Blog: Archive for the “Business School” Category

In our first episode of The mbaMission Podcast for 2025, mbaMission’s Harold Simansky, Jeremy Shinewald, and Jessica Shklar share their takeaways from the 2024 MBA application season and make predictions for the upcoming application season. They discuss such topics as macro trends related to the economy, the impact of AI on business school admissions, and … Read More  

The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth has approximately 10,700 living alumni. Although that figure may sound small compared with a larger school’s alumni base, numerous students and graduates we have interviewed report that Tuck has an active and close-knit alumni community. Through their continued involvement with the school as mentors, visiting executives, recruiting contacts, … Read More  

As we approach the end of the year, many MBA hopefuls are already considering their strategies for the 2025–2026 application season. Deciding which schools to target can seem like an overwhelming task. Of all the top MBA programs out there, which one is right for you? What makes an MBA program stand out from the … Read More  

You may be surprised to learn that the University of Chicago Booth School of Business is making inroads into an area that its crosstown rival (Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management) is known to dominate: marketing. Through the James M. Kilts Center for Marketing—named for the Chicago Booth graduate who was formerly CEO of Gillette … Read More  

The Villanova School of Business takes a rather traditional approach with the essay portion of its application, posing just one question that covers several main elements of a standard personal statement. The school wants to understand why you feel you need an MBA to progress professionally, how you intend to apply what you learn at … Read More