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Published: September 13, 2018
More Columbia Business School MBA Students Learn to Code
Like every other elite business school worth its salt, Columbia Business School (CBS)has seen a huge surge in student interest in programming and analytics courses. It started three years ago when Costis Maglaras, the chair of the Decision, Risk & Operations division of CBS, oversaw development of a new analytics curriculum with the goal to ensure that students were being trained in quantitative, data-driven decision-making. Read more
Published: September 13, 2018
Fridays from the Frontline: Embracing Entrepreneurship and the HBS Asian-American Community
Fridays from the Frontline Recent Harvard Business School (HBS) alumus Wilson Kyi (MBA ’18) hosts a popular podcast called Fish Sauce, which is dedicated to “the unique traits and viewpoints Asian-Americans bring to entrepreneurship.” According to Kyi, the podcast was a natural outgrowth of the cross-cultural community that the Asian-American Business Association (AABA) engendered at HBS. Kyi, who according to his bio “leaped into smaller tech after growing tired of big tech,” took to the HBS blog in a recent post to discuss the soup-to-nuts process behind the Fish Sauce podcast and the multifaceted role Read more
Published: September 12, 2018
Real Humans of Duke Fuqua’s MBA Class of 2020
As the MBA Class of 2020 prepares for its first semester on campus at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, we at Clear Admit are excited to feature profiles from incoming students as part of the second in our ongoing series called the Real Humans of the MBA Class of 2020. Read on to learn more about Fuqua, why these students decided it was the right experience for them, and what they hope to get out of their two years there. As an elite MBA program, Fuqua offers students the ability to tailor the curriculum to suit their Read more
Published: September 12, 2018
MBA News You Need: INSEAD Receives Largest-Ever Donation, Stanford Alum Helps Businesses Prepare for the Future of Ownership, Wharton Launched the Leder Behavior Change for Good Initiative, and More
Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and provide a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top business schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of September 16, 2018. André and Rosalie Hoffmann INSEAD Receives Largest-Ever Individual Donation INSEAD announced that André and Rosalie Hoffmann recently gifted the business school with the largest individual donation in its history. The gift will establish the Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society, which Executive Director Katell Le Goulven explains will “forge leaders, managers, Read more
Published: September 11, 2018
Incoming MBA Class at Darden Boasts Record-High GMAT Score
Like many of its peer schools, the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business rolled out the red carpet in recent weeks for all 335 members of its MBA Class of 2020. Dean Scott Beardsley pledged to the students assembled in the packed Abbott Auditorium that Darden “will work to ensure that you get exactly what you want out of this 21 months—which will fly by—so that you are prepared for a lifetime of meaningful work.” Headline news regarding Darden’s Class of 2020 is its record-setting average GMAT score of 718, the highest in the Read more
Published: September 11, 2018
Michigan Ross Admissions Director Talks Event Follow-Up
Sponsored Content Attending a fair, meet-and-greet, or information sessions about the MBA program at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business is a great idea. During these events, you can gain better insight into the culture of the program so that you can make a more informed application decision. It’s also a wonderful opportunity to meet the admissions team, ask your questions, and network with other applicants. But did you know that you could be missing out on the full experience if you’re not following through. Diana Economy, the Director of Full-Time MBA Admissions at Michigan Read more
Published: September 11, 2018
You’ve Attended an Event! What Should You Do Now?
Sponsored Content MBA events are a critical part of your MBA admissions journey. They’re ideal for gathering information about what graduate business opportunities are available. Some people attend an event with a clear idea of what type of MBA program they’re looking for, while other attend MBA events to compile a short list of schools they want to learn more about. Either way, attending an MBA event can be a great resource to gain insightful tips, hints, and advice from the admissions staff. But once you attend an MBA event—be it a fair, information session, or meet & greet for Read more
Published: September 11, 2018
What Should You Do After Attending an NYU Stern MBA Event?
