Archive for October 2016

2013 marked the 50th anniversary of Harvard Business School first admitting women to their program. Given the stats today, it’s hard to believe that prior to 1963, women were not admitted to the business school at Harvard. Forty-three percent of HBS’s Class of 2018 are women, a far cry from the handful of eight women…

Top business schools are going out of their way to reach out to female applicants. In recent years, these schools have been especially eager to close the gender gap in their incoming classes. But while top B-schools are keen on enrolling as many women as possible, admission remains highly competitive. Whether you’re male or female,…

Move over, Harvard and Stanford! You’ve got nothing on Chicago, Kellogg and Darden — at least according to the 2016 Economist MBA rankings. The Economist’s list is known for being the rebel among the major MBA rankings, and this year is no exception. For 2016, the top ten schools are: 1. University of Chicago Booth School…

The MBA interview is the final hurdle that applicants have to scale to get admitted to the business school of their dreams. And for some applicants, the interview can be the most terrifying part of the application. Yet it doesn’t have to be. Acing the B-School interview requires that you understand what MBA programs are…

Yale School of Management and University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business have shared profiles of their newest classes. Both classes include students with a wide range of backgrounds and interests. Yale called its latest cohort a “diverse and global group” while Ross described its Class of 2018 as “the most diverse class of MBA…

    Successful MBA applicants take the interview seriously and they do whatever it takes to ensure that they are well-prepared. Performing well in your interview will help you get admitted to your school of choice and this is where EXPARTUS comes in.  We are hosting a webinar on how to ace your HBS, GSB and…

Here’s a fun experiment to try: visit Google.com (make sure you’re logged out of your Google account, first) and search for “Harvard Business School”. Search for “Stanford Business School”. Search for “Wharton MBA”. Notice something? “[School name] acceptance rate” comes up in the top 3-4 suggested search options, every time. Everyone, it seems, want to…