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Poets&Quants — 334 episodes

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What US Immigration Changes Mean For International Students

2

The Princeton Review Rankings: What Actually Matters

3

MBA Application Changes 2026-27

4

From MBA To MBB

5

MBA Application: The Couples’ Edition

6

Overthinking The Essay? Stanford’s New Tool

7

Unpacking The GMAT Superscore

8

Overseas MBA: The Real ROI

9

The Gift That Keeps Giving: Philanthropic Funding

10

AI With A Human Touch: Rethinking Intelligence In Business And Healthcare With Eren Ahsen

11

To Ai Or Not To AI: The Admissions Essay

12

Crafting A Career Vision

13

From Wall Street To The Classroom: Rich Excell On Markets, Risk, And Teaching Finance

14

The Scholarship Wars

15

Welcome To The MBA Book Club

16

Rethinking Business: Teaching Ethics And Impact From Day One

17

Which B-Schools Are Doing The Best At AI?

18

Double Degree, Double Worth?

19

Calibrating The MBA To The MBB

20

U.S. News 2026-2027 MBA Ranking

21

John A. Byrne's Last Podcast

22

A Stanford MBA Dishes On The Experience

23

Purpose In The Details: Sandra Corredor’s Student-First Teaching Mindset

24

What B-School Research Rankings Really Measure—And What They Miss

25

MBA Admission Consultants: Should You Hire One?

26

Accounting As Detective Work: Fei Du On Data And Decisions

27

The Best One-Year MBAs In The U.S.

28

Earning Your MBA In Europe

29

Trump's Impact On International Business Students

30

Fortune's 2026 MBA Ranking

31

The 2026 Financial Times MBA Ranking

32

The Future Of Standardized Testing

33

Round 3 In The Midst Of Plunging Applications

34

Why Buying More Won’t Make You Happier With Aric Rindfleisch

35

The Hidden Gems Of MBA Programs

36

What If Trump Bans OPT: The ROI Consequences For The MBA

37

What B-Schools Will Ask You During An Interview

38

What To Expect In 2026

39

The Big Business Education Trends In 2025 & What To Expect In 2026

40

How Competitive Will This Year's Admissions Cycle Be?

41

What Harvard MBAs Now Make: Highest Pay Ever

42

Who's Getting Into The HIghly Selective MBA Programs

43

What To Expect When You Get An Admissions Interview

44

The Top MBA Startups Of 2025

45

If You're An International Applicant, Should You Come To The U.S. Now?

46

MBA Rankings Galore!

47

See Who's Getting An MBA Right Now

48

Masters In Management: An Assessment

49

Tell Your Recommender Not To Use AI

50

Dos & Don'ts Before Hitting Submit On Your MBA Application

51

Stanford's GMAT Time Bomb For Applicants + An Alarming AACSB Study

52

What You Need To Know About The M7

53

Where MBA Grads Want To Work

54

The New Princeton Review MBA Ranking

55

What If The U.S. Schools Walk From The Financial Times MBA Ranking?

56

New Essay Questions For Chicago Booth & Dartmouth Tuck

57

Trump's DEI War Causes UT McCombs To Walk From The Consortium

58

How To Express Your Career Goals On An MBA Application

59

A Top Immigration Lawyer With Advice On Student Visas

60

New MBA Application Essays & Deadlines

61

The Perfect Storm Facing U.S. Business Education

62

The Student Visa Freeze & What To Do Now

63

What To Expect For This Admissions Season

64

The Best & Brightest MBAs Of 2025

65

Crafting The Ideal MBA Resume

66

The Real ROI On The MBA Degree

67

GMAC's Advancery: A New Admissions Tool For Prospective Business Students

68

U.S. News 2025-2026 MBA Ranking

69

How To Finance Your MBA Experience

70

Beyond GPAs & Standardized Test Scores

71

INSEAD’s MBA Application Revamp

72

Who Really Gets Into Stanford's MBA Program

73

Most Disruptive MBA Startups

74

The Economist Dis On MBAs

75

The 2025 Financial Times MBA Ranking

76

MBA Interview Questions

77

The U.S. MBA Programs Favored By International Students

78

A Resurgence For The MBA Degree

79

2025 Predictions For Business Education

80

2024: Year In Review

81

Ranking Online MBA Programs

82

How The Top MBA Programs Rank In 2024-2025

83

Why MBA Pay & Placement Are Down This Year

84

Future Forward: SMU Cox Dean Matt Myers On Building Business Education For Tomorrow

