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Published: March 15, 2016

7 Things You Need to Know About the 2017 U.S. News Business School Ranking

Harvard Business School (HBS) reclaimed the number one spot in this year’s U.S. News & World Report ranking of the nation’s best MBA programs after a two-year stint in second place. Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), which has passed the crown back and forth with HBS for more than a decade, took second this year, tying with the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In addition to the subtle movements of programs rising or losing a rank, there were quite a few surprises in this year's list. The Clear Admit team of admissions experts has sifted through the data and compiled a summary of seven key things to note this year: Read more

Published: March 13, 2016

MIT Sloan Interview Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus

The following MIT Sloan interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was very conversational – we jumped around a lot talking about my past experiences and my plans at school inside and outside of the classroom. While I was telling stories, I would often get stopped and asked a very probing question about how I reacted/felt about a certain thing. The interviewer had mentioned that they had just viewed the optional submission (I included a 1-minute video). I was asked first about the interview essay. We talked about this for Read more

Published: March 2, 2016

MBA LiveWire Data and Comments Provide Round 2 Revelations

We know that many of you are still in the throes of Round 2, whether you’re interviewing, awaiting a decision or—as in some cases at some schools—still holding out for an interview invitation. The waiting is hard at any stage—we wish you patience, strength and hope! But for other Round 2 applicants, it’s already time to celebrate. We’ve seen reports of Round 2 acceptances from close to 200 of you to places including Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, INSEAD, Oxford’s Said Business School, UNC’s Kenan-Flagler, UCLA Anderson and NYU Stern, among others. Just within the last few hours there’s been a flurry of submissions from triumphant applicants to Emory’s Goizueta Business School. Congrats to you all! Read more

Published: February 28, 2016

Everything You Need to Know About Applying to Business School in the Final Rounds

Is it worth applying to business school in Round 3 or any of the late rounds? This is the question that MBA applicants have asked time and time again. With final round deadlines roughly a month away, we thought it would be worth exploring this topic in detail. Why Do Schools Have a Final Round? Why do schools bother to have a final round of admissions when the acceptance rate is typically so low? Why not just have two rounds of admissions deadlines and call it a day? Before we write off the final round or suggest that it should Read more

Published: February 25, 2016

MIT Sloan Interview Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub

The following MIT Sloan interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was great. The adcom made me feel comfortable. The adcom was using an iPad to check my application information and he asked me questions related to all material that I submitted: essays, GPA, video and even GMAT score. Questions: Tell me about yourself Why course X at college Y? Asked me a few things about my resume (international experience and volunteer experience) Asked me about my GPA (I had a low GPA) Tell me a time when Read more

Published: February 21, 2016

MIT Sloan Alum’s App Combats Hiring Biases

This post has been republished in its entirety from its original source, metromba.com. In an interview conducted for a recent press release published by MIT Sloan, alumna Stephane Lampkin (MBA ’13) discussed Blendoor, an innovative new mobile app she designed to counteract hidden hiring biases related to gender and race. Read more

Published: February 17, 2016

Waiting for Bolton: Applicant Anxiety Lends Itself to LiveWire Creativity

We know, Tom Petty, waiting is the hardest part. And some schools—cough, Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), cough—certainly aren’t making things easy on Round 2 applicants. The stress is high, the updates are few and the results are pure poetry. For anyone who’s completely befuddled, we’re talking about the creative ways candidates have taken to LiveWire to let off steam as they wait anxiously for interview invitations from schools that have yet to share them. Though Stanford GSB has provoked the greatest outpouring of silly LiveWire posts, UC Berkeley’s Haas School has also elicited a few, and there have been some general grumbles about MIT Sloan thrown in as well. Read more

Published: February 11, 2016

Tops for Tech: The Best Business Schools for Careers in Technology

Here’s a fact you may not have known: Several of today’s leading technology innovators share one thing in common—a Montessori education. Yep, Google’s Larry Page and Sergei Brin, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, and SimCity creator Will Wright were all educated as children using the self-directed, hands-on, collaborative teaching model developed by Italian doctor and educator Maria Montessori. Alas, though, not a single one has an MBA—so perhaps not a very useful factoid when you’re trying to determine the best business schools for a career in technology. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Apple’s Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Biz Stone of Twitter—none of them has an MBA either. And Facebook second-in-command Sheryl Sandberg, who does have an MBA from Harvard Business School, is famously on record recently saying the degree isn’t necessary for success in tech. Nevertheless, a growing tide of students are looking to use business school as their launch pad to successful careers in tech—and the top tech firms, including those founded by non-MBAs, are snapping them up. Read more

