In a major change, Columbia Business School has ended its longstanding practice of admitting students to its MBA program on a rolling basis. With this change, CBS also eliminated its Early Decision option. For its fall admissions, CBS will now offer three rounds of admissions with fixed application deadlines, generally aligned with the admissions cycles […]
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As you conduct your business school research and consider which schools are best for you, one way to narrow it down is by length of program. The typical MBA program is two years but many schools, particularly in Europe, offer one-year programs. As an admissions coach with Fortuna Admissions, I’m often asked by candidates what
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You understand the power of an MBA degree. And you’re confident it will give you the knowledge and skills you need to advance your career. But you’re wondering: Is my GPA high enough to be admitted to the schools I want to attend? Instead of wondering whether your grade point average from college will stand
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It’s time: You’ve decided to invest in yourself and advance your career. You know an MBA is for you, and you’re ready to apply. First you need to decide: How many MBA programs should you apply to? How Many MBA Programs Should You Apply to? It Depends… The more closely you understand your situation, the
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Stanford Graduate School of Business dropped from third to sixth place and tied with Dartmouth’s Tuck, formerly # 11. Columbia Business School dropped out of the top 10 into a three-way tie for 11th place, just two months after scoring the #1 position in the Financial Times rankings. University of California-Berkeley Haas School of Business
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Full disclosure: A chatbot wrote a first draft of this article. For demonstration purposes, we asked ChatGPT+ to write about the use of artificial intelligence and generative text tools like Chat GPT when applying to MBA programs. In about three minutes, it churned out nearly 750 words as requested, all perfectly grammatical and logical, if
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My Fortuna Admissions colleagues and I have seen an uptick in interest in the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon. One of the smallest among the top 20 business schools, it boasts a close-knit culture and pioneering approach to management curriculum (a “management science” model over the case method, that’s now integrated within all
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What do you do when the MBA admissions interviewer asks you whether 3,599 is a prime number? (Besides trying not to break into a cold sweat.) Or, whether the government should apply tariffs based on a product’s environmental sustainability? Or how the pandemic has influenced the impact you’d like to make in your community?
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When applying to a business school, just as in applying to college, you’ll have two options: waiving your right to view your letters of recommendation or retaining this right. It’s as simple as checking a box. But when it comes time to choose, many students are unsure of the best option. Generally speaking, waiving your
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INSEAD is among the top schools that enlist alumni to conduct MBA admissions interviews. In doing so, the Fontainebleau, France and Singapore based program strives to pair you with one alum of a similar profile to yours and, for diversity’s sake, another with a very different background. It’s a signal of how deeply the school
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