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News items that we think are relevant and potentially of interest to MBA applicants and anyone interested in business school.
Published: September 12, 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…
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Published: September 12, 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…
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Published: September 12, 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…
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Published: September 12, 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…
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Published: September 10, 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…
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Published: September 5, 2018
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Published: August 27, 2018
Wharton Rolls Out Welcome Mat for MBA Class of 2020
With students in Wharton’s MBA Class of 2020 now settled in on campus, Wharton Deputy Vice Dean Maryellen Reilly took to the school’s MBA Admissions Blog to welcome the new class and share details about its composition. Though application volume was down, average GMAT score returned to the school’s record high of 732, matching the Class…
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Summer Reading: 10 Top Books on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
Stanford Graduate School of Business, UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania are just a few of the leading MBA programs that have been enhancing their course offerings around cryptocurrency in recent months amid increased demand from both current students and recruiters. Stanford launched a new full-time…
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Should Big Data Be a Big Part of Your B-School Education?
Are you interested in business analytics (big data, etc.) and it’s role in today’s business school curriculum? If so, please complete our short survey to help provide schools with feedback as to your expectations as a business school student. In just five minutes you can help shape the latest curricular changes as business schools across…
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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…
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Published: April 13, 2018
Fuqua Hosts ClimateCAP Global MBA Summit to Discuss Climate Change and Business
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…
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Published: March 27, 2018
Learn By Doing: The Manchester Business School MBA Program Method
Sponsored Content How do you choose the MBA program for you? There are many good or great business schools, and every school claims top scores in some area. Some schools rank highly on the annual Financial Times list while others claim the fame of highly sought-after research. The trick is to select a unique MBA…
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Published: March 20, 2018
Anticipating Round 2 Decisions via Clear Admit’s LiveWire and MBA Chats
Throughout the rest of March, leading business schools will be rolling out their decisions to Round 2 MBA applicants. While many are eager for the gift of admission via phone, email or portal, waiting for a decision can push anxiety levels to full tilt for the Class of 2020 hopefuls. But, fear not, anxious applicants!…
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Published: March 15, 2018
How Are Top Business Schools Promoting Women?
How to help more women advance in business school and the larger business world is a topic that deserves attention year round, but it does receive added airplay throughout the month of March, which is Women’s History Month in the United States and includes the celebration of International Women’s Day globally. The reality is that the overall…
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Financial Times Reveals New Ranking of Top MBAs for Women
For years, there’s been a growing push for women to enter business and business school, and some change has occurred. In 2017, four in 10 applicants to two-year, full-time MBA programs were women, up from 33 percent in 2013 according to the Graduate Management Admissions Council. Unfortunately, that increase in applications has not been reflected…
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Free Webinar: Register Now to Learn How to Fund Your MBA Abroad
Do you have questions about how you can fund your MBA abroad? Sign up for a live online info session with Prodigy Finance in partnership with Clear Admit to learn about how to finance your studies with a Prodigy Finance international student loan. How Will You Fund Your MBA Abroad? Wednesday, March 14, 2018 10:00 AM – 11:00…
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Published: February 15, 2018
What MBA Students Need to Know About the Smart Machine Age
The smart machine age (SMA) is here: an age of technological advancement in technology that could be as disruptive as the industrial revolution. The SMA is expected to redefine the workplace, presenting both business opportunities and challenges. According to Edward Hess, a professor of business administration and Batten executive-in-residence at the University of Virginia Darden…
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Published: February 6, 2018
5 Steps Women Need to Follow to Become CEO
What does it take for a woman to become a CEO? Quite a bit, if the numbers are anything to go by. According to a recent study conducted by the Fortune Knowledge Group (FKG) and the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), only 4.2 percent of Fortune 500 firms are led by female CEOs. That’s right.…
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Published: February 1, 2018
McDonough Entrepreneurs Win Big in Inaugural “Bark Tank” Pitch Contest
Last month, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business held its inaugural Leonsis Family Entrepreneurship Prize “Bark Tank” Pitch Competition, named in honor of the school’s mascot, the bulldog. Put together by a team of expert entrepreneurs at the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative, the goal of the competition was to support students and alumni in their startup…
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Published: January 30, 2018
Going Green: Can You Guess Which Business Schools Lead the Way?
Earlier this month, the Global Hub at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management earned LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification, becoming only the second building on the Northwestern campus to earn the U.S. Green Building Council’s highest green building rating. The 415,000-square-foot Global Hub, which opened in March 2017, was designed with a low…
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Published: January 25, 2018
UVA Darden Professor Raises $2.2 Million for Behavioral Research
University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Morela Hernandez has a passion for behavioral research. It’s this passion that led the associate professor in leadership and organizational behavior and academic director of the Behavioral Research at Darden (BRAD) Lab to develop a new project: the Behavioral Research for Society (BRS) Lab. The BRS Lab…
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Published: January 24, 2018
Yale SOM Initiative Looks to Take Female Entrepreneurship to the Next Level
It’s going to be easier than ever for female founders to unite and learn from each other thanks to the newly launched Women Entrepreneurs at Yale (WE@Yale) Initiative. Developed by Cassandra Walker-Harvey, manager of the Social Environmental Innovation Program at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and Jennifer McFadden, SOM ’08, associate director…
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Published: January 23, 2018
Washington Olin Business School Dean Reveals New Vision for 2018
Each year, January is an occasion to reflect on the previous year and set goals for the coming year. And it’s no different for top business schools. To welcome 2018, the University of Washington Olin Business School released a sneak peek of Dean Mark Taylor’s plans for the school. In the video post, Taylor talks…
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Published: January 22, 2018
Watch Now! CEIBS Webinar – “Ready for the China Challenge”
On January 11th, Clear Admit was pleased to partner with CEIBS to offer an informative webinar entitled “CEIBS – Ready for the China Challenge”. The webinar was led by Christina Mou, a CEIBS alumnus who is CEIBS’ Admissions and Marketing Manager for the MBA program and by Christopher Day a current CEIBS MBA student. Both…
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