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Published: August 21, 2017

MBA ApplyWire Spotlight: Seeking Advice on “Reach” Business Schools

As MBA applicants craft their calendars for admissions, many conundrums have arisen on ApplyWire, Clear Admit’s latest tool to aid in your admissions process. This week, we're setting the spotlight on a candidate seeking advice on "reach" business schools. We take a closer look at a post from an applicant considering Berkeley / Haas, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UCLA Anderson, and Yale SOM. Read on for more details about the candidate’s background. Initial advice targeted scheduling and the GMAT: Read more

Published: August 14, 2017

What MBA Class of 2019 Profiles from HBS, Kellogg Reveal about YOUR Chances of Admission

Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management last week released a profile of its incoming Class of 2019, and Harvard Business School (HBS) earlier this summer released its own preliminary Class of 2019 profile. (The Boston school notes there could be subtle shifts come late August when the final class matriculates.) A look at both reveals that this past admissions cycle was a competitive one with few major shifts from the year before. It also shows some striking similarities between the incoming class compositions at the two schools. Application Volume Increases HBS Read more

Published: August 7, 2017

ApplyWire Spotlight: Applying to Business School with a Low GPA

As MBA applicants set their sights on leading business schools, many are sharing their plans—and concerns—on ApplyWire, Clear Admit’s latest tool to aid in your admissions process. This week, we’re setting the spotlight on a candidate with a low GPA targeting seven schools. We take a closer look at a post from an applicant considering Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UCLA Anderson, and UVA / Darden. Read on for more details about the candidate’s background. The original poster had a bit more to share about their plans: Read more

Published: July 31, 2017

MBA ApplyWire Spotlight: Applying to Business School for Technology

As MBA applicants determine their choices of target schools, many interesting plans have arisen on ApplyWire, Clear Admit’s latest tool to aid in your admissions process. This week, we're setting the spotlight on a candidate considering five MBA programs for technology. We take a closer look at a post from an applicant considering Berkeley / Haas, Harvard Business School, MIT / Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, and the Wharton School. Read on for more details about the candidate’s background. Concerns from the community immediately kicked off on the GMAT: Read more

Published: July 17, 2017

MBA ApplyWire Spotlight: Applying to Business School for Brand Management

This week’s MBA ApplyWire Spotlight takes a look at a particularly unique applicant, with a background heavy in nonprofit experience. This candidate has set their sights on six potential business schools: Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Georgetown / McDonough, NYU Stern and UCLA Anderson. Read on for more details about the candidate’s background. Even with so many potential target schools, the first responses suggested an even wider pool of Read more

Published: July 13, 2017

Kellogg Admissions Director Dishes on Essay Questions, Application Volume, More

Mugs and glasses clinked all around and the smell of bacon and freshly brewed coffee was enough to awaken even the sleepiest of senses as Melissa Rapp, director of admissions for the full-time MBA and MSMS programs at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, and I sat down to breakfast last month at Dottie’s True Blue Café in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. We were both in town for the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) annual conference but decided to venture a little farther afield in hopes of finding something a bit more memorable Read more

Published: July 10, 2017

MBA ApplyWire Spotlight: Applying to Business School for Consulting

With the launch of Applywire, Clear Admit’s latest tool to aid in your admissions process, we're setting this week’s spotlight on a candidate considering nine MBA programs. This week, we take a closer look at a post from an applicant considering Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke /Fuqua, Harvard Business School, Michigan / Ross, MIT / Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth and the Wharton School. Read on for more details about the candidate’s background. Initial feedback tried to steer towards a timeline: Read more

Published: July 6, 2017

Fridays from the Frontline: So You Want to Be a Social Entrepreneur at Kellogg

Today’s Friday from the Frontline post comes to us from Saumya, a recent graduate of the two-year MBA program at Kellogg School of Management. With her MBA degree, Saumya’s plans are to return to India, where she worked as a social entrepreneur before coming to Kellogg for business school. Prior to Kellogg, Saumya ran a startup called YellowLeaf in her native India, whose mission is to save migrant blue-collar workers from exploitation. While at Kellogg, she had the opportunity to incubate a second social enterprise, an agri-tech venture called Kheyti, whose low-cost, Read more

Published: June 29, 2017

MBA Applicant Spotlight: Finding Fit at Cornell / Johnson

Welcome to another edition of MBA Applicant Spotlight, in which we share admissions experiences from the latest candidates for business school. This week, Mukul Aggarwal, a mechanical engineer from India, shares his journey to the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Read more

