Weekly Roundup for Clear Admit’s MBA Podcast
In this week’s MBA Admissions podcast we began by discussing the current state of the MBA admissions season. We are continuing to see MBA programs release their final decisions. This upcoming week, UPenn / Wharton, London Business School, Stanford, MIT / Sloan, UVA / Darden and Vanderbilt / Owen are releasing their Round 2 decisions. MBA programs are also continuing to their next admissions rounds, including Cambridge / Judge, Berkeley / Haas, UPenn / Wharton, Northwestern / Kellogg, Georgetown / McDonough, Texas / McCombs, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen, Minnesota / Carlson, Arizona / Carey, Chicago / Booth and Rice / Jones.
Graham highlighted the Spring MBA applicant survey that Clear Admit is conducting. You can access the survey here: https://bit.ly/surveymba26
Graham then noted upcoming Clear Admit events. On May 11, Clear Admit is hosting our in-person admissions event in Atlanta. We are also hosting several Application overview events on May 19 and 20, and May 26 and 27. Signups for these events are here: https://www.clearadmit.com/events
Graham then highlighted an MBA admissions tip that focuses on choosing between several MBA program offers.
Finally, Graham continued with the Real Humans Alumni series. This week focuses on two alumni from Kellogg / PepsiCo and London Business School / Meta.
For this week, for the candidate profile review portion of the show, Alex selected three DecisionWire entries.
Three MBA Admissions Candidates Reviewed
This week’s first MBA admissions candidate wants to work in Consulting and be on the West Coast, post MBA. Their offers include Darden, Mendoza, Goizueta and Merage.
This week’s second MBA applicant is deciding between Johnson and Scheller. They want to be in the northeast, post MBA.
This week’s final MBA candidate is deciding between Fuqua and IESE. They are from Latin America and are focused on Health Care.
Darden for West Coast?

Johnson vs Scheller

Fuqua vs IESE

Be sure to post to MBA ApplyWire, MBA DecisionWire or MBA RankingsWire if you’d like Graham and Alex to offer admissions advice.
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This episode was hosted by Graham Richmond and Alex Brown, and produced by Dennis Crowley. Thanks to all of you who’ve been joining us!
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