Archive for March 2019
Yale SOM Bringing “Soft Skills” Test Into Admissions Process
A constant question for business schools is how to evaluate “soft skills” that are hard to quantify but essential for future success. Recently, Yale School of Management has been experimenting with a test of soft skills developed by Educational Testing Service, makers of the GRE. Since Round 2 of last admissions season, applicants to Yale…
Read MoreU.S. News’s 2020 MBA Rankings Are Out
U.S. News has released their latest batch of business school rankings, and it turns out there are a lot of ties this year. According to U.S. News, the top ten MBA programs are: 1. University of Pennsylvania Wharton School 2. Stanford Graduate School of Business 3. Harvard Business School 4. MIT Sloan School of Management 5. University of Chicago Booth School of Business…
Read MoreWharton Launches Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance
Another month, and another new finance-related initiative at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. In February, a $10 million donation established the school’s Alternative Investments Program. Now, the school has launched a new FinTech center, the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance. Its namesake is Ross Stevens, an undergraduate alum of Wharton, who is supporting the…
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Each time an MBA admissions committee (adcom) member picks up an application to review they ask themselves three important questions? WHO: The first one deals with Who. Who is this candidate? They genuinely want to know whether the applicant they are considering is authentic and real. WHAT: The second question they ask is “What”. What…
Read MoreYale SOM Chooses Economist Kerwin Charles as Next Dean
Yale School of Management has announced that, as of July 1, it will have a new dean: Kerwin Charles, currently teaching at University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. Charles is an economist whose research has focused on labor markets. His papers explore topics such as how economic status carries across generations, income inequality,…
Read MoreOne-Two Finish for Haas at UCLA Energy Case Competition
Students from University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business have taken home the first-place prize in UCLA’s Challenges in Energy Case Competition – and the second-place prize, for that matter. The two teams, comprised of eight MBA students from Haas’s MBA Class of 2020, grabbed the top two spots in a competition with the…
Read More$10 Million Donation Launches Wharton’s Alternative Investments Program
The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School is launching a new program focused on alternative investments, thanks to a $10 million gift from undergraduate alum Josh Harris and his wife Marjorie Harris. Harris’s gift establishes the Joshua J. Harris Alternative Investments Program, which will host events and create learning opportunities for Wharton students related to alternative…
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