Business School Admissions in the Headlines: The Start Your MBA Application Edition
February 6, 2014
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Those (like the students you advise) looking to begin business school in the fall of 2015 should position themselves for successful application submission for October 2014 starting ASAP! With that in mind, here are some of the latest, most interesting headlines about the MBA landscape from media outlets across the country.
Here’s an interesting interview with Kristen McAndrew, the director of admissions at top-ranked University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. (Poets & Quants)
You cannot think about being an MBA without thinking about ROI and how to finance your education. New graduates at these business schools made more than three times their debt, on average. (U.S. News & World Report)
Applying to business school can sometimes feel like a part time job. With the amount of time and effort spent be successful, applicants can sometimes feel they are moonlighting! A Kaplan Test Prep expert is quoted for the story about what it takes. (The Financial Times)
More than 50 MBA students at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management watched the Super Bowl together earlier this week, but not strictly for the game. They were analyzing the commercials – the Ad Bowl! (BusinessWeek)
Now THIS was an apology. The dean of the Harvard Business School recently apologized for how the top ranked MBA program has treated female students and teachers over its 50-year-old history and promised to fix the problem. (The Washington Post)