Published: June 5, 2017

MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Northwestern / Kellogg, UCLA / Anderson or U. Washington / Foster for Social Impact

In another installment of MBA DecisionWire Spotlight, which highlights MBA candidates’ choices as shared in Clear Admit’s DecisionWire, we take a closer look at a candidate’s choice among Northwestern / Kellogg, UCLA / Anderson or U. Washington / Foster for social impact. The offer from UCLA / Anderson came with a scholarship as well. Feedback began with a focus on weather and finances: Read more

Published: May 11, 2017

MBA Applicant Spotlight: Prioritizing Fit to Choose Between Haas, Booth, Kellogg, and ASU

In this edition of MBA Applicant Spotlight, we catch up with Michael Sahm, a healthcare professional who submitted half a dozen business school applications and found success at Chicago Booth, Northwestern / Kellogg, Berkeley / Haas, and Arizona / Carey. Sahm has worked in the healthcare industry for seven years, first as a management consultant and now at Tenet Healthcare, one of America’s largest healthcare providers. He really enjoys the healthcare space and hopes to explore career opportunities in healthcare venture finance or healthcare tech after business school. As an undergraduate, he earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern California, where he was a Dean’s Scholar. Where did you apply? What were the results? I applied to six MBA programs—HBS, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth, Kellogg, Berkeley Haas, and Arizona State. I was rejected at HBS and Stanford (no interviews) and accepted to Booth, Kellogg, Berkeley, and ASU. Read more

Published: May 8, 2017

MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Northwestern / Kellogg or a Scholarship at Duke / Fuqua for Consulting

In this edition of MBA DecisionWire Spotlight post, which highlights MBA candidates’ conundrums as posted in Clear Admit’s DecisionWire, we walk through responses to someone considering Northwestern / Kellogg or Duke / Fuqua with a scholarship for consulting. Initial responses were simple and direct: Read more

Published: April 24, 2017

MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Harvard Business School, Northwestern / Kellogg or UPenn / Wharton for Social Impact

In this edition of MBA DecisionWire Spotlight, which highlights selected options as posted in Clear Admit’s DecisionWire, we walk through responses to a candidate considering Northwestern / Kellogg with a scholarship, Harvard Business School or The Wharton School for social impact. Given the candidate’s career goals, some favored the funding from Kellogg while others prioritized the HBS brand. One of the first comments captured the essence of the debate: Read more

Published: April 17, 2017

April Is Jam-Packed with Admitted Students’ Weekends: What You Need to Know

Along with showers, April also brings dozens of admitted students’ weekends at business schools across the country—part of the schools’ efforts to convince top candidates to call their campuses home next fall. Anxious applicants who spent months with their eyes glued to LiveWire in a desperate attempt to foretell their futures are now packing their bags and heading off to meet potential classmates and see what life at Harvard or Stanford or Wharton or any number of other top business schools might really be like. Which means it’s now the schools’ turn to try to impress. Indeed, the month of Read more

Published: April 17, 2017

MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Chicago Booth, Northwestern / Kellogg or UPenn / Wharton for Finance

In this week’s MBA DecisionWire Spotlight, which pulls the admissions results of students and alumni as shared in Clear Admit’s DecisionWire, we round up responses to a candidate considering Northwestern / Kellogg with a scholarship, Chicago Booth or The Wharton School for finance. While the F.C. Austin scholarship from Kellogg sounded lucrative to many, several people chimed in for the other MBA programs, Chicago Booth and the Wharton School. This community member succinctly captured the potential conundrum: Read more

Published: April 16, 2017

Kellogg EduIndia Team Wins Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge

Making the World a Better Place While Also Making Money Earlier this month, 10 teams from business and other graduate schools from around the globe convened at Morgan Stanley’s New York offices for the Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge. At the end of the day, low-income primary and secondary students in India may just end up being the biggest winners. The annual competition, now in its seventh year, brings together bright teams of graduate students from leading business schools and other institutions to apply financial know-how and ingenuity to tackle some of the world’s thorniest problems. Known as sustainable Read more

Published: April 10, 2017

MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UNC Kenan-Flagler, USC / Marshall, Yale SOM for Consulting

In this edition of MBA DecisionWire Spotlight, which highlights the admissions results of students and alumni posted to Clear Admit’s DecisionWire, we round up responses to a candidate leaning towards Northwestern / Kellogg and Yale School of Management for consulting. Overall, his options include Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UNC Kenan-Flagler, USC / Marshall, and Yale SOM, and bringing his wife also factors into the decision. Initial responses from the community favored Yale and the scholarships: Other Read more

