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HBS
Sta
Wha
March 12, 2024 3:35pm ET
Location:
United States – Midwest
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Harvard Business School
  2. Stanford GSB
  3. UPenn / Wharton
  4. Northwestern / Kellogg
  5. U. Chicago Booth
  6. MIT Sloan
  7. Columbia
  8. Dartmouth / Tuck
  9. Duke / Fuqua
  10. Yale SOM
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. Consulting Placement
  3. Consumer Goods / Retail Placement
  4. Leadership Training
  5. Collaborative Culture
Notes:

I prefer to think of things in tiers. Here is one I've seen floating around in the forms that I like:

M7 “Magnificent 7”: HBS, Wharton, GSB, Booth, Kellogg, Sloan, CBS
T10 “Top 10”: Tuck, Haas, SOM
T15 “Top 15”: Stern, Fuqua, Darden, Ross, Johnson, Anderson
T25 “Top 25”: Tepper, McCombs, Marshall, Kenan-Flagler, Kelley, McDonough, Mendoza, Jones, Goizueta, Foster

Sta
HBS
Wha
March 12, 2024 8:36am ET
Location:
Southeast Asia
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Stanford GSB
  2. Harvard Business School
  3. UPenn / Wharton
  4. U. Chicago Booth
  5. Northwestern / Kellogg
  6. MIT Sloan
  7. Columbia
  8. Berkeley / Haas
  9. NYU Stern
  10. Emory / Goizueta
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. Alumni Network
  3. Collaborative Culture
  4. Consulting Placement
  5. Leadership Training
Sta
HBS
Wha
March 10, 2024 8:48pm ET
Location:
Canada
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Stanford GSB
  2. Harvard Business School
  3. UPenn / Wharton
  4. Northwestern / Kellogg
  5. MIT Sloan
  6. U. Chicago Booth
  7. Columbia
  8. Berkeley / Haas
  9. Dartmouth / Tuck
  10. Yale SOM
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. Post-MBA Salary / ROI
  3. Consulting Placement
  4. East Coast Location
  5. Collaborative Culture
Sta
Yal
HBS
March 4, 2024 5:20am ET
Location:
Southeast Asia
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Stanford GSB
  2. Yale SOM
  3. Harvard Business School
  4. Vanderbilt / Owen
  5. Columbia
  6. Berkeley / Haas
  7. UCLA Anderson
  8. U. Chicago Booth
  9. Northwestern / Kellogg
  10. UVA / Darden
Factors:
  1. Post-MBA Salary / ROI
  2. Alumni Network
  3. Collaborative Culture
  4. International Student Representation
  5. Support for Career Changers
Notes:

Other factors:

-Endowment funds
-Scholarships/Fellowships
-Student:Staff Ratio
-Career Services, Employee Referrals
-Entrepreneurships Concentration & Social Impact Emphasize
-Deferred admission for college senior

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HBS
Wha
February 26, 2024 9:55am ET
Location:
United States – South
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Stanford GSB
  2. Harvard Business School
  3. UPenn / Wharton
  4. Columbia
  5. Yale SOM
  6. Berkeley / Haas
  7. NYU Stern
  8. MIT Sloan
  9. U. Chicago Booth
  10. Northwestern / Kellogg
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. Investment Banking Placement
  3. Alumni Network
  4. East Coast Location
  5. Post-MBA Salary / ROI
Sta
HBS
Wha
February 20, 2024 11:39pm ET
Location:
East Asia
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Stanford GSB
  2. Harvard Business School
  3. UPenn / Wharton
  4. Columbia
  5. London Business School
  6. INSEAD
  7. MIT Sloan
  8. U. Chicago Booth
  9. Northwestern / Kellogg
  10. Dartmouth / Tuck
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. Academic Course Offerings
  3. Entrepreneurship Preparation
  4. Post-MBA Salary / ROI
  5. Leadership Training
Sta
HBS
Wha
February 11, 2024 1:38pm ET
Location:
United States – Northeast
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Stanford GSB
  2. Harvard Business School
  3. UPenn / Wharton
  4. Columbia
  5. MIT Sloan
  6. Yale SOM
  7. Cornell / Johnson
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. Investment Banking Placement
  3. Alumni Network
  4. Close-Knit Culture
  5. Post-MBA Salary / ROI
Sta
HBS
Wha
February 8, 2024 1:40pm ET
Location:
United States – Northeast
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Stanford GSB
  2. Harvard Business School
  3. UPenn / Wharton
  4. U. Chicago Booth
  5. Northwestern / Kellogg
  6. Columbia
  7. MIT Sloan
  8. Dartmouth / Tuck
  9. Berkeley / Haas
  10. Yale SOM
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. Post-MBA Salary / ROI
  3. Leadership Training
  4. Breadth of Social Activities
  5. Alumni Network
Notes:

Statistical average across all available, most-recent (2023) rankings and three quantitative criteria, two for incoming (GMAT and GPA), one for outgoing (salary):

Rankings:
-Poets & Quants
-US News
-Financial Times
-LinkedIn
-Princeton Review
-Fortune
-Bloomberg
-QS
-Menlo Coaching
-CEOWORLD

