Blog: Archive for the “News” Category

Yesterday, India’s Pagalguy.com released an interview with the Director of Admissions at IMD, Katty Ooms Suter. What is striking about this conversation is Ms. Ooms Suter’s refreshing candor. She does not shy away from admitting that they have a GMAT minimum or that they don’t take more than 10 candidates from a certain country, in … Read More  

Last week, Harvard Business School’s Executive Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, Deirdre Leopold, held a much-anticipated online chat with BusinessWeek. Highlights of the interview include: After many years of six to seven mandatory essays, HBS will be changing its approach, requesting two mandatory essays and a selection of three others from six choices. … Read More  

Well, it appears that an ugly chapter in Fuqua’s history is at its end. Recently, a Fuqua appeals panel upheld its Honor Committee’s decision to discipline thirty-four of the schools 400+ students. Of the thirty-four, nine were expelled, fifteen were suspended for one-year and got a failing grade in the class; the remaining ten got … Read More  

While we are not adherents to GMAT hysteria, a high score is certainly better than a low score. BusinessWeek recently reviewed the GMAT prep offerings from four major firms, one of which was Manhattan GMAT, the firm that we recommend to our clients. We were amused to see Businessweek, suggest that Manhattan GMAT might be … Read More  

In The Economist (everyone’s favorite dry but insightful English weekly) this week, the editorial staff posits that Business Education is changing and that as a consequence, applications and enrollments are rising. In New Graduation Skills, the Economist cites Yale and Stanford as evolving curricula that are attracting students who aspire to be more than mere … Read More