MBA Admission Consultants: Should You Hire One? - Poets&Quants We discuss the 20th anniversary of the AIGAC (Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants)

Congrats to AIGAC on their 20th anniversary. Our interview with Linda Abraham and Andrea Sparrey poetsandquants.buzzsprout.com/221123/episo...
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America’s Best Trade Deal: Export Education, Import Founders. It’s Sadly Ending Business school deans indicate that some programs are seeing 50% to 70% drops in international applications for fall 2026.

Kogod Dean David Marchick on the plunge of international students and its impact on U.S. business schools -- Some programs are seeing 50% to 70% drops in international applications for fall 2026 poetsandquants.com/2026/03/18/a...
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Darden’s New Admissions Chief Comes From Google UVA hires a talent outreach lead from Google to head up MBA admissions at the Darden School of Business.

Darden’s New Admissions Chief Comes From Google --- Willie Green, a Duke MBA, led talent outreach at Google and spent eight years in admissions at Fuqua poetsandquants.com/2026/03/17/d...
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Suddenly Cozy: MBA Consultants & Business Schools MBA applicants to elite business schools are using admission coaches and consultants to swing the odds of an admit in their favor

Hard to believe it was 16 years ago when we ran this story on MBA admission consultants as part of a series. poetsandquants.com/2010/09/19/s...
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Meet the MBA Class of 2027: Saahithi Budharaju, Northwestern University (Kellogg) Meet the Northwestern Kellogg MBA Class of 2027 through in-depth profiles on their experiences and aspirations

Saahithi Budharaju left Deloitte Consulting to get her MBA @KelloggSchool She shares why along with her first impressions of the school's MBA program, even offering advice to current applicants tinyurl.com/39fc2bfj
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MBA Applications Slump Giving Hope For Round 3 Applications to leading MBA programs in the U.S. are falling in double-digits. Schools will approach Round 3 with a lot of ground to make up

MBA Applications Slump Giving Hope For Round 3 -- U.S. business schools will approach Round 3 with a lot of ground to make up poetsandquants.com/2026/01/28/m...
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Meet Cornell Johnson’s MBA Class Of 2027 Meet the Cornell Johnson MBA Class of 2027 through in-depth profiles on their experiences and aspirations

Meet Cornell Johnson’s MBA Class Of 2027 -- Members of the newest cohort share their narratives and first impressions of Cornell's MBA program poetsandquants.com/2026/01/18/m...
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The 7 Biggest Mistakes That Sink MBA Applications (And How to Avoid Them) A former INSEAD admissions director outlines seven critical MBA application missteps that create doubt in admissions readers and shows how focused storytelling, authentic voice, and thoughtful tailori...

The 7 Biggest Mistakes That Sink MBA Applications (And How to Avoid Them) poetsandquants.com/2025/12/29/7...
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2026 MBA Interview Questions: A School-By-School List Wondering what you'll be asked in your MBA interview. Applicants share 130 questions they were asked at Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, and more

2026 MBA Interview Questions: A School-By-School List -- What candidates are being asked during their admission interviews poetsandquants.com/2026/01/07/2...
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MBA Data That Matters: P&Q’s Admissions & Pay Stats Of 2025 A compilation of MBA pay and admissions data that tells the stories behind what employers and school leaders truly vaue

MBA Data That Matters: P&Q’s Admissions & Pay Stats Of 2025 poetsandquants.com/2025/12/18/m...
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Five Things Chinese Applicants Must Know To Get Into A Top U.S. MBA Program Applying to U.S. MBA programs from China: How Chinese students can increase their odds of acceptance into an elite MBA program

Five Things Chinese Applicants Must Know To Get Into A Top U.S. MBA Program -- How Chinese students can increase their odds of acceptance into an elite U.S. MBA program tinyurl.com/2x2ap5h2
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How Competitive Will This #MBA Admissions Cycle Be? On Business Casual, our weekly podcast, Fortuna's Caroline Diarte Edwards and Applicant Lab's Maria Wich-Vila discuss a new survey of admission officials tinyurl.com/2wnwuypr
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One Big Number Stands Out In Dartmouth Tuck’s New MBA Class The GMAT is still 727. The GPA is still 3.6. But a flood of apps pushed Tuck’s acceptance rate down to one of its lowest ever.