Sponsored Content Attending an MBA Event put on by the NYU Stern School of Business is a great way to get to know the school, the MBA program, the admissions team, and the application process. Whether you attend a fair, information session, or informal meet-and-greet, the amount of information you can gather is incredibly helpful for making your MBA decision, but only if you do everything you need to do to gain the best experience. Just as you prepared to attend the event, you need to prepare to follow-up after an event. That means reaching back out Read more
Published: September 11, 2018
Attending an MBA Event at Duke Fuqua? Here Are Your Next Steps!
Sponsored Content We love to attend MBA events. Whether it’s a fair, meet-and-greet, or information session, there’s so much we learn about each business school and MBA program we meet in person. And it’s no different when we attend an MBA event put on by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Their events offer unique insight into their culture, admissions process, and program that’s hard to find without meeting in person. Allison Jamison, Duke Fuqua’s Assistant Dean of Admissions But, if you truly want to get the most out of attending a Duke Fuqua MBA event, then you have Read more
Published: September 11, 2018
How to Follow-Up After Attending an MBA Event at Cornell Johnson
Sponsored Content If you’ve attended an MBA event with Cornell University’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, you know you know how valuable it can be. You probably walked away far better informed about the school, it’s culture, the admissions process, and more. You may have even gotten a lot of your questions answered by the admissions team. That’s all great, but if you want the best experience possible, make sure you take it one step further with a follow-up plan. Judi Byers, Johnson-Cornell’s Executive Director of Admissions & Financial Aid Judi Byers, the Executive Director of Admissions Read more
Published: September 11, 2018
UVA Darden Admissions Explains What to Do After an MBA Event
Sponsored Content You’ve attended an MBA event; great! Now what? You might have prepared a set of questions, comments, and thoughts before the event and that was great, but you can’t stop there if you want to get the most out of the situation. Whenever you attend an event, meet-and-greet, or fair, there’s some necessary follow-up post attendance that you need to do. For UVA Darden School of Business that follow-up is incredibly important if you want to make the best impression possible. It’s not about throwing yourself in front of the admissions team, but about ensuring Read more
Published: September 11, 2018
Attending an Event at Yale SOM? Admissions Explains ‘What Now?’
Sponsored Content If you’re an MBA candidate, you’ve probably attended many MBA program events for various schools. Events are a great way to get to know a program and to meet the admissions team, alumni, faculty, and even students. There’s just one problem, too often we get so caught up in preparing to attend an event that we forget about what happens afterward. If you’ve attended a Yale School of Management event whether on-campus or off, you know how valuable it is. But have you thought about what to do now to get the most out of Read more
Published: September 10, 2018
Tuck Reports Application Volume Uptick, More International Students, Record-Setting Women in Class of 2020
Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business today became the latest in a string of business schools to share statistics for its incoming Class of 2020, but its headline news comes in contrast to reports from almost every other peer in the United States. At Tuck, application volume was up year over year with 2,621 applications received. It’s a mere 0.4 percent uptick, but it’s an uptick nonetheless in a year when numerous schools have seen double-digit declines. The Class of 2020 is also more diverse internationally, again bucking the trend among U.S. schools, most of which struggled in Read more
Published: September 10, 2018
Applications Down 4.5 Percent at HBS, But Applicant Quality Remains High
The release of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Class of 2020 profile statistics last week revealed that the Boston school—like many of its U.S. peers—saw a decrease in overall application volume, but median GMAT score and GPA remained unchanged from the prior year at 730 and 3.71 respectively. The admit rate, 11 percent, was also unchanged year over year. So though he was working from a smaller pool of 9,886 applicants (down from 10,351 last year), Managing Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Chad Losee did not sacrifice on quality. HBS is one of many leading U.S. Read more
Published: September 10, 2018
Real Humans of the Yale SOM MBA Class of 2020
With students flooding back to business school campuses around the globe, we are thrilled to kick off our Real Humans of the MBA Class of 2020 series with this spotlight on members of the incoming Yale School of Management (SOM) first-year class. Last year’s series—our first ever—was hugely popular with our audience, and we’re hoping this year will be the same. We’re also pleased to include many more schools this year, close to 40 in all! We plan to publish two per week, so stay tuned to learn more from students at all the schools you may Read more
