Posts by Jonathan Pfeffer

We continue to meet new MBA candidates in our series, Real Humans: MBA Students.  This week, we get to know a group of new students who have chosen to pursue their business management education in New Haven, Connecticut, at the Yale School… Read More Read more

The Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) is the cream of the crop of elite business school programs worldwide and is considered go-to institution for building “an entrepreneurial mindset, a spirit of innovation, and effective personal leadership skills.” While you may have already seen our… Read More Read more

Creating equitable spaces that address a range of experiences is not only essential to a great education, but it’s how students, particularly MBA students, prepare to navigate business in an increasingly globalized world. UCLA Anderson’s recent Embracing Diversity Conference was a two-day… Read More Read more

We continue our series of Admissions Director Q&As with the leading business school in Switzerland.  Located on the shores of Lake Geneva, the IMD MBA does not just prepare you for your immediate post-MBA job, but looks at your long-term career.  Two… Read More Read more

We continue with our Real Humans: MBA Students series in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Established in 1914, MIT’s Sloan School of Management MBA program emphasizes innovation through a combination of lectures, team projects, and hands-on Action Learning Labs. Read More Read more

MBA applicants spend so much time preparing to get into business school, they don’t often stop to imagine what campus life will be like once they get there.  Current Oxford MBA student Adiya Chopra took to the Saïd Business School blog to document a representative 24… Read More Read more

This edition of Real Humans: MBA Students takes us to the pioneer of management science, Carnegie Mellon University’s  Tepper School of Business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 13:1, Tepper boasts personal access to world-class researchers—including a legacy of 9… Read More Read more

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

In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we head to the “Windy City” in the midwestern U.S.  The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business full-time MBA program is located on the University of Chicago’s main campus in the Hyde Park… Read More Read more

Fuqua On Board (FOB) at Duke / Fuqua extends the MBA community beyond campus by connecting students with local nonprofits in Durham. Current Fuqua students Zhiyi Feng and McCallen Moser took to the Fuqua blog to discuss their experience as part of… Read More Read more

In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, five new candidates explain their journeys to France and more.  We land just 17 kilometers from Paris, where HEC Paris (École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is housed on a 340-acre, wooded campus… Read More Read more

When one considers the motto of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business—“Developing leaders who make a positive difference in the world”—it comes as no surprise that Ross alumni can be found doing exactly that.  Across the world within virtually every imaginable field, Ross alumni… Read More Read more

Military men and women develop skills that translate from the trenches of warfare to the boardroom and beyond. Due in part to fellowships like the Yellow Ribbon Program, veterans have become a growing presence at business schools across the country. At NYU Stern, the Fertitta Veterans… Read More Read more

This edition of Real Humans: MBA Students takes us to Cambridge, England, to meet students in the one-year MBA program at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School. Cambridge Judge has a class size of around 200 students, with women comprising about a third… Read More Read more

In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we head to Palo Alto, California—part of Silicon Valley and home to what is widely considered the best of the best business schools in the world.  Stanford’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) has a… Read More Read more

For MBA students, the coveted summer internship is a stepping stone to the career of their dreams. The internship may help get your foot in the door, but the lessons from the first-year of business school can inform a stronger impression on a potential future employer. Current Indiana / Kelley MBA student Whitney Hamilton took to the Kelley blog to unpack exactly how her first year at Kelley helped set her up for success as Brand Intern at Conagra. How Kelley Prepared Me: First-year to Internship Whitney Hamilton, MBA’20 This time last year, I was preparing to start a new chapter of my life at the Kelley School of Business. I had just quit my job in Chicago and celebrated at my going away party with friends and family. An entire year later, I look back with CORE behind me, new lifelong friends, and global experiences. Now that I am 5 weeks into my summer internship, I get the chance to reflect on my first-year through a new lens: how it prepared me to succeed as an intern. I am thrilled to be spending my summer at Conagra as a Brand Intern. The top three things that helped me put my best foot forward during my internship are: Professor Jonlee Andrews & Academy Projects I was involved in the Consumer Marketing Academy (CMA) led by Jonlee Andrews. During 2nd semester we participated in an Academy Project where my classmates and I got the opportunity to work with top CPG companies (i.e. Nestle, E&J Gallo, P&G, and Scott’s) on real challenges that they are facing and deliver a recommendation. Between the practical Academy Project, and lessons from Jonlee on how to approach any project, I really got the chance to think outside the box and preview what to expect as a summer intern. My Academy Project experience really set the stage for me to succeed and I have even referred to my notes during my internship. Read More Read more

In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we head to a rigorous, close-knit MBA program in Charlottesville, Virginia. MBA candidates who choose The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business can expect to review more than 500 case studies during the… Read More Read more

