Businessweek Guide to the Best Business Schools

by Green, Cynthia; Reingold, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9780071342599
• ISBN10: 0071342591
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

The preeminent guide to business schools is bigger and better than ever, delivering the latest ratings compiled by more than 14,000 recent graduates and corporate recruiters.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
1. WHY GO FOR THE MBA?	1	(14)
What Are MBA Students Like?	5	(2)
All MBAs Are Not Created Equal	7	(2)
A Top MBA Degree Rarely Comes Cheap	9	(2)
Seek a School That Matches Your Interests	11	(4)
2. HOW TO GET INTO ONE OF THE BEST B-SCHOOLS	15	(23)
Zipping Through the Application	17	(4)
Preparing for the GMAT	21	(3)
Should You Take a GMAT Prep Course?	24	(2)
Creating a Personal Marketing Strategy	26	(2)
Crafting the Perfect B-School Essay	28	(3)
Preparing for the Interview	31	(2)
Managing Your Recommenders	33	(1)
How to Get a School to Foot Part of the Tuition Bill	34	(4)
3. RANKING THE B-SCHOOLS	38	(13)
Business Week's Top 25 Business Schools	39	(12)
4. B-SCHOOLS BY THE NUMBERS	51	(10)
GMAT Scores	52	(1)
B-School Selectivity	53	(1)
Full-Time Enrollments	54	(1)
International Enrollments	55	(1)
Women MBA Enrollments	56	(1)
Minority Enrollments	57	(1)
Pre-MBA Salaries	58	(1)
Starting Pay Packages	59	(1)
Outstanding MBA Loans	60	(1)
5. THE TOP 25	61	(174)
1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)	62	(7)
2. Northwestern University (Kellogg)	69	(8)
3. University of Chicago	77	(7)
4. University of Michigan	84	(7)
5. Harvard University	91	(8)
6. Columbia University	99	(6)
7. Duke University (Fuqua)	105	(6)
8. Cornell University (Johnson)	111	(7)
9. Stanford University	118	(6)
10. Dartmouth College (Tuck)	124	(7)
11. University of Virginia (Darden)	131	(7)
12. University of California at Los Angeles (Anderson)	138	(6)
13. New York University (Stern)	144	(7)
14. Carnegie Mellon University	151	(7)
15. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)	158	(7)
16. University of California at Berkeley (Haas)	165	(7)
17. Washington University (John M. Olin)	172	(6)
18. University of Texas	178	(7)
19. University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	185	(8)
20. Yale University	193	(7)
21. Indiana University (Kelley)	200	(8)
22. University of Maryland, College Park (Smith)	208	(7)
23. University of Wisconsin--Madison	215	(6)
24. Purdue University (Krannert)	221	(7)
25. University of Southern California (Marshall)	228	(7)
6. THE RUNNERS-UP	235	(121)
Arizona State University	236	(4)
Babson College (F. W. Olin)	240	(5)
Brigham Young University (Marriott)	245	(4)
The College of William & Mary	249	(4)
Emory University (Goizueta)	253	(5)
Georgetown University (McDonough)	258	(5)
Michigan State University (Broad)	263	(6)
Ohio State University (Fisher)	269	(4)
Pennsylvania State University (Smeal)	273	(5)
Rice University (Jones)	278	(5)
Southern Methodist University (Cox)	283	(5)
Texas A&M University (Mays)	288	(5)
Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management	293	(6)
University of Arizona (Eller)	299	(4)
University of California at Irvine	303	(4)
University of Georgia (Terry)	307	(5)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	312	(5)
University of Iowa	317	(5)
University of Notre Dame	322	(5)
University of Pittsburgh (Katz)	327	(5)
University of Rochester (Simon)	332	(5)
University of South Carolina (Moore)	337	(5)
University of Tennessee at Knoxville	342	(4)
Vanderbilt University (Owen)	346	(5)
Wake Forest University (Babcock)	351	(5)
7. THE BEST BUSINESS SCHOOLS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES	356	(13)
U.S. Schools Versus International B-Schools	357	(1)
Things to Consider Before Going Abroad	358	(2)
Yet Another Option for an International Experience	360	(2)
INSEAD	362	(2)
Richard Ivey School of Business	364	(2)
London Business School	366	(3)
Index	369