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Bloomberg Businessweek MBA rankings

Bloomberg Businessweek developed a new methodology for its annual Best B-Schools list starting in 2018. They surveyed schools to seek input on the ranking components, and then surveyed graduating students, recent alumni, and companies that recruit MBAs. These respondents not only provided data on each component, but also had input into the weighting of those components.

See Clear Admit’s analysis of the 2022-23 Bloomberg Businessweek Best U.S. Business Schools here. 

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Take a look at the publication’s top 50 U.S. business schools for 2023-2024 below.

Ranking School
1 Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2 University of Chicago Booth School of Business
3 (tie) Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business
3 (tie) University of Virginia Darden School of Business
5 Columbia Business School
6 Harvard Business School
7 Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management 
8 The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
9 University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business
10 (tie) MIT Sloan School of Management
10 (tie) UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
12 NYU Stern School of Business 
13 Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management
14 Duke University Fuqua School of Business 
15 Yale School of Management 
16 Emory University Goizueta Business School 
17 USC Marshall School of Business
18 Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business
19 Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business
20 Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business
21 University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business
22 UCLA Anderson School of Management
23 UW Foster School of Business
24 Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
25 (tie) University of Rochester Simon Business School
25 (tie) Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management
27 (tie)  University of Georgia Terry College of Business
27 (tie) SMU Cox School of Business
29 UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School 
30 Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School
31 Indiana University Kelley School of Business
32 Minnesota University Carlson School of Management
33 UMD Smith (University of Maryland)
34 Notre Dame University Mendoza College of Business 
35 Brigham Young Marriott School of Business
36 William and Mary Mason School of Business
37 UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management
38 University of Florida Warrington College of Business
39 ASU W.P. Carey School of Business
40 Howard University School of Business
41 Wisconsin School of Business at Madison
42 TCU Neeley School of Business
43 UC Davis Graduate School of Management
44 Rutgers Business School  Penn State Smeal College of Business 
45  Texas A&M Mays Business School 
46 George Washington University School of Business
47 Boston College Carroll School of Management
48 Baruch College Zicklin School of Business
49 University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
50 Baylor University Hankamer School of Business

MBA Applywire

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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)
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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?
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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
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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 1, 2024 2:30am ET
Applying: , Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, Vanderbilt / Owen, Wisconsin
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Business
Post-MBA Target Industry: Asset Management, inc. HF, Family Business Companies: Fidelity , State Street
GPA: 11.5
Years of Work Experience: 5
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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