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Published: March 14, 2018
MBA News You Need: Student Visas Fall, Tuck Welcomes Olympians, Stanford Debuts New Virtual Campus Platform, INSEAD Celebrates Women, and More
Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of March 15, 2018. Number of International Student Visas Decreases, Due in Part to Immigration Policies In 2017, 17 percent fewer F-1 student visas were issued than in 2016—78,000 fewer visas overall. For Indian and Chinese students, the decline was even higher, at 28 percent and 24 percent fewer visas respectively. Why the dramatic decrease in U.S. visas issued to Read more
Published: March 14, 2018
Free Webinar: Action Learning – Projects That Make a Difference
Join Clear Admit CEO Eliot Ingram, Illinois/Gies Director of Admissions & Recruitment Jennifer Larson and Illinois/Gies Director of Action Learning to discuss the benefits of Action Learning during your MBA experience. Thursday, March 29th , 2018 1:00 p.m. EST/ 12:00 p.m. CST In this online information session, the panel will discuss how prepared students are for the job market via Action Learning experiences, how action/experiential learning can make a difference in your career and what skills you will gain through your action learning experiences: Topics covered include: What Action Learning looks like at the Illinois MBA The Read more
Published: March 14, 2018
Our Latest Podcast: Acing the Skype or Video Interview
Wrapping up our comprehensive coverage of how to prepare for interviews of every sort, the latest episode in the Clear Admit MBA Admissions Podcast series focuses on the Skype or video interview. An option widely available to MBA applicants who perhaps can’t travel to the business school they’re applying to, the Skype or video interview is also increasingly used by recruiters in the job search process. So brushing up on how best to prepare for this increasingly common interview format is valuable whether you’re in the thick of the MBA admissions process or just looking ahead toward your post-MBA career Read more
Published: March 13, 2018
Joe Biden Discusses How to Revive Slumping Industrial Cities at Kellogg
On Friday, March 9th, an eager audience gathered at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management to hear what wisdom Joe Biden might have to impart from his distinguished political career to the world of business. Speaking the day after observations of International Women’s Day around the world, the former vice president opened his talk with with a message about inclusion. He cautioned the crowd that “in order for a country to succeed… it has to husband all its assets. It cannot leave half its initiative, half its brain power, half of its courage, half of its capability, half of its Read more
Published: March 13, 2018
“Game-Changing” Gift Promises to Make Darden More Global, Benefit Every Full-Time MBA Student
One major philanthropic gift unlocked a second matching gift, resulting in a new $30 million scholarship program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business that promises to make it possible for every student in the full-time MBA program to take part in a Darden Worldwide Course at no incremental cost. Announced earlier this week, the $15 million gift from the Batten Foundation triggered a matching gift from UVA’s Bicentennial Scholars Fund, which the school says places it in a unique position among top MBA programs in being able to send every student Read more
Published: March 12, 2018
How Can You Land a Post-MBA Job at Deloitte?
In 2017, Deloitte placed 11th out of “Fortune’s 100 Best Companies” to work for. It achieved its top slot thanks to the company’s focus on work/life balance where “you decide how fast paced/slow paced you want to take it.” In fact, 91 percent of Deloitte employees say their workplace is great, citing: Great challenges (96 percent) Great atmosphere (95 percent) Great rewards (94 percent) Great pride (97 percent) Great communication (95 percent) Great bosses (94 percent) So, it’s no wonder that Deloitte is a top career choice for many MBA students. The company fits Read more
Published: March 12, 2018
March Madness Begins: Consortium MBA Draft Takes Place Today
No, it has nothing to do with basketball. A draft of another sort will take place today, but for some MBA applicants it could be as big as getting signed with the Golden State Warriors. We’re talking about the annual draft for the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management. Each year, the group’s member business schools offer tens of millions of dollars in fellowships to hundreds of MBA applicants, most under-represented minorities. Clear Admit’s DecisionWeek is brought to you by HBX. HBX brings the dynamism of the Harvard Business School classroom to online learning—preparing participants for the Read more
Published: March 11, 2018
Ross MBA Adcom Bullish on Class of 2020—And Round 2 Decisions Aren’t Even Out Yet!
