A recurring theme in our admissions myths series is that applicants should never think that admissions officers are trying to trick them. Many candidates worry that admissions officers say one thing but really mean another. As a result, they assume that their interviews are worthless—that they essentially “don’t count”—unless they are conducted by someone from the admissions … Read More
Last week, Poets & Quants released its 2014 composite list of the top 100 MBA programs in the United States. In a big change this year, the Stanford Graduate School of Business replaced Harvard Business School in the top spot for the first time since the list’s 2010 debut. The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, … Read More
When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment, but are also making a commitment to a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life “beyond the MBA classroom” at a top business school. The Student Life Council is the catalyst for all social activity planning at the Indian … Read More
Moving up two spots, the London School of Business now tops the Financial Times’ 2014 list of the best MBA programs in Europe—released November 30—unseating both HEC Paris and Spain’s IE Business School (which tied at number one in 2013). Esade Business School in Spain and France’s INSEAD placed fourth and fifth, respectively. The Financial … Read More
With regard to the GMAT, raw intellectual horsepower helps, but it is not everything. In this weekly blog series, Manhattan GMAT’s Stacey Koprince teaches you how to perform at your best on test day by using some common sense. Are you struggling to improve your Sentence Correction (SC) performance? Do you love studying official problems but hate trying … Read More
