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Poets&Quants — 319 episodes

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Rethinking Business: Teaching Ethics And Impact From Day One

2

Which B-Schools Are Doing The Best At AI?

3

Double Degree, Double Worth?

4

Calibrating The MBA To The MBB

5

U.S. News 2026-2027 MBA Ranking

6

John A. Byrne's Last Podcast

7

A Stanford MBA Dishes On The Experience

8

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

9

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

10

MBA Admission Consultants: Should You Hire One?

11

Accounting As Detective Work: Fei Du On Data And Decisions

12

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

13

Earning Your MBA In Europe

14

Trump's Impact On International Business Students

15

Fortune's 2026 MBA Ranking

16

The 2026 Financial Times MBA Ranking

17

The Future Of Standardized Testing

18

Round 3 In The Midst Of Plunging Applications

19

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

20

The Hidden Gems Of MBA Programs

21

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

22

What B-Schools Will Ask You During An Interview

23

What To Expect In 2026

24

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

25

How Competitive Will This Year's Admissions Cycle Be?

26

What Harvard MBAs Now Make: Highest Pay Ever

27

Who's Getting Into The HIghly Selective MBA Programs

28

What To Expect When You Get An Admissions Interview

29

The Top MBA Startups Of 2025

30

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

31

MBA Rankings Galore!

32

See Who's Getting An MBA Right Now

33

Masters In Management: An Assessment

34

Tell Your Recommender Not To Use AI

35

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

36

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

37

What You Need To Know About The M7

38

Where MBA Grads Want To Work

39

The New Princeton Review MBA Ranking

40

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

41

New Essay Questions For Chicago Booth & Dartmouth Tuck

42

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

43

How To Express Your Career Goals On An MBA Application

44

A Top Immigration Lawyer With Advice On Student Visas

45

New MBA Application Essays & Deadlines

46

The Perfect Storm Facing U.S. Business Education

47

The Student Visa Freeze & What To Do Now

48

What To Expect For This Admissions Season

49

The Best & Brightest MBAs Of 2025

50

Crafting The Ideal MBA Resume

51

The Real ROI On The MBA Degree

52

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

53

U.S. News 2025-2026 MBA Ranking

54

How To Finance Your MBA Experience

55

Beyond GPAs & Standardized Test Scores

56

INSEAD’s MBA Application Revamp

57

Who Really Gets Into Stanford's MBA Program

58

Most Disruptive MBA Startups

59

The Economist Dis On MBAs

60

The 2025 Financial Times MBA Ranking

61

MBA Interview Questions

62

The U.S. MBA Programs Favored By International Students

63

A Resurgence For The MBA Degree

64

2025 Predictions For Business Education

65

2024: Year In Review

66

Ranking Online MBA Programs

67

How The Top MBA Programs Rank In 2024-2025

68

Why MBA Pay & Placement Are Down This Year

69

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

70

The Ins & Outs Of MBA Careers

71

How To Finish Up Your Round 2 App During The Holidays

72

Trump's Likely Impact On Business Education

73

An Interview With Darden Admissions Chief Dawna Clarke

74

The Business School Application Boom

75

Our 2024 Dean Of The Year

76

Making The Case For Capitalism

77

The Benefits Of A European MBA

78

Getting Ready For Your MBA Admissions Interview

79

The 2024 Bloomberg Businessweek MBA Ranking

80

Biggest Surprises & Regrets Of MBAs

81

The New LinkedIn MBA Ranking: How Credible?

82

The MBA Job Market

83

Smart Advice For The Entering MBA Student

84

Already In Six-Figures? Is An MBA Smart?

85

Ranking MBA Program By Return-On-Investment

86

Your Essential Checklist For Round 1 MBA Applications

87

Dealing With Those MBA Video Questions

88

Oops. GMAT Now Has A Separate Writing Test

89

More MBA Application Changes

90

How Business Schools Are Changing The Questions They Ask Applicants

91

Harvard Business School's New MBA Application

92

Harvard Business School Will Change Its MBA Admission Essay

93

What MBA Admission Officials Are Talking About

94

Where Fortune 1000 C-Suite Executives Earned Their MBAs

95

GMAT vs. GRE: Which Test Do Schools Prefer?

