92% of LBS MBA Graduates Employed Quickly

The London Business School's MBA Employment Report 2012 shows that 92% of  its most recent class of MBA graduates from London Business School (LBS) found employment within three months of graduation!

Of these:

•  35% took jobs in the corporate sector. 
•  33% took jobs in consulting 
•  32% took jobs in finance.
•  53% chose to work abroad. 

In September, the school launched the inaugural Global Business Experience, an immersion program through which faculty and students will have the opportunity to experience working environments in one of five global locations — New York and Boston, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg and Istanbul.

Source: London Business School MBA Employment Report 2012 

Registration Open Winter Visits to Stanford GSB/ スタンフォード大学ビジネススクール,

Registration is now open for winter information sessions and class visits at Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), according to Stanford GSB admissions blog.

Invited  prospective applicants to the MBA program to come see campus for themselves when the Class Visit Program resumes on January 14th.

Weekly information sessions will resume on January 7th. These are held each Monday and Friday, and are 85-minute-long sessions feature MBA admissions officials providing an overview of the Stanford GSB MBA program and admissions process. 

The sessions conclude by 12:10 p.m. to allow interested parties to also take part in tours of the Knight Management Center, which depart from the Bass Center at 12:15 p.m. Registration for information sessions is required.

Interested applicants can register now.

Only one class visit is available per quarter. Visitors must stay for the full duration of the class and not participate in the class.

Prospective applicants visiting campus can also take part in the Meet a Student Program. 

Current MBA students are available most Mondays and Fridays at 10 a.m. when classes are in session. 

These students conduct half-hour group conversations with interested applicants, sharing their first-hand experiences at Stanford GSB. No registration is required for this offering. Interested students can check at the Bass Center at 10 a.m. to see if a student is available.

Source: Stanford GSB 

Columbia Business School Releases Voices Blog

Columbia Business School (CBS) has launched Voices of Columbia Business School that helps prospective applicants to understsnd admissions process.  The blog will include regular entries from the CBS admissions team, as well as from current MBA and EMBA students.

“Our goal in launching this blog…is to provide insights into the admissions process, offer any updates we may have about how the process is flowing, and, perhaps most important, offer reflections on the Columbia Business School student experience,” wrote Assistant Dean of Admissions Amanda Carlson in one of the blog’s inaugural posts.

The review timeline for applications has changed slightly this year with the school trying to provide applicants with decisions as quickly as possible and either invite candidates to interview or release their applications within six weeks of beginning the review process. 

Final decisions will be released within two weeks of receiving the completed interview report. 

There are  three sections, one for admissions, one for upcoming events and a third with posts detailing student life. 

Source: Columbia Business School