Published: February 8, 2016

MIT Sloan Alumnus and Partner Attempt First Round-the-World Solar Flight

This post has been republished in its entirety from its original source, metromba.com. MIT Sloan alumnus André Borschberg and balloonist Bertrand Piccard are currently attempting the first round-the-world flight using only the power of the sun. Both men co-founded the solar flight project, named Solar Impulse, which is based in Switzerland. Read more

Published: January 29, 2016

MIT Sloan Interview Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub

The following MIT Sloan interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! The Admission Director for Sloan Fellows program was the interviewer. Interview lasted 75 min rather than the scheduled 45 min. The interview was more conversational than formal. I had a great and very comfortable interview experience. Interview’s focus was on gauging clarity on my career goals (short vs long term) and seeing the connection between my career objectives and fit with SF program. Additional questions were asked around my essays and around my personal background. I received the acceptance email Read more

Published: January 25, 2016

Choosing a Business School for Entrepreneurship

Typing “startups are hard” into Google returns approximately 32 million results—ranging from “Startups Are Hard in 100 Different Ways” to “15 Reasons Startups Are !@#$ing Hard.” Perhaps that has a little something to do with why more and more savvy entrepreneurs are choosing top business schools as their training ground. With expanding entrepreneurship curricula, cool campus startup accelerators and ever increasing numbers of business plan competitions—to say nothing of the all-important access to powerful networks of potential investors—the MBA is becoming the preferred path for many would-be founders. Read more

Published: January 24, 2016

Admissions Tip: MBA Interview Prep

With MBA interview invitations from a number of programs already on their way out to Round Two applicants, and more anticipated in the days ahead (Harvard Business School will release its first batch of interview invites on Wednesday, January 27), we wanted to offer some advice on this element of the admissions process. The following are some steps one can take to prepare for the interview itself. Know what to expect. This might go without saying, but MBA interview types and duration vary across programs. For instance, nearly all invited Stanford applicants interview with alumni, while on-campus Wharton interviews Read more

Published: January 13, 2016

MIT Sloan Interview Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Skype

The following MIT Sloan interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! The interview was via Skype because the Adcom made an exception when my flight to MIT was cancelled last-minute. It was at 6am my time (PST), so I was fairly groggy, but the behavioral nature of the questions and the warm, friendly Adcom interviewee made the interview quite engaging. Nothing caught me off-guard; however, unlike my other interview experiences, the questions did not focus on my aspirations and goals. As a Social Impact, unorthodox B-school candidate, I was used to Read more

Published: January 4, 2016

Vote Now for the Best MBA Interview Report for December ’15

Back in November we put out a call for the best MBA interview reports, and you responded in droves! We received more than 50 quality reports from the applicant community, and for that we thank you! Read more

Published: January 3, 2016

MIT Sloan Interview Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hotel

The following MIT Sloan interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Read more

Published: December 30, 2015

MIT Sloan Interview Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus

The following MIT Sloan interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant who was admitted with scholarship. Congratulations to them! I interviewed on-campus. It was fairly difficult to find the building that admissions is in so I would definitely recommend getting there early and leaving yourself a good buffer. The actual interview was conducted in the adcom’s individual office. We sat across from each other with a table between us – it was very relaxed. The interview was not blind – the interviewer will have a good idea of who you are and will begin to Read more

Published: December 29, 2015

MIT Sloan Interview Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus

The following MIT Sloan interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant who was waitlisted. I interviewed on-campus towards the later end of the interview period. My interviewer was familiar with my application – mentioning specific aspects of it – and also had it up digitally. The overall interview was very professional and friendly. 1. Tell me about your decision to switch companies. What was the biggest challenge? 2. What would you say is your most significant accomplishment? 3. How did you act when someone differed from your opinion? Read more

