Historically, business has always been a boys club – picture spiffy suits, cigar clubs, and golf course negotiations. That was back in the day, of course, and recently women have become much greater players (think Indra Nooyi at PepsiCo).  Even so, gender equality – or inequality –  remains a hot-button issue, and some recent press [...]

by Jenn Yee, guest blogger We hate and love to admit it, but business school is like a weird marriage-making commune. Relationships bloom here (some in secret, at first). When we were at Kellogg, three couples that met at business school were already engaged by graduation. In the next six months, four more couples followed. [...]

This post orignally appeared on the mbaMission blog. Read the introduction below and find the full post here. The 2011–2012 MBA application season is officially afoot. Harvard Business School (HBS) has just released its essay questions, maintaining its tradition of being the first school to do so each year. HBS usually strikes first in early [...]

Data sufficiency problems can be a lot of fun because we don’t actually have to solve all the way to the end of the problem. At the same time, data sufficiency problems can be maddening because of the way in which the information is worded. Often, especially on harder questions, the question stem or statements [...]

An article on Fortune.com last week pointed out that the debt burden for MBA students at top business schools has seen an increase as of late.  This rise has largely been attributed to the recent recession. B-school financial aid officers have noted that the resultant pay freezes at pre-MBA jobs have caused more and more [...]

We’ve written a fair amount about various alternative careers b-school graduates can have, like education, fashion, casino management and healthcare. We realize that prospective MBAs interested in these fields might not be traditional MBA candidates to begin with, particularly if they’ve been working in the nonprofit sector. Therefore, this summer, we’re offering our Social Ventures [...]