The Ugly Truth Behind MBA Rankings and Admissions

This week, James dives into MBA rankings and the admissions process of top business schools (including a few secrets of getting into a top MBA program / MBA application tips), and uncovers an ugly truth that is leading to the erosion of the institution that is the MBA.

James is an alumnus of New York University's Stern School of Business (NYU Stern MBA Class of 2018).

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[AdhiRavishankar]

I liked your comments on the rankings themselves. I thought you had some unique and probably correct perspectives on how the rankings are formulated. I'm not sure if I agree with the conclusion. All the colleges that you pointed to as failed programs were not that highly ranked. They might have been at best sub-25. And, also business schools are still the biggest grad school programs for these colleges. I do think a lot more programs will fail but it would be highly unlikely to see even an Emory or Notre Dame fail.