Three members of the incoming MBA Class of 2012 are Iraqi war veterans, several are black belt martial arts experts, a number are accomplished musicians and one is a stand-up comic. Countries of origin are Australia, China, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Taiwan, [...]
WHAT ARE THE TOP MBA PROGRAMS?
If you’ve read my postings on the Businessweek or Vault.com forums, you’ll undoubtedly know that I try to avoid the rankings talk. Rankings debates usually disintegrate into pissing matches, with the resulting discussion exaggerating the differences that no one else but applicants and students would actually care about.
What I’ve [...]
Applicants to business schools tend to be overachievers. A symptom of this is our tendency to want to be better than the average. Whenever I speak to applicants, the mindset is often, “I’m around the average, do I need to retake the GMAT?” Now, let’s step back for a moment. We all know what the [...]
