Posted by Clear Admit on January 30, 2012, at 2:00 pm
Posted in:  MBA News , Rankings , School: Columbia , School: Harvard , School: IE , School: IESE , School: INSEAD , School: London Business School , School: MIT / Sloan , School: Penn / Wharton , School: Stanford Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) this year tops the Financial Times global ranking of MBA programs, becoming only the fourth institution to do so. Stanford, which for the past 13 years has placed in the top 10, bested previous winners Harvard Business School (HBS), the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and London Business School to take the top spot for the first time.
HBS came in at number two, followed by Wharton at number three. London Business School, meanwhile, fell from joint first to fourth, mirroring a general trend in which U.S. schools fared marginally better than their European counterparts. Falling salaries among alumni from European schools – an impact of the recent economic turmoil in Europe – account in part for this trend, the FT reports.
The QS World MBA Tour, which gives prospective applicants to top MBA programs an opportunity to meet with leading business school admissions directors and GMAT test prep firms, will be touching down in several major North American cities next month. Beginning February 7th, tour stops include DC, Boston, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The world’s largest MBA fair, the QS World MBA Tour will feature more than $1.2 million worth of available scholarships, panel discussions addressing hot MBA topics and trends, free GMAT information seminars and presentations from local and international school representatives. B-school alumni, entrepreneurial groups and career development organizations will also be in attendance, giving prospective applicants valuable networking opportunities. The fair also features a dedicated section for Executive MBAs as well as a special “Women in Leadership” forum.
Posted by Clear Admit on January 6, 2012, at 2:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Columbia Columbia Business School (CBS) this week appointed a new Executive in Residence who will provide the school’s MBAs with insight and expertise gained through management of a three-generation family retail business.
Jack Mitchell, chairman and CEO of Mitchells/Richards/Marshs and Wilkes Bashford, was appointed CBS’s most recent Executive in Residence on January 4th. Men’s and women’s specialty stores in Connecticut, New York and California, Mitchells/Richards/Marshs and Wilkes Bashford are renowned for providing personal service and establishing strong relationships between employees and clientele.
Posted by Clear Admit on December 15, 2011, at 12:43 pm
Posted in: Admissions Tips , Essay Topic Analysis , School: Columbia , Videos If you’re applying to the MBA program at Columbia University, don’t miss our video lecture on tackling the school’s essay topics. As a part of Beat The GMAT’s ‘Write Like an Expert’ series, Clear Admit team member, Graham Richmond, breaks down each application essay for Columbia hopefuls in the video below. This is a great opportunity to learn how a former admissions officer would strategically approach each essay question.
Special Announcement: If you like our Write Like an Expert videos, don’t forget to check out our Navigating the MBA Admissions Process video course!
Posted by Clear Admit on November 12, 2011, at 1:28 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: Columbia , School: Columbia As many applicants await the message asking them to schedule an interview, those of you preparing for those nerve-wracking meetings should definitely take a look at the Clear Admit Wiki, a free resource with a plethora of helpful tidbits of advice, including full interview accounts. Here, we will share an interview report by an Early Decision Columbia candidate.
“My interview was end of last month with an alum and the questions were: Walk me through your resume. Why do you want to go to Business School? Can’t you achieve your career goals without MBA? – a lot a follow up questions on this one since I am an older/experienced candidate Give me example of teamwork or when you played a leadership role in a team.
Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, Columbia Business School (CBS), Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and Spain’s IE Business School are among top MBA programs that are introducing a combined admissions process in which students who get rejected from a full-time MBA program can more easily be offered admission to a part-time or executive MBA offering instead, the Financial Times reports.
Through combined admissions, schools can look for applicants whose profiles may not be strong enough to secure a spot in the full-time MBA program but who might be well suited for the part-time or executive MBA programs. For example, students with low GMAT scores but valuable work experience could be admitted to the EMBA cohort at certain programs instead of the full-time MBA program, admissions officials told the FT.
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Posted by Clear Admit on October 17, 2011, at 1:00 am
Posted in: MBA News , School: Columbia A current Columbia Business School (CBS) student recently reached out to Clear Admit to draw our attention to a YouTube video he created inspired by the new “Twitter” question on this year’s CBS MBA application.
Michael Melmed, a first-year student, created the video as part of his Social Media Marketing class at CBS. Inspired by a new question on the CBS application that asks applicants to share, in 200 characters or less, their post-MBA professional goal, Melmed gathered tweets from current CBS students about why they love the Columbia MBA program. He compiled the responses into a 4-minute video – sort of a love letter to the school – that offers prospective applicants viewpoints from a range of current students on what makes the CBS MBA unique.
“I want to help potential applicants in any way possible, so I have a group of students actively monitoring the Comments section on YouTube to answer any questions of prospective students,” Melmed writes.
In the weeks since the video first aired, comments and chatter between prospective applicants and current students have sprung up around topics ranging from entrepreneurship opportunities at the school to the limitations of the current business school facilities at Uris Hall to the advantages and disadvantages of CBS’s class and cluster sizes. Current students also provide answers to questions pertaining to changing careers, access to financial aid, best times to submit your application, advice for reapplicants and more.