Published: September 9, 2018
What Do Employers Want from MBAs? Financial Times Employer Survey Finds Out
The Financial Times recently published the results of its second annual survey of top employers regarding the skills they think are most important when recruiting for MBA talent—as well as those that are hardest to find. According to the Financial Times employer survey published last week, these are the top five most important skills among business school graduates: The ability to work in a team The ability to work with a wide variety of people The ability to solve complex problems The ability to build, sustain, and expand a network of people Time management and the ability to prioritize As for Read more
Published: September 7, 2018
MBA News You Need: HBS Welcomes First Joint MS/MBA Class, Chicago Booth Students Highlight Courses, LBS Announces Real Innovation Award Nominees, and More
Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and provide a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top business schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of September 5, 2018. HBS Welcomes Inaugural MS/MBA Class Students from Harvard Business School (HBS)’s new joint two-year MS/MBA program kicked off their first-year courses at HBS following an intensive System Engineering course. In a blog post, HBS Managing Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Chad Losee praised the “talent and diversity of backgrounds we have represented in the Read more
Published: September 6, 2018
Fridays from the Frontline: Leslie Clift Hruby, Trailblazer Who Brought More Women to MIT Sloan
Fridays from the Frontline Sloan Women in Management (SWIM), an organization at MIT Sloan School of Management that “works to increase opportunities for all women through networking events, speaker series, professional development workshops, and mentorship programs,” recently honored alumna Leslie Clift Hruby, SM ’73. SWIM paid tribute to Hruby for her pioneering efforts to promote “gender diversity in MBA programs in the mid- 70s by helping Sloan become one of the most gender diverse programs in the United States.” According to Hruby’s Linkedin profile, she “increased the number of women attending the MIT Sloan School of Read more
Published: September 5, 2018
Podcast Episode 20: Should You Apply in Round 1 or Round 2?
In the MBA admissions world, this week holds some of the first application deadlines for candidates looking to apply to business school for the 2019-20 academic year. Completed applications for early action at IESE were due in by Tuesday, Harvard Business School (HBS) Round 1 applications were due yesterday, and the deadline for the new Early Action round at UVA’s Darden School is tomorrow. Applications for the earliest rounds at Oxford’s Saïd Business School and Cambridge’s Judge Business School are also due tomorrow. Things are Read more
Published: September 4, 2018
Berkeley Haas Welcomes Record Number of MBA Students in Incoming Class of 2020
Last week, UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business unveiled stats for the incoming students that comprise its full-time MBA Class of 2020. At 291 full-time students (along with 276 evening and weekend students), the Haas Class of 2020 is larger than any before, even as it remains one of the smallest classes among the world’s elite business schools. It is also one of the most academically accomplished classes in the school’s history. Average GPA for this year’s first-year class is 3.66, off just .05 from last year’s. But an increase in average GMAT offset the tiny Read more
Published: September 3, 2018
Clear Admit Webinar Series Recap – “How to Ace Round One Applications”
Are you planning on applying in Round One?  Clear Admit’s experts are here to give you advice and tips to be successful at navigating the admissions process. We’ve just completed both parts of our two-part webinar series available online – and we highly recommend that you watch and listen to it as it provides valuable insight into acing your Round One applications! The webinar covers: Identifying your target schools How to correctly fill in data forms The best advice for preparing your references for the recommendation forms Final touches to the application Preparing for the interview Making the decision on where to enroll Read more
Published: August 30, 2018
Fridays from the Frontline: Calculating the MBA’s Return on Investment
Fridays from the Frontline Marjorie DeGraca, executive director of admissions for Berkeley MBA Programs for Working Professionals Before officially taking the plunge, many prospective b-schoolers no doubt spent many late nights perusing the Clear Admit archives to weigh the pros and cons of pursuing an MBA. It’s practically an age-old pastime at this point. While the value of elite programs is undisputable when it comes to networks, prestige/social capital, and of course the world-class skills you accrue, none of those dividends come cheap. In fact, many of the real rewards of an MBA can be difficult to quantify. What is Read more
Published: August 29, 2018
Incoming Johnson Cornell MBA Class of 2020 Features More Women and URMs, Fewer International Students