Quantitative Criteria:
-Average GMAT
-Average GPA
-Average Starting Salary

HBS
Wha
NYU
January 31, 2024 2:06pm ET
Location:
United States – Northeast
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Harvard Business School
  2. UPenn / Wharton
  3. NYU Stern
  4. Dartmouth / Tuck
  5. Cornell / Johnson
  6. Northwestern / Kellogg
  7. Duke / Fuqua
  8. Michigan / Ross
  9. UCLA Anderson
  10. Rochester / Simon
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. Close-Knit Culture
  3. East Coast Location
  4. Post-MBA Salary / ROI
  5. Support for Career Changers
HBS
MIT
Wha
January 29, 2024 12:32pm ET
Location:
United States – Northeast
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Harvard Business School
  2. MIT Sloan
  3. UPenn / Wharton
  4. Northwestern / Kellogg
  5. NYU Stern
  6. Columbia
  7. Stanford GSB
  8. U. Chicago Booth
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. East Coast Location
  3. Academic Course Offerings
  4. Close-Knit Culture
  5. Experiential Learning Opportunities
Wha
Sta
HBS
January 26, 2024 6:52pm ET
Location:
United States – Northeast
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. UPenn / Wharton
  2. Stanford GSB
  3. Harvard Business School
  4. Northwestern / Kellogg
  5. U. Chicago Booth
  6. Columbia
  7. MIT Sloan
  8. Duke / Fuqua
Factors:
  1. Entrepreneurship Preparation
  2. Collaborative Culture
  3. Brand / Reputation
  4. Leadership Training
  5. Rigorous Quantitative Curriculum
Chi
Wha
January 24, 2024 4:16pm ET
Location:
Mexico, Central & South America
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. U. Chicago Booth
  2. UPenn / Wharton
  3. Lauder Institute
  4. Yale SOM
  5. Harvard Business School
  6. MIT Sloan
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. Alumni Network
  3. Collaborative Culture
  4. International Student Representation
  5. East Coast Location
HBS
Sta
Wha
January 24, 2024 2:28pm ET
Location:
United States – Northeast
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Harvard Business School
  2. Stanford GSB
  3. UPenn / Wharton
  4. Yale SOM
  5. U. Chicago Booth
  6. Northwestern / Kellogg
  7. Berkeley / Haas
  8. Columbia
  9. UVA / Darden
  10. Dartmouth / Tuck
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. Alumni Network
  3. PE / VC Placement
  4. Academic Course Offerings
  5. Post-MBA Salary / ROI
Wha
Sta
Chi
January 23, 2024 2:54pm ET
Location:
United States – Northeast
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. UPenn / Wharton
  2. Stanford GSB
  3. U. Chicago Booth
  4. Harvard Business School
  5. MIT Sloan
  6. Northwestern / Kellogg
  7. Columbia
  8. NYU Stern
  9. Duke / Fuqua
  10. Michigan / Ross
Factors:
  1. Post-MBA Salary / ROI
  2. Consulting Placement
  3. Brand / Reputation
  4. Collaborative Culture
  5. Alumni Network
HEC
Oxf
LBS
January 21, 2024 12:10pm ET
Location:
Mexico, Central & South America
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. HEC Paris
  2. Oxford / Saïd
  3. London Business School
  4. Harvard Business School
  5. Stanford GSB
  6. MIT Sloan
Factors:
  1. Location - Continental Europe
  2. Alumni Network
  3. Close-Knit Culture
  4. International Study Trips
  5. Post-MBA Salary / ROI
Chi
Fuq
Mic
January 21, 2024 3:30am ET
Location:
United States – Midwest
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. U. Chicago Booth
  2. Duke / Fuqua
  3. Michigan / Ross
  4. NYU Stern
  5. Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
  6. Berkeley / Haas
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. Post-MBA Salary / ROI
  3. Healthcare Placement
  4. Support for Career Changers
  5. Alumni Network
Sta
HBS
Wha
January 20, 2024 6:21pm ET
Location:
United States – Northeast
Status:
MBA Student
Rankings:
  1. Stanford GSB
  2. Harvard Business School
  3. UPenn / Wharton
  4. U. Chicago Booth
  5. MIT Sloan
  6. Northwestern / Kellogg
  7. Columbia
  8. Berkeley / Haas
  9. Yale SOM
  10. Dartmouth / Tuck
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. Alumni Network
  3. Academic Course Offerings
  4. Post-MBA Salary / ROI
  5. Close-Knit Culture
Sta
Chi
HBS
January 20, 2024 7:18am ET
Location:
South Asia
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Stanford GSB
  2. U. Chicago Booth
  3. Harvard Business School
  4. INSEAD
  5. Indian School of Business
  6. Northwestern / Kellogg
  7. Columbia
  8. Dartmouth / Tuck
  9. MIT Sloan
  10. UPenn / Wharton
Factors:
  1. Close-Knit Culture
  2. Post-MBA Salary / ROI
  3. Brand / Reputation
  4. Alumni Network
  5. Entrepreneurship Preparation
HBS
Wha
Sta
January 12, 2024 9:09pm ET
Location:
United States – Northeast
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Harvard Business School
  2. UPenn / Wharton
  3. Stanford GSB
  4. Columbia
  5. U. Chicago Booth
  6. MIT Sloan
  7. NYU Stern
  8. Berkeley / Haas
  9. UVA / Darden
  10. Dartmouth / Tuck
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. Alumni Network
  3. Investment Banking Placement
  4. Alumni Network
  5. Finance Placement
Sta
HBS
Wha
January 12, 2024 10:48am ET
Location:
United States – Northeast
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Stanford GSB
  2. Harvard Business School
  3. UPenn / Wharton
  4. U. Chicago Booth
  5. Northwestern / Kellogg
  6. MIT Sloan
  7. Columbia
  8. Yale SOM
  9. Berkeley / Haas
  10. Dartmouth / Tuck
Factors:
  1. Alumni Network
  2. Brand / Reputation
  3. Post-MBA Salary / ROI
  4. Support for Career Changers
  5. Close-Knit Culture
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