It’s a good week at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. In a March 9th post to the Ross MBA Admissions Blog, Soojin Kwon, managing director of full-time admissions and program, shared her excitement about the Round 1 applicants who have paid their deposits and said they’ll be heading to Ann Arbor next fall. The details she shared about the earliest members of the Ross MBA Class of 2020 suggest that diversity is the word that defines them. In addition to a professional hockey player in the NHL, a Ghanaian who leads commercial programs for GE, a Read more
Published: March 11, 2018
Getting to Know John Gilligan: The New Director of the Oxford Saïd Finance Lab
Are you looking to dive deep into finance during your MBA program and seeking opportunities to interact with banking firms, funds, and industry leaders? That’s precisely the theory behind the Finance Lab at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School. Read more
Published: March 7, 2018
How MBA Rankings Can Provide Value To MBA Candidates
U.S. News will release their MBA Rankings for 2019 on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. For those of you currently navigating the admissions process, we thought it would be timely to look at rankings and the value they provide for MBA candidates.  So how can b-school applicants use rankings to discover the “best” schools—for them?  Read on for 5 key tips… U.S. News is one of many organizations that rank top MBA Programs, the list also includes BusinessWeek, the Financial Times and the Economist. However, because business schools receive different rankings depending on the sources’ criteria, it can be difficult to understand Read more
Published: March 7, 2018
Is Tuck the Best Business School for Studying Emerging Markets?
As stateside opportunities wax and wane, MBA students at U.S. business schools have become increasingly interested in emerging markets in developing countries around the globe. Though they can present greater risks, there are career opportunities unique to these often overlooked economies that appeal to many sides of the MBA in training—particularly the part that longs to get in on the ground floor of the next big thing. Read more
Published: March 7, 2018
Yale SOM Dean Says His Dean Days Are Numbered
Yale School of Management (SOM) Dean Edward A. Snyder, currently on sabbatical, announced this week that he will continue as dean for the 2018-2019 year but return to full-time teaching and research on July 1, 2019. It will be a big change for the long-serving dean—who has led Yale SOM since 2011 and before that also held deanships at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and UVA's Darden School of Business—and it was not a decision he made lightly.  Read more
Published: March 7, 2018
MBA News You Need: The Gender Pay Gap Post-MBA, Kellogg Professor Talks NRA Boycott, Case Centre Award Winners Announced, and More
Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of March 8, 2018. Research Finds a Wider Gender Pay Gap Post-MBA Could the gender pay gap widen after an MBA? According to research by the Financial Times, women earn on average 9 percent less than men before an MBA and 14 percent less post-MBA. But the good news is that awareness of the gender pay gap is growing, and Read more
Published: March 6, 2018
Clear Admit Launches New MBA Admissions Podcast Series
We are excited to announce the debut of the Clear Admit MBA Admissions Podcast, where we’ll bring you frequent insights into how prospective MBA applicants can navigate the competitive application process. We’ll also discuss trends within graduate management education, student life on campus, post-MBA career options, and more. We will speak to admissions directors, industry thought leaders, and prospective and current students about the topics and trends that currently loom large in the MBA world. Clear Admit Co-Founder Graham Richmond, a Wharton alumnus who brings more than 15 years of experience in MBA admissions, will also be a frequent guest. Read more
Published: March 6, 2018
Real Humans of the IESE MBA Class of 2019
Our Real Humans of the MBA Class of 2019 series takes us this week to lovely Barcelona, Spain, where students at IESE Business School have just taken part in “Multi-Culti,” one of the most highly anticipated social events of the year. It’s a half-day shindig that lets the school show off its true international spirit through regional dance, dress, and food from the dozens and dozens of countries and regions its students call home. From all the accounts we heard, it lived up to the hype. The school is also basking in its recent third-place rank among business schools in Europe in the Financial Times 2018 Global MBA Ranking, released in January, up from fifth the year before. And just earlier this week, IESE placed second in Europe in the FT’s just-released Top MBAs for Women ranking, and 14th globally. Read more