Published: December 20, 2015

MIT Sloan MBA Interview Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub

The following MIT Sloan MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! I had the interview in Hong Kong with an admission officer. It was NOT a blind interview – the admission officer has read the whole application package. It was a 45 minutes session with 30 minutes of interview and 15 minutes of Q&A. The interview was very conversational and went well. 1. Any update in your application since submission? 2. What do you do in your current job? 3. Career Goal/Why Sloan/why Read more

Published: December 17, 2015

MIT Sloan MBA Interview Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus

The following MIT Sloan MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. I interviewed at 6 schools, and this was my most stressful experience. Most of my friends had a similar experience in that they left not knowing how it went. I personally left thinking it didn’t go too great. I felt the least confident in this interview due to the nature of it and the personality of the admissions officer. Once I finally located the interview room after some tense minutes in the rain, I waited my turn with other applicants. I was impressed with Read more

Published: December 16, 2015

MIT Sloan MBA Interview Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus

The following MIT Sloan MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Questions: How long have you been at [current company]? Talk to me about the transition from [previous company] to [current company]. How is your role different or similar between the two? What do you enjoy most about your job at [current company]? What is most difficult about working at [current company]? Tell me about a time that you had to bring a team on-board with your decision. Tell me about a time that you had Read more

Published: December 15, 2015

MIT Sloan MBA Interview Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus

The following MIT Sloan MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! My interview lasted about 45 minutes and the interviewer was extremely nice. I was expecting more behavioral questions but she ended up asking me a lot about my work. I was also told that interviewers will ask probing questions regarding my résumé/essays and also ask follow-up questions about my interview responses, but that wasn’t the case. I didn’t get any questions about my résumé or essay, and the interviewer had written down a list of questions beforehand in a Read more

Published: December 14, 2015

MIT Sloan MBA Interview Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus

The following MIT Sloan MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was with an admissions officer. While it was a bit less conversational than interviews with students, it was still fairly casual and they were very friendly. I was asked: 1) What’s new since your application? 2) Why MBA? 3) Why Sloan? 4) Talk about a time a coworker’s work wasn’t up to standard and how you handled it. 5) Talk about a time when morale was low and how you Read more

Published: December 14, 2015

MIT Sloan MBA Interview Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On campus

The following MIT Sloan MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The Sloan admissions office was bustling on the day I interviewed, with multiple students interviewing in each 30-minute time slot. I met with an adcom who seemed relatively new to Sloan but used to do consulting recruiting. Unlike many interviews, this one was NOT focused on 1) why I wanted an MBA, 2) why I wanted to get into Sloan, or 3) what I intended to do with my MBA. Rather, this seemed like someone walked into a Read more

Published: December 7, 2015

MIT Sloan MBA Interview Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On Campus

The following MIT Sloan MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I visited MIT Sloan and was interviewed by an adcom. The interview was very behaviorally-focused, almost exclusively. There were no “walk me through your résumé” or “why do you want an MBA?” softball questions. He asked me to talk about a time when I had to work with two conflicting parties and a time where I disagreed with a supervisor. I tried to focus on why I was successful in each of these instances and, in cases where Read more

Published: December 3, 2015

Fridays from the Frontline: MIT Sloan Student Scrutinizes Her MBA Balance Sheet

Is the high cost of an MBA worth it? This question gets bandied around frequently, most often by skeptics on the sidelines who have never set foot in a business school classroom. This week in Fridays from the Frontline we are pleased to share a recent post from a current MIT Sloan MBA student who gives us her take on whether the significant funds she’s invested into her two years at Sloan was money well spent. Erica Zendell is a Sloan MBA who will graduate this spring and a self-proclaimed “bargain-hunter.” She wants to feel like she’s gotten value for her investment—be it when she buys a piece of clothing or commits six figures and two years to business school. Read more

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Women: 49%

Median GMAT: 730

Median GPA: 3.7

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November 20, 2024 9:42pm ET

Applying: Babson / Olin, , Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Emory / Goizueta, Rice / Jones, Rochester / Simon, SMU Cox, UCI Merage, Washington U. / Olin

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Technology - Entrepreneurship

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Entrepreneurship

GRE: 333

GPA: 2.56

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: Lagos

Notes:

I just got rejected for WashU Olin and I have an interview invitation with Questrom. GPA continues to bother me but I addressed it in my supporting essays.

