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News items that we think are relevant and potentially of interest to MBA applicants and anyone interested in business school.
Published: November 15, 2017
Harvard Business School Tops Bloomberg Businessweek Ranking for Third Consecutive Year
For the third straight year, Harvard Business School reigned supreme in the annual Bloomberg Businessweek “Best Business Schools” ranking, topping the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and MIT Sloan School of Management. In joining HBS on the medals podium this year, those schools both saw significant gains over last year, climbing from sixth and seventh respectively. Rounding out the top five this year is the University of Chicago Booth School of Business —holding steady year over year at fourth—and Stanford Graduate School of
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Published: November 15, 2017
The Darden Jefferson Fellowship Program
At the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, outstanding MBA applicants can be considered for the Jefferson Fellowship, one of the most prestigious and generous fellowships offered at the school. It is awarded solely based on merit and provides benefits that include a living stipend, support funds, tuition remittance, and health insurance.
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Published: November 9, 2017
How McCombs Helps MBA Student Veterans Tackle Re-Entry Into Civilian Life
Returning to civilian life can be difficult for military veterans. In fact, in some cases, a veteran may never even have applied or interviewed for a civilian job before. Then—as U.S. Veterans Magazine. recently described—there’s the difficulty of trying to transcribe military duties into practical skills that a company could understand.
Veterans may also face challenges like PTSD and service-related disabilities, as well as being older and having a different life situations than their classmates. According to a 2016 survey by Student Veterans of America, 80 percent of student veterans are over the age of 25 and 46 percent have children—this includes both undergraduate and graduate students.
That’s why many top MBA programs such as UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business offer a variety of support programs to help military veterans make the transition between active duty and school.
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Published: October 18, 2017
Oxford Saïd Dean, Together with Apple’s Tim Cook, Launches New Entrepreneurial Hub
Building on the success of Saïd Business School's Oxford Launchpad and Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Oxford University has launched a new entrepreneurial hub: the Oxford Foundry. Saïd Dean Peter Tufano and Apple CEO Tim Cook helped kick things off at an October 11th launch event.
The new student-led and student-centric hub will be open to all 23,000 Oxford students and is part of an effort to inspire campus-wide innovation. Its focus will be to help students develop their entrepreneurial skills as well as create and scale ventures.
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Published: October 16, 2017
What Georgetown McDonough MBA Students Learn Outside the Classroom
What do Colin Powell, an Indiana dairy farm, the D.C. Department of Public Works, and a triathalon have in common? They are all part of the fabric that comprises life outside of the classroom for MBA students at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Sure, it makes sense to judge a business school on what takes place inside the classroom. But in skimming three seemingly unrelated recent news briefs from the school, we realized that taken together they help paint a picture of what life outside the classroom can look like. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell
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Published: October 9, 2017
Social Impact MBAs: Programs That Help Students Make a Difference in the World
For years, social impact has been a growing area of emphasis at business schools. Increasingly, MBA students are stating that a well-paying career isn’t enough: They also want to make a difference.
As Sherryl Kuhlman, the managing director of the Social Impact Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, told U.S. News & World Report: “Our students want to make the world go round in a different way. [They are no longer willing to] take a job they don't like so they can give their money away later. They want to merge the money and the purpose."
MBA programs incorporate social impact into their programs in various ways, through global experiences, coursework, clubs, competitions, and more. MBA students may also have opportunities to team up with corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations to get hands-on experience during their graduate studies.
So if you’re interested in social impact, what opportunities should you look for within an MBA program?
