HI Jon,
Thanks for your reply but I think, I was not able to convey properly what I wanted to know from you. Sorry, my bad! I didn't mean to know which schools are hardest to get into!
Rather what I meant is among the schools in my list, which schools are having
the MOST intense and challenging programs in terms of academic rigor MOSTLY...and perhaps other relevant factors, if any! Precisely, how much is the workload of coursework/curriculum ?
For example, what I heard (on the MBA forums/different consulting firms' sites) is that Kellogg has a comparatively much relaxed workload/curriculum (people there can spend the tenure in a cool/relaxed way on this front) whereas 2 yr in Tuck is really tough and challenging that one has to roll up sleeves and dive into the pool of extremely hard-working people.
I'm looking for this sort of probable grouping to find the best possible fit ,however, this criteria (re Competitiveness as described above) is just one of the many important considerations to determine the best fit overall.
Hope now I'm more clear on my question
Look forward to your valuable thoughts Sir!
P.S: As for the Bloomberg BusinessWeek rankings -
I couldn't get any idea about how intense and challenging the program is in terms of academic rigor! The one of the two most important metrics they use for ranking is, I think, survey of current students on overall satisfaction with the coursework/curriculum including culture of their schools. Right ? So, how does this really help answer my question above ?