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Top MBA Schools

More than 5000 students applied to Wharton last year. As it transpired, very few actually got admission. The number of students applying to top 5 business schools is increasing every year. Most of them have a 700+ GMAT and good work experience and more importantly, they have been the best at whatever they have done in life.

Those that manage to get in, have something exceptional to show in their backgrounds. Something that is off the track, something they did that was not normal in the circumstances they were in. We aren’t trying to dishearten you. Rather, what we are asking you to do is to make a realistic assessment and then decide. There’s no point in wasting money in application fee if your profile does not match the requirements of the school.

Most of the students who come to us for counseling want to go to the top schools. It is almost impossible to convince them that despite their high scores, they may not get admission in the top-5 schools. A student had a perfect score in GMAT (800) and had 8 years of work experience in top finance organizations. Yet he was rejected by Harvard, Columbia, GSB Chicago and Columbia because he had already done an MBA before from India.

If the above did not put you off, then may be you could get admission. On the other hand, if it made you uncomfortable, you could look at other schools in the US - they may not be ranked in the Top - 10 or 20, but they do offer good career prospects and job opportunities after course completion. Remember, the USA is the land of opportunities, and is known to have a system that can churn out the talented from every where. Therefore, even if you don’t apply to the very best schools, you can still make it big by doing well in your course and out performing others at work.

It is imperative to apply to schools that match your profile rather than get swayed by the rankings.

Business Week top USA MBA ranking:

1 University of Pennsylvania, Wharton
2 Northwestern University, Kellogg
3 Harvard University
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan
5 Duke University, Fuqua
6 Columbia University
7 Cornell University, Johnson
8 University of Virginia, Darden
9 Stanford University
10 University of California (Los Angeles), Anderson
11 New York University, Stern
12 Carnegie Mellon University
13 University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), Kenan-Flagler
14 Dartmouth College, Tuck
15 University of Texas (Austin)
16 University of California (Berkeley), Haas
17 Xavier University, Williams COB
18 Indiana University (Bloomington)
19 University of Rochester, Simon
20 Washington University, Olin
21 University of Southern California, Marshall
22 Purdue University, Krannert
23 Georgetown University McDonough
24 University of Maryland (College Park), Smith
25 Emory University, Goizueta
26 Michigan State University, Broad
27 Georgia Institute of Technology, Dupree
28 College of William and Mary
29 Arizona State University (Main Campus)
30 Boston University
31 Ohio State University, Fisher
32 Pennsylvania State University, Smeal
33 Babson College, Olin
34 University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
35 University of Wisconsin (Madison)
36 University of Pittsburgh, Katz
37 University of Notre Dame
38 University of Iowa
39 Rice University, Jones
40 University of Georgia, Terry
41 University of Florida
42 University of California (Irvine)
43 Southern Methodist University, Cox
44 American Graduate School of International Mgmt, Thunderbird
45 University of California (Davis)
46 American University, Kogod
47 University of Washington
48 Boston College, Carroll
49 University of Tennessee (Knoxville)
50 Brigham Young University, Marriott
51 University of South Carolina, Moore
52 University of Miami
53 Clark Atlanta University
54 Syracuse University
55 Rutgers University (New Brunswick and Newark)
56 Texas A&M University (College Station), Mays
57 Tulane University, Freeman
58 University at Buffalo (SUNY)
59 George Washington University
60 University of Arizona, Eller
61 Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead