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Poets&Quants — 327 episodes

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Overseas MBA: The Real ROI

2

The Gift That Keeps Giving: Philanthropic Funding

3

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

4

To Ai Or Not To AI: The Admissions Essay

5

Crafting A Career Vision

6

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

7

The Scholarship Wars

8

Welcome To The MBA Book Club

9

Rethinking Business: Teaching Ethics And Impact From Day One

10

Which B-Schools Are Doing The Best At AI?

11

Double Degree, Double Worth?

12

Calibrating The MBA To The MBB

13

U.S. News 2026-2027 MBA Ranking

14

John A. Byrne's Last Podcast

15

A Stanford MBA Dishes On The Experience

16

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

17

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

18

MBA Admission Consultants: Should You Hire One?

19

Accounting As Detective Work: Fei Du On Data And Decisions

20

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

21

Earning Your MBA In Europe

22

Trump's Impact On International Business Students

23

Fortune's 2026 MBA Ranking

24

The 2026 Financial Times MBA Ranking

25

The Future Of Standardized Testing

26

Round 3 In The Midst Of Plunging Applications

27

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

28

The Hidden Gems Of MBA Programs

29

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

30

What B-Schools Will Ask You During An Interview

31

What To Expect In 2026

32

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

33

How Competitive Will This Year's Admissions Cycle Be?

34

What Harvard MBAs Now Make: Highest Pay Ever

35

Who's Getting Into The HIghly Selective MBA Programs

36

What To Expect When You Get An Admissions Interview

37

The Top MBA Startups Of 2025

38

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

39

MBA Rankings Galore!

40

See Who's Getting An MBA Right Now

41

Masters In Management: An Assessment

42

Tell Your Recommender Not To Use AI

43

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

44

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

45

What You Need To Know About The M7

46

Where MBA Grads Want To Work

47

The New Princeton Review MBA Ranking

48

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

49

New Essay Questions For Chicago Booth & Dartmouth Tuck

50

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

51

How To Express Your Career Goals On An MBA Application

52

A Top Immigration Lawyer With Advice On Student Visas

53

New MBA Application Essays & Deadlines

54

The Perfect Storm Facing U.S. Business Education

55

The Student Visa Freeze & What To Do Now

56

What To Expect For This Admissions Season

57

The Best & Brightest MBAs Of 2025

58

Crafting The Ideal MBA Resume

59

The Real ROI On The MBA Degree

60

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

61

U.S. News 2025-2026 MBA Ranking

62

How To Finance Your MBA Experience

63

Beyond GPAs & Standardized Test Scores

64

INSEAD’s MBA Application Revamp

65

Who Really Gets Into Stanford's MBA Program

66

Most Disruptive MBA Startups

67

The Economist Dis On MBAs

68

The 2025 Financial Times MBA Ranking

69

MBA Interview Questions

70

The U.S. MBA Programs Favored By International Students

71

A Resurgence For The MBA Degree

72

2025 Predictions For Business Education

73

2024: Year In Review

74

Ranking Online MBA Programs

75

How The Top MBA Programs Rank In 2024-2025

76

Why MBA Pay & Placement Are Down This Year

77

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

78

The Ins & Outs Of MBA Careers

79

How To Finish Up Your Round 2 App During The Holidays

80

Trump's Likely Impact On Business Education

81

An Interview With Darden Admissions Chief Dawna Clarke

82

The Business School Application Boom

83

Our 2024 Dean Of The Year

84

Making The Case For Capitalism

85

The Benefits Of A European MBA

86

Getting Ready For Your MBA Admissions Interview

87

The 2024 Bloomberg Businessweek MBA Ranking

88

Biggest Surprises & Regrets Of MBAs

89

The New LinkedIn MBA Ranking: How Credible?

90

The MBA Job Market

91

Smart Advice For The Entering MBA Student

92

Already In Six-Figures? Is An MBA Smart?

93

Ranking MBA Program By Return-On-Investment

94

Your Essential Checklist For Round 1 MBA Applications

95

Dealing With Those MBA Video Questions

96

Oops. GMAT Now Has A Separate Writing Test

97

More MBA Application Changes

98

How Business Schools Are Changing The Questions They Ask Applicants

99

Harvard Business School's New MBA Application

100

Harvard Business School Will Change Its MBA Admission Essay

101

What MBA Admission Officials Are Talking About

102

Where Fortune 1000 C-Suite Executives Earned Their MBAs

103

GMAT vs. GRE: Which Test Do Schools Prefer?

