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MBA Wire Taps 488: Darden vs Foster. Johnson vs Tepper. Stern vs Fuqua

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, CMU / Tepper, Johns Hopkins / Carey, Dartmouth / Tuck, Indiana / Kelley, IESE, Michigan / Ross, Notre Dame / Mendoza, Georgia / Terry and Imperial Business School are releasing final decisions. MBA programs are also continuing to their next admissions rounds, including Ohio State / Fisher, Imperial Business School, BYU / Marriot, Georgia Tech / Scheller and UCI / Merage.

Graham highlighted upcoming Clear Admit events. On May 11, Clear Admit is hosting our in-person admissions event in Atlanta. Most top MBA programs are scheduled to attend. We are also hosting several Application overview events in May, on May 19 and 20, and May 26 and 27. Signups for these events are here: https://www.clearadmit.com/events We are also hosting our monthly Livestream on YouTube on Tuesday, this week at 12 pm ET. Subscribe here to be notified as soon as we jump online: https://www.youtube.com/@ClearAdmitMBA

Graham continued with the Real Humans Alumni series. This week focuses on three alumni from Tepper / Merck, Jones / Barclays and Stern / Microsoft. Graham also highlighted a recently published podcast featuring an in-depth Q&A Georgetown / McDonough’s Anne Kilby.

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 focus on MBB, and has offers from Darden, Haas and Foster. They want to be in Seattle, post MBA.

This week’s second MBA applicant is deciding between Johnson and Tepper. They want to do investment banking.

This week’s final MBA candidate is deciding between Fuqua and Stern, while still on the waitlist for their top choice, Columbia.

Darden vs Foster

MBA admissions candidate choosing between Haas, Darden and Foster.

Johnson vs Tepper

MBA admissions candidate, choosing between Tepper, Johnson, Ross and Stern.

Stern vs Fuqua

MBA applicant, choosing between Fuqua and Stern. On Columbia's wait list.

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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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Alex Brown
Alex is a co host for Clear Admit's Wire Taps podcast. He has spent 30 years in the MBA admissions industry, and authored the book: Becoming a Clear Admit: The Definitive Guide to MBA Admissions Alex also teaches digital marketing through executive education programs for London Business School, Imperial College Business School and Columbia Business School.