The MBA Class of 2020 kicked off the fall semester in style earlier this month at Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. To formally welcome the new recruits to the Cornell community, Johnson Business Feed published a comprehensive class profile, shedding light on the students who make up the incoming class. There are 280 students in the incoming students (up just slightly from last year’s 277), and they boast an average GMAT score of 699 and an average undergrad GPA of 3.4. That’s pretty similar to the Class of 2019, where average GMAT score was Read more
Published: August 29, 2018
MBA News You Need: Wharton and INSEAD Renew Strategic Alliance, Georgetown Institutes Receive $1 Million BoA Grant to Fund Women’s Economic Mobility Initiatives, and More
Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and provide a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top business schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of August 29, 2018. Wharton, INSEAD Renew Strategic Alliance Through June 2021 Thomas S. Robertson, Whaton professor and executive director of the Wharton-INSEAD Alliance (left) and Gavin Cassar, research director of the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance at INSEAD Wharton and INSEAD, two of the most esteemed business schools in the world, recently announced a renewal Read more
Published: August 28, 2018
Podcast Episode 19: 10 Tips for Tackling the MBA Written Application
With Round 1 deadlines looming, we know many of you are hard at work crafting essays, filling out data forms, and perfecting your resumes. Before you do anything else, check out the latest episode in the Clear Admit MBA Admissions Podcast series, which tackles the written components of the MBA application head on. Clear Admit’s Alex Brown Our guest this week is Clear Admit’s own Alex Brown, who worked for several years as part of the admissions team at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He’s also the author of Becoming a Clear Admit: The Read more

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January 17, 2026 4:47pm ET
Applying: Chicago Booth, Harvard Business School, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Penn / Wharton, Stanford GSB
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Military
Post MBA Career: Finance, FinTech, Investment Banking, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Evercore Partners, Guggenheim Partners, JP Morgan, Lazard Freres, Moelis & Company, Oliver Wyman, McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Consulting
GMAT: 665
GPA: 3.12
Years of Work Experience: 10
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January 17, 2026 8:48am ET
Applying: Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Penn / Wharton, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: HR in Tech
Post MBA Career: McKinsey, KPMG, BCG, Bain, Consulting
GRE: 328
GPA: 3.8
Years of Work Experience: 5
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January 15, 2026 4:07pm ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School, Indiana / Kelley, MIT Sloan, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: heathcare
Post MBA Career: Healthcare
GRE: 328
GPA: 3.8
Years of Work Experience: 7
Location: atlanta
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January 15, 2026 12:15pm ET
Applying: Columbia Business School, Cornell / Johnson, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Penn / Wharton, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Finance
Post MBA Career: Consulting
GMAT: 755
GPA: 3.4
Years of Work Experience: 8
Location: Canada
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January 14, 2026 6:04am ET
Applying: Harvard Business School, Penn / Wharton, Stanford GSB
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting
Post MBA Career: Health Care
GRE: 324
GPA: 3.51
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: Virginia
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January 18, 2026 5:46pm ET
Applied to NYU Stern
Round: Round 3
Received via n/a
Standardized Test: Granted Waiver
GPA: 3.61
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Consulting
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: United States, Miami
January 18, 2026 5:45pm ET
Applied to Columbia Business School
Round: Round 2
Received via n/a
Standardized Test: Executive Assessment (EA)
GPA: 3.61
EA: 149
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Consulting
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: United States, Miami
January 18, 2026 4:43pm ET
Interview Invite to Dartmouth / Tuck
Round: Round 2
Received via email January 18, 2026
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.88
GRE: 332
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Consulting
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: Georgia
January 18, 2026 12:30pm ET
Interview Invite to Yale SOM
Round: Round 2
Received via email on January 12, 2026
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 3.4
GMAT: 655
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Finance, FinTech, Paypal
Target Career: Entrepreneurship
Application Location: Peru, Lima
January 18, 2026 12:28pm ET
Interview Invite to Dartmouth / Tuck
Round: Round 2
Received via email January 18, 2026
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 3.4
GMAT: 655
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Finance, FinTech, Paypal
Target Career: Entrepreneurship
Application Location: Peru, Lima
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