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Top MBA Programs for Health-Care Careers
April 28, 2025
The business of health care is growing—and with it, the number of MBA programs that have strong resources in the industry. In this post, we at Stratus provide a comparison of MBA programs with strong health-care offerings across club, recruiting, entrepreneurial, and cross-disciplinary opportunities. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton’s Health Care…
The Best MBA Programs for Investment Banking
April 23, 2025
Although investment banking is not as popular of a career choice for MBA students as it was a few decades ago, plenty still use the MBA degree to transition to finance careers including investment banking, corporate finance, and private equity/venture capital. Working as an associate in an investment bank provides a solid foundation in understanding…
Four Tips for Dealing with Imposter Syndrome When Applying to Business School
April 21, 2025
Applying to an MBA program is daunting for everyone. As you polish up your resume, wrack your brain for application essay content, and obsess over your standardized test score, feelings of self-doubt and imposter syndrome often creep in. You might start questioning if you really deserve a spot or if you can still hack it…
Six Tips for Business School Reapplicants
April 17, 2025
If your 2024–2025 MBA applications were not successful, don’t despair! Take a little time to absorb the disappointment. After all, you spent significant time and effort crafting these applications. As soon as you are able, however, focus on the future. Many MBA candidates are successful in their subsequent applications! Here are six tips to follow…
Five Things You Need to Know About Taking the GMAT/GRE
April 15, 2025
As MBA applicants know, standardized test scores are a vital part of the business school application process. For you, the candidate, it is important to understand the testing process, timelines, and differences between the GMAT and the GRE. This year, some of the test differences have changed as a result of the newly launched GMAT…
How Long Does It Take to Get an MBA?
April 14, 2025
If you are an aspiring MBA, you’ll be happy to hear that increasingly more program options are available. However, the challenge may be figuring out which one is right for you. Most people are familiar with the typical two-year full-time MBA. For these programs, prospective students generally apply between September and April of a given…
Top MBA Programs for Entrepreneurship
April 11, 2025
I chose to pursue my MBA because I knew that I wanted to start my own production company. My goal was to develop ideas for content in different forms of media and manage the business plans for those concepts on my own, without giving up that power to someone else. While looking for MBA programs…
The Best MBA Programs for Consulting
April 9, 2025
Back when I was still in the Army, I remember how my MBA application research went. As a nontraditional applicant, I felt intimidated by the post-MBA world and the prospect of having a “real” civilian job for the first time. With droves of leadership experience but not much knowledge about what a P&L was, I…
Ten Tips to Maximize the Value of Your MBA Campus Visits
April 4, 2025
Visiting campus in person is still one of the best ways to research MBA programs, but doing so does require an investment of time and money. So, before you book your trip to HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Northwestern Kellogg, Chicago Booth, Columbia, or MIT Sloan—or any of the many top MBA programs out there—consider these ten…
What Is EQ, and Why Does It Matter for Future Business Leaders?
April 3, 2025
Business schools evaluate applicants holistically. Undergraduate performance—including major, grades, and standardized test scores—provide a glimpse into a candidate’s IQ. These measures allow admissions committees to assess applicants’ ability to handle the rigor of their program. But having a high GPA and a killer GMAT or GRE score doesn’t offer any insight into how a candidate…
Seven Things to Do in April for Round 1 MBA Applications
April 2, 2025
Every spring, I speak to aspiring business school students who are content to wait until the essay prompts are released in June to start working on their applications. However, I find that the most successful candidates take a long view on the application process. Before the weather gets really nice and you can be enjoying…
Best Part-Time MBA Programs: Everything You Need to Know
March 27, 2025
As you are thinking about getting an MBA, you might be wondering if a part-time MBA is right for you. Let’s dig into what you should think about! Part-time MBA programs allow (and require) you to maintain your day job and attend classes on evenings, on weekends, or a mix of both. Some part-time MBA…