Blog: Archive for the “Business School” Category

Harvard Business School (HBS) made a splash this application season by introducing a reduced essay count, and then Wharton… keeps its essay count exactly the same but reduces the total word count across all of its essays by 100 words (even though they add 100 words for essay 1). Is that some kind of reaction … Read More  

In our “What I Learned at…” series, MBAs discuss the tools and skills their business schools provided as they launched their careers. Paul Watson is the co-founder and COO of Ledbury, a producer of high-quality menswear created in response to a simple problem: the difficulty of finding a great-fitting shirt. In Part 2 of this four-part … Read More  

The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth has roughly 9,000 living alumni, and although that figure may sound small compared with a larger school’s alumni base, numerous students and graduates we interviewed reported 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  

Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand when they choose a business school at attend, but the educational experience itself is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. Each Wednesday, we profile a standout professor as identified by students. Today, we profile Edward Altman from New York … Read More  

In our “What I Learned at…” series, MBAs discuss the tools and skills their business schools provided as they launched their careers. Paul Watson is the co-founder and COO of Ledbury, a producer of high-quality menswear created in response to a simple problem: the difficulty of finding a great-fitting shirt. In Part 1 of this … Read More