With the high cost of admission to a top-tier business school, prospective students should determine whether pursuing the MBA degree makes financial sense as a long-term investment. I advise applicants [...]

The  University of Chicago Booth School of Business  has updated the required  full-time MBA essay question  for the 2016-2017 application cycle. Check them out below: Essay Question View this collection of [...]

If you’ll be earning your MBA as part of the Class of 2018, chances are that right now you’re either finishing up your last weeks at work or enjoying some [...]

As the  NYU Stern School of Business   website  states, “Stern develops leaders who make an impact on business and beyond.” Evolving from a pure finance school into one that [...]

The  Johnson Graduate School of Management  at Cornell University has appointed  Mark Nelson , an internationally recognized scholar and member of the Johnson faculty since 1990, as its 12th dean, [...]

Former MBA admissions director  Peter Johnson  has returned to  Berkeley-Haas School of Business  to serve as the new assistant dean of the Full-time MBA Program and Admissions, the school recently [...]

Welcome to the third installment of our Fast Math series. (Miss part 1? Take a look here .) Make your life easier on the GMAT: do less Math. (Yes, with a [...]

While not all Class of 2019 MBA applications have gone live yet, several programs have posted their essay questions so that applicants can get going on their drafts. But how [...]

Do you have a profile on any of the major social media platforms? Do you frequently tweet, upload pictures to Instagram or Flickr, or post updates on Facebook? If so, [...]

The so-called hard skills of financing, accounting, supply chain management are widely available at business schools across the board, but it seems the soft-set skills, such as the ability to [...]

Something unique and completely unexpected arrived in my inbox recently. With the author's permission and encouragement, I share this letter in the hopes that some of my blog readers might [...]

Welcome to the fourth installment of our series on the new Official Guides for GMAT® Review (2017 edition). If you haven’t seen the earlier installments yet, start here and work [...]

In the first of our new series of guest posts directed at military applicants, army veteran and Cornell MBA Peter Sukits shares candid, actionable advice for military veterans considering a [...]

If you’re applying to business schools in Round 1, the process of pulling your materials together will consume much of your life in the coming months. Of particular focus will [...]

They’re alive! (Cough. Er.) Well, they’re published anyway: the new Official Guide books are here! In our first two installments, we talked about the Quant portions of the new Official [...]

In high school or college—or maybe even recently on an important project at work—you might have been able to wait until the last minute to do something and still come [...]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv0wG3K0mfI[/youtube] Susan Cera, Stratus Prep Senior MBA Counselor and former Adcom for the Duke Fuqua School of Business, outlines what you need to know to gain admission into the most elite [...]

This post originally appeared on Stacy’s “Strictly Business” MBA Blog on U.S.News.com. If you've been feeling down since receiving a rejection letter from your dream business school, I want [...]

Is MIT Sloan School of Management on your short list of target schools for this fall's MBA application season? It's a phenomenal, highly academic program that draws on the MIT [...]

The new Official Guide books have landed! In part 1, we talked about the changes to the quant portions of the guides . Already read that part? Then let’s talk about [...]

While it's true that going to business school with children in tow is no cake walk, many MBA moms are finding more resources and support on campus than ever before. [...]

Just what is Big Data? And how is it used to make real business decisions? Anyone interested in the burgeoning field of business analytics should check out this story in [...]

The new Official Guide books have landed and I’ve got the scoop for you! In this multi-part series, I’ll start by discussing additions and changes to quant sections for The Official [...]

Stanford Graduate School of Business continues to ask applicants to delve deep into their personality, values and motivations for this set of MBA essays. The classic “what matters most” essay [...]

The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management has received a $25 million gift from alumnus David Breazzano , one of the largest donations ever made to business [...]