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Published: May 21, 2018

Wharton MBAs, Including Former NFL Player, Challenge Classmates to Pledge One Percent to Charity

“If every MBA pledged just 1 percent of their post-MBA salary to charitable giving, what might be the potential social ramifications?” That was the question Kate Epstein and Josh McCann sought to answer when they were MBA students at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. The 2014 graduates would go on to found One for the World in an effort to make philanthropic giving easier. McCann first proposed the idea as part of speech assignment, and Epstein came on board to help grow it into an organization with chapters at universities all over the country Read more

Published: May 21, 2018

If Your MBA Program Doesn’t Offer Pre-MBA Travel Opportunities, BSchool Travel Has Got You Covered

Sponsored Content The following content was submitted by Dale Jarosz, a first-year MBA student at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and co-founder of BSchool Travel. The MBA application journey is a grueling one, marked by countless essays, campus visits, and interviews. The opportunity to reflect was certainly rewarding, but even more valuable were the relationships I built with my fellow students via interviews and MBA admitted student events. Our personal network helped us find our footing in nearly every aspect of our business school journey, from securing business partners to Read more

Published: May 17, 2018

New Edition of Becoming a Clear Admit, Now Available, and FREE!

The third edition of Becoming a Clear Admit: The Definitive Guide to MBA Admissions, written by Clear Admit’s Alex Brown is now available. We have also made this edition FREE, for the months of May and June; simply use the coupon code: Freefor2019Applicants at checkout Brown brings nearly 26 years of experience in MBA admissions industry, as an admissions officer, teacher and consultant, including 7 years as senior associate director of admissions at the Wharton School. With Becoming a Clear Admit, he has crafted a concise, insightful book that provides fascinating background and an in-depth overview of why Read more

Published: May 16, 2018

Our Latest Podcast: HBS MBA Student Team Venture to Combat Insect-Borne Disease Takes Top Honors at New Venture Competition

Last week’s episode of the Clear Admit MBA Admissions Podcast was focused on the winner of the student social enterprise track of Harvard Business School (HBS)’s New Venture Challenge (NVC). This week, as promised, we’re following up with an episode dedicated to the winner in the student business track. This year, the $75,000 grand prize in the student business track went to Hour 72+, which proposed a non-toxic, odor-free insect repellent that lasts for three days instead of just a few hours. The Hour 72+ team articulated its product’s goal as fighting insect-borne illness across the globe. Read more

Published: May 15, 2018

Healthcare Tech Teams Dominate 2018 Wharton Startup Challenge

Just a few weeks ago, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School held its 2018 Startup Challenge, which awarded cash prizes to outstanding student entrepreneurs whose startups all have the potential to become “the next big thing.” Billed as the school’s most significant entrepreneurship event of the year, the Wharton Startup Challenge saw 27 semifinalist teams compete for $135,000 in cash prizes. Eight teams made it to the finals on April 27th, where their ideas were assessed by six top-level executives from companies including Joor, Karlin Asset Management, the Charian Group, Monetate, Examworks, and Orasure. The Read more

Published: May 14, 2018

The Financial Times List of Top MBAs for Finance 2018

While big tech has started to attract top MBA talent over the last few years, the finance sector is still holding its own. Although the types of jobs students are gravitating toward within the industry has shifted some. While banking is still a big draw, there are also new opportunities to work for fintech companies or as part of in-house teams developing digital strategies. And so the question on many prospective applicants’ minds remains: What’s the best MBA program for a finance-minded student? And the second annual Financial Times ranking of Top MBAs for Finance 2018, released last week, Read more

Published: May 14, 2018

Harvard Business School Drops Round 3 for MBA Admissions

Beginning this application season, Harvard Business School (HBS) will no longer feature a Round 3 for applicants to its MBA program, the school’s admissions director announced in a post to his blog this morning. “After careful consideration, we have decided to focus our MBA application process on two rounds—with deadlines in September and January—and to focus our spring round on 2+2 applications,” Chad Losee, HBS managing director of admissions and financial aid wrote on his Direct from the Director blog. “To be considered for the Harvard Business School Class of 2021, you need to apply Read more