85

The Ins & Outs Of MBA Careers

86

How To Finish Up Your Round 2 App During The Holidays

87

Trump's Likely Impact On Business Education

88

An Interview With Darden Admissions Chief Dawna Clarke

89

The Business School Application Boom

90

Our 2024 Dean Of The Year

91

Making The Case For Capitalism

92

The Benefits Of A European MBA

93

Getting Ready For Your MBA Admissions Interview

94

The 2024 Bloomberg Businessweek MBA Ranking

95

Biggest Surprises & Regrets Of MBAs

96

The New LinkedIn MBA Ranking: How Credible?

97

The MBA Job Market

98

Smart Advice For The Entering MBA Student

99

Already In Six-Figures? Is An MBA Smart?

100

Ranking MBA Program By Return-On-Investment

101

Your Essential Checklist For Round 1 MBA Applications

102

Dealing With Those MBA Video Questions

103

Oops. GMAT Now Has A Separate Writing Test

104

More MBA Application Changes

105

How Business Schools Are Changing The Questions They Ask Applicants

106

Harvard Business School's New MBA Application

107

Harvard Business School Will Change Its MBA Admission Essay

108

What MBA Admission Officials Are Talking About

109

Where Fortune 1000 C-Suite Executives Earned Their MBAs

110

GMAT vs. GRE: Which Test Do Schools Prefer?

111

How Much MBAs Are Being Paid These Days

112

How To Choose The Right School When You Have Multiple Offers

113

Stanford's New MBA Admissions Chief + MBA Acceptance Rates

114

Biggest Trends In Business Education Right Now

115

AI In The Classroom

116

Applying For A Highly Selective MBA Program Via Deferred Admissions

117

The European Job Market For MBAs

118

Who Gets An Admit In The Final Round?

119

The 2024 Financial Times MBA Ranking

120

Sustainability: Not Another Fad At B-Schools

121

What To Expect In Your Harvard MBA Interview

122

International Students Reach Records In U.S. MBA programs

123

Why Some Class Of 2023 MBAs Still Don't Have Jobs

124

MBA Pay: The Impact Of Moving Overseas

125

2024: Predictions & Hopes For Business Education & Life

126

Year In Review: The Big Trends & Stories In Business Education

127

The Massive Pay Day For Stanford MBAs + The Big Differences Between U.S. & European MBA Programs

128

Entrepreneurship In Business Schools

129

How Much Student Debt Will Your MBA Cost You?

130

LinkedIn's First MBA Ranking: How Credible?

131

Suzy Welch On Becoming You

132

Indian Students Growing At U.S. Business Schools

133

The Future Of The MBA + Our Dean Of The Year

134

Using An MBA To Do A Startup + The New GRE & GMAT

135

What Most Surprised MBA Students In Business School

136

Building A More Sustainable World Through Business

137

The Bloomberg Businessweek 2023-2024 MBA Ranking

138

Harvard’s New MBA Admissions Chief + The MBA Grads To Watch

139

Countdown To R1: Finessing Your MBA Application Before You Hit Send

140

What To Expect In Your First Year Of Business School

141

Wharton's Class Profile, Kellogg MBA Pay & A Controversy At Harvard

142

Why MBA Degrees Cost So Much

143

The Demise Of The MBA + How Schools Are Dealing With The Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision

144

The World's Most Popular MBA Programs

145

The Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision

146

Is A Master's In Management Degree In Your Future?

