mbaMission Comments on the Changing Class Profile at HBS

This post orignally appeared on the mbaMission blog. Recently, the Wall Street Journal reported on the shifting career balance of Harvard Business School’s incoming Class of 2013. Notably, the class will have a higher percentage of students with manufacturing and technology backgrounds, and fewer students with finance backgrounds. According to HBS managing director of MBA [...]

Numbers and Names (of Schools) in the Scoretop Affair

The Wall Street Journal has the number of applicants who have had their score canceled at 84, with 12 having supplied testing items and 72 having confirmed seeing live items when they took the GMAT. The 84 includes 2 University of Chicago students, and one graduate from Stanford. The article seems to suggest at least [...]

GMAT moves toward Palm Scanning

Were there many ringers taking the GMAT for other people? Apparently, GMAC isn’t taking any chances. In the aftermath of the Scoretop affair, we now get news from the Wall Street Journal that GMAT test-takers will soon be subject to a palm scan. Though this seems a bit aggressive, the truth is that it’s really [...]