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Do recruiters care about MBA rankings as much as the student body does 22 Mar 2021, 08:26
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As an MBA applicant this year, I found myself heavily invested in the rankings at the start of my applications (and even while finally closing in on my school). I believe that US news, FT, Forbes, Economist and Bloomberg are the most prestigious (read reliable) B school rankings

Tuck (the school I am headed too) for example has varied rankings, 12 in US news, 16 on FT (global), 6 on Forbes, 2 (this was a nice shock) in Bloomberg

I want to understand given the fluctuations and differences across rankings, do recruiters really care? I believe the strength of the student body would roughly be the same in top 10-15 schools (okay maybe we can bar HWS)

Would love to hear opinions on this
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Do recruiters care about MBA rankings as much as the student body does 22 Mar 2021, 09:00
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mbaaspirant29:

In short, the recruiters do not care. They usually have long standing relationships with all these top schools. For the most part, the reputations of these schools are fairly consistent, more so when you get down to their relative strengths (Finance: Wharton, Stern, Booth; Entrepreneurship: Stanford; PE/Management: HBS, etc.)

Recruiters are not going to be swayed by the movement of the school's ranking up or down. The reason that these schools move is due to changing criteria in the ranking system, not fundamental changes in the schools themselves.

Also, it is really the alumni base that dictates recruiting efforts. If X firm has a strong connection to Y school, then the firm will recruit there regardless of whether the school is 12th or 15th in the rankings.

Even as you extend beyond the top 25 schools, the actual ranking does not really make a huge difference. The schools then become more regionally focused, so once you recruit outside of a home market, it may become more difficult.

Also, you have to ask yourself, ranking according to which publication? US News has been the gold standard for a while, but Forbes, The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, etc. do get their fair share of attention.

Overall, while it's fun to track the movement of these schools, it's not really changing most people's perceptions.

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