Published: March 5, 2018
What the Relaunch of the Berkeley Entrepreneurship Association Could Mean for Haas MBA Students
Entrepreneurship at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley is getting an upgrade. Right now the university is working to rebrand and relaunch the Berkeley Entrepreneurship Association (BEA). While the newly updated BEA isn’t available yet, it’s in the works and will have many exciting announcements over the next weeks and months. We were lucky enough to get an inside look at what’s coming to the BEA in a talk with Luca Cosentino, MBA’19, BEA president and co-chair and the man behind the re-launch. Here’s the inside scoop! Clear Admit: What is the Berkeley Entrepreneurship Read more
Published: March 5, 2018
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 within MBA cohorts. Women still only account for a third of the students accepted into the top 100 MBA programs, the same as it was five years ago. And there’s another issue as well: cost. Women, on average, earn around 91 percent of their Read more
Published: March 5, 2018
Our Five Favorite MBA Podcasts Right Now
Many business schools and MBA students have recently begun to produce podcasts, discussing the diverse range of student and graduate experiences as well as current trends and relevant topics in business. These podcasts are unique in that they provide a candid, first-person look at business school from those currently enrolled, allowing for an open platform to discuss business topics outside of the confines of the university. While this is a fairly new trend, there are several different podcasts out there for those who might be interested to learn more. We’ve assembled our five favorite MBA podcasts right now, and we’ll Read more
Published: March 4, 2018
The Skinny on Corporate MBA Fellowship Programs—Could One Be Right for You?
Prospective MBA students looking to join a program at a leading business school have a wealth of opportunities available to them in the form of corporate MBA fellowship programs. These highly competitive fellowships, often geared toward under-represented minorities, are offered by many major corporate recruiters hoping to secure top MBA talent early in their time at business school. Corporate MBA fellowship programs can present a great option for those looking to offset the cost of business school, since many include stipends that cover some or all of awardees’ MBA tuition costs. Corporate MBA fellowship programs also can be an excellent way Read more
Published: March 1, 2018
The Vision Behind the Cornell MBA FinTech Intensive
Fridays from the Frontline Fintech is one of those buzzy, disruptive industries the business world loves to hate and hates to love. But very much unlike their tech brethren—edtech, cleantech, insurtech— the financial services sector, which should by all accounts be shaking in its skivvies about going the way of the Guam flying fox, has strangely begun to embrace fintech innovations like open banking and cryptocurrency. MBA students are taking notice and beginning to flock toward fintech in lieu of more traditional financial services gigs. Enter Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management’s FinTech Intensive, “a cutting-edge Read more
Published: March 1, 2018
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 AM Eastern Standard Time Click here to register We’ll cover questions like: How can I pay for my MBA as an international student? How does Prodigy Finance process work? How much can I borrow? What will my rate be? Read more
Published: February 28, 2018
Inside Cornell’s MBA Fintech Intensive
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business' brand new MBA FinTech Intensive is a cutting-edge program with an innovative studio curriculum. Led by Drew Pascarella, a Cornell Johnson lecturer of finance and managing director of Vista Point Advisors, the FinTech Intensive blends hard science and collaborative projects with startups and institutional players in New York for an in-depth learning experience. Read more
Published: February 28, 2018
MBA News You Need: Booth Black Out Day, NFL Players at Ross, Tuck’s Energy Initiatives, and More
Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of March 1, 2018. Read more
Published: February 27, 2018
Berkeley Haas Celebrates 8 Years of Defining Leadership Principles