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Published: October 5, 2017
Free Webinar: The GRE® General Test for Business School: What You Need to Know
Stand out from the crowd with a stellar business school application. Thinking of going to business school? Join Clear Admit CEO Eliot Ingram and GRE® General Test expert Matt Bashi-Kadlubowski for a free webinar. Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:00am Eastern Time Sign Up Today In this online information session, you will be provided with an overview of taking the GRE® General Test for business school, including tips on how to do your best on the test so you can stand out to your top schools. Attendees will receive: Overview of the GRE® General
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Published: September 27, 2017
What to Expect at the 2017 NBMBAA Conference in Philadelphia
Tuesday, September 26th, marked the first day of the annual National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Annual Conference & Exposition, held at the Philadelphia Convention Center. The five-day event, stretching to Saturday, September 30th, brings together entrepreneurs, business leaders, students, and other seasoned professionals into an immense, collaborative atmosphere that helps introduce next-level vision to the business world. The centerpiece of the event is the two-day Career Exposition. Touted as the “largest diversity career fair in the country” by the NBMBAA, the event brings together more than 300 companies, government entities, nonprofits, and more to take part in on-site stations and
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Published: September 26, 2017
Live Chat with Prodigy Finance: Funding Your International MBA
This chat has ended. Are you attending business school outside of your home country and looking for a way to fund it? Join Prodigy Finance’s Zack Hirschfeld for a live online chat on how you can best finance your graduate management education abroad. Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern In the live discussion, the following questions will be covered: How can I pay for an MBA as an international student? How does the Prodigy Finance process work? How much can I borrow? What will my rate be? Do I need a co-signer or guarantor? What is
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Published: September 21, 2017
Yale Economics Professor Writes on the Bitcoin Bubble
How does one invest wisely? According to Yale School of Management Economics Professor Robert Shiller, it’s all about avoiding economic and market bubbles. Shiller received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics for his research into how financial markets price the things they sell, and he wrote a book on speculative manias tilted Irrational Exuberance. And recently, he sat down with Quartz to discuss the new speculative bubble market: Bitcoin.
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Published: September 10, 2017
A Vision of Leadership for a Digitally Driven World: UCI Merage’s Vijay Gurbaxani
Sponsored Content Our lives are becoming more and more digitally mediated. We see it in quotidian routines like using Lyft to commute and in technological sea changes like self-driving cars and other artificial intelligence breakthroughs. How do we adapt ourselves and the businesses we create to keep pace with such rapid change? Vijay Gurbaxani, UCI Paul Merage School of Business professor and director of its Center for Digital Transformation (CDT), is on a mission to answer these questions. He’s spearheading a number of curricular and cultural changes at the Merage School designed to shape the next generation
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Published: August 29, 2017
Rotman Launches New Healthcare & Life Sciences EMBA Program
Healthcare is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing industries. Globally, it represents more than 10 percent of the gross domestic product of most developed nations—around $6 trillion overall. And the World Health Organization estimates that there are 9.2 million physicians, 19.4 million nurses and midwives, 2.6 million pharmacists, and over 1.3 million community health workers worldwide.
In response to this trend in healthcare growth, the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has launched its new Global Executive MBA in Healthcare and Life Sciences. This addition complements the major in Health Sector Management that is currently available to Rotman full-time, morning, and evening MBA students.
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Published: August 28, 2017
MBA ApplyWire Spotlight: A Future In Banking
MBA applicants are figuring out their target schools for Round 1 and sharing their plans on ApplyWire, Clear Admit’s latest tool to aid in your admissions process. This week, we take a closer look at one candidate trying to find their preferred path in the banking industry with 10 schools on their radar, including: U. Chicago Booth, Dartmouth/Tuck, IESE, Cornell/Johnson, UT Austin/McCombs, UCLA Anderson, UVA/Darden, NYU/Stern, Michigan/Ross, and the London
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Published: August 27, 2017
MBA Admissions: Tips for International Students
Sponsored Content A large number of MBA students across the globe intend to pursue their degree outside their home country. Are you thinking of studying abroad? The United States, Europe, and Canada are home to many of the world’s top-ranked business schools. Consider these tips if you’re hoping to make one of them your degree destination. Create Your Short List You’ll want to spend some time researching schools in your target country to find the ideal one for you. Some questions to address: What specific kind of program are you looking to attend? Which schools rank highest for
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Published: August 22, 2017
Michigan Ross Hires Six New Faculty Members, Five of Them Women
In an effort to expand its offerings to students, the University of Michigan Ross School of Business has hired six new faculty members. Members of the Ross faculty are routinely rated among the top researchers in the world, so it’s no surprise that the new faculty members have notable pedigrees.
It’s also notable that five out of the six new faculty members are women. Over the last five years, Ross has made a point of hiring an equal number of men and women, part of its "efforts to retain a faculty that is not only centered on excellence but also one that better reflects the diversity of our community," according to a press release announcing the new hires. This most recent set of hires is the largest group of women to fill tenure and tenure-track positions in the past decade.
The six new faculty bring unique experiences and specialties to the school.
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Published: August 21, 2017
Babson College Announces New Miami Campus for Graduate Programs
Beginning in fall 2018, Babson College graduate students will be able to take classes in Miami, Florida. The expansion builds on the success of Babson’s Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab—an accelerator program for women entrepreneurs—which expanded to Miami in 2016. The new Babson College hub in Miami will offer a variety of graduate programs including the Blended Learning MBA, a Master of Science in Business Analytics, and a self-paced Certificate in Advanced Management.
