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Real Humans of MBA Admissions: Rebekah Lewin of the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School
It’s early summer, which means that admissions directors have emerged from reading applications for a brief window of time before hitting the road to recruit the next batch of candidates. And that’s afforded those of us here at Clear Admit the opportunity to connect with many of them and reprise... Read more »
Fridays from the Frontline: Why David Washer Pursued a Dartmouth Tuck Joint MBA/MPH Degree
For David Washer, who knew he wanted to pursue a career serving the social sector and striving for social justice, a joint MBA/MPH (Master of Public Health) degree seemed like just the ticket. In the post that follows, he shares why the Dartmouth Tuck Joint MBA/MPH degree made the most... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Alex Lawrence of the UCLA Anderson School of Management
Alex Lawrence, an alumnus of the UCLA Anderson School of Management (MBA ’99), took the helm as the school’s assistant dean of MBA admissions and financial aid in August 2012. Lawrence knows the school well. Five years after receiving his MBA, he returned to campus in 2004 to serve as... Read more »
Interview with the Dean: SMU Cox School of Business
Since 1997, Albert W. Niemi, Jr. has served as the dean of the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University (SMU Cox) in Dallas. He is also currently the Cox School’s Tolleson Chair in Business Leadership, as well as the William J. O’Neil Chair in Global Markets and... Read more »
New GMAT Feature Offers Test-Taking Personalization
For hopeful business school students taking the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), a significant change will be going into effect on July 11, 2017. Previously, those taking the GMAT tackled exam sections in a set order: Analytical Writing Assessment, Integrated Reasoning, Quantitative, and finally the Verbal section. The amendment made by the Graduate... Read more »
MBA Jobs Plentiful, Visa Worries Not a Deterrent for International Hires, According to Latest GMAC Employer Survey
The release today of the annual GMAC employer survey report from the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) means the time has come once again to read the tea leaves as far as what the year ahead promises for MBA grads and the job search. And the tea leaves look auspicious.... Read more »
Bain & Company Remains Committed to International MBA Hires Amid H1-B Uncertainty
In this third installment in our continuing series on the H1-B visa and its impact on international MBA students, we checked in with consulting firm Bain & Company, a leading MBA recruiter, to understand the issue from an employer’s perspective. “We definitely hear more questions coming from students about how... Read more »
One-on-One with New Georgetown McDonough Dean Paul Almeida
On August 1st, the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business will welcome a new dean, Paul Almeida. Almeida is the current deputy dean of executive education and innovation, as well as a professor of strategy and international studies. When he takes his place as dean, Almeida will also become the... Read more »
H1-B Visas and MBAs, Take Two: Why Such a Big Deal Right Now? Which Employers Are Sponsoring?
Yesterday, we debuted the first in our series on H1-B visas with an examination of what the H1-B visa is and what the process involved to get one is like. Today, we’ll delve deeper to better understand why it’s become such a hot topic right now as well as look... Read more »
Fridays from the Frontline: Darden MBA Student Molly Deale Shifts from Making Hats to Managing Finances
It’s Friday—which means it’s time for some perspective from the MBA community. Today it comes from Molly Deale, a rising second-year MBA student at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Deale’s pre–business school work experience is pretty unique: She managed a New York City millinery studio, creating hats... Read more »
Featured Schools
The Paul Merage School of Business - University of California, Irvine
| Class Size | 81 |
| FEMALE | 30% |
| Mean GMAT | 652 |
| Mean GPA | 3.38 |
Fisher College of Business - The Ohio State University
| Class Size | 92 |
| Female | 27% |
| Mean GMAT | 671 |
| Mean GPA | 3.52 |
Yale School of Management
| CLASS SIZE | 334 |
| FEMALE | 43% |
| MEAN GMAT | 730 |
| MEAN GPA | 3.65 |
Tuck School of Business - Dartmouth College
| CLASS SIZE | 285 |
| FEMALE | 44% |
| MEAN GMAT | 717 |
| MEAN GPA | 3.5 |
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