Poets&Quants
MBA News, Experts, & Handicapping Your MBA Odds With Editor-In-Chief John A. Byrne https://poetsandquants.com/
Episodes
298 episodes
What B-Schools Will Ask You During An Interview
We discuss the latest questions admission teams are asking candidates this year
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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22:43
What To Expect In 2026
Our predictions for business education and the MBA in this new year.
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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28:39
The Big Business Education Trends In 2025 & What To Expect In 2026
Our interview with Andrew Walker, director of research analysis for the Graduate Management Admission Council
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Season 6
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Episode 42
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28:30
How Competitive Will This Year's Admissions Cycle Be?
Plenty, according to a new survey of admission officials at business schools. We discuss and debate the findings.
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Season 6
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Episode 41
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24:58
What Harvard MBAs Now Make: Highest Pay Ever
We distill the latest employment reports for this year's MBA grads and remark on the deportation of a Babson student
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Season 6
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Episode 40
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26:27
Who's Getting Into The HIghly Selective MBA Programs
Reading the tea leaves in the newest class profiles at the top business schools
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Season 6
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Episode 39
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33:48
What To Expect When You Get An Admissions Interview
What are the most common questions? The pitfalls?
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Season 6
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Episode 38
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29:30
The Top MBA Startups Of 2025
For the first time, MBAs from three European business schools have raised the most money for their startups
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Season 6
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Episode 37
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20:47
If You're An International Applicant, Should You Come To The U.S. Now?
A candid, brutally honest conversation about getting an MBA in the U.S.
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Season 6
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Episode 36
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25:24
MBA Rankings Galore!
We dissect three rankings — all of which arrived in a single month: Businessweek, LinkedIn & QS
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Season 6
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Episode 35
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20:57
See Who's Getting An MBA Right Now
Our annual Meet the MBA Class feature is up. Here's what it says about the latest crop of students to start their MBA journeys all over the world.
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Season 6
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Episode 34
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26:03
Masters In Management: An Assessment
We digest the new Financial Times ranking of MiM programs and explain who they are for and what kinds of results grads get from these programs
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Season 6
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Episode 33
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16:55
Tell Your Recommender Not To Use AI
Our advice in working well with a recommender who might want to use AI to draft a rec letter
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Season 6
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Episode 32
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19:57
Dos & Don'ts Before Hitting Submit On Your MBA Application
With round one deadlines a little more than a week ago, we provide advice on what you need to know right now.
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Season 6
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Episode 31
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17:59
Stanford's GMAT Time Bomb For Applicants + An Alarming AACSB Study
A change in the validity period for GMATs and GREs will impact some applicants this year
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Season 6
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Episode 30
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17:16
What You Need To Know About The M7
The Magnificent 7 MBA programs in the U.S. by the revealing numbers
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Season 6
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Episode 29
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27:21
Where MBA Grads Want To Work
Why finance is surging and tech is fading
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Season 6
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Episode 28
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17:33
The New Princeton Review MBA Ranking
The results are sometimes as mystifying as they are illuminating
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Season 6
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Episode 27
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25:36
What If The U.S. Schools Walk From The Financial Times MBA Ranking?
We discuss the increasing possibility of a boycott of the FT's rankings by U.S. MBA programs.
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Season 6
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Episode 26
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21:06
New Essay Questions For Chicago Booth & Dartmouth Tuck
Caroline Diarte-Edwards and Maria Wich-Vila on the changes for MBA applicants
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Season 6
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Episode 25
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21:42
Trump's DEI War Causes UT McCombs To Walk From The Consortium
Will other business schools and corporate partners follow? We discuss
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Season 6
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Episode 24
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21:41