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When it comes to rankings, LinkedIn has everything going for it. Think an enviable brand name and a wealth of data. You can’t say LinkedIn went stingy with its business school ranking, either. Among the ranking’s advantages, it is international in scope, covering every country except China. It also taps into its parent’s platform, compiling data from graduate profiles that other outlets can match in … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Jeff Schmitt | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: MBA Program Rankings, Prospective

The STAR framework (Situation, Task, Action, Result) is one of the simplest yet most powerful storytelling tools for MBA applicants. Though it may not be something most of us have consciously used before, in the MBA admissions world, it’s a core pillar that underpins great essays, standout resumes, and crisp interview answers.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: Getting In, Prospective

Rankings are one of the more controversial things in higher education. Institutions generally pan the concept and the methodology (though they are quite willing to promote a good result in their marketing materials). Prospective students cite them as a significant factor in selecting a school to apply to and attend. The bigger the battle for talent, the more important rankings become, and the bigger the … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Sangeet Chowfla | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: MBA Program Rankings, Prospective

LinkedIn released its inaugural Top MBA Programs in 2023, which ranked the best 50 American business schools for career growth. Call it a missed opportunity – a good idea that squanders its credibility by overlooking the most fundamental part of any comparison: transparency.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Jeff Schmitt | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: MBA Program Rankings, Prospective

BusinessBecause is a source of information and inspiration for business school applicants, students and graduates from all over the world, supporting their academic journeys and career options. At BusinessBecause you can:

• Keep up to date with the latest business school news, programs, rankings, reports, and more.
• Uncover the personal stories of business school students and graduates.
• Discover what admissions departments at top business schools look for in

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Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Business School News, Choosing a Program, Getting In, Prospective

With standardized test taking in decline, the Graduate Management Admission Council is making another big strategic move to diversify its portfolio of products. GMAC is launching an AI-powered platform to guide candidates through their business education journey.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: John A. Byrne | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: Business School News, Choosing a Program, Getting In, GMAT, Prospective

Many elite schools have diversified their applicant pool by accepting the GRE as an alternative in the admissions process. Let’s take a look at some common questions SBC clients have had about choosing the GMAT or GRE for their MBA application package.  You might find your own situation mirrored in one of these examples.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Georgina Hannah | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: GMAT, Prospective

The only way we can support a $62,000 tuition is if we’re perceived as a luxury brand, and the key to a luxury brand is scarcity. So even if NYU or Wharton or MIT could figure out a way to have a first-year MBA of 5,000 people instead of 500, I think they’ve decided that’s not good for their bottom line.

I think, unfortunately, business schools … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Scott Galloway | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, MBA Related, Prospective

Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2024 MBA ranking is chock full of surprises. Though all rankings seem to contain at least an element of the unexpected, both less than apparent and the obvious.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Jeff Schmitt | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: MBA Program Rankings, Prospective

The big business schools — the Stanfords, Harvards, and Whartons of the world — get most of the attention. But the smaller schools give students more bang for their buck. 

That’s the premise behind the ROI Ranking from the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Institute of Technology, where the little guys crowd the top rungs and the big name-brand schools are relegated to the bottom. … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Marc Ethier | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: MBA Program Rankings, Prospective

In his 20 years of coaching people on the GMAT, Chris Kane has more than met Malcolm Gladwell’s popular dictum that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at something. Having guided and coached nearly 5,000 GMAT test takers, he boasts the accumulated knowledge and experience of a seasoned doctor treating health problems.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: Chris Kane, John A. Byrne | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: GMAT, Prospective

A lot of people think they are not great storytellers. It’s true that some of us come by it more naturally than others. But with the proper structure and mindset, anybody can become a great storyteller. That’s why we’re diving deep into how to structure your MBA essays to tell your unique story.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: Chandler Arnold, Kevin Rockmael | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: Getting In, Prospective

Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (ETA) is one of the hottest conversations at business schools across the country, particularly for MBAs not interested in more traditional MBA landing spots.

It entails finding, buying and operating established small- to medium-sized businesses, often family owned and providing needed services in their communities. Taught at Harvard and Stanford for decades, ETA courses and resources are now exploding at B-schools of all … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Kristy Bleizeffer | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources, Prospective

The least useful MBA ranking is the one that you look at without any awareness of the methodology, and how those metrics and comparisons really matter to you.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: John A. Byrne | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: MBA Program Rankings, Prospective

Harvard Business School launched the very first MBA case study more than 100 years ago, and with it, modern graduate business education. Every year since then, professors and researchers at HBS have authored more cases than their counterparts at any other higher education institution.

It’s no surprise, then, that HBS is the source of nearly half of the 50 best-selling cases over the last 50 years … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Marc Ethier | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, MBA Related, Prospective

The latest revisions to the two exams that MBA and other graduate business school applicants take are yet more evidence of an ongoing arm’s race between the makers of the GMAT and the GRE. The Educational Testing Service (ETS), the administrator of the GRE exam, has wrested more and more of the business school market away from the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: John A. Byrne | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: GMAT, Prospective

The typical MBA program is two years but many schools, particularly in Europe, offer one-year programs. Here is a rundown of differences to help you evaluate the pros and cons.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Melissa Jones | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Choosing a Program, Prospective

One question every candidate should expect to be asked is “Why do you want an MBA from our school?” This question comes up every year and despite the foreknowledge and ability to prepare ahead, it is a question that candidates routinely flub.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Stephanie Horn | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: Getting In, Prospective

I wish I had done it sooner, done it differently – or just done it more or less often. These are some of the biggest regrets of the MBA Class of 2022. This spring, P&Q surveyed graduates from 75 top business schools – from Alliance Manchester to the Yale School of Management – on their biggest regrets as MBAs. In the process, we learned what … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Jeff Schmitt | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources, Prospective

You’ve made the decision that getting your MBA will be the next step in your career. But the MBA application process can be overwhelming. Where do I begin? What do I do first? In this article, we’ll review the various parts of the application.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: Getting In, Prospective