96

How Much MBAs Are Being Paid These Days

97

How To Choose The Right School When You Have Multiple Offers

98

Stanford's New MBA Admissions Chief + MBA Acceptance Rates

99

Biggest Trends In Business Education Right Now

100

AI In The Classroom

101

Applying For A Highly Selective MBA Program Via Deferred Admissions

102

The European Job Market For MBAs

103

Who Gets An Admit In The Final Round?

104

The 2024 Financial Times MBA Ranking

105

Sustainability: Not Another Fad At B-Schools

106

What To Expect In Your Harvard MBA Interview

107

International Students Reach Records In U.S. MBA programs

108

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

109

MBA Pay: The Impact Of Moving Overseas

110

2024: Predictions & Hopes For Business Education & Life

111

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

112

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

113

Entrepreneurship In Business Schools

114

How Much Student Debt Will Your MBA Cost You?

115

LinkedIn's First MBA Ranking: How Credible?

116

Suzy Welch On Becoming You

117

Indian Students Growing At U.S. Business Schools

118

The Future Of The MBA + Our Dean Of The Year

119

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

120

What Most Surprised MBA Students In Business School

121

Building A More Sustainable World Through Business

122

The Bloomberg Businessweek 2023-2024 MBA Ranking

123

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

124

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

125

What To Expect In Your First Year Of Business School

126

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

127

Why MBA Degrees Cost So Much

128

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

129

The World's Most Popular MBA Programs

130

The Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision

131

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

132

What’s New In MBA Admissions

133

The New GRE Exam

134

Tips for Applying to Business School

135

The Latest MBA Acceptance Rates

136

Why Women MBAs Still Make Less Than Men

137

Making Extras Count In An MBA Application

138

Accepted. Now What?

139

An Autopsy Of The U.S. News MBA Ranking

140

Should You Hire An MBA Admissions Coach?

141

Exploring Insights From Prospective B-School Students

142

Student Perspectives On Inclusion In Management Education Programs

143

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

144

How Important Is Academic Research At A Business School?

145

Should You Use ChatGPT To Draft An MBA Essay?

146

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

147

All You Need To Know About The New GMAT

148

The MBA Experience From The Frontlines

149

At B-Schools, Sustainability Is The Hot Topic

150

Big Strides: Women In Business

151

Debunking MBA Myths

152

GMAT Score Inflation

153

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

154

What Research Tells Us About The Future Of DEI

155

The Big Surprises In The Financial Times 2023 MBA Ranking

156

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

157

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

158

Ruminations On Business Education

159

Predictions For 2023

160

Year In Review

161

Proving Milton Friedman Wrong

162

Global Leadership At SMU Cox

163

What Schools Are Doing To Attract Laid-Off Tech Workers

164

How To Do An MBA Admissions Interview

165

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

166

Creating A Culture Of Engagement

167

How Many Business Schools Should You Apply To?

168

Why You Were Rejected Without An Interview

169

Inside The SMU Cox Online MBA

170

MBA Trends: A Look Back At The Past Ten Years

171

The Changing Of The MBA Guards At Harvard & Stanford

172

Biggest Regrets Of MBA Grads

173

Businessweek’s New 2022 MBA Ranking

174

Programs That Help Women & Under Represented Get Into Business School

175

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

176

The Online MBA Explosion

177

Why Domestic MBA Applicants Are In A Slump

178

What MBA Graduates Now Earn

179

For Incoming MBAs, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

180

Answering Those Quirky MBA Applicant Questions

181

The MBA Admissions Journey To Round One

182

The Economist Walks From MBA Rankings

183

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

184

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

185

Why B-School Faculty Matter

186

Meet The MBA Class Of 2022

187

Should You Get An MBA?

188

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

189

Is Your MBA Worth Millions In Lifetime Income?

190

The Ideal Timetable For MBA Apps

191

US News 2022 MBA Ranking

192

A B-School Dean Is Going To Jail

193

The Ugly Truth About MBA Waitlists

194

Why This Year's Round 3 Deadlines Are Different

195

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

196

The Power Of SMU Cox And Dallas-Ft. Worth

197

Why INSEAD Is Welcoming Lower GMAT Scores

198

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

199

GMAT vs. GRE

200

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

201

Tailoring Your MBA Application For Round 2 Programs

202

What It Now Costs To Get A Top MBA Degree

203

Record Pay & Placement For MBAs In 2021

204

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

205

Getting Ready For Those MBA Admission Interviews

206

The Businessweek MBA Ranking Controversy

207

The Future Of Business Education

208

Stanford GSB's Class Of 2023

209

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

210

Dissecting Bloomberg Businessweek's 2021-2022 MBA Ranking

211

MBA Application Round Strategies

212

How Competitive Will MBA Admissions Be In 2021-2022?