If you want to get a feel for the culture of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, look no further than its four Defining Leadership Principles (DLPs): Question the Status Quo, Confidence Without Attitude, Students Always, and Beyond Yourself. Introduced eight years ago, the DLPs have become a part of the fabric of the school. In fact, 75 percent of students from all three MBA programs and the undergraduate program cite them as a major reason they chose to attend. Not only that, 90 percent of Haas alumni surveyed from the past decade report being familiar with them and using them to navigate both their professional and personal lives. Earlier this month, as part of Haas Culture Day, the school celebrated the DLPs' eighth birthday, complete with cupcakes.  Read more
Published: February 26, 2018
HBS Black Business Leaders Series Celebrates Black History Month
To commemorate Black History Month, Harvard Business School (HBS) presented a series of cases, courses, and podcasts highlighting influential black business leaders. Within its MBA curriculum, HBS has also been working to increase the representation of compelling African-American protagonists culled from a wide range of industries in the case studies at the heart of its distinctive case study method.  Read more

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February 18, 2025 9:55am ET
Applying: Columbia, NYU Stern, UCLA Anderson, USC / Marshall
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Brand Consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Other Companies: Bain , BCG
GRE: 319
GPA: 3.47
Years of Work Experience: 3
Location: California
Notes:

I applied to my programs via the Consortium.
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February 17, 2025 9:03pm ET
Applying: All Schools, Arizona State / W.P. Carey
Intake Year: 2028
Pre-MBA Career: LC
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity Companies: Wells Fargo Securities , Other
GMAT: 624
GPA: OO
Years of Work Experience: 1979
Location: Netherlands, Aarle-Rixtel
Post MBA Location: Netherlands, Aarle-Rixtel
Notes:

I want forgathering useful information, this post has got me even more info!
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February 15, 2025 7:12am ET
Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UCLA Anderson
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Tech
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG
GMAT: 705
GPA: 8.23
Years of Work Experience: 6.5
Location: Pune
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February 14, 2025 6:41pm ET
Applying: Duke / Fuqua, HEC Paris, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, Oxford / Saïd, Toronto / Rotman, UNC Kenan-Flagler, USC / Marshall
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Pharmaceutical, Entrepreneurship Companies: Microsoft , Amgen , Johnson & Johnson , Pfizer
GRE: 292
GPA: 3.0
Years of Work Experience: 2.5
Location: DC
Post MBA Location: NYC or Canada
Notes:

I am looking to start MBA in Fall 2026, so by then I would have 4 years of work experience. I am thinking about receiving a dual-degree, but haven't looked much into the admissions process of the second degree in healthcare. Mainly, I am debating and need help deciding if Fall 2026 is the right timeline to start an MBA, and I'll be fully prepared as a candidate, or if I need gain more experience to improve my resume.

Your help is greatly appreciated !! :)
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February 14, 2025 7:44am ET
Applying: Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, INSEAD, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Private Markets
Post-MBA Target Industry: Private Equity
GRE: 331
GPA: 2.99
Years of Work Experience: 8
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February 23, 2025 11:42am ET
Rejected at Columbia
Round: Round 2
Received via email on February 19, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GRE: 323
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: Central Asia
February 23, 2025 10:22am ET
Waitlisted at MIT Sloan
Round: Round 2
Received via email on February 18, 2025
Standardized Test: Granted Waiver
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Non Profit / Social Impact
Application Location: United States, WASHINGTON
February 23, 2025 12:59am ET
Interview Invite to Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
Round: Round 2
Received via email on February 17, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GMAT: 675
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: East Asia
February 23, 2025 12:36am ET
Interview Invite to Northwestern / Kellogg
Round: Round 2
Received via email on February 17, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.2
GRE: 321
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
February 22, 2025 8:48pm ET
Interview Invite to Duke / Fuqua
Round: Round 2
Received via email
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.7
GRE: 322
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Healthcare
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