MBA News Articles

  • The Online MBA Comes Of Age

    The Online MBA Comes Of Age

    by on June 18th, 2013

    Douglas A. Shackelford is a professor’s professor. He’s a widely published scholar whose CV overflows with six densely packed pages of published papers, Congressional testimony and academic honors. A highly regarded … Read More

  • Tweets, Slideshows and Social Media – The New MBA App

    The University of Iowa’s Tippie School of Management revamped their application to connect with candidates in their own space – social media. Imagine if instead of churning out several admissions essays, you could … Read More

  • What MBA Interns Are Being Paid

    It’s that time of the year again when MBA students venture far and wide from campus to take on their summer internships. For most of them, especially those in consulting and banking, their summer stint is a dress … Read More

  • Most Reliable & Valid MBA Ranking?

    If Dawn Iacobbuci was a prospective MBA applicant instead of an accomplished professor, the MBA ranking she would most definitely consult before applying to business schools would be the annual list published by U.S. … Read More

  • Most Desirable MBA Employers of 2013

    Google hasn’t lost its mojo–not with MBAs at least. For the seventh year in a row, Google topped the list of the most desirable MBA employers, according to a newly published survey of MBA opinions by research … Read More

  • NEWS FLASH: HBS Broke Their Record for Enrolling Women

    It’s a good day for women in business, and we are psyched to pass along the excellent news. This year, according to Bloomberg Businessweek, HBS broke their record for enrolling women to their MBA class for 2013. 41% … Read More

  • At Haas, Big Returns On SR Investing

    Dale Stephens, author of “Hacking Your Education,” posed the following hypothetical scenario recently in The Wall Street Journal: Would you hire “the candidate who built a profitable business over the course of two … Read More

  • 2013-2014 HBS Application Essays

    HBS dropped a big surprise on everyone this week when they reduced their essays down to one, and in an even more unconventional move, made it totally flexible and with no word limit. HBS has traditionally asked four … Read More

  • Sandy On Harvard’s New MBA Application

    Harvard Business School kicked off the unofficial start to the 2013-2014 MBA admissions cycle on May 30 with a radical change in its application process. The school reduced the number of essays to just one open-ended … Read More

  • New Common App Essay Questions in 2013

    Time for a change! The Common Application main essay prompts have been the same for many years, but this year – starting on August 1 – applicants will face new essay prompts. There are other changes, too. In previous … Read More

  • Oxford’s $11.5 Million Scholarship Boost

    Business students with the lofty ambition of creating social change on a global scale may find their pathway a bit easier and less expensive. The University of Oxford’s Saїd Business School now boasts some $11.5 … Read More

  • HBS Shows Increasing Love Of STEM Admits

    It’s hardly a secret that Dee Leopold, managing director of admissions and financial aid at Harvard Business School, loves prospective MBA candidates who apply with undergraduate degrees in science, technology, … Read More

  • Who Should Skip The Harvard Essay?

    You’re applying to Harvard Business School. We can see your resume, school transcripts, extra-curricular activities, awards, post-MBA career goals, test scores and what your recommenders have to say about you. What … Read More

  • HBS Applicants ‘Panicked & Confused’

    Harvard Business School’s radical changes to its admission policies on May 31 have made already anxious candidates to the school’s MBA program “panicked and confused,” according to several admission consultants. … Read More