“The best” MBA program is one that you can get into. Right? Who cares how “good” a program is, especially when each school apparently rates so differently based on who you ask. Once you’re focusing on the “best” schools, you know what that list is going to look like. It’s going to have schools like […]
Continue reading...Tracking the system: How are schools changing in terms of diversity and inclusion?
Changes are coming slowly. It’s been over a year since George Floyd was murdered. All the schools issued statements about Black Lives Mattering at the time. What evidence have we seen that there have actually been changes in how things are run at these places? Darden continues to be more flexible with testing policies, which […]
Continue reading...($) Which business schools have gotten more competitive just recently
Normally we tag our posts by which schools we’re discussing in them, so you have quick access to find other posts that relate to that school. We’re not doing that today because the information in this post is reserved for blahg members only. You’re welcome to sign up if you’re not already part of the […]
Continue reading...($) Which school is innovating with its application requirements (and why should you care)
As we predicted, many schools have now released information on their Class of 2024 application requirements, and in several cases, they’ve opened their applications up and you can even begin applying right now! (Pro Tip: Nobody should be applying right now!!!!!!! Really really really really really we do not suggest submitting any apps at this […]
Continue reading...More on schools doing things well
You may have seen that last week, we gave Darden the Radcom of the Year Award for 2020. They’re not the only school doing anything noteworthy right now. One runner-up is Berkeley-Haas, for (thank you!) deciding to, uh, change the status quo in how they communicate with their prospect community. This happened in the still-early-days […]
Continue reading...Radcom of the Year Award for 2020: UVA Darden
There is no question about it. No other school even came close. The very best applicant-friendly school on the planet this past year was UVA Darden. This post explains: A study in contrasts: Darden and Tuck We know that other sites have already anointed Scott Beardlsey as the best bschool dean, so this may be […]
Continue reading...The reasons why Michigan Ross’s “waitlist everybody” Rd 1 decision is so cruel.
We actually love Ross but this season, and especially after the first round, not so much. They probably thought they were being fair and applicant-friendly in the decision to not reject any of their Round 1 candidates . But really, the unintended consequences of that in terms of emotional impact on applicants are severe. Here […]
Continue reading...Some schools are being hard-asses about standardized testing and test scores (and a rant)
A number of schools seem to be trying to play the status-quo game: They’re maintaining their pre-covid policies and not really making many accommodations to their processes and policies. In a “normal” year we would not even call any attention to this. It’s what schools do. With the exception of changing their essay questions and […]
Continue reading...What MIT did not succeed at doing with their Class of 2022 admissions strategy.
We spoke about how the MIT admissions season played out in the numbers in our post earlier this week. One additional comment to make is to examine who they actually admitted — or at least, who they admitted, who decided to also attend. The biggest shifts in the class breakdown were in: Women going from […]
Continue reading...($) Some schools really threw out the playbook when coronavirus came along.
We’ve been watching the changes in the bschool ecosystem since the world got upended in March and have been repeatedly surprised — and surprised again when we studied the class profiles of some top schools. Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. But yeah. Talk about being opportunistic and willing to […]
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