For all those applicants who have recently opened a calendar to plot out the next few months only to realize they can’t possibly fit in campus visits on top of full time jobs and essay writing, never fear! It’s true that traveling to a school’s campus is the ideal way to learn about their MBA program, but visiting is often not a viable option for applicants who are located remotely or unsure of their level of interest in a given school.
The good news is that business schools might very well come to them. Many b-schools are getting ready to hit the road and embark on worldwide tours to dispense information and recruit qualified applicants. Such events offer great opportunities for interested students to meet with admissions staff (and sometimes with current students and/or alumni), learn about the program, and ask specific questions to assess their fit with a school’s offerings.
Some of the top schools are already on the road, so we recommend looking into the travel schedules for programs of interest and planning accordingly. Keeping in mind that these schedules are updated and amended throughout the fall, here are some of the top programs’ itineraries for the months ahead:
Berkeley / Haas:
http://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/admissions/offcampus.html
Cambridge / Judge:
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/mba/apply/meet-us/
Chicago Booth:
http://www.chicagobooth.edu/fulltime/admissions/events/
CMU / Tepper:
http://tepper.cmu.edu/prospective-students/masters/mba/mba-events
Columbia:
https://groups.gsb.columbia.edu/calendar#week
Cornell / Johnson:
https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/Full-Time-MBA/Admissions/events
Dartmouth / Tuck:
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/connect-with-us/attend-an-event
Duke / Fuqua:
http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/events
Emory / Goizueta:
http://goizueta.emory.edu/degree/fulltimemba/admissions/events
Georgetown / McDonough:
http://msb.georgetown.edu/programs/MBA/events
HBS:
http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/events.html
IESE:
http://www.iese.edu/en/mba/upcoming-events/
IMD:
http://www.imd.org/mba-admission-fees/#tab=4
INSEAD:
http://mba.insead.edu/form/mba_events.cfm
ISB:
http://www.isb.edu/events/admission-events
LBS:
http://www.london.edu/education-and-development/masters-courses/mba/information-events
Michigan / Ross:
http://michiganross.umich.edu/full-time-mba
MIT / Sloan:
http://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba/admissions/admission-events/
Northwestern / Kellogg:
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/programs/full-time-mba/admissions-events.aspx
NYU / Stern:
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/programs-admissions/full-time-mba/meet-with-us/events-and-chats
Oxford / Saïd:
http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/school/events-1
Stanford GSB:
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/programs/mba/admission/events
UCLA / Anderson:
http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/mba-program/admissions-events-
UNC / Kenan Flagler:
http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/admissions/mba/admissions-events
UPenn / Wharton:
http://mba.wharton.upenn.edu/events/
UT Austin / McCombs:
https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/MBA/Info-Sessions
UVA / Darden:
http://www.darden.virginia.edu/mba/admissions/events-receptions/
USC / Marshall:
http://www.marshall.usc.edu/mba/admissions/meetrep
Yale SOM:
http://som.yale.edu/our-programs/mba/admissions/events
