In case you’re not also following the law school admissions world (which most of you probably are not, and honestly, you maybe shouldn’t even be following the bschool admissions world as closely as you are, if it’s causing you too much stress), you may have missed the recent announcement by Yale Law School that they’re […]
Continue reading...($) The joint MBA/Master’s app including JD/MBA: How do the schools decide?
As a follow-on to yesterday’s post on joint MBA + Master’s programs and is it easier to get in, here are some specifics on how things are evaluated. Most universities handle admissions separately for each of their schools. It’s like each school — the business school, the law school — is operating individually within the […]
Continue reading...($) The joint-degree “MBA+” application strategy
With the proliferation of specialized master’s and new application options, more and more bschool applicants are being enticed to expand their horizons and try for simultaneous degrees. There have long been available certain specialized combinations that were geared towards specific industries or tracks, including the MBA / MPH (Master’s in Public Health) or the MBA […]
Continue reading...($) If you thought you’d go to law school and now…
We spoke previously about how some grad school go-ers may have been switching in the past ten years from an interest in law school to an interest in business school. What if you’re that person? Over the years we have worked with a wide range of BSers, including quite a few who went for the...
Are all the wanna-be lawyers trying for bschool instead?
You may have heard the news that over the past several years, interest in law school has tanked in this country. According to a 2015 Bloomberg article, app volumes for a three-year JD degree are at 15-year lows . Here’s the chart they posted based on data from the Law School Admissions Council: The type […]
Continue reading...($) Joint-degree MBA options.
They’re breeding like rabbits. Business schools everywhere are popping out more and more joint degree and dual degree options. You can get your MBA and… Get a master’s in Electrical Engineering at Stanford – just announced this year. Get a law degree in just three years at many schools like Wharton/Penn Law, Columbia Bschool/Columbia Law,...
Considering law school instead?
OK OK so we know this is a bschool blahg — but we stumbled across this awhile back and couldn’t resist posting it for you: As a law school professor, I can’t stress enough how time-consuming and stressful law school is. You will not get to spend any time with your child for those three […]
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