Yesterday, in part one of a three-part series on MBA admissions counseling, the new online MBA community, Poets and Quants, delved into the complicated relationship between admissions committees and consultants, ultimately determining that business schools are becoming more accepting of MBA admissions consultants, like mbaMission. In the article, P&Q estimates that one quarter to one third of applicants to the top 10 business schools now using consulting services, and posits that as many as half of applicants to Harvard, Stanford and Wharton engages consultants. MbaMission founder and president Jeremy Shinewald is quoted extensively in the article, commenting on the newly warmed relationships: “[Schools] can use us as a marketing tool to reach more people than they would going out on the road…we’re part of the communication channel for them in a way that’s very cheap and easy.” Evidence of this trend can be found on our own web site, where we have interviewed many leading admissions officers. We were pleased to see that P&Q listed mbaMission as a one of the “leading players” in MBA admissions consulting.
Read the full article: MBA News: Relationships Mended Between B-Schools and Consultants