Published: May 13, 2018

Real Humans of the Columbia Business School MBA Class of 2019

As first-year MBA students at Columbia Business School (CBS) finish up their finals and head off to their summer internships, we’re excited to feature a handful of the MBA Class of 2019 reflecting on what led them to choose CBS for business school and how their experience so far has met—or exceeded—their expectations. Though still in Uris Hall on the main Columbia University campus, CBS will occupy state-of-the-art facilities as part of the Manhattanville campus currently under construction a little farther uptown within the next few years. But even with its new home still a few years Read more

Published: May 10, 2018

Lessons Shared and Learned at the Kellogg Global Women’s Summit

Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management hosted its first-ever Global Women’s Summit last week on May 8th and 9th. This landmark event brought more than 800 Kellogg alumni, students, guests, and community members together to discuss the numerous obstacles that women face in the corporate world—and how to overcome them. What set the summit apart from similar women-focused events was its unique structure. While many such events present attendees with a random, often chaotic buffet of activities, the Global Women’s Summit was deliberately organized into three career tracks corresponding to different stages of a woman’s career. Each session was labeled based on what a group at a particular career stage would find most valuable, which made it easy for women to attend sessions that fit their specific professional needs. From more than two dozen different sessions, we've highlighted a few of our favorite topics as well as two of the events we were able to live stream. Read more

Published: May 10, 2018

Fridays from the Frontline: A Glimpse at Lean In at Berkeley Haas

Fridays from the Frontline The University of California at Berkeley has long had a reputation as a hotbed of activism, from the Vietnam Day Committee’s march toward Oakland Base in the 1960s to its divestment campaign from South Africa during the 1980s apartheid era to the most recent protests against ultra-conservative commentator Milo Yiannopolous’ appearance on campus last year. The commitment to social justice present on Berkeley’s campus has also been infused into the curriculum of many of its schools, inspiring students to engage in direct action to shape the world they want to live. This is certainly true at Read more

Published: May 9, 2018

Our Latest Podcast: From HBS to Saving Lives—an MBA Student’s Venture to Help People Breathe

Last month, Harvard Business School (HBS) announced the winners of its 21st annual New Venture Competition (NVC), which has attracted more than 5,000 participants and awarded more than $2 million in cash prizes to student and alumni startups over the past two decades. Hosted by the school’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and its Social Enterprise Initiative, in partnership with HBS Alumni Clubs & Associations, the NVC features three separate tracks, a student business track, a student social enterprise track, and an alumni track. The social enterprise track has attracted more Read more

Published: May 9, 2018

MBA News You Need: UNC Kenan-Flagler Supports Alumni Entrepreneurs, MBAs Talk Paris as Corporate Hotspot, HBS Names Class Day Speaker, 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 schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of May 10, 2018. Read more

Published: May 9, 2018

Gearing Up for Orientation: NYU Stern One-Year MBA Programs in Tech, Fashion

As it prepares to welcome students for orientation next week, NYU Stern School of Business has shared preliminary class profiles for its two new specialized one-year MBA programs—the Andre Koo Tech MBA and the Fashion & Luxury MBA. Stern announced the launch of the new May-to-May programs one year ago. The inaugural classes will each be made up of approximately 30 students. Though designed for students from different backgrounds targeting diverse post-MBA career paths, the two programs do share several things in common. Each pairs traditional core Read more

Published: May 9, 2018

Meet Leading Admissions Directors, Clear Admit Editor-in-Chief at May 16th Event in Washington, DC

Admissions directors from seven leading business schools will convene for a second multi-school MBA admissions event on Wednesday, May 16th, in Washington, DC. Moderated by Clear Admit Editor-in-Chief Jeanette Brown, the DC event will feature representatives from Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Cornell’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, Duke’s Fuqua School, Michigan’s Ross School, NYU Stern School, UVA’s Darden School, and Yale School of Management (SOM). The first event, which took place in San Francisco on May 10th, filled up completely. Dozens of alumni from participating programs now working in the Bay Area were also on hand to share their first-hand experiences as students with participants. Read more

Published: May 7, 2018

Dartmouth Tuck Unveils New Inclusive Leadership Initiative

Increasing inclusion and diversity has been a decade-long mission at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. Now, Director of Strategic Initiatives Dia Draper is broadening the scope of that work with the launch of the Inclusive Leadership Initiative (ILI). The new framework will bring together principles of diversity and inclusion to educate leaders across the university. Read more

