28 Feb 2006

Darden Extends 2006 Application Deadline to April

The University of Virginia's Darden School of Business is adding a fifth application round for fall 2006 admissions. The deadline, which will be around April 20 or 26, should be officially announced by early next week.
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27 Feb 2006

The Worst B-School Admissions Advice Ever?

We’ve gotten used to seeing admissions advice of dubious value posted to b-school message boards and blogs. Recently, though, one of us came across a piece of admissions advice that was so bad that he nearly fell out of his chair when he read it.
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23 Feb 2006

What's Unique?

The word 'unique' comes up again and again in the admissions criteria for the top business schools. But what exactly does it mean?
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21 Feb 2006

Sloan Waitlisting Some Applicants Without Interview

It's come to our attention that MIT's Sloan School of Management has waitlisted some 2006 Round 2 applicants without inviting them to an interview. This is both a departure from Sloan's past practice and a rather puzzling step, given Sloan's policy of admitting only applicants who have had an admissions interview.
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16 Feb 2006

More Colleges Report Record Application Volume for 2006

As we noted a couple of days ago, many schools saw jumps in their application volume during the 2005-2006 admissions season. Now several more colleges are reporting that they received record numbers of applications for fall 2006 admissions.
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14 Feb 2006

College Admissions: More Applicants Mean More Dings

Colleges and universities across the country have reported sizeable increases in their freshman applicant pools for 2006. That's going to mean more waitlist decisions – and more dings.
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10 Feb 2006

Working Adults Satisfied with For-Profit Schools - Other Students Less Pleased

A survey of student satisfaction with for-profit post-secondary schools found that working adults were mostly satisfied with the quality of education they received through on-line programs and evening courses. Students in full-time, degree-granting programs were less satisfied.
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8 Feb 2006

Are B-Schools Setting Their Sights on Hired Guns?

The top business schools are increasingly unhappy with the activities of unethical admissions consultants. Admissions officials are particularly irate over the role that unethical consultants play in encouraging applicants to submit 'canned' or ghost-written essays. Unwary applicants may pay the price.
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6 Feb 2006

North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Acceptances

Congratulations to the UNC Kenan-Flagler admitted applicants! Scholarship offers will be announced middle of the month.

2 Feb 2006

Out-of-State Students Wise Up

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that disproportionately high out-of-state tuition rates at public universities are driving more and more out-of-state applicants to establish state residency ahead of time, in order to qualify for in-state rates when they matriculate. It will be interesting to see how the schools respond to this growing phenomenon. It's easy to see why administrators faced with budget shortfalls are tempted to turn to out-of-state tuition increases to raise money, but such increases are only going to drive even more out-of-state students to change their state residency.