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Published: August 20, 2017
The Smart Choice: The Benefits of Taking the GRE ® General Test for Business School
Sponsored Content Are you thinking of pursuing a professional business degree? More business school students than ever before are getting into top-ranked business programs using GRE® scores. You do have testing options. If you’re weighing which test is right for you, this overview of the unique features of the GRE® General Test can help you choose the right one. The test that gives you more options. The world’s top business schools view the GRE General Test equally with other graduate admissions tests. It provides schools with an excellent assessment of the skills you need to succeed in MBA and specialized
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Published: August 8, 2017
GMAT Tip: 5 Things Undergrads Should Do to Prepare for Business School
As summer starts to wind down, many college students are frantically trying to squeeze in a few more weekends at the beach before heading back to the dorms and classrooms. But for anyone thinking about business school or a graduate management degree, there are 5 things you can do before graduation to help you prepare for business school (or any graduate program). 1. Consider enrolling in “free” quant. Take a look at your current transcript and course load. If you’ve managed to make it through your undergraduate experience (intentionally or not!) without setting foot in the math department, you might
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Published: August 7, 2017
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Published: August 3, 2017
GMAT Prep Courses Taught by Foster MBAs Raise Money for Kids in Paraguay
Non-traditional MBA candidates at the University of Washington Foster School of Business now have a new way to prep for the GMAT. In collaboration with PrepCorps, a test prep company designed for MBA candidates without a business background, several Foster MBA students are teaching GMAT courses to raise funds for to The Superkids Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving education for children in Paraguay.
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Published: August 1, 2017
Female Enrollment, GMAT Scores Rise for NYU Stern Class of 2019
Applications are up and acceptance rates are down, according to new statistics from the New York University Stern School of Business Class of 2019. A total of 3,927 applicants applied to join the NYU Stern Class of 2019, increasing around 4 percent from last year’s figure of 3,773. Despite the growing pool of applications, enrollment actually got tighter, dropping from 871 admissions last year to 822 for the class. Figures via NYU Stern From the 822 admitted students, a total of 402 elected to join the NYU Stern Class of 2019—up slightly from the 392 enrolled
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Published: August 1, 2017
Carnegie Mellon Offers New Master of Science in Product Management
In January 2018, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will welcome the first class of a new master of science in product management program. The new program is a joint degree offered by the university’s School of Computer Science and its Tepper School of Business. It was designed to meet a need felt by technical organizations, which have found that employees with strong skill sets in engineering and computer science would also benefit from training in product management.
“We heard repeatedly from employers how much difficulty they have recruiting good technical product managers,” explained Robert Monroe, co-director of the new degree program at Tepper. “The program fills a gap in the market and provides focused, relevant education to help software developers move into being an effective product manager, quickly.”
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London Business School Reveals Newer, More Flexible MBA Curriculum
An MBA program needs to continuously evolve to stay relevant. That’s why most business schools reevaluate their curricula every few years to ensure that they’re on the cutting edge. The London Business School recently completed a top to bottom review of its MBA program to determine how it could improve. The school found that while it has a strong employment outlook, conversations with students, alumni and recruiters revealed than an overhaul of the program itself would help to better meet the needs of students and employers. Why the London Business School Updated Its Curriculum “There were two drivers,”
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Inside the McCombs MBA Classroom: The Power of Information Technology
One of the best ways to get to know an MBA program is to sit in on a class. While the classroom is just one aspect of the business school experience, a class visit offers a valuable preview of the learning environment, instructor expertise, student interaction and quality of discussion. Unfortunately, not many MBA candidates have a chance to attend a course before landing on campus. That’s one reason that the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business began offering a detailed write-up describing one of their popular MBA classes. Strategies for a Networked Economy (MIS
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New Scholarship Alert: HBS Announces Forward Fellowship for MBA Class of 2020
The Harvard Business School (HBS) recently announced that it will offer students from low-income backgrounds the brand new Forward Fellowship, beginning for the MBA Class of 2020. The needs-based fellowship will award students between $10,000-$20,000 for every year in which they apply. In the announcement, Chad Losee, the HBS Managing Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, said, “At HBS, we are intent on and proactive about maintaining the diversity of our student body and supporting individuals from all backgrounds. We believe it is important to acknowledge both where each of our students is now
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