To view Melmed’s video and the resulting comment forum, click here.
Posted by Clear Admit on September 9, 2011, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Columbia Financial studies took center stage this past year at Columbia Business School (CBS) with the launch of a new program focused on related research, relevant curriculum and events. As the school celebrates a successful inaugural year, it looks forward to continuing programming and advancements in the year ahead.
This month marks the successful conclusion of the first year of the new CBS Program for Financial Studies. The program, developed by Laurie Hodrick, the A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics, is governed by a 16-member Executive Advisory Board and a seven-member Academic Advisory Board.
Posted by Clear Admit on August 29, 2011, at 3:00 am
Posted in: Admissions Tips , School: Berkeley / Haas , School: Chicago , School: Columbia , School: Dartmouth / Tuck , School: Duke / Fuqua , School: Harvard , School: IESE , School: IMD , School: INSEAD , School: London Business School , School: Michigan / Ross , School: NYU Stern , School: Penn / Wharton , School: Stanford , School: UCLA / Anderson , School: UNC / Kenan Flagler , School: Virginia / Darden , School: Yale For all those applicants who have recently opened a calendar to plot out the next few months only to realize they can’t possibly fit in campus visits on top of full time jobs and essay writing, never fear! It’s true that traveling to a school’s campus is the ideal way to learn about their MBA program, but visiting is often not a viable option for applicants who are located remotely or unsure of their level of interest in a given school. The good news is that business schools might very well come to them. Many b-schools are getting ready to hit the road and embark on worldwide tours to dispense information and recruit qualified applicants. Such events offer a great opportunity for interested students to meet with admissions staff (and sometimes with current students and/or alumni), learn about the program and ask specific questions.
Some of the top schools are already on the road, so we recommend looking into the travel schedules for programs of interest and planning accordingly. Keeping in mind that these schedules are updated and amended throughout the fall, here are some of the top programs’ itineraries for the months ahead:
Posted by Clear Admit on August 23, 2011, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Columbia Columbia Business School (CBS) last week announced the launch of a new iPhone application to provide access to school-related information and services for current students and prospective applicants. The app will provide details on school events and club activities, course listings and access to the school’s Angel network for course assignments and materials.
Posted by Clear Admit on August 12, 2011, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: Admissions Tips , Essay Topic Analysis , Events , School: Berkeley / Haas , School: Chicago , School: Columbia , School: Dartmouth / Tuck , School: Harvard , School: MIT / Sloan , School: Northwestern / Kellogg , School: Penn / Wharton , School: Stanford
Clear Admit and Beat The GMAT (BTG) are working together to provide prospective applicants with detailed analysis of the essay questions from nine of the top business school programs as part of BTG’s 2011 “Write Like an Expert” series. The free series of online events debuts next Tuesday and Wednesday and will feature Clear Admit senior admissions counselors providing a full breakdown of the current essay questions from Harvard Business School and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
BTG tapped Clear Admit’s Stacey Oyler, a former admissions officer at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Management, and Deena Maerowitz, a former Columbia Business School admissions officer, to provide analysis of the essays for those schools last year as part of the series. This year, BTG has decided to partner exclusively with Clear Admit for all nine of the schools featured in the series.
Clear Admit’s Oyler, Maerowitz, and Graham Richmond, all former admissions officers, will be guests on the BTG site for the online events. Each event will include a full examination of one featured school’s essay questions followed by a Q&A session with participants.
There will be nine events in total, roughly two per week over the course of the next five weeks. Featured schools include Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, Berkeley Haas, Tuck, Stanford, Chicago Booth, Kellogg and MIT Sloan. For the complete “Write Like an Expert” series schedule and to reserve your spot, click here.
Don’t miss this free opportunity to hear strategic recommendations from former admissions officers on how best to approach the essay questions at your target top-tier MBA programs.
Posted by Clear Admit on August 5, 2011, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , Rankings , School: Chicago , School: Columbia , School: Cornell / Johnson , School: Dartmouth / Tuck , School: Harvard , School: MIT / Sloan , School: Northwestern / Kellogg , School: Penn / Wharton , School: Stanford , School: Virginia / Darden Harvard Business School (HBS) came out on top this year for the first time since 2003 in the Forbes Best U.S. Business Schools ranking, released this week. Stanford, the former No. 1, dropped to second.
The Forbes ranking, which focuses on the return on investment graduates achieve from attending business school, found that graduates in Harvard’s Class of 2006 saw their median salaries rise from $79,000 pre-MBA to $230,000 in 2010, the highest jump among U.S. schools.
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The 2011-2012 editions feature the most current information from the programs, including the latest admissions guidelines, class demographics and placement statistics, and offer insight into year-over-year trends. This year, our guides include more student quotes, new content about school-specific special programs, exclusive Q&As with admissions directors and career services directors, and Clear Admit’s analysis of essay topics.
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