213

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

214

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

215

Wharton Reaches A Business School Milestone

216

A Stanford MBA Starts A New MBA Admissions Consultant Platform

217

Fortune's First MBA Ranking

218

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

219

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

220

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

221

How To Smartly Leverage Your MBA Degree

222

Hidden MBA Gems

223

The 2021-2022 MBA Admissions Season

224

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

225

What We Would Change About MBA Admissions

226

13 Questions On The Minds Of Today's MBA Applicants

227

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

228

Is Business School A Good Place To Do A Startup?

229

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

230

MBA Decision Time: How To Decide Among Competing Admission Offers

231

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

232

The Big Takeaways From US News 2021 MBA Ranking

233

The Pros & Cons Of Getting An MBA Part-Time

234

Our Interview With INSEAD's Chief MBA Gatekeeper

235

What International Applicants Need To Know

236

Deferred MBA Admission Plans

237

Report From CentreCourt MBA Festival

238

How To Interpret The New Financial Times MBA Ranking

239

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

240

How To Prep For Those MBA Interviews

241

That Strange Economist MBA Ranking

242

A Timeline For MBA Applicants

243

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

244

Timely Advice For This Week's Big MBA Application Deadlines

245

Predictions For Business Education In 2021

246

2020 Year In Review

247

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

248

The Future Of The MBA

249

Business School Recruiting For MBAs

250

Why More Women Don't Get MBA Degrees

251

What It Takes To Get Into Harvard & Stanford

252

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

253

How The Presidential Election Will Impact Higher Education

254

Making Sense Of The Massive Surge In MBA Applications

255

Most & Least Challenging MBA Applications

256

Getting Ready For That MBA Interview

257

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

258

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

259

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

260

How Competitive Are This Year's Early MBA Applicants?

261

How To Tell If You Need An MBA Admissions Consultant

262

Consulting: Why So Many MBAs Do It

263

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

264

MBA Classes This Coming Term: The Fall Of Discontent

265

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

266

MBA Alumni Networks: How Valuable?

267

MBA Summit Podcast: The Alumni Advantage

268

MBA Summit Podcast: What DE&I Means To MBAs

269

MBA Summit Podcast: The MBA Payoff In Consulting & Tech

270

MBA Summit Podcast: Social Impact With An MBA

271

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

272

MBA Summit Podcast: Is The MBA Worth It?

273

How Competitive Will MBA Admissions Be This Year?

274

EY's Free MBA Program For Employees

275

Most Common MBA Applicants Questions Answered (Part II)

276

Answers To Common MBA Application Questions

277

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

278

How MBA Applications Will Change For 2020-2021

279

Why Harvard Is Enrolling Its Smallest MBA Cohort In Decades

280

Talking Consulting Jobs With Bain's Keith Bevans

281

How Good Are Those Zoom MBA Courses?

282

Rejection: How To Deal With Those Business School Dings

283

The MBA Stereotype: How True?

284

If Your MBA Starts Online, Should You Go?

285

Has The Coronavirus Put You In A Grumpy Mood?

286

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

287

Should You Apply To B-School Now Or Wait?

288

GMAT vs. GRE: Which Exam Should You Take?

289

Our Love-Hate Relationship With MBA Rankings

290

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

291

Inside The Willamette MBA: Career Ready On Day One

292

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

293

Inside The Willamette MBA: What Is Willamette MBA?

294

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

295

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

296

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

297

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

298

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

299

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

300

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

301

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

302

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

303

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

304

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

305

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

306

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

307

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

308

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

309

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

310

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

311

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

312

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

313

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

314

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

315

Entrepreneurship At Broad With Ken Szymusiak

316

Why Earn An MBA? With Marla McGraw

317

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

318

A Deep Dive Into Broad & The MBA With Cheri DeClercq

319

Innovation & Creativity At MSU Broad With Wayne Hutchison