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Over the past decade, the percentage of female MBA students has been on the rise across leading business schools. USC Marshall was the first leading business school to achieve gender parity while others have achieved or continue to strive for that benchmark. The Forté Foundation has also consistently reported that women are either gaining or holding their ground on b-school campuses. Look at the chart below to see the percentage of female MBA students at leading business schools around the globe. Business School % Women Arizona State University Read more

Business schools come in all shapes and sizes and the class size of top MBA programs can be a factor in considering fit. From networking to a tight-knit culture to campus opportunities, class size can reveal much about an MBA program. No matter which program you choose, the top MBA programs strive to ensure relationship building during full-time b-school life. Some larger programs, such as Harvard Business School and CBS, mainly break the student body down into cohorts/sections/clusters of dozens of students. Other U.S. business schools, like Wharton, also have Learning Teams, groups of 5-6 students who Read more

If you completed the new GMAT Focus edition, now simply referred to as the GMAT, with a score ending in a 5, please refer to Coming to Grips with the New GMAT Scores. The analysis below refers to the traditional GMAT test. See where your GMAT score lands among the top U.S. MBA programs, as we report the average GMAT scores in the chart below. If you have yet to take the GMAT, you can also get a sense of what score you need to target. Business school admissions use the GMAT score as a sign of applicants’ academic Read more

With the admissions deadlines for the 2018-2019 admissions season on the horizon, many MBA hopefuls are posting to Clear Admit’s ApplyWire, a platform for feedback from our community of top-tier applicants to help inform your final choice of schools and approach to admissions. In this edition of MBA ApplyWire Spotlight, we take a closer look at a couple of posts from international candidates.  Our first entry is from an applicant considering Indian School Of Business, INSEAD, and London Business School: Our resident admissions expert, Alex Brown, kicked off the conversation: Read more

Many businesses have begun to question how climate change will affect them in the not-too-distant future, and with good reason: By 2030, global climate change impacts are projected to reach $700 billion annually. This figure has inspired investors to constantly monitor climate risk, and plenty of  businesses have started to take action. Some 42 percent of Fortune 500 companies have set goals for carbon reduction. “Climate change is having a real impact in many parts of the global economy right now—affecting food production, investment decisions, insurance premiums, supply chains, and operational assets,” explains Daniel Vermeer, an associate professor of the practice of energy and environment and executive director of the Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment (EDGE) at Duke University. “Over time, we expect that these impacts will increase in scale and frequency," Vermeer adds. These business challenges, questions, and more were front and center at the most recent ClimateCAP: The Global MBA Summit on Climate, Capital, and Business, an annual event held last month at Duke's Fuqua School of Business.    Read more