147

What’s New In MBA Admissions

148

The New GRE Exam

149

Tips for Applying to Business School

150

The Latest MBA Acceptance Rates

151

Why Women MBAs Still Make Less Than Men

152

Making Extras Count In An MBA Application

153

Accepted. Now What?

154

An Autopsy Of The U.S. News MBA Ranking

155

Should You Hire An MBA Admissions Coach?

156

Exploring Insights From Prospective B-School Students

157

Student Perspectives On Inclusion In Management Education Programs

158

Networking: What Is It, Why Is It The Major Asset Of An MBA Program

159

How Important Is Academic Research At A Business School?

160

Should You Use ChatGPT To Draft An MBA Essay?

161

The Perception Gap: The Cost Of Graduate Biz Education vs The Reality For Underrepresented Groups

162

All You Need To Know About The New GMAT

163

The MBA Experience From The Frontlines

164

At B-Schools, Sustainability Is The Hot Topic

165

Big Strides: Women In Business

166

Debunking MBA Myths

167

GMAT Score Inflation

168

DEI Leaders: How They Are Making A Difference In Graduate Management Education

169

What Research Tells Us About The Future Of DEI

170

The Big Surprises In The Financial Times 2023 MBA Ranking

171

Princeton Review's 2023 MBA Ranking + What To Expect In A Harvard MBA Interview

172

Are Stanford MBAs Really Worth More Than A Quarter Of A Million?

173

Ruminations On Business Education

174

Predictions For 2023

175

Year In Review

176

Proving Milton Friedman Wrong

177

Global Leadership At SMU Cox

178

What Schools Are Doing To Attract Laid-Off Tech Workers

179

How To Do An MBA Admissions Interview

180

The MBA App Decline: Just A Cycle Or A Major Reset?

181

Creating A Culture Of Engagement

182

How Many Business Schools Should You Apply To?

183

Why You Were Rejected Without An Interview

184

Inside The SMU Cox Online MBA

185

MBA Trends: A Look Back At The Past Ten Years

186

The Changing Of The MBA Guards At Harvard & Stanford

187

Biggest Regrets Of MBA Grads

188

Businessweek’s New 2022 MBA Ranking

189

Programs That Help Women & Under Represented Get Into Business School

190

The M7 Business Schools: An Artificial Construct Or Something Meaningful?

191

The Online MBA Explosion

192

Why Domestic MBA Applicants Are In A Slump

193

What MBA Graduates Now Earn

194

For Incoming MBAs, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

195

Answering Those Quirky MBA Applicant Questions

196

The MBA Admissions Journey To Round One

197

The Economist Walks From MBA Rankings

198

Motherhood & The MBA, plus The New 2022 Economist MBA Ranking

199

Why This MBA Admission Season Is A Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity To Get A Yes From A Top B-School

200

Why B-School Faculty Matter

201

Meet The MBA Class Of 2022

202

Should You Get An MBA?

203

Which U.S. Business School Has The Most International MBAs?

204

Is Your MBA Worth Millions In Lifetime Income?

205

The Ideal Timetable For MBA Apps

206

US News 2022 MBA Ranking

207

A B-School Dean Is Going To Jail

208

The Ugly Truth About MBA Waitlists

209

Why This Year's Round 3 Deadlines Are Different

210

Adam Grant Believes The 2-Year MBA Should Die & Be Replaced By 1 & 3 Year Programs

211

The Power Of SMU Cox And Dallas-Ft. Worth

212

Why INSEAD Is Welcoming Lower GMAT Scores

213

This Harvard MBA Wants A CEO For His Family's Vineyard

214

GMAT vs. GRE

215

Why MBA Admissions Is Not The Crapshoot You Think It is + The Year In Review

216

Tailoring Your MBA Application For Round 2 Programs

217

What It Now Costs To Get A Top MBA Degree

218

Record Pay & Placement For MBAs In 2021

219

Why The MBA Is An Ideal Way For A Vet To Transition Into A Civilian Life

220

Getting Ready For Those MBA Admission Interviews

221

The Businessweek MBA Ranking Controversy

222

The Future Of Business Education

223

Stanford GSB's Class Of 2023

224

Don't Believe The Wall Street Journal: MBA Applications Are Up Again & It's Has Been Super Competitive To Get In

225

Dissecting Bloomberg Businessweek's 2021-2022 MBA Ranking

226

MBA Application Round Strategies

227

How Competitive Will MBA Admissions Be In 2021-2022?

