OCTOBER 28
Opening Doors for Women
NYU Stern’s annual women’s admissions event, hosted by Stern Women in Business and members of the Stern community. Event details >

OCTOBER 17
MIT Sloan Diversity Visit Days
Join MIT Sloan students from the Black Business Student Association (BBSA), Hispanic Business Club (HBC), and Africa Business Club (ABC), staff, and faculty to learn how our mission-driven School inspires cutting-edge thinking. Event details >

The Georgetown Graduate Women in Business (GWiB) brunch aims to connect prospective women with our MBA community and discuss how women can better position themselves as future business leaders. Event details >

Participants will sit in on a class with Finance Expert, Gita Rao, attend admissions and career information sessions, join current students for lunch, and end the day with a reception. MORE

Jointly sponsored by HBS MBA Admissions and the Women’s Student Association (WSA), this event is designed for prospective applicants to experience the MBA program at Harvard Business School. Over the course of the day, participants will have the opportunity to interact with students, faculty, and members of the MBA Admissions & Financial Aid team.

This is a unique opportunity to really get to know HBS. Over the course of the day, you will have the opportunity to sit in on a class, tour the campus and interact with members of the HBS community. You will have lunch with current students from our Women’s Student Association, hear from an alumnae panel, have a detailed Admissions and Financial Aid presentation and more. Continue reading →

Sur plus de 300 universités à travers les Etats-Unis, l’Université Johns Hopkins est entrée dans le top10 des meilleures universités américaines, ce qui représente une amélioration par rapport à leur 11e position de l’année dernière. La performance de l’Université de Georgetown est également à noter. Cette dernière a chuté du 20ème place au 22ème rang cette année. Continue reading →

Il y’a un nouveau leader au sommet du dernier classement de The Economist des meilleurs programmes MBA (Master of Business Administration) à plein temps au monde.

La Kellogg School of Management de la Northwestern University a dépassé la Booth School of Business de l’Université de Chicago pour décrocher la pole position, tandis que Harvard a grimpé d’une place à la troisième place. Continue reading →

Extracurricular activities: What are you involved in outside of work? What impact did these activities have on you, and what impact did you have through these activities?

Sometimes future applicants wonder what activities they should participate in so they will “look good” when they apply. While I understand this means they are really interested in HBS, this approach to extracurriculars doesn’t usually help an application. Here’s why: if you do things because it might look good to someone else, you naturally won’t be as dedicated or learn as much, and your impact will be smaller. You’re busy, and it’s likely that “going through the motions” with an activity is going to feel superficial to us on the Admissions Board—and worse, it will feel superficial to you. SUITE

Emerging Scholars is a scholarship, a support network, and a mentoring resource to help you get the most out of your MBA experience and to help you prepare for your guaranteed McKinsey interview.

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