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Published: February 12, 2024

The Financial Times 2024 Global MBA Ranking: Wharton Returns & Lands at the Top

The Financial Times (FT) released its rankings of the 100 best Global MBA programs for 2024. The Wharton School, which failed to make an appearance in the ranking last year, takes the top spot. Top Ten Overall Here are the top 10 MBA programs of… Read More Read more

Published: February 12, 2024

Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Percentage of Women MBA Students

Over the past decade, the percentage of women MBA students has been on the rise across leading business schools. USC Marshall was the first leading business school to achieve gender parity while others have achieved or continue to strive for that benchmark. The Forté… Read More Read more

Published: February 7, 2024

Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Cost of MBA Programs in Europe

How much does an MBA in Europe cost? The cost of an MBA does not just include tuition. MBA candidates should also plan for living expenses, including room and board, transportation, meals, health insurance and other personal costs. Some programs also have mandatory fees and require funds for activities and… Read More Read more

Published: September 18, 2023

Stanford GSB Tops Bloomberg Businessweek’s U.S. Business School Rankings 2023-2024

Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2023-2024 Best B-Schools ranks the top business schools globally by region, charting assessments of programs in the U.S., Europe, Asia-Pacific region, and Canada through a rigorous analysis of data and survey responses. This year, the ranking covers 110 full-time MBA programs. To qualify, programs had… Read More Read more

Published: July 4, 2023

IE Business School MBA Interview Questions & Report: Adcom / Virtual

It was a mixture of a resumé- and application-based interview with fairly standard questions: Tell us about yourself. Why do you want to study here? What makes you a good candidate? Can you tell us about a time where you had to deliver bad news? The only diversion from the… Read More Read more

Published: March 29, 2023

Admissions Director Q&A: Liz Hutchinson of IE Business School

In this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series, we welcome Liz Hutchinson, the Head of Admissions, Graduate Programs at IE University in Madrid. In this role, Liz oversees the enrollment for over 30 master’s degrees within IE Business School, IE School of Architecture and Design, IE Law School,… Read More Read more

Published: January 23, 2023

Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Cost of MBA Programs in Europe

Published: July 28, 2022

Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Percentage of Female MBA Students

Over the past decade, the percentage of female MBA students has been on the rise across leading business schools. USC Marshall was the first leading business school to achieve gender parity while others have achieved or continue to strive for that benchmark. The Forté… Read More Read more

Published: July 19, 2022

Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: MBA Class Size at Top Programs in Europe

MBA class size in Europe varies as much as it does in the U.S. London Business School and INSEAD lead the pack with around 500 students each. At the other end of the spectrum, some European schools have fewer than 60 candidates. ESMT Berlin and Imperial College of Business fall… Read More Read more

Published: June 28, 2022

Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Average GMAT Scores for Top European Business Schools

We’ve compiled the average GMAT scores for the top European business schools in the chart below. See where your GMAT score lands or, if you have yet to take the GMAT, get a sense of what score you need to target to be competitive. Business school admissions use the GMAT… Read More Read more

Published: August 23, 2020

Admissions Director Q&A: Andrea Flores of IE

In this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series, we visit the leading MBA program at IE University in Madrid, Spain. We hear from Andrea Flores, who is currently Head of Global Admissions & Enrollment for graduate programs of all five schools at IE University, including IE Business School’s MBA programs. Her passion is to see education shape the future of society and how, through sharing IE’s values of humanities, entrepreneurship, social responsibility, and innovation, she can have an impact on the leaders of tomorrow. Her purpose is to provide graduate school applicants an admissions experience in line with IE’s vision of the future, in order to recruit the best talent globally. Read on for her insights into the MBA program, admissions and more. Read More Read more

Published: December 11, 2019

HEC Paris Dethrones LBS at Top of Financial Times Ranking of European Business Schools

What is the best business school in Europe? The Financial Times just released its 2019 rankings and determined that HEC Paris claims the spot this year. London Business School has long been at the top, but slipped… Read More Read more

Published: November 18, 2019

Admissions Director Q&A: Tino Elgner of IE Business School

IE Business School is centrally located in Madrid’s financial district. Their international appeal and urban environment fosters strong student, faculty and alumni communities. In addition to the school’s one-year, full-time International MBA, IE offers tech, part-time and executive MBA options. In this edition of… Read More Read more

Published: April 16, 2019

MBA News You Need: Judge MBAs Talk Tech Careers, LBS MBA Application Tips, Cornell Johnson MBAs Recognized for Leadership, and More From Tuck and Yale

