In the world of business, especially software development and other such projects, you may have heard of the relationship between these things: – Time – Quality – Cost You can get two of these three, but you cannot have all of them. Meaning: If you want it faster, you have to sacrifice quality or pay […]
Continue reading...($) The BSer’s Dilemma: Deciding between two top MBA programs — what to do, what to do?
Are you in the coveted position of having multiple offers in hand from top-notch MBA programs, and now you have to decide which one to accept? We have a treasure trove of posts on individual schools here on the site, so starting there to see what we’ve said about the specific programs and the school […]
Continue reading...“School rankings are stupid” post #28529
In case you’re not also following the law school admissions world (which most of you probably are not, and honestly, you maybe shouldn’t even be following the bschool admissions world as closely as you are, if it’s causing you too much stress), you may have missed the recent announcement by Yale Law School that they’re […]
Continue reading...($) The main way rankings are useful.
We caution against overreliance on rankings all the time — we especially warn BSers about getting so fixated on going to “the best” school that they lose sight of all reason. No one school is “the best” for everyone, and ANY good school is going to be a great experience, depending on how you go […]
Continue reading...More on rankings (Columbia and undergrad)
Back in March, we shared with you how a professor at Columbia University had investigated the data reported by Columbia to U.S. News about undergraduate admissions. Here’s the original analysis by Dr. Michael Thaddeus , unsurprisingly a math professor there. After the school administrators got over their anger and embarrassment, they apparently did the right […]
Continue reading...Rankings aren’t real (2022 edition)
If you’re any kind of numbers geek, this article from a Columbia University professor that analyzes the data that make up the U.S. News college rankings — and how Columbia ranks so highly — is well worth a read. (Warning: #longread. Also, PDF here in case that link ever goes dead.) The professor is debunking […]
Continue reading...Most applicants can’t let go of the rankings. But the rankings really are not designed to help you.
The other day, the President of Princeton University wrote an op-ed against college rankings . ‘The president of where?” Princeton. You’ve heard of them, right? Oh yeah, of course you have. They’re the #1 ranked university for the past 11 years. We’ve blahgged plenty o’ times about why we don’t like rankings, and agree completely […]
Continue reading...($) ROI and the MBA
This perhaps snarkier-than-standard post from several years back is worth reblahgging just as a way to maybe open things up in how you’re looking at the MBA and what you’re hoping to do with the next few years of your life. As with most everything here on the blahg, it’s heavy on the opinion, so […]
Continue reading...($) More commentary on our EssaySnark Unranked list
If you tried last season and didn’t make it into a school like Tuck, you may have had a sad takeaway after seeing our recent list of rankings of the top MBA programs. It may have left you feeling bummed. “Like, what am I, chopped liver? I couldn’t even make it into the school near […]
Continue reading...($) EssaySnark Unranked: Our list of top schools based on how hard it is to get in
“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 […]
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