One Big Number Stands Out In Tuck’s New #MBA Class -- The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth received 3,267 applications for its Class of 2027, a nearly 20% one-year jump and a school record for a second consecutive year poetsandquants.com/2025/11/25/o...
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Meet NYU Stern’s MBA Class Of 2027 Meet the NYU Stern MBA Class of 2027 through in-depth profiles on their experiences and aspirations

Meet NYU Stern’s MBA Class Of 2027 -- Members of the newest cohort share their first impressions and offer advice for current applicants poetsandquants.com/2025/11/28/m...
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This Harvard MBA Student Also Got Offers From Stanford, Wharton & MIT Sloan. Here’s How He Did It Marc Berbari went 4-for-4 with M7 admits despite scheduling an in-person interview in the wrong country. Here's how he did it.

This Harvard MBA Student Also Got Offers From Stanford, Wharton & MIT Sloan. Here’s How He Did It poetsandquants.com/2025/11/23/t...
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Routine Or Oddball, These Are The Questions Harvard Asks MBA Applicants What does Harvard Business School ask MBA applicants in an admissions interview?Here's a collection of the routine and the oddball queries

Routine Or Oddball, These Are The Questions Harvard Asks MBA Applicants poetsandquants.com/2020/10/07/r...
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Silpa Sarma Silpa Sarma is an MBA admissions coach listed in Poets&Quants MBA Admissions Consultant Directory. Read more about the firm, this coach, the cost and services and how they can help you on your MBA app...

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Berkeley Haas MBA Class Of 2027: Smaller Class Rebounds In Global Diversity International students climbed to 44%, one of the few increases among top U.S. business schools. Gender and domestic diversity holds steady.

Berkeley Haas MBA Class Of 2027: Smaller Class Rebounds In Global Diversity -- International students climbed to 44%, one of the few increases among top U.S. business schools. Gender and domestic diversity holds steadyhttps://tinyurl.com/5by5mky2
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Lifetime Achievement Award In MBA Admissions: Shari Hubert At Duke Fuqua Duke’s head of MBA admissions has built her career around expanding access to opportunity and redefining what excellence looks like

AI in MBA admissions? “AI can help us be more efficient, but it can’t replace the human touch,” says Duke Fuqua's Shari Hubert. “Hearing students’ stories — that’s the soul of this work. You can’t automate that.” tinyurl.com/ufzsk6dh
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Lifetime Achievement Award In MBA Admissions: Shari Hubert At Duke Fuqua Duke’s head of MBA admissions has built her career around expanding access to opportunity and redefining what excellence looks like

Lifetime Achievement Award In MBA Admissions: Shari Hubert At Duke Fuqua -- Duke’s head of #MBA admissions has built her career around expanding access to opportunity & redefining what excellence looks like tinyurl.com/ufzsk6dh
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Dawna Clarke Steps Down As Darden's Admissions Chief Dawna Clarke, UVA Darden admissions chief, is stepping down from her admissions role and becoming a special advisor to Dean Scott Beardsley

Dawna Clarke Steps Down As Darden’s Admissions Chief -- Her career spanned four decades and nine deans through 40 admission cycles that made her the final decision maker on more than 70,000 #MBA applicants tinyurl.com/pexs76rd
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How A Top School Screens MBA Applicants Read more news, MBA rankings, and all things related to business education in the Poets&Quants section for

One of my all-time favorites: How A Top School Screens MBA Applicants -- What happens when an admissions committee reads your MBA application
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2025-2026 MBA Application Deadlines At Leading Business Schools Expect lower application volume in the 2025-2026 MBA admissions season due to economic uncertainty & Trump policies on higher ed & visas

Hard to believe but tomorrow is the round one deadline for MBA applicants to Harvard Business School. Then, the deadlines fall like dominoes at all the other schools. Here are the dates to keep in mind poetsandquants.com/2025/05/27/2...
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How P&Q Readers Rate Their GMAT Test Prep Companies In an exclusive survey conducted by Poets&Quants, GMAT test-takers rate their satisfaction and experiences with various test-prep companies.

Starting your study plan for the GMAT or GRE? You'll want to see our survey of prep company clients -- How P&Q Readers Rate Their GMAT Test Prep Companies poetsandquants.com/2020/01/17/h...
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