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...

It’s been a season of change for deans at top business schools in the U.S. Last week Sunil Kumar, Stanford GSB‘s Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology, was named the new dean of Chicago Booth. According to Robert Zimmer, University of Chicago president, “[Kumar] brings the...

They were looking for four things. I didn’t know until I’d made it to the third and last round of interviews, but McKinsey and Company, the strategy consulting firm perennially ranked among the top “dream” employers of MBA students, was looking for four specific qualities...

Here’s some advice: When the associate director of MBA admissions from your target school offers pointed, clear essay tips, MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THEM! So for those of you applying to Stanford GSB, listen up as Allison Davis shares the top 8 mistakes applicants make on...

Stanford GSB 2011 Essay Questions This Stanford GSB 2011 MBA Application tip post is one of a series of posts providing MBA application and essay advice for applicants to top MBA programs around the world. You can access the entire series at http://blog.accepted.com/acceptedcom_blog/tag/2011-mba-application-tips. My tips for...

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...

The winners of this year’s Beautiful B-School photo contest are… The First Prize ($200 Amazon gift certificate) goes to BizWiz for his shot of Stanford GSB‘s Oval Park: Second Prize ($100 gift certificate) goes to Matt Thieleman for his picture of Tappan Street and Michigan Ross amidst...

U.S. News and World Report has had a lot of coverage recently on the boom in GRE popularity among top U.S. business schools. The option to take the GRE instead of the GMAT exam is a somewhat recent development. What began as a trend (started by...

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...

According to a Haas School Newsroom press release, UC Berkeley Haas will be offering ten scholarships this fall that will be matched by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Yellow Ribbon Program in an effort to attract more veterans to its top MBA program. The...