Admissions Tip: School-Hosted Blogs

by Clear Admit, Jul 24, 2011

As the summer progresses and applicants begin researching their target schools in more depth, we would like to highlight a valuable research tool: school-hosted blogs. The last few years have seen a significant increase in the number of MBA student blogs hosted by schools admissions offices, as well as in admissions offices use of blogs to keep applicants informed of deadlines, admissions policies and events. Both types of blogs are useful throughout the admissions cycle; the factual information in the admissions office blogs is helpful in understanding and planning for the application process, while the student blogs offer valuable insights into student life, culture and academics.

Below weve provided links to some of the active blogs hosted by the leading MBA programs.

Admissions Office Blogs:

Harvard Business School Directors Blog

http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog.html

Kellogg School of Management

http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/programs/fulltimemba/applying/admissions_blog.aspx

UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

http://berkeleymba.blogspot.com/

UCLA Anderson School of Management

http://mbablogs.anderson.ucla.edu/

Wharton MBA Admissions

http://engage.wharton.upenn.edu/MBA/blogs/mbaadmissions_blog/default.aspx

Stanford MBA Admission Blog

http://www.stanford.edu/group/mba/blog/

Chicago MBA Admissions Blog

http://blogs.chicagobooth.edu/boothinsider

Ross School of Business

http://rossblogs.typepad.com/admissions/

School-Hosted Student Blogs:

London Business School

http://blog.students.london.edu/

MIT Sloan Student Journals

http://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba/experience/journals.php

Wharton Student Diaries

http://diaries.wharton.upenn.edu/

UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

http://berkeleymbastudents.blogspot.com/

UCLA Anderson School of Management

http://mbablogs.anderson.ucla.edu/mba_students/

Yale SOM Community Blog

http://blogs.som.yale.edu/index.php

Finally, The Tuck School of Business offers a blog for which both students and admissions officers contribute.

To help our readers easily access these blogs, we offer feeds on the right-hand column of this page that display the most recent entries from school-hosted blogs. Whether you are an applicant looking to learn more about a target school or a news junkie who just cant get enough of the MBA world, these feeds should help you keep on top of all the latest blogging from the schools. Happy reading!

[Editor's Note: No need to go to each school's individual blog anymore, you can visit Beat The GMAT's MBA Watch to get the latest information from each school, including their blogs!]