Known for its intimate class size and rural setting, Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business attracts candidates seeking an immersive educational environment.  Tuck’s Executive Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, Luke Anthony Peña, has written at length how Tuck students are smart, accomplished,… Read More Read more

In this edition of our ongoing series, Admissions Director Q&A, we stop by the Bay Area of California.  Morgan Bernstein is the executive director of full-time MBA admissions at Berkeley's Haas School of Business, and a 2009 alumna of the program. Bernstein is deeply passionate about helping prospective students navigate the business school landscape, and brings an authentic, compassionate, and transparent approach to her admissions processes. Bernstein is inspired daily by Haas students and carefully curates a community that demonstrates curiosity, self-awareness, resilience, and optimism—among other leadership attributes. Before joining the Haas admissions team in 2011, Bernstein primarily worked in marketing and general strategy roles in the technology, education management, and services industries. When not recruiting the next class of future business leaders, Bernstein can be found chasing after her two young children with her fellow MBA 2009 husband, training for her next running event, or exploring California wine country with friends. Clear Admit had an opportunity to talk with Bernstein about the MBA application essays, Haas's new Certificate in Business Analytics, the new concurrent MBA/Master of Engineering degree, Haas’s proximity to the Bay Area’s innovation ecosystem, and more. Morgan Bernstein, Executive Director of Full-Time MBA Admissions at the Haas School of Business Clear Admit: What’s the single most exciting development, change, or event happening at Haas in the coming year? Morgan Bernstein: There are a number of exciting developments and changes, including the launch of our Certificate in Business Analytics and our new MBA/Master of Engineering concurrent degree. One of the key developments is that our international graduates are now eligible to apply for the STEM OPT extension during their post-MBA employment authorization. Although the eventual approval of those extensions depends on the training plans that the employers and the MBA graduates submit, we anticipate that this will lead to expanded opportunities for our international graduates who pursue jobs incorporating business analytics, modeling, forecasting, and other skills developed through our program. CA: What is the one aspect of your program that you wish applicants knew more about? Read More Read more

The life of an MBA student is a hectic one, academically and socially.  It may be hard to imagine cramming multiple classes, extracurricular activities and personal health into a single day. So, what does it look like?  How does the daily schedule shake out?  In this edition of Fridays from the Frontline, we find out from a current MIT Sloan MBA student. Isaac Santos MBA ’20 took to the Sloan blog to offer a play-by-play of an average day in the life of a Sloanie. A Day in the Life @ MIT Sloan by Isaac Santos Hi everyone! My name is Isaac Santos and I’m a Class of 2020 MBA student at MIT Sloan. I’ve very much enjoyed my time at Sloan so far and am excited to share what a typical day looks like for me. But, before getting started, I’ll share a little bit about myself. Read More Read more

In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we visit Oxford University’s Saïd Business School in England.  The one-year MBA program employs an interdisciplinary and global approach to business education.  Students learn through a blend of the case study method, lectures, simulation… Read More Read more

For this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we catch up with the new class at London Business School (LBS).  When you hear “London,” architectural icons like the Tower Bridge, the London Eye, Big Ben or Globe Theater may spring to mind. … Read More Read more

There has been plenty of digital ink spilled in these virtual Clear Admit pages about the virtues of study abroad programs as a critical component of the MBA experience. What is less often discussed is the value of study abroad experiences that aren’t tethered to internships, experiential learning, or even business at all. Case in point: Chicago Booth’s Random Walk orientation trip in which second-year students lead roughly a dozen incoming first-years to 35 locations at home and abroad. Current second-year Boothie Kate Nimmo took to the Booth Experience blog to offer a play-by-play of the first Random Walk New Zealand trip, which she recently led. Read More Read more

For this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series, we hear from Taylor Martini, who serves as the Executive Director of UCI Merage School of Business’s Full-Time MBA Program. He oversees total operations of the Full-Time MBA Program, including financial and strategic management, academic programming and supervision of the admissions and student services teams. Before moving into his current role, Martini supported the recruitment and admissions function of the program office for four years. Martini joined the Merage School in June 2015, soon after graduating from the UCI Paul Merage School of Business Full-Time MBA Program. During his time in the program, Martini secured multiple HR-focused internships which included a human resources rotational program at Tilly’s and Learning and Organizational Development role at PacSun. Prior to his MBA studies, Martini spent three years working in the mortgage banking industry. Martini was born and raised in Southern California and completed his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Chapman University. Clear Admit had the chance to sit down with Martini and learn more about UCI Merage’s Full-Time MBA curriculum update that emphasizes leadership for a digitally driven world. Read More Read more

In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we head to the Midwestern U.S.  There, known as a research stronghold with outstanding faculty, Indiana’s Kelley School of Business offers top-notch degree programs with campuses in Bloomington and Indianapolis.  U.S. News and World… Read More Read more