Posts Tagged ‘Stanford GSB’
2012 Applicants: Time to Poke the Box
I just finished Seth Godin’s Poke the Box, an ode to initiative, innovation, and overcoming fear of risk and failure. In this short book, which Godin alternately and accurately refers to as a “manifesto” and a “rant,” he motivates the reader to just do...
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 Admissions News Round Up
U. Penn’s Wharton School of Business received a $15 million gift from Jay H. and Patty Baker to endow a new center for the study of the retail industry. The money will go towards curriculum development, research tools, and industry outreach for both graduate and...
Are MBA Students Narcissistic?
According to a Financial Times article, the answer is a resounding, “Yes.” In “The narcissistic world of the MBA student,” Jeffrey Pfeffer, author of Power: Why Some People Have it and Other’s Don’t, elaborates on the reasons why MBA students show “a remarkable sense of...
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...
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...
Stanford GSB MBA Applicant? Watch this!
Accepted’s very own Linda Abraham was the guest on a recent MBA Podcaster segment on getting into Stanford Graduate School of Business. The video focuses on how to effectively answer Stanford’s essay questions and how to land winning letters of recommendation. As Linda points out, some...
MBA Admissions News Roundup: New Test Prep, NYU Stern Application Tips, and New B-School Rankings for Consulting
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...
MBA Admissions News Roundup: New Test Prep, NYU Stern Application Tips, and New B-School Rankings for Consulting
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...
MBA Admissions News Round Up
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be joining the Stanford GSB faculty next month as co-director of the school’s Center for Global Business and the Economy, reports a Businessweek blog post last week. The center “aims to be the leader in developing and disseminating...