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and provide a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top business schools around the world. Here’s your MBA News You Need digest for the week of April 15, 2019. Read More Read more

Published: December 5, 2018

2018 Financial Times Ranking of Top European Business Schools

The 2018 Financial Times ranking of top European business schools was just released. After an in-depth review of schools across Europe, FT completed its list of the 95 schools including 25 in France and 22 in the UK, seven in Germany, and a handful in all other countries. When looking… Read More Read more

Published: May 28, 2018

MBA ApplyWire Spotlight: Admissions Profile Feedback on School Choices

As the 2018-2019 admissions season is on the horizon, many MBA applicants are posting to Clear Admit’s ApplyWire, a tool that supports MBA application strategy. As an applicant, by identifying the business schools you are considering applying to, along with a little information about your credentials and goals, you can get feedback from our community of top-tier applicants to help inform your final choice of schools. In this edition of MBA ApplyWire Spotlight, we take a closer look at two recent posts from new candidates for the Class of 2021. We start with a candidate highly focused on the GMAT: Clear Admit’s resident experts offered feedback on the overall application strategy, as well as ideal targets for the GMAT: Read More Read more

Published: March 28, 2018

MBA News You Need: Alumni Gifts at Chicago Booth and Wharton, Cryptocurrencies at IE Business School, and More.

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of March 29, 2018. HBS Announces NVC Semifinalists in Student… Read More Read more

Published: January 28, 2018

2018 Financial Times MBA Rankings: Stanford GSB Dashes INSEAD Three-Peat Dreams

INSEAD hoped to top the Financial Times MBA rankings for the third year in a row, but it wasn’t to be. Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) gets top bragging rights this year, returning to the number-one spot it has held only once before,… Read More Read more

Published: December 11, 2017

INSEAD Tops Bloomberg Businessweek Ranking of International MBA Programs

INSEAD pushed aside London Business School (LBS) to take the top spot in Bloomberg Businessweek’s annual ranking of MBA programs outside the United States, published yesterday. LBS slipped to second, followed by Spain’s IESE Business School, Oxford University’s… Read More Read more

Published: September 19, 2017

Professors at Top MBA Programs Offer Advice for Incoming MBAs

As MBA programs begin to kick into high gear, the Financial Times sat down with leading professors from some of the top business schools from around the globe to ask their advice on how students can get the most out of their education. These professors—from Chicago Booth, Oxford Saïd, IE… Read More Read more

Published: January 25, 2017

Shuffle of Leadership at Spain’s IE Business School

To fill the void created when longstanding Dean Santiago Íñiguez de Onzoño was named executive president of IE University, Spain’s IE Business School today announced that Martin Boehm will serve as its new dean. Boehm, an expert in teaching innovation, is no stranger to IE. Serving as dean of programs for the past four years, he first joined IE in 2006. Newly appointed IE Business School Dean Martin Boehm “For over a decade, Martin has been a valued member of faculty and a phenomenal part of our management team,” Íñiguez said in a statement announcing Boehm’s appointment. “He has a formidable understanding and strategic vision of the business education sector and has been an excellent team builder, fostering solid support networks within the IE community and around the world.”Ne Read More Read more

Published: January 16, 2017

Oxford’s Saïd Business School Joins Global Network for Advanced Management

In case you missed it, Oxford University’s Saïd Business School joined the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) earlier this month. Calling itself “the leading network of top business schools committed to educating global leaders,” the GNAM was founded by Yale School of Management Dean Edward Snyder in 2012. It counts as its members eight schools in Europe, nine in Asian and the Pacific Islands, five in the Middle East and Africa and seven in the Americas. The recent addition of Oxford’s Saïd brings the total to 29 member schools. Read More Read more

Published: December 5, 2016

London Business School Leads 2016 International MBA Rankings from Bloomberg BusinessWeek

London Business School (LBS) climbed to the very top spot on Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s Best International Business Schools of 2016 list, released yesterday, up a notch from last year’s second-place showing. INSEAD, which has campuses in France, Singapore and Abu Dhabi, followed right behind, inching up from number three last year to second place this year. The United Kingdom’s other powerhouse business schools, Oxford’s Saïd Business School and Cambridge’s Judge Business School, fell in line at third and fourth respectively, representing a three-spot jump for Saïd over last year and a four-spot jump for Judge. Spain’s IESE also experienced gains year over year, sidling up two spots from last year’s seventh place to round out this year’s top five. Read More Read more