104

How Much MBAs Are Being Paid These Days

105

How To Choose The Right School When You Have Multiple Offers

106

Stanford's New MBA Admissions Chief + MBA Acceptance Rates

107

Biggest Trends In Business Education Right Now

108

AI In The Classroom

109

Applying For A Highly Selective MBA Program Via Deferred Admissions

110

The European Job Market For MBAs

111

Who Gets An Admit In The Final Round?

112

The 2024 Financial Times MBA Ranking

113

Sustainability: Not Another Fad At B-Schools

114

What To Expect In Your Harvard MBA Interview

115

International Students Reach Records In U.S. MBA programs

116

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

117

MBA Pay: The Impact Of Moving Overseas

118

2024: Predictions & Hopes For Business Education & Life

119

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

120

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

121

Entrepreneurship In Business Schools

122

How Much Student Debt Will Your MBA Cost You?

123

LinkedIn's First MBA Ranking: How Credible?

124

Suzy Welch On Becoming You

125

Indian Students Growing At U.S. Business Schools

126

The Future Of The MBA + Our Dean Of The Year

127

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

128

What Most Surprised MBA Students In Business School

129

Building A More Sustainable World Through Business

130

The Bloomberg Businessweek 2023-2024 MBA Ranking

131

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

132

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

133

What To Expect In Your First Year Of Business School

134

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

135

Why MBA Degrees Cost So Much

136

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

137

The World's Most Popular MBA Programs

138

The Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision

139

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

140

What’s New In MBA Admissions

141

The New GRE Exam

142

Tips for Applying to Business School

143

The Latest MBA Acceptance Rates

144

Why Women MBAs Still Make Less Than Men

145

Making Extras Count In An MBA Application

146

Accepted. Now What?

147

An Autopsy Of The U.S. News MBA Ranking

148

Should You Hire An MBA Admissions Coach?

149

Exploring Insights From Prospective B-School Students

150

Student Perspectives On Inclusion In Management Education Programs

151

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

152

How Important Is Academic Research At A Business School?

153

Should You Use ChatGPT To Draft An MBA Essay?

154

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

155

All You Need To Know About The New GMAT

156

The MBA Experience From The Frontlines

157

At B-Schools, Sustainability Is The Hot Topic

158

Big Strides: Women In Business

159

Debunking MBA Myths

160

GMAT Score Inflation

161

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

162

What Research Tells Us About The Future Of DEI

163

The Big Surprises In The Financial Times 2023 MBA Ranking

164

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

165

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

166

Ruminations On Business Education

167

Predictions For 2023

168

Year In Review

169

Proving Milton Friedman Wrong

170

Global Leadership At SMU Cox

171

What Schools Are Doing To Attract Laid-Off Tech Workers

172

How To Do An MBA Admissions Interview

173

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

174

Creating A Culture Of Engagement

175

How Many Business Schools Should You Apply To?

176

Why You Were Rejected Without An Interview

177

Inside The SMU Cox Online MBA

178

MBA Trends: A Look Back At The Past Ten Years

179

The Changing Of The MBA Guards At Harvard & Stanford

180

Biggest Regrets Of MBA Grads

181

Businessweek’s New 2022 MBA Ranking

182

Programs That Help Women & Under Represented Get Into Business School

183

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

184

The Online MBA Explosion

185

Why Domestic MBA Applicants Are In A Slump

186

What MBA Graduates Now Earn

187

For Incoming MBAs, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

188

Answering Those Quirky MBA Applicant Questions

189

The MBA Admissions Journey To Round One

190

The Economist Walks From MBA Rankings

191

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

192

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

193

Why B-School Faculty Matter

194

Meet The MBA Class Of 2022

195

Should You Get An MBA?

196

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

197

Is Your MBA Worth Millions In Lifetime Income?

