Applying to business school is certainly not something to be taken lightly or put off until the last minute! It is a significant decision, and the process is time-consuming, but it certainly has the potential to provide meaningful returns, both financially and personally. If you are by nature a planner and like to thoroughly evaluate … Read More
Choosing the right MBA program for your needs can be a challenge. How do you identify the best business school for your specific personal, educational, and professional goals? An important element of your business school experience will be your fellow students—the other aspiring MBAs with whom you will be living and studying every day. While … Read More
The median annual base starting salary for recently hired MBAs at U.S.-based companies has reached a record high of $115K, a new survey by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) reveals. The GMAC 2019 Corporate Recruiters Survey, which features responses from more than 1,200 employers in 45 countries, reports that the median salary is the … Read More
Entrepreneurship’s popularity among MBAs has been cemented in recent years, with many top-ranked business schools increasingly emphasizing relevant studies and experiential learning possibilities in their curriculums. For example, approximately 7% of each Harvard Business School (HBS) graduating class in the past decade skipped the traditional job search and instead started their own business. We examined … Read More
As the Class of 2019 completes its final semester before graduation, members of the Class of 2018 are, we hope, settling comfortably into their post-MBA jobs. Business schools take pride in their ability to help students advance in their careers after graduation, and many leading MBA programs see the majority of their graduating classes accept … Read More