228

Harvard's New MBA Class Profile + Should Finding A Life Partner Be Another Reason To Get An MBA?

229

A Checklist For Round 1 MBA Applicants + What To Expect On Campus This Fall

230

Wharton Reaches A Business School Milestone

231

A Stanford MBA Starts A New MBA Admissions Consultant Platform

232

Fortune's First MBA Ranking

233

Landing The Most Lucrative MBA Jobs In PE, VC & Hedge Funds

234

Elon Musk Hates MBAs + The Thrill & Agony Of MBA Admission Decisions

235

How To Budget For Your MBA + The Major MBA Employers at Harvard, Stanford & Wharton

236

How To Smartly Leverage Your MBA Degree

237

Hidden MBA Gems

238

The 2021-2022 MBA Admissions Season

239

Interest In U.S. MBA Programs Is Surging In India. Here’s How To Stand Out

240

What We Would Change About MBA Admissions

241

13 Questions On The Minds Of Today's MBA Applicants

242

No GMAT Scores For MBB? + It's Graduation Time

243

Is Business School A Good Place To Do A Startup?

244

Going To B-School This Fall? Here's A To-Do List

245

MBA Decision Time: How To Decide Among Competing Admission Offers

246

The Steep Decline Of International MBA Students At U.S. Business Schools

247

The Big Takeaways From US News 2021 MBA Ranking

248

The Pros & Cons Of Getting An MBA Part-Time

249

Our Interview With INSEAD's Chief MBA Gatekeeper

250

What International Applicants Need To Know

251

Deferred MBA Admission Plans

252

Report From CentreCourt MBA Festival

253

How To Interpret The New Financial Times MBA Ranking

254

Rejected By Your Dream School: Here's How To Deal With It

255

How To Prep For Those MBA Interviews

256

That Strange Economist MBA Ranking

257

A Timeline For MBA Applicants

258

Why International Students Shouldn't Let America's Horrific Moment Scare Them Away

259

Timely Advice For This Week's Big MBA Application Deadlines

260

Predictions For Business Education In 2021

261

2020 Year In Review

262

Why Elon Musk Doesn't Know What He Is Talking About

263

The Future Of The MBA

264

Business School Recruiting For MBAs

265

Why More Women Don't Get MBA Degrees

266

What It Takes To Get Into Harvard & Stanford

267

Exploring The MBA Alternatives: Online, Part-Time, Executive

268

How The Presidential Election Will Impact Higher Education

269

Making Sense Of The Massive Surge In MBA Applications

270

Most & Least Challenging MBA Applications

271

Getting Ready For That MBA Interview

272

Dinged By A Business School? Here's How To Keep It In Perspective

273

When You Should Do A GMAT Or GRE Even When Applying To A Test-Optional School

274

Is There Really An X Factor To An Admit From Stanford Graduate School Of Business?

275

How Competitive Are This Year's Early MBA Applicants?

276

How To Tell If You Need An MBA Admissions Consultant

277

Consulting: Why So Many MBAs Do It

278

What You Need To Do Before You Hit Submit On Your MBA Application

279

MBA Classes This Coming Term: The Fall Of Discontent

280

Poets&Quants' 10th Anniversary: Biggest Biz Ed Trends Of The Past Decade

281

MBA Alumni Networks: How Valuable?

282

MBA Summit Podcast: The Alumni Advantage

283

MBA Summit Podcast: What DE&I Means To MBAs

284

MBA Summit Podcast: The MBA Payoff In Consulting & Tech

285

MBA Summit Podcast: Social Impact With An MBA

286

MBA Summit Podcast: Mental Health & Wellness In B-School

287

MBA Summit Podcast: Is The MBA Worth It?

