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Classes are underway at University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, which means the school’s new $60 million building, Chou Hall, is now in use. The building boasts a range of high-tech features like microphones in the desks. Perhaps most impressive, though, are the building’s green credentials. Chou Hall, which Haas says is “on…

The Class of 2019 at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business includes a CIA economic analyst, a nationally ranked chess player, and a major in the Indian Army. If that’s not enough, it also has New York Times project manager, someone who raised money to open a 15-bed shelter for LGBTQ kids while he…

You might think a 730 GMAT and a 3.69 GPA is pretty good. But if you’re an MBA student at Yale School of Management, it’s just enough to make you average! And even a 760 GMAT and 3.94 GPA lands you in the middle 80 percent. That’s according to data released on the school latest…

The University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has welcomed its MBA Class of 2019. And at 284 students, it’s the school’s largest MBA class yet! If 284 people doesn’t seem like an overwhelmingly large student body to you, you’re right – Haas is known for its small MBA class sizes. But while the…

Are you looking to attend a top-ranked business school? For MBA candidates in most of the world, if you want to go to a world-class b-school, you’re going to have to travel. The top 10 MBA programs, according to the Financial Times, are all in the United States or Western Europe. Of the top 20…

The Wharton School has released a profile of its latest MBA cohort, the Class of 2019. Wharton’s data paints a picture of a class with diverse backgrounds and experiences, comprised of people from 65 different countries. As you’d expect, competition to gain a spot in the Class of 2019 was fierce. The school received 6,692…

If you think of B-school applications as a trial, your recommendations are the part where you call witnesses to testify. And every lawyer knows that an unreliable witness can sink a whole trial. Letters of recommendation are no different. Lining up recommendations that reinforce your personal brand is essential. Here are 5 mistakes to avoid…

FinTech is a topic of the moment at leading business schools, and Oxford University’s Saïd Business School is joining in with a new online course. The course, created in partnership with online education company GetSmarter, will start in October and continue for ten weeks. In announcing the course, Saïd stressed the potential for new technologies…

There are plenty of myths surrounding the business school application process. The problem with myths, however, is that they are not true. Yet many applicants rely on them and set themselves up for failure as a result. Here are some of the popular myths on applying to top MBA programs: Myth 1: You can’t get…

Harvard Business School has announced a new fellowship called the Forward Fellowship, for students from lower-income backgrounds. Rather than looking only at a student’s current financial situation, the Forward Fellowship takes into account financial history and family background. Applicants who are awarded a Forward Fellowship will receive between $10,000 and $20,000 per year, on top…