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Which schools got most tough & intense 2 year MBA ?

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by RBBmba@2014 » Thu Mar 26, 2015 3:50 am
Hi Veritas Admission Consulting team,
Let me begin by stating that I'm aware that b-school is tough to get in and subsequently MBA is even tougher to complete successfully - it'll require lots of hard work during that 2 years in the b-school.

But, still I think there are schools which have got more intense & highly competitive programs than the others in the top 20 or so (US news).

So, it'd be really helpful if you could let me know which schools among the followings are having the most competitive/tough 2 yr MBA ? And how this list would look like if we could rearrange the b-schools in terms of MOST competitive, tough & intense Full-time 2 year MBA programs ?
  • HBS
    Kellogg
    CBS
    Tuck
    Darden
    Ross
    UCLA Anderson
    Cornell Johnson
    McCombs
    Emory Goizueta
    Olin
    UNC- Kenan-"‹Flagler
    Kelley
Look forward to your thoughts. Much thanks in advance!
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by Marcus@VeritasPrep » Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:53 am
Am guessing you are trying to get at which mba programs provide most value, while being less competitive from admissions perspective...

IMHO, the hardest part of b school is getting in. After that, it is only as hard as you want to make it (but yes, it is a lot of work to even remain average academically).

Figure out what you want to do, and then find the school that best matches those goals. Happy to do profile evaluation.
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by RBBmba@2014 » Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:11 am
Marcus@VeritasPrep wrote:Am guessing you are trying to get at which mba programs provide most value, while being less competitive from admissions perspective...

IMHO, the hardest part of b school is getting in. After that, it is only as hard as you want to make it (but yes, it is a lot of work to even remain average academically).

Figure out what you want to do, and then find the school that best matches those goals. Happy to do profile evaluation.
Hi Marcus,
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 OR provide most value, while being less competitive from admissions perspective!

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,I'm more clear on my question now :-)

Look forward to your valuable thoughts!
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by Michael@VeritasPrep » Sat Oct 24, 2015 1:52 pm
To be honest the programs are as intense or as easy as you want them to be. The old saying is you can pick two of three in business school: Recruiting, Social, Academic. The point being that plenty of people at HBS/Tuck/MIT will take the easy route on academics because they care more about the other two options. Also, lots of schools don't even give out letter grades or ask students to not report their grades to recruiters.
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