Published: May 7, 2018

Why McKinsey & Company Loves Hiring MBAs

McKinsey & Company is considered one of the most prestigious management consultancy firms in the world, with a clientele that includes 80 percent of the world’s largest corporations, along with an extensive list of governments and non-profit organisations. The firm is also a prestigious landing spot for MBAs following graduation. About McKinsey Founded in 1926 by James O. McKinsey, the firm developed an “up or out” policy, where consultants who are not promoted are asked to leave, developed by Marvin Bower. He served as managing director of McKinsey from 1950 to 1967, and remained a leadership figure at the Read more

Published: May 3, 2018

Our Latest Podcast: Reapplying to Business School

If your dream of attending a top-tier business school was dashed by a rejection this year, we know how hard that can be. To work so tirelessly toward a goal that you don’t achieve can be spirit-crushing. And yet, we’re here to tell you that it does happen. You are not alone. We’re also here to tell you that you might want to think about reapplying. Did you know—one out of every 10 students in most Harvard Business School MBA classes applied more than once and was rejected the first time. That’s right. On average, a tenth of the HBS Read more

Published: May 3, 2018

Kellogg Hosts Landmark Global Women’s Summit

Women now make up more than half of all incoming students to the top U.S. universities, but only a small fraction of those women go on to work as CEOs, board directors, or NGO and government leaders. To start to tackle the problem, next week, Northwestern Kellogg's School of Management will host the first-ever Global Women’s Summit on May 8th and 9th. The landmark event will bring together more than 800 alumnae, students, guests, and community members to spark meaningful conversations about the roadblocks that women face on their way to the C-suite. Read more

Published: May 2, 2018

Record-Breaking LiveWire Discussion Highlights Room for Improvement in Johnson Adcom Process

Cornell’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management has the dubious distinction of producing some of the longest discussion threads in the history of Clear Admit’s MBA LiveWire. Last month, one thread drew more than 100 comments and another racked up 82. What gives? Johnson’s admissions process is divided into four rounds, with application deadlines in October, November, January, and April. But unlike many of its peer schools, which issue decisions by round in accordance with stated notification deadlines, Johnson informs its applicants of final admission decisions on a rolling basis. Early Round Applicants Kept Read more

Published: May 2, 2018

MBA News You Need: Olin Recognizes Student Leaders, LBS Dean Discusses Gender Gap, Yale SOM Studies Founders, and More

Published: May 1, 2018

Action Learning: Setting the University of Illinois Gies College of Business MBA Apart

Sponsored Content Imagine you lived in a bubble and had never seen or heard of bicycles until one fateful day when someone handed you a book entitled How to Ride a Bike. After two years of intensively studying the mechanics of bicycles and the theory of balance, you’re then hand-delivered a bike and told to ride 100 miles. Regardless of how intimate you became with the theory, you’d probably fall flat on your face within seconds. This scenario is similar to the approach that many MBA programs take with their business curricula. For two years, programs pile on Read more

Published: April 30, 2018

Wharton Partners with Morgan State’s Graves School for Education

Last month, Wharton announced a new collaboration with Morgan State University’s Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management. The partnership, which will allow both schools to share faculty and student conferences, curricular development, and research, marks the first time Wharton has collaborated with a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). Read more

Published: April 29, 2018

Yale SOM Poaches 4 Finance Faculty Members from Chicago Booth

Over the last two years, the Yale School of Management (SOM) has recruited four new finance faculty members, all accomplished researchers who previously worked at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. These new hires were attracted to Yale SOM's collaborative culture and rich legacy of research in service of real-world finance. Each professor brings a unique perspective to the school within the areas of empirical asset pricing, behavioral finance, and financial econometrics. Read more

Published: April 27, 2018

Tuck Announces $250 Million Capital Campaign for Tomorrow’s Wise Leaders

Tuck School of Business has unveiled a new $250 million capital campaign designed to support “people, programs, and places” through increased financial aid resources for students and significant investments in the business school’s faculty, as well as program innovation and campus upgrades. Called “The Tuck Difference: The Campaign for Tomorrow’s Wise Leaders,” the fundraising campaign is part of a Dartmouth-wide initiative. Key supporters have already pledged $132 million, surpassing an earlier goal. People “Our most cherished asset is talent,” Tuck Dean Matthew Slaughter said in a press release. “The dynamism and diversity of our students and Read more

Published: April 26, 2018

Fridays from the Frontline: INSEAD Women in Business Club Launches “Tell Your Story” Initiative

