Archive for May 2018

A good recommendation letter is a key part of an effective business school application package. Unfortunately, far too many applicants focus on entirely the wrong things. They don’t know who to ask to write them a recommendation letter, they don’t know when to ask, and they don’t know how to follow up. The reality is,…

One point for “Cal” in their running rivalry with Stanford. The occasion is the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business’s victory over Stanford Graduate School of Business in the annual “Golden Shovel” competition. In the competition, sponsored by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, teams representing Haas and Stanford GSB develop…

HBS has moved to two application deadlines instead of three by eliminating the third round deadline. Only 2+2 candidates can apply during the third round. Historically, most top MBA programs in the US have had three rounds and this recent move by HBS is a departure from the norm for US schools. It will be…

Many students choose to use B-school as an opportunity to go abroad in order to receive training, develop connections, and even launch a career in a country other than the one they’re from. So do some schools tend to attract an especially high proportion of international students? It turns out there’s a significant gap between…

Financial Times has released their 2018 ranking of the top MBAs for a career in finance. The list takes the top schools from FT’s Global MBA rankings and orders them based on how many students from each school go on to find jobs in finance and banking, or at fintech startups. This year, FT’s top…

In Part 1 of our Admissions Tips for Female MBA candidates, we discussed strategies to help female MBA candidates make the most of resources and events available for admissions. Read part 1 here. In part 2 we cover three examples of programs that provide female MBA candidates with more in-depth experiences and support. Forté MBA…

University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business has raised $2 million that it will use to launch a research center focused on leadership development. The Initiative for Transformational Leadership and Learning will begin as an initiative working to develop new forms of leadership education. According to Darden, the initiative’s first tasks will be to “to…

Applying to business school is a time that will put your decision making skills to the test. During this process, two decisions loom large: the decision to get an MBA at this point in your life, and the decision to apply to a particular set of schools. There are good and bad ways to make…

Business schools have become increasingly interested in the rise of big data in recent years. Now, University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business is joining the party with a new Data and Business Analytics concentration for full-time MBA students. The new concentration, which will be offered beginning this fall, is designed to give students an…