November 19, 2024 12:51pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, INSEAD, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Tech in government

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Entrepreneurship Companies: Bain , McKinsey

GRE: 319

GPA: 2.9

Years of Work Experience: 7

Notes:

I got cancer when I was undergrad that's why my undergrad GPA is low. After MBA I want to work in consulting then make a social impact in Africa through entrepreneurship

November 19, 2024 12:06pm ET

Applying: Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, U. Washington / Foster, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden

Pre-MBA Career: Wealth Management and Military

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Asset Management, inc. HF, Other Companies: Bain , BCG , Deloitte , McKinsey , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan Asset Management , State Street , Vanguard

GPA: 3.80

Years of Work Experience: 7

Location: San Diego

Post MBA Location: Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis, Charlotte

Notes:

UG Degree: BBA Financial Markets at an Accredited Institution.

Civilian Work History: 3 years as Wealth Advisor under an RIA in Minneapolis and Denver. Total AUM of ~$350-400M, served as a salaried advisor in a primary and secondary capacity. Holistic services to include investment management, estate planning, retirement planning, insurance planning, tax planning, etc.

Military History: 4 years as a supply/logistics officer heading efforts for air/ground mobility, defense contracting, supply and procurement, and fiscal budget management while located at various bases within CONUS and multiple forward deployed locations.

Professional Certifications: Obtained Certified Financial Planner designation (2022) and Series 65 (2019).

November 18, 2024 12:50am ET

Applying: Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, NYU Stern, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Consulting

Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking Companies: Bank of America , Barclays , Citibank , Credit Suisse , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan Chase

GRE: 323

GPA: 3.32

Years of Work Experience: 7

Notes:

Education:
- Combined Major in Economics and Statistics
- CFA Charterholder (passed all three levels on the first attempt)

Professional Experience:
- Manager at a Big 4 firm Specializing in capital projects and infrastructure, with a role similar to investment banking
- Seven years of experience, mainly in financial services in Ghana

Extracurricular Activities:
- Pro bono capital-raising services for SMEs
- Aspiring to run a full advisory firm for SMEs in the future
- CFA exam coaching and tutorial classes for candidates
- Founder of a travel and tour club offering affordable trips to explore beautiful and historic scenes in Ghana

Will being 32 years old affect the attractiveness of my candidacy?

November 17, 2024 9:24am ET

Applying: Columbia, , Georgetown / McDonough, Harvard Business School, INSEAD, NYU Stern, Oxford / Saïd, Stanford GSB, UCLA Anderson, Yale SOM

Pre-MBA Career: Higher Education

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Media, Undecided Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey , JP Morgan , Morgan Stanley , JP Morgan Chase , Apple , Google , Microsoft , Andressen Horowitz , Charles River , Sequoia Capital , Blackstone , KKR , 21st Century Fox , Comcast , Walt Disney

GPA: 3.97

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: Denver, Colorado

Post MBA Location: New York City

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November 23, 2024 7:37am ET

Accepted to NYU Stern

Round: Round 1

Received via portal on November 21, 2024

GPA: 6.42

GMAT: 760

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Technology

Application Location: India

November 23, 2024 12:41am ET

Accepted to SMU Cox

Round: Round 1

Received via email November 22, 2024

GPA: 3.6

GRE: 331

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Marketing

Application Location: Delta, Nigeria

November 22, 2024 11:09pm ET

Accepted to NYU Stern

Round: Round 1

Received via portal November 22, 2024

GPA: 3.65

Program Type: One Year Program

Target Career: Technology

Application Location: NY

Note:

Submitted on 9/1, interview invite on 10/8, interviewed on 10/30. No phone call but portal updated on 11/22 around 1pm est. No scholarship..

November 22, 2024 8:42pm ET

Accepted to SMU Cox

Round: Round 1

Received via phone November 22, 2024

GPA: 3.9

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: Mississippi

November 22, 2024 8:34pm ET

Rejected at SMU Cox

Round: Round 1

Received via portal on November 21, 2024

GPA: 3.89/4

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: Asia

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