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MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Indiana / Kelley, Notre Dame / Mendoza, USC / Marshall, Washington U. / Olin for Tech
In this MBA DecisionWire Spotlight post, which highlights selected options as posted in Clear Admit’s DecisionWire, we walk through responses to a candidate considering Indiana / Kelley, Notre Dame / Mendoza, USC / Marshall, Washington U. / Olin for Tech. Having received scholarships from each institution, financing seemed to be... Read more »
The Week Ahead: MBA Deadlines & Decisions – 05.01.17
Welcome back to The Week Ahead. In this weekly series, we provide a brief rundown of what we know is happening in the week ahead, as far as admissions related MBA deadlines and decisions are concerned at the top business schools. This week is a very quiet week, as many top schools are... Read more »
Fridays from the Frontline: A Sufi Poet at INSEAD
Today’s post comes to us from INSEAD MBA student Sabrina Lakhani, a Chicago native whose pre-MBA career took her from Babson College in Boston to a small Connecticut marketing consultancy for a couple of years to volunteering as a full-time project coordinator at a hospital for children in Kabul. From... Read more »
Top #MBA Tweets of the Week: #EarthDay
This past weekend, the business school community banded together in support of environmental protection; in this edition of Top #MBA Tweets of the Week, we take a look at how schools marked #EarthDay. Northwestern / Kellogg showcased its environmentally friendly campus… DYK? The Global Hub was designed with the environment... Read more »
MBA Admissions Mashup: Application Tips, Orientation Week, and Healthcare
Every Wednesday, we share a round-up of the latest news from MBA admissions blogs at the top business schools. This week we found several business school blogs already looking ahead at the next admissions cycle, offering up a glimpse of your first few days on campus will be like as... Read more »
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... Read more »
The Week Ahead: MBA Deadlines & Decisions – 04.24.17
Welcome back to The Week Ahead. In this weekly series, we provide a brief rundown of what we know is happening in the week ahead, as far as admissions related MBA deadlines and decisions are concerned at the top business schools. This week is a quiet week, as many top schools are busy... Read more »
Fridays from the Frontline: An HBS Alum’s Answer to Should Entrepreneurs Get an MBA?
Today’s post comes to us from recent Harvard Business School (HBS) alumnus Jon Staff (MBA ’16), who is now CEO and founder of a company that offers rural escapes to stressed-out city dwellers. Called Getaway, his startup designs tiny houses and places them in picturesque rural locations, where they can... Read more »
Top #MBA Tweets of the Week: #Competitions
While the competition during admissions can feel intense, MBA programs run competitions as a means of challenging and educating their students; as we see in this edition of Top #MBA Tweets of the Week, business school students have been busy trying to reach the top—and learn along the way. We... Read more »
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... Read more »
The Week Ahead: MBA Deadlines & Decisions – 04.17.17
Welcome back to The Week Ahead. In this weekly series, we provide a brief rundown of what we know is happening in the week ahead, as far as admissions related MBA deadlines and decisions are concerned at the top business schools. This week a couple of schools we cover have application deadlines. Schools... Read more »
Fridays from the Frontline: MBA Student Finds Support to Be Out at Wharton
For some MBA students, business school presents an entire new community with whom they can choose whether or not to share their sexual orientation. For Rafael de la Rosa, a second-year MBA student at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, the decision to be out to his classmates was one... Read more »
MBA Applicant Spotlight: A Creative Approach Yields Acceptances at HBS and MIT Sloan
Welcome to another edition of MBA Applicant Spotlight, in which we catch up with individuals on their admissions experiences. In contrast to the 10 applications of our last profiled candidate, this week’s applicant, Shelby Colby, shares her story about just two applications—one to Harvard Business School and the other to... Read more »
Top #MBA Tweets of the Week: #Entrepreneurship
This week, MBA programs considered the business of new business; in this edition of Top #MBA Tweets of the Week, we round up posts regarding the work and (hopeful) success of entrepreneurship. Several programs, including INSEAD, Michigan / Ross, and UT Austin / McCombs, plugged their related offerings: Thanks to... Read more »
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,... Read more »
Featured Schools
The Paul Merage School of Business - University of California, Irvine
| Class Size | ~90 |
| FEMALE | 50% |
| Mean GMAT | 671 |
| Mean GPA | 3.43 |
Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies
| Class Size | 81 |
| Mean GMAT | 730 |
| % Women | 46% |
| % International | 28% |
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management - Cornell University
| CLASS SIZE | 292 |
| FEMALE | 31% |
| Median GMAT | 700 |
| Median GPA | 3.34 |
Tepper School of Business - Carnegie Mellon University
| CLASS SIZE | 141 |
| FEMALE | 25% |
| MEAN GMAT | 680 |
| MEAN GPA | 3.32 |