Published: April 3, 2017

Kellogg Unveils New Global Hub, Doubles Down on Its Collaborative Culture

Business schools that place a premium on collaboration appreciate that their students—and the diversity of perspective they bring—are as valuable as their renowned faculty. Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management is one such school, and it has just placed a $250 million bet that by championing collaboration it will help define the future of graduate management education. That $250 million bet, of course, is the stunning new Kellogg Global Hub, a 415,000-square-foot home for the business school perched alongside Lake Michigan just north of Chicago, which welcomed students for the first time last week. Toronto-based KPMB Architects won an international Read more

Published: April 3, 2017

MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Northwestern / Kellogg or U Penn / Wharton from Europe

In this edition of MBA DecisionWire Spotlight, which highlights the admissions results of students and alumni posted to Clear Admit’s DecisionWire, we round up responses to a candidate trying to choose between Northwestern / Kellogg and UPenn / Wharton for finance. This week, a candidate with acceptances to Kellogg and Wharton, but also a few waitlist placements, reached out on DecisionWire. A community member offered some detailed feedback: Read more

Published: April 2, 2017

The Glorious New Kellogg Global Hub, in Pictures

A week ago today, the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University welcomed students into its glittering new Global Hub, which replaces the aging Jacobs Center as the business school’s main facilities. Culminating a $250-million project that involved 1 million work hours put in by more than 1,500 people, the new 415,000-square-foot building is an architectural triumph designed to bring to life Kellogg’s central values of collaboration and boldness. “In my mind, this building tells the world unequivocally that we are a contender—we are not and have never been a one-generation wonder,” said Kellogg Dean Sally Blount to an Read more

Published: March 13, 2017

7 Takeaways from the 2018 U.S. News Business School Ranking

The schools making up the top 10 in this year’s U.S. News & World Report ranking of the nation’s best MBA programs—released today—were exactly the same as last year. That said, there are a smattering of surprises in terms of how top schools rose and fell relative to one another—and in movement among schools outside of the top 15. At quick glance, here are this year’s top 10, in order of their 2018 rank (2017 rank in parentheses): 1 Harvard Business School (1) 1 University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School (4) 3 University of Chicago Booth Read more

Published: March 7, 2017

DecisionWire Data Suggests a Tiered Business School Ranking

As many of our readers know, U.S. News & World Report is scheduled to release its annual ranking of leading MBA programs next week. We wanted to use this time—ahead of the ranking’s release—to highlight some key insights from our MBA DecisionWire data, which we think will provide context for the upcoming rankings and perhaps even foretell some of the results. Our analysis of DecisionWire data yielded some fascinating findings that we believe support a tiered ranking system for schools, one in which the peer group a school finds itself in serves as a better indicator of Read more

Published: March 6, 2017

Data Science Courses Increasingly Find Their Place in MBA Curriculums

Five years ago, MIT Sloan School of Management debuted a new course its professors believed to be the first of its kind. Called “The Analytics Edge,” the course gave students access to large quantities of real data that they could use to hone their analytic skills. “Our focus is on the application and the story, and how to use it in real life,” Allison O’Hair, one of the course’s co-instructors, said as part of a news article on the school’s website at the time. “To our knowledge, this is a new way of teaching ... the only class here that teaches analytics through applications. We let students get their hands dirty with real data and applications of analytics.” Read more

Published: February 27, 2017

MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Chicago Booth, Northwestern / Kellogg or UVA / Darden with Family

The choice of an MBA program can comprise a myriad of factors, as seen in this edition of MBA DecisionWire Spotlight, which highlights the admissions results of students and alumni posted to Clear Admit’s DecisionWire. This week, we take a closer look at a candidate with acceptances to U. Chicago Booth, Northwestern / Kellogg and UVA / Darden. While some feedback was positive and direct... Read more

Published: February 6, 2017

Suggestive Mr. Clean Earns Kellogg Super Bowl Ad Review Top Honors

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick may have taken home the most coveted awards after Super Bowl LI, but Mr. Clean was also one of the night’s biggest winners. The slightly suggestive commercial for the Procter & Gamble cleaning company beat out Bai, Febreze and Skittles in the 13th annual “Super Bowl Ad Review” at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. Lumber 84 and American Petroleum earned the lowest honors on the list for advertisements that were potentially confusing and overly long. While most of this year’s headline-grabbing advertisements were a bit more poignant, tackling themes of Read more

Northwestern / Kellogg

CLASS SIZE: 524

Women: 50%

MEAN GMAT: 733

MEAN GPA: 3.7

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December 13, 2025 6:49am ET

Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Harvard Business School, Indiana / Kelley, NYU Stern, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen, U. Washington / Foster, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2026

Pre-MBA Career: Consulting

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: BCG , McKinsey

GRE: 329

GPA: 3.34

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: Tokyo

Post MBA Location: New York

Notes:

Already got an admit from one of the T15 with no scholarship in round 1, applying to the rest in round 2.

