to a Haas podcast “Careers in finance remain viable in tumultuous times” with Abby Scott, Executive Director of Career Services at Haas, and a welcome voice of reason for panicked times. She acknowledges the current difficulties in the financial services industry,...
MBA Admissions: Yale SOM Reports on Round 1
The Yale Daily News reports today on trends at Yale SOM. The highlights: Applications rose 4% in Round 1 2008 over Round 1 2007. The average GMAT of round 1 applicants rose 2 points to 698. “SOM’s participation in The Consortium more than doubled the number of underrepresented...
MBA Admissions: CMU Tepper Chat, Recent transcripts, Early Career Applicants, Mumbai Massacre
This week Accepted is pleased to host Laurie Stewart, Carnegie Mellon’s Executive Director of MBA Admissions, along with other members of the Tepper community during an online CMU Tepper chat on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 10:00 AM PT/ 1:00 PM ET/6:00 PM GMT. Please...
MBA Admissions: No-Cosigner Loans for International Students
There has been a lot of talk about the sudden dearth of financing options for international students who would like to attend American MBA programs. Some applicants are questioning whether to apply if they will have no way of paying for the degree. I decided...
