Posts Tagged ‘Yale SOM’
US News Grad Rankings Are Out!
The US News just released its 2009 Grad School Rankings. I’m going to list the top ten for business school, law school, and medical school (research) and provide links to the ranking methodology for each category. For other graduate specialties, please visit the US News...
2009 GMAT Club’s Business School Rankings
Second Annual GMAT Club MBA Rankings – Top 20 schools ranked based on the interest each of the Schools generates throughout the year on the GMAT Club’s MBA forum. Methodology: each of the business school master threads is examined and views are counted to arrive at...
Take the MBA Admissions Survey!
We’d like to hear from you! As a member of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC), we are conducting a survey to help us better understand MBA applicants’ goals and needs. If you are or will be an MBA applicant, we invite you to...
7 Signposts to Differences Among MBA Programs
After reading “Musings on Kellogg’s Differentiators” by Managing Magic, who describes well a few distinguishing characteristics at Kellogg, I decided to explore the factors MBA applicants should examine to uncover the differences between programs. Researching these elements will help 2010 MBA applicants as they start...
Yale Announces J.D./MBA Degree in Three Years
Yale has announced the launching of a new program that will enable students to complete a J.D. and MBA in just three years. Although similar joint-degree programs usually take four years to complete, the new program will be spread over six semesters. Students in the...
Yale’s Bruce DelMonico: Finance from an Admissions Perspective
Part of an ongoing series “MBA in Finance: Forget It?” My question: Given the weakness in investment banking, hedge funds, and financial services in general, how do you react to applicants who say they want an MBA to enter IB, PE or a related field that has...
4 Tips for Proofing Your Prose
Tons of deadlines this month, and I meant to post these tips earlier in the week. Time got away from me. Please use these techniques for essays with upcoming deadlines. Give yourself a break. Put the application away for a day, overnight, several hours, or at...
Great Application Essay
I just read a great application essay/personal statement, and it’s not even written by an Accepted client. In fact, it’s not even written by an applicant. My daughter sent me a link to “Pay It Backwards: An Act Of Coffee Kindness” by Arthur Rosenfeld, a novelist,...
MBA Admissions: Multiple Acceptances and Waitlisted
A few MBA applicant bloggers are dealing with questions now that they have received first round decisions. First Hakuna Matata!!! is thrilled to be accepted to Yale SOM and Cornell Johnson. Congratulations! He asks several questions in “3 down…1 to go!” and I am going to respond...
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...