288

How Competitive Will MBA Admissions Be This Year?

289

EY's Free MBA Program For Employees

290

Most Common MBA Applicants Questions Answered (Part II)

291

Answers To Common MBA Application Questions

292

Why More MBA Programs Are Closing Down & Racial Inequality At B-School

293

How MBA Applications Will Change For 2020-2021

294

Why Harvard Is Enrolling Its Smallest MBA Cohort In Decades

295

Talking Consulting Jobs With Bain's Keith Bevans

296

How Good Are Those Zoom MBA Courses?

297

Rejection: How To Deal With Those Business School Dings

298

The MBA Stereotype: How True?

299

If Your MBA Starts Online, Should You Go?

300

Has The Coronavirus Put You In A Grumpy Mood?

301

Which B-Schools Have Done The Best Job Leading Through The Pandemic?

302

Should You Apply To B-School Now Or Wait?

303

GMAT vs. GRE: Which Exam Should You Take?

304

Our Love-Hate Relationship With MBA Rankings

305

Tackling The Coronavirus Outbreak & Answering The Question: Is The MBA A Worthwhile Investment?

306

Inside The Willamette MBA: Career Ready On Day One

307

Inside The Willamette MBA: Building Leaders In Business, Government, And Not-For-Profit Management

308

Inside The Willamette MBA: What Is Willamette MBA?

309

Insights from Experts at Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business: The Business Case For Sustainability

310

Insights from Experts at Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business: From Wines To Wall Street: How The MBA Can Enable Big Career Switches

311

Insights From Experts At Cornell’s SC Johnson College Of Business: Preparing Leaders For Constant Business Evolution

312

Insights From Experts At Cornell’s SC Johnson College Of Business: Overcoming Borders And Barriers For International MBAs

313

Inside The Willamette MBA: Getting That Job With No Professional Experience

314

Insights From Experts At Cornell’s SC Johnson College Of Business: The Effects Of Community And Collaboration In Business

315

Insights From Experts At Cornell’s SC Johnson College Of Business: Global Perspectives And International Experiences

316

Insights From Experts At Cornell’s SC Johnson College Of Business: Courses, Cases & Consulting

317

Insights From Experts At Cornell’s SC Johnson College Of Business: Empowering Women In Business

318

Insights From Experts At Cornell’s SC Johnson College Of Business: The Importance Of People Centered Leadership & Critical Thinking

319

Insights From Experts At Cornell’s SC Johnson College Of Business: How Entrepreneurs Align Tech, Business, And Impact

320

Insights From Experts At Cornell’s SC Johnson College Of Business: The Evolution Of Fintech & Its Implications For Business

321

Insights From Experts At Cornell’s SC Johnson College Of Business: Analytical Storytelling And Leadership Skills For A Tech-Driven Business World

322

Inside the Notre Dame MBA: An MBA Course To Better The World

323

Inside The Notre Dame MBA: The Network: An MBA Benefit For Life

324

Inside The Notre Dame MBA: Student Perspective: What Makes the Notre Dame MBA Special

325

Inside The Notre Dame MBA: One Skill To Be A Better Leader

326

Inside the Notre Dame MBA: The Undervalued Skill For Your Career

327

Inside The Notre Dame MBA: Advance Your Career In Just One Year

328

LOL With Paul Ollinger: The Tuck MBA Who Left Tech Behind To Become A Comedian

329

A Day In The Life Of An MBA Student At MSU With Fadi Francis

330

Entrepreneurship At Broad With Ken Szymusiak

331

Why Earn An MBA? With Marla McGraw

332

What Are The Options? Considering Specialty Masters At Broad With Vallabh Sambamurthy

333

A Deep Dive Into Broad & The MBA With Cheri DeClercq

334

Innovation & Creativity At MSU Broad With Wayne Hutchison