Strategy Series
Clear Admit Strategy SeriesCraft a winning application with the Clear Admit Strategy Series! Step-by-Step guidance through the application process. Titles include a Resume Guide, Recommendations Guide, Waitlist Guide and more!

CLEAR ADMIT NEWSLETTER

Enter your email address to join our Newsletter!
 
 
ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR Q&A

Below are links to Clear Admit's exclusive interviews with MBA admissions directors at leading programs.


More Admissions Director Q&A's
CAREER SERVICES Q&A

Below are links to Clear Admit's exclusive interviews with MBA career services at leading programs.


More Career Services Q&A's

Categories

Interview Reports

A selection of interview field reports from fellow applicants posted to the MBA Admissions Wiki. Add your reports when you are finished with your interviews.
Chicago
Columbia
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
Harvard
Kellogg
Michigan / Ross
MIT / Sloan
Stanford
UNC / Chapel Hill
Virginia / Darden
Wharton
London Business School

MBA Tipline

We encourage admissions officers, students and applicants to alert us of interesting news and developments, please send an email to news@clearadmit.com so we can blog it.

Writing Resources

Rankings are a good way to start your research on various MBA Programs. Keep in mind each uses a different methodology.
Business Week
Economist
Financial Times
Forbes
USNews
Wall Street Journal

Program Rankings

The following are business resources offered by a variety of leading Business Schools. It's useful to subscribe to these resources, especially for the schools to which you are applying.
knowledge@wharton
INSEAD Knowledge
Harvard Working Knowledge
Knowledge @ Emory
Columbia Ideas @ Work
knowledge@ W. P. Carey
Stanford Knowledgebase
Ross Thought in Action

MBA Programs: The Rest of the World

As there is some variety in the length of international MBA programs, we have denoted the length of the program next to its name (1 = one year; 2 = 2 years). If an MBA Program is not listed, please e-mail and we will be happy to list it.

Additional Resources

Archives

Navigating the MBA Admissions Process

A Complete Course on How to Get into Business School

In this course, you'll learn everything that you need to know to get into a top MBA program, including: how to research and select your schools, how to market yourself in your applications, how to write essays that result in acceptance letters, and much more!


Business Week Full-Time MBA Ranking 2006

Business Week has just published its much anticipated 2006 ranking of full-time MBA programs. The list, compiled biannually, is intended to help applicants identify viable target schools and is assembled based on surveys of students at the programs and the recruiters hiring their graduates. Extensive information about the ranking methodology and commentary on the list-topping schools are available on the BW site; but for now, let’s take a look at the results:

1. Chicago GSB
2. UPenn / Wharton
3. Northwestern / Kellogg
4. Harvard
5. Michigan / Ross
6. Stanford
7. MIT / Sloan
8. Berkeley / Haas
9. Duke / Fuqua
10. Columbia
11. Dartmouth / Tuck
12. UCLA / Anderson
13. Cornell / Johnson
14. NYU / Stern
15. UVA / Darden
16. CMU / Tepper
17. UNC / Kenan-Flagler
18. Indiana / Kelley
19. Yale SOM
20. UT Austin / McCombs

Chicago has topped the BW list for the first time in the school’s history – a development that spells great things for the program – based on students’ satisfaction with the facilities and flexible curriculum. Dethroned from the top spot, Kellogg comes in at #3 this year and Wharton, having fallen to #3 in the 2004 rankings after enjoying several consecutive years in the top slot, is back up to #2; this seems to suggest that both schools are holding their own in terms of career services and student contentment. Michigan is looking good at #5 (especially when considered in conjunction with it’s stellar showing on the WSJ list) and Duke has inched its way into the top 10, but the biggest mover is Berkeley, leaping from #17 to #8 on this year’s list.

Rankings are a great starting point for school selection, but we of course want to remind readers that there is simply no substitute for firsthand visits to the program and in-depth information when deciding on issues of fit. Best of luck to everyone entering this phase of the application process!

Share

Comments are closed.