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Elite MBA Students Are Spurning McKinsey, Bain For Freelance Consulting Sites

Elite MBA Students Are Spurning McKinsey, Bain For Freelance Consulting Sites

🕔01:00, 10.Feb 2016

An MBA job at McKinsey & Co or BCG was once the pinnacle for MBA students. But for graduates of elite schools like Harvard, Stanford or Wharton, freelance consulting is increasing alluring. As the rise of so-called unicorn companies like

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These were the highest paid MBAs in 2015

These were the highest paid MBAs in 2015

🕔01:00, 10.Feb 2016

One MBA graduate last year struck gold to the tune of a $467,000 payday. Others, meanwhile, had a much harder time establishing financial footing. Those figures are according to a Poets & Quants report compiling the highest and lowest base

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4 characteristics Wharton looks for in top MBA candidates

4 characteristics Wharton looks for in top MBA candidates

🕔01:00, 20.Jan 2016

Every MBA program has a personality — and some candidates are a better fit for certain schools than for others. The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School is no exception. After more than 15 years of helping our clients receive highly

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3 tips for acing a Wharton MBA interview

3 tips for acing a Wharton MBA interview

🕔01:00, 5.Jan 2016

Every year, top business schools receive thousands of applications for admission, but they only admit an average of 25% of those who apply. The story is no different at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, where approximately half of all

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13 Tips From MBA Students On How To Succeed In A Top-Tier Program

13 Tips From MBA Students On How To Succeed In A Top-Tier Program

🕔01:00, 26.Oct 2015

MBA students spend months if not years working to get into an MBA program. However, once they are in a program, the everyday demands take over and students have little time to think about how to get the most out

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What B-school rejection feels like: When Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg, Tuck, and Yale all say no

What B-school rejection feels like: When Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg, Tuck, and Yale all say no

🕔01:00, 12.Jan 2015

It was as if he’d climbed up on a high diving board, shouted down to everyone on the pool deck to watch him perform a triple back flip with four twists, bounced a few times to prepare for launch, bounced

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Wharton MBA Applications Rise

Wharton MBA Applications Rise

🕔01:00, 19.Sep 2014

The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School posted a 1.2% increase in applications to its M.B.A. program this year, a bright spot of admissions news after some years of declines. The profile for the class that started this fall and will

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