I really need a scholarship to afford an MBA so will be applying to lower ranked schools as well. I currently work in Big 4 strategy team.

December 12, 2025 9:13am ET

Applying: Harvard Business School, UPenn / Wharton, Stanford GSB

Intake Year: 2026

Pre-MBA Career: Job lined up at DHL Consulting

Post-MBA Target Industry: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Private Equity Companies: Andressen Horowitz , Kleiner Perkins , Sequoia Capital , KKR

GMAT: 705

GPA: 7.38

Location: United States

Notes:

I'm an MiM candidate at Kellogg expected to matriculate in June 2026. I have an undergraduate degree in engineering from IIT. I will be joining DHL Consultings Americas office as a Mgmt Consultant post graduation from Kellogg.
My undergrad GPA is 7.38/10 and am expecting a 3.7+ from Kellogg at the time of applications.
I have a lot of internships ( 5+) at start-ups across various roles(strategy, marketing, Product Management, operations), industries and sizes. From dorm-room stage to unicorns. Also held multiple leadership roles during my time at college. Founded and headed two social initiatives on sustainability and women empowerment and informally mentored underclassmen from underrepresented backgrounds.
Plan to exit consulting soon into a start-up. Post MBA goal is investing ( not sure if VC/PE/Growth equity ). Longer term goal is entrepreneurship in India ( Inspired by family legacy and want to give back to country )

December 11, 2025 2:12pm ET

Applying: Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Georgetown / McDonough, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen

Intake Year: 2026

Pre-MBA Career: Business Operations in Energy Logistics

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Investment Banking

GMAT: 715

GPA: 2.45

Years of Work Experience: 6

Location: California

Post MBA Location: Austin or Southeastern US due to family

Notes:

- No excuse for low GPA, I was simply didn't have the necessary drive or subject matter interest in school, was more interested in playing music and doing enough to graduate. Pursued that simultaneous to my conventional job for a few years after school and actually had a couple cool licensing deals with corporate brands but in last few years decided to focus on career.
- unfortunately had an illness at the end of last year that led to me have serious vision issues, being laid off and subsequently on disability for the first part of this year. Have since mostly recovered except for an operation I should be able to get next spring.
- volunteer leader for a high school ministry

December 11, 2025 10:23am ET

Applying: Columbia, Harvard Business School, London Business School, Oxford / Saïd

Intake Year: 2026

Pre-MBA Career: Consulting

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Consumer Goods

GRE: 323

GPA: 3.61

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: Canada

Post MBA Location: New York

December 10, 2025 7:02am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, U. Chicago Booth, Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Harvard Business School, HEC Paris, Indian School of Business, INSEAD, London Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2027

Pre-MBA Career: Finance

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Investment Banking Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey , Bank of America , Citibank , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan , Morgan Stanley , JP Morgan Chase , Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Microsoft , Tesla

GMAT: 760

GPA: 8.4

Years of Work Experience: 2

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December 13, 2025 5:46pm ET

Interview Invite to NYU Stern

Round: Round 2

Received via email on December 04, 2025

Standardized Test: GRE

GRE: 321

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

December 13, 2025 4:35pm ET

Accepted to Washington U. / Olin

Round: Round 2

Received via email on December 11, 2025

Standardized Test: Granted Waiver

GPA: 3.10

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: USA

Note:

Accepted with full ride $$

December 13, 2025 1:27pm ET

Waitlisted at NYU Stern

Round: Round 2

Received via portal on November 23, 2025

Standardized Test: GMAT

GMAT: 685

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: India

Note:

WL without Interview

December 13, 2025 1:25pm ET

Rejected at UVA / Darden

Round: Round 1

Received via portal on December 09, 2025

Standardized Test: GMAT

GMAT: 685

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: India

December 13, 2025 7:13am ET

Rejected at MIT Sloan

Round: Round 1

Received via portal on December 11, 2025

Standardized Test: Executive Assessment (EA)

EA: 161

Program Type: One Year Program

Target Career: Healthcare

Application Location: United States, chicago

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