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Columbia Business School has announced their application deadlines for students entering in 2018. Due to their rolling admissions and unique “J-Term” scheduling, Columbia does not do the typical multi-round deadlines. Instead, the school has one deadline for January-entry students (who skip the summer internship and complete their degree in 16 months) and two deadlines for…

Berkeley Haas School of Business Releases 2017-2018 MBA Admissions Deadlines  Haas School of Business has announced their application deadlines for students entering in 2018. Haas considers applicants in three rounds:  Round one:  Application deadline – Sept. 21, 2017 Decision posted – Dec. 14, 2017  Round two:  Application deadline – Jan. 4, 2018 Decision posted –…

Harvard Business School has announced a new Master of Science in Engineering and Master of Business Administration (MS/MBA) joint degree that will debut in August of 2018.  A collaboration between HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), the new program is targeted at those interested in developing their…

Applying to Harvard Business School just got a little easier for active duty military members. The school has announced that it will waive its $250 application fee for members of the military applying to its MBA program.  The fee waiver is supported by a gift from Michael J. Zak, who served in the United States…

In March, Stanford’s Graduate School of Business announced Kirsten Moss as its new admissions director. Now, as of June 1, she has officially started in her new role, and Stanford GSB has marked the beginning of her tenure by releasing an interview that sheds some light on how she intends to approach the job.  The…

Online MBA students tend to be older, with more work experience, than traditional full-time MBA students, according to a new survey from U.S. News. The data collected by U.S. News from over 100 ranked online MBA programs reveals that online MBA students have an average age of 33 – six years older than their on-campus…

Are you a mid-career professional thinking about going to business school? For many people who consider returning for a business degree after spending some time in the workforce, getting an MBA is the default choice. Many candidates don’t realize that an EMBA program is an option for them. That shouldn’t completely come as a surprise;…

GMAC has released their 2017 Prospective Students Survey Report, finding that while business master’s programs continue to rise in popularity, many master’s recipients later go back for MBAs. As expected, GMAC found that master’s and MBA degrees tended to attract different kinds of candidates. Master’s applicants tend to be younger, with less work experience, and…

New York University’s Stern School of Business has announced two new specialized MBA programs: one in tech, and one in fashion. Both are streamlined one-year programs. Raghu Sundaram, Stern’s Vice Dean for MBA Program’s and Online Learning, said the one-year schedule would be an efficient way for students to gain industry-specific experience while “reducing the…

Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business has announced that their new Director of Admissions and Financial Aid will be Luke Anthony Peña, formerly Stanford GSB’s Director of MBA Admissions. The announcement concludes an in-depth search that has been underway for three months after Tuck’s former admissions director, Dawna Clarke, stepped down to start an admissions…