198

The Ideal Timetable For MBA Apps

199

US News 2022 MBA Ranking

200

A B-School Dean Is Going To Jail

201

The Ugly Truth About MBA Waitlists

202

Why This Year's Round 3 Deadlines Are Different

203

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

204

The Power Of SMU Cox And Dallas-Ft. Worth

205

Why INSEAD Is Welcoming Lower GMAT Scores

206

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

207

GMAT vs. GRE

208

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

209

Tailoring Your MBA Application For Round 2 Programs

210

What It Now Costs To Get A Top MBA Degree

211

Record Pay & Placement For MBAs In 2021

212

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

213

Getting Ready For Those MBA Admission Interviews

214

The Businessweek MBA Ranking Controversy

215

The Future Of Business Education

216

Stanford GSB's Class Of 2023

217

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

218

Dissecting Bloomberg Businessweek's 2021-2022 MBA Ranking

219

MBA Application Round Strategies

220

How Competitive Will MBA Admissions Be In 2021-2022?

221

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

222

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

223

Wharton Reaches A Business School Milestone

224

A Stanford MBA Starts A New MBA Admissions Consultant Platform

225

Fortune's First MBA Ranking

226

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

227

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

228

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

229

How To Smartly Leverage Your MBA Degree

230

Hidden MBA Gems

231

The 2021-2022 MBA Admissions Season

232

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

233

What We Would Change About MBA Admissions

234

13 Questions On The Minds Of Today's MBA Applicants

235

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

236

Is Business School A Good Place To Do A Startup?

237

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

238

MBA Decision Time: How To Decide Among Competing Admission Offers

239

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

240

The Big Takeaways From US News 2021 MBA Ranking

241

The Pros & Cons Of Getting An MBA Part-Time

242

Our Interview With INSEAD's Chief MBA Gatekeeper

243

What International Applicants Need To Know

244

Deferred MBA Admission Plans

245

Report From CentreCourt MBA Festival

246

How To Interpret The New Financial Times MBA Ranking

247

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

248

How To Prep For Those MBA Interviews

249

That Strange Economist MBA Ranking

250

A Timeline For MBA Applicants

251

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

252

Timely Advice For This Week's Big MBA Application Deadlines

253

Predictions For Business Education In 2021

254

2020 Year In Review

255

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

256

The Future Of The MBA

257

Business School Recruiting For MBAs

258

Why More Women Don't Get MBA Degrees

259

What It Takes To Get Into Harvard & Stanford

260

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

261

How The Presidential Election Will Impact Higher Education

262

Making Sense Of The Massive Surge In MBA Applications

263

Most & Least Challenging MBA Applications

264

Getting Ready For That MBA Interview

265

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

266

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

267

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

268

How Competitive Are This Year's Early MBA Applicants?

269

How To Tell If You Need An MBA Admissions Consultant

270

Consulting: Why So Many MBAs Do It

271

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

272

MBA Classes This Coming Term: The Fall Of Discontent

273

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

274

MBA Alumni Networks: How Valuable?

275

MBA Summit Podcast: The Alumni Advantage

276

MBA Summit Podcast: What DE&I Means To MBAs

277

MBA Summit Podcast: The MBA Payoff In Consulting & Tech

278

MBA Summit Podcast: Social Impact With An MBA

279

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

280

MBA Summit Podcast: Is The MBA Worth It?

281

How Competitive Will MBA Admissions Be This Year?

282

EY's Free MBA Program For Employees

283

Most Common MBA Applicants Questions Answered (Part II)

284

Answers To Common MBA Application Questions

285

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

286

How MBA Applications Will Change For 2020-2021

287

Why Harvard Is Enrolling Its Smallest MBA Cohort In Decades

288

Talking Consulting Jobs With Bain's Keith Bevans

289

How Good Are Those Zoom MBA Courses?

290

Rejection: How To Deal With Those Business School Dings

291

The MBA Stereotype: How True?

292

If Your MBA Starts Online, Should You Go?

293

Has The Coronavirus Put You In A Grumpy Mood?

294

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

295

Should You Apply To B-School Now Or Wait?

296

GMAT vs. GRE: Which Exam Should You Take?

297

Our Love-Hate Relationship With MBA Rankings

298

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

299

Inside The Willamette MBA: Career Ready On Day One

300

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

301

Inside The Willamette MBA: What Is Willamette MBA?

302

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

303

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

304

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

305

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

306

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

307

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

308

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

309

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

310

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

311

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

312

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

313

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

314

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

315

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

316

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

317

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

318

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

319

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

320

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

321

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

322

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

323

Entrepreneurship At Broad With Ken Szymusiak

324

Why Earn An MBA? With Marla McGraw

325

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

326

A Deep Dive Into Broad & The MBA With Cheri DeClercq

327

Innovation & Creativity At MSU Broad With Wayne Hutchison