Fridays from the Frontline INSEAD’s Women in Business Club recently kicked off a “Tell Your Story” initiative on the INSEAD MBA Experience blog. The new initiative aims to offer a platform for female students to share their insights and “inspirational life stories.” The first “Tell Your Story” guest is current INSEAD student Ann Alampi, MBA ‘18J, who offers unique takes gleaned from an interesting path to business school, first as a geology researcher and later an energy consultant for top consulting firm Bain & Company. The following post has been republished in its entirety from its original Read more

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MBA Applywire

May 14, 2026 11:06am ET

Applying: Columbia Business School, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2028

Pre-MBA Career: Marine Corps with Finance Jobs/Internships

Post MBA Career: Private Equity, Investment Banking, Finance

GRE: 330

GPA: 3.8

Years of Work Experience: 6

Post MBA Location: New York

Notes:

Former U.S. Marine Corps infantryman currently pursuing Economics and Psychology at the University of Arizona. Interested in investment banking and private equity with long-term goals in high finance leadership roles. Prior to military service, owned and operated a service-based business during high school, developing early experience in sales, client management, and operations. Previous leadership experience includes serving as Vice President of DECA. Current experience includes working within the university finance department on budgeting and financial projects, participating in the university’s venture capital and startup investment ecosystem through Tech Launch Arizona/Wildcat Seed Fund initiatives, and completing an investment banking internship in Summer 2027. Building a strong foundation in valuation, financial modeling, leadership, and strategic decision-making while leveraging military leadership experience and academic performance to pursue a top MBA program with strong investment banking placement.

May 14, 2026 8:37am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Columbia Business School, Florida / Warrington, Johns Hopkins / Carey, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, U. Illinois Urbana, UC Irvine Merage, UC San Diego / Rady, UCLA Anderson, USC / Marshall, UVA / Darden, Washington / Foster, Willam & Mary / Mason

Intake Year: 2027

Pre-MBA Career: TV Production, Military

Post MBA Career: Netflix, Uber, Oracle, Other, Rappi, Salesforce, Samsung, Service Now, Shopee, Tesla, Tik Tok, Twitch, Twitter/X, Uber, Undecided, Wayfair, Wipro, Zillow, Transportation, Other, Lenovo, Consulting, Booz Allen Hamilton, McKinsey, Manufacturing/Automotive/Aerospace, Technology, Adobe, Amazon, Apple, C3.ai, Cisco Systems, Dell, Ecolab, Facebook/Meta, Google, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Microsoft

GRE: 332

GPA: 3.2

Years of Work Experience: 18

Location: San Diego

Post MBA Location: California

Notes:

I have a 3.6 GPA in 60 credits of math, computer science and physics.

I have a small online language businesses with international clients and employees.

May 9, 2026 2:51am ET

Applying: Cambridge / Judge, ESADE, HEC Paris, IE Business School, IESE, Imperial, INSEAD, London Business School, Oxford / Saïd

Intake Year: 2027

Pre-MBA Career: Buy-side Investment and In-house Corporate Capital Raising

Post MBA Career: Investment Banking, Corporate, Diversified, Finance

GMAT: 675

GPA: 3.51

Years of Work Experience: 2.5

Location: Vietnam

Post MBA Location: Europe/Vietnam

Notes:

Hi experts and community,

I am a prospective applicant for the 2027 intake and need a "brutal" evaluation. My biggest concern is my short work experience (I will have under 3 years by matriculation). I need advice on how to maximize my total overall profile in the next 4 months to compete with more seasoned candidates.

My Profile:

- GMAT Focus: 675 (I consider 675 is under my best performance a little).

- Education: GPA 3.51/4 in a major university in Vietnam, Passed CFA Level 2 (90th percentile)

- Work Experience (Under 3 years at matriculation):
+ 15 months - Buy-side Equity Investment: Sector analysis and valuation.
+ Current (approx. 16 months by matriculation) - Corporate Finance: Focus on Capital Raising and M&A Execution (preparing deal documentation and due diligence for subsidiary acquisitions).

- Extracurriculars & Leadership:
+ CFA Society Vietnam (Vietnam Community of Investment Professionals): 4 years volunteer in total, of which 1 year as a Volunteer Lead for community projects.
+ Entrepreneurship: Co-founder of a small language center (managing operations, sales and finance).

Post-MBA Goals: Transition to Investment Banking (IB) or stay in Corporate M&A.

My Questions for the Experts:
+ School Stretch: Given my limited YOE, which Top EU/UK MBA programs (LBS, INSEAD, HEC, Oxford, Cambridge, IESE,...) are my realistic targets?
+ Overall Profile Maximization: What specific areas should I sharpen in the next 120 days to strengthen my profile?

Thank you all in advance for your time and insights!

May 5, 2026 11:37am ET

Applying: ESMT Berlin, IE Business School, Illinois / Gies, Imperial

Intake Year: 2027

Pre-MBA Career: sustainability consulting, planning, and design

Post MBA Career: Undecided, Consulting, Undecided, Technology

GRE: 322

GPA: 3.5

Years of Work Experience: 9

Location: Washington, DC

Post MBA Location: Washington, DC

Notes:

In addition to my undergraduate degrees in landscape architecture and geography, I also have an MA in geography 3.9 gpa, and a PhD in Architecture. I am currently a VP at my company and a likely candidate for CEO in the near future. I want to continue working while pursuing my MBA to increase my chances of moving into the CEO role. Also, my goal is to start my own ClimateTech firm in the next several years. An MBA will help achieve both of these goals. For each of the selected schools, I would pursue their online MBA program so I can continue working. While I, of course, want to attend a prestigious program, I'm not willing to sacrifice my money or too much of my company's money to spend six figures on an online MBA. That is a part of the driver for the programs I have selected to look at. In the US, it is rare that online programs provide funding; a bit seems to be available at European programs.

May 2, 2026 12:39am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2027

Pre-MBA Career: Startup/ Strategy Consulting

Post MBA Career: Other, Technology, PWC Strategy&, Oliver Wyman, McKinsey, Consulting

GMAT: 685

GPA: 3.6

Years of Work Experience: 6

Notes:

- International Male, 26, southeast Asian (non-Chinese/indian)
- BEng, top 15% of the class, the best local uni (but unknown outside of the country)
- (0.5Y) Global LDP program of a F500, left early to join consulting
- (2.5Y) at S&, strategy consulting in the field of fintech/ banking, top tier performance (5% of the cohort in the region, early promotion)
- (1Y) Left S&, started my own fintech for underserved teenagers, got pre-seed funding from a tier 2 Banking VC, closed after a year due to regulations change, small scale with multiple impact rewards (20k+ farmers

Goals: Join a fintech in the US (strategy div), or Financial services consulting (like OW, McK) incase i can't secure a fintech position (internationals), with a long term goal of starting another fintech

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MBA LiveWire

May 15, 2026 5:36pm ET

Waitlisted at Berkeley / Haas

Round: Round 3

Received via n/a on May 13, 2026

Standardized Test: Granted Waiver

GPA: 2.4

Post MBA Career: Finance, Venture Capital, Other

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: United States, Berkeley

Note:

EWMBA program, 9 years post grad experience

Juno Member: Not yet

May 15, 2026 2:35pm ET

Accepted to Harvard Business School

Round: Round 3

Received via email May 15, 2026

Standardized Test: Granted Waiver

GPA: 4.0

Post MBA Career: Consulting, McKinsey, Management Consulting, Professional Services, Law Firms, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Technology, Microsoft, Transportation, American Airlines

Application Location: Ankara

Note:

Juno Member: Yes

May 15, 2026 12:08pm ET

Rejected at Columbia Business School

Round: Round 1

Received via email May 15, 2026

Standardized Test: GRE

GPA: 3.91

GRE: 327

Program Type: Deferred Enrollment

Post MBA Career: Technology

Juno Member: Not yet

May 15, 2026 11:53am ET

Rejected at Columbia Business School

Round: Round 3

Received via portal May 15, 2026

Standardized Test: GRE

GPA: 4.0

GRE: 322

Program Type: Deferred Enrollment

Juno Member: Not yet

May 15, 2026 11:28am ET

Rejected at Columbia Business School

Round: Early Decision

Received via email May 15, 2026

Standardized Test: GMAT

GPA: First-Class (UK)

GMAT: 695

Program Type: Deferred Enrollment

Post MBA Career: Consulting

Application Location: UK

Note:

Rejected pre-interview for deferred.

Juno Member: Not yet

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