M.B.A.: Means Business, A**hole

You might remember that email describing a Stanford GSB party-gone-wild that an anon tipster forwarded to us. Somehow, someway, we have gotten our hands on another email concerning what appears to be another snafu at the B-school. More

Superstars Just Say “No” to MBAs

By BankersBall on Sep 16, 2007 in Exit Strategy, M.B.A.: means business, a**hole | comments(1)

Suddenly, that trend about Harvard providing a sort of early-admission program into B-school doesn’t look so stupid anymore. More

Harvard: You Want an MBA with that BA?

By BankersBall on Sep 13, 2007 in Exit Strategy, M.B.A.: means business, a**hole | comments(3)

It looks like the criteria for getting a top-notch MBA has gone down.

The WSJ reports that Harvard is the latest B-school to adopt a program called “2+2″ which allows undergrads to win a spot in the MBA program when they’re still sucking their thumbs in junior year. Up to 90 students, or 10% of the future class of 2013 of HBS, will be accepted from these ranks.
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MBAs Who Don’t Necessarily Want to Make Money

By BankersBall on Sep 3, 2007 in Exit Strategy, M.B.A.: means business, a**hole | comments(0)

Hey, MBAs aren’t just in it for the dough and the security. Sometimes they don’t know why they’re in it, actually, or come to think of it, what it is they’re in.

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Business School Rankings 2007

By BankersBall on May 28, 2007 in M.B.A.: means business, a**hole, Rankings | comments(13)

We’ve been getting a number of “corrections” on our old B-school rankings, so I guess it’s time to compile and publish this year’s instead of forcing everyone to look at the old lists. Keep in mind that the WSJ, BusinessWeek and the Economist seem to come out with their rankings in the fall, so they were left blank. This year we have added the FT.

Ties have been indicated with the rank in parentheses. Also, the BankersBall made-up ranking has also been left off for now … waiting to see how the rest of the pubs stack up.

2007 MBA Rankings
Ranking	Economist	BW	WSJ	U.S. News (2008 Rankings)	FT
1	…	…	Dartmouth	Harvard	Wharton
2	…	…	Berkeley	Stanford	Columbia
3	…	…	Columbia	Wharton	(3) Harvard
4	…	…	MIT	MIT - Sloan	(3) Stanford
5	…	…	Carnegie Mellon	(5) Kellogg	London Business School
6	…	…	UNC Chapel Hill	(5) U of Chicago	U of Chicago
7	…	…	U Mich	Tuck	Insead
8	…	…	Yale	Haas	NYU
9	…	…	U of Chicago	Columbia	Tuck
10	…	…	U of Virginia	NYU	Yale
Source: Magazine websites.

Columbia B-School Follies: 1-900-BANKS-ALOT

By BankersBall on Apr 24, 2007 in M.B.A.: means business, a**hole, Video | comments(3)

These CBS follies people have talent. They’re out with their Spring Follies, the best of which is below.

Leverage up (ugh!) Can you say insta-hit?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JluzYxAexvg

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MBAs Say Banks, Consulting Recruiting is “INTENSE”

By BankersBall on Mar 18, 2007 in Consulting, Cube Life, Job Hunting, M.B.A.: means business, a**hole | comments(13)

A reader points us to this B’berg article on how banks and consulting firms are stepping up their on-campus recruiting efforts of MBAs. Turns out there’s mad demand for them, right now, at least. So much so that yes, salaries are going up, they’re getting slipped tons of cash in big bags, etc etc. Unfortunately for those of you not yet in school, chances are it’s too late to capitalize on this wave of demand, and by the time you go and get out, you’ll be part of a huge bubble of MBAs that have gone to school to capitalize on this wave of demand.

The interesting info about this piece is that firms are holding 10-15 sessions per recruiting season, which is not surprisingly creating an “intense” recruiting environment. Wharton has limited companies to visiting three times per academic year to “reduce the frenzied perceptions by some students that they had to attend all 15 events to show they were really interested in a particular company,” Michelle Antonio, director of the career management office tells Bloomberg.

Meanwhile, a top Citigroup recruiter explains that the firm’s aim is to be on campus anywhere from 1x per week or once every 2 weeks.

Total comp figures of last year’s grads, which you can access in detail on the websites of MBA programs, is summarized below:

Harvard: $186,174
Stanford: 183,000
Columbia: $169,194
Wharton: $167,607
Kellogg: $150,942
Sloan: $148,081
GMAC reports average salary for MBAs was $92,360 / signing bonus was $17,603.

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Selected Data from the FT’s B-School Rankings

By BankersBall on Feb 19, 2007 in M.B.A.: means business, a**hole | comments(0)

Top US MBA Programs, FT
FT’s US Ranking	US School	Top 10 US Rank, Sorted by Salary	Salary	Alumni Recommend Rank
1	Wharton	2	$161,834	1
2	Columbia	4	$158,051	8
3	Harvard	3	$161,375	2
3	Stanford	1	$166,997	3
5	Chicago GSB	6	$143,886	7
6	Stern	10	$134,748	11
7	Tuck	5	$146,977	12
8	Yale	9	$136,762	22
9	Sloan	7	$142,858	9
10	Anderson	8	$141,260	15
Source: Financial Times.

‘Cos Living Large Takes Learning Large

By BankersBall on Feb 19, 2007 in Ivy League, M.B.A.: means business, a**hole | comments(0)

MIT, Stanford and Berkeley are among many schools offering their course materials, and in some cases, videos, online. MIT seems by far the most comprehensive, offering even courses from the Sloan School of Mgmt.