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Joined: 19 Oct 2010
Posts: 16
Given Kudos: 3
Concentration: Brand Management
Schools:McCombs (accepted), UNC (withdrawn), Darden, Kellogg
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WE 1: Advertising
WE 2: Product Management
Discussion Thread Rankings
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06 Jan 2011, 13:32
Does a measurement of discussion volume on a niche message board illustrate program quality? Probably not. However, I found it interesting to "rank" the schools based on total GMATClub pages dedicated to their corresponding applicant threads. Clearly, I'm bored.
Obvious methodology red flags include schools that have offered an additional, "early", round (see Columbia) or have simply increased traffic due to earlier decision announcements at this point in the process. Regardless, aside from the aforementioned CSB, along with unexpectedly poor enthusiasm for Harvard and Stanford, the rankings appear fairly accurate. Add this evolving measurement to the 264 other b-school rankings out there...
School - Pages
1. Columbia – 132
2. Kellogg - 103
3. Wharton – 88
4. Booth - 76
5. MIT – 73
6. Dartmouth - 64
7. Harvard - 52
8. Yale – 52
9. Ross - 51
10. Duke – 48
11. Stern - 41
12. Darden – 33
13. Haas - 32
14. Stanford - 39
15. Cornell - 28
16. UCLA – 22
17. Tepper - 20
18. Texas – 19
19. UNC – 13
20. Marshall – 9
21. Georgetown - 7
22. Emory – 5
23. Simon – 5
24. Indiana – 4
25. Vanderbilt – 3
26. Notre Dame - 3
27. Ohio State - 3
28. Boston College – 3
29. Purdue – 2
30. UC – Irvine - 2