Published: May 4, 2016

Overseas MBA: 5 Reasons to Earn Your Degree in Europe

The following post has been republished in its entirety from its original source, metromba.com. Moving to a new area for your education can be a difficult decision to make, whether you are moving across the globe or just a few hours' drive away. Especially for moves abroad, problems like culture shock, language barriers and homesickness are understandable concerns. Nonetheless, more and more students today are discovering the massive benefits of earning an MBA abroad. If you are prepared to make the leap, here are just a few of the benefits of earning your MBA overseas: Read More Read more

Published: February 9, 2016

IE Business School Interview Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-campus

The following IE Business School interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! The interview took place in an office space the interviewer was borrowing. He was very friendly and easy to speak to. He did not necessarily ask me questions about… Read More Read more

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Class Size: ~400

Women: 33%

Mean GMAT: 680

International: 96%

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September 2, 2024 11:02am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Ohio State / Fisher, Stanford GSB, UCLA Anderson, UPenn / Wharton, USC / Marshall, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Software Dev @ Fintech startup

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Family Business, Entrepreneurship

GRE: 327

GPA: 3.12

Years of Work Experience: 9

Location: United States (Midwest)

Notes:

- Engineering undergrad GPA 3.12 Top 40 US School
- Sales at F500 , Family business (management), software dev @ startup
- Switched to dev to udnerstand tech, next step is MBA to accelerate path in field to ultimately retunr to family business to start tech vertical

September 1, 2024 11:10pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Currently working with a major pharma company in Corporate Development (M&A). Prior experience: Advisory with PwC and EY in India. I have also worked in Africa for ~1.5 years (Namibia, Zambia and South Africa) and couple projects in Europe (Denmark); Awards - CEO business achievement, PwC Above and Beyond

Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking

GRE: 327

GPA: 7.3

Years of Work Experience: 8.5

Location: India

Notes:

Education: Finance- Chartered Financial Analyst US (CFA) charterholder (>90 percentile); Chartered Accountant (CA); Alumnus of a top-ranked commerce undergraduate college in India (St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata)
CGPA: 7.3/10; Top 10% in college
Extracurriculars: Played cricket at the National level (U16); Multiple community contribution in health-care sector during the pandemic

Target: R1 - Columbia Business School (CBS), Kellogg School of Management, NYU Stern
Reach: R2 -Booth, Wharton (with retake to improve GRE)

September 1, 2024 7:34pm ET

Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Consulting

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting

GMAT: 690

GPA: 3.3

Years of Work Experience: 3.5

Location: West Coast

Notes:

Sponsored by Big 4 consulting firm. I studied engineering + CS in undergrad. Most of my work at my current firm to this point has been supporting tech design + implementation for a Health and Human Services gov't agency. I have been involved with tons of internal sustainability efforts and pro-bono supported a LATAM-based economic development nonprofit. Hoping to use the MBA as a way to develop more sustainability + finance fundamentals to come back to current firm and lead decarb strategy engagements. White M. I know my GMAT and GPA are below avg for schools I'm looking at. Will sponsorship be enough to make up for it?

September 1, 2024 11:02am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Harvard Business School, London Business School, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Entrepreneurship, Software Engineer

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Entrepreneurship

GMAT: 715

GPA: 3.8

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: India

September 1, 2024 5:23am ET

Applying: Georgia Tech / Scheller, Rice / Jones, U. Washington / Foster, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UT Austin / McCombs, Washington U. / Olin

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Consulting, Tech and Supply Chain

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Deloitte , Ernst & Young

GRE: 333

GPA: 3.38

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: India

Post MBA Location: USA

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September 2, 2024 4:44am ET

Applied to Columbia

Round: Round 2

Received via n/a

GPA: 3.1

Program Type: January Intake

Post MBA Career Name: Entrepreneurship

Application Location: Paris

August 31, 2024 7:51pm ET

Applied to Cambridge / Judge

Round: Round 1

Received via portal

GPA: 3.0 / 4.0

GMAT: 645

Program Type: One Year Program

Post MBA Career Name: Marketing

Application Location: Singapore

August 30, 2024 7:11pm ET

Accepted to Columbia

Round: Round 2

Received via phone on August 29, 2024

GMAT: 735

Program Type: January Intake

August 30, 2024 3:24pm ET

Applying to Carnegie Mellon / Tepper

Round: Round 1

Received via portal

GPA: 3.85

GMAT: 750

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Post MBA Career Name: Technology

Application Location: Cambridge, MA

August 29, 2024 10:09pm ET

Applying to Washington U. / Olin

Round: Round 1

Received via email

GPA: 3.29

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Post MBA Career Name: Healthcare

Application Location: Nigeria

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