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Recommendation letters are an important part of the MBA application. They give the admissions committee an outside perspective of your candidacy, and represent a “vote of confidence” from someone with first-hand knowledge about your ability to handle the rigors of business school. However, for early-career MBA applicants who are newer to the workforce – with…

As a business school admissions consultant for more than a decade, and a former member of the admissions committee at Harvard Business School, I get a lot of questions from MBA applicants about whether or not they’ll be able to get into b-school based on their background. Most of us have a pretty good idea…

Financial Times has published its 2017 list of top MBAs for entrepreneurship, which looks at how entrepreneurial alums from each program tend to be as well as how their business school education contributed to their experience as entrepreneurs. This year, the top ten schools are: Stanford Graduate School of Business MIT Sloan School of Management…

Times Higher Education have announced that they will team up with the Wall Street Journal to create a new set of business school rankings. The first edition of the rankings will debut in Spring 2018.  THE is known for its yearly ranking of international universities. And THE and WSJ already collaborate on college rankings that…

The Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants has released the results of their 2017 MBA Applicant Survey. The survey contains a range of insights into how applicants typically approach the business school application process and what sources they tend to rely on in researching schools. Among other things, the results show that while applicants are getting…

Starting in July, GMAT takers will be able to choose one of three section orders before starting the test. The ability to select section order comes as part of a couple changes GMAC is introducing to make the test taking process more streamlined and flexible.  Immediately before beginning the test, GMAT takers will be able…

Michigan Ross School of Business Releases 2017-2018 MBA Admissions Deadlines  The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business has announced their application deadlines for students entering in 2018. The school admits students to its standard daytime MBA program in three rounds: Round one: Application deadline – Oct. 2, 2017 Decision posted – Dec. 15, 2017…

NYU Stern School of Business has announced their application deadlines for students entering in 2018. The school admits students to its standard daytime MBA program in three rounds. MBA candidates will receive one of three notifications by the Initial Notification date: a denial of admission, a waitlist offer, or an invitation to interview. Round one:…

INSEAD has announced their application deadlines for students entering in 2018. The school admits students twice per year, in both January and September. Each intake period has four application rounds. The application window for January 2018 intake is nearly closed, with the Round four deadline coming up on July 26, 2017, but the deadlines for…

Harvard Business School has announced their application deadlines for students entering in 2018. HBS considers applicants for their regular MBA program in three rounds, with a separate deadline for applicants to the 2+2 program: Round one: Application deadline – Sept. 6, 2017 Decision posted – Dec. 12, 2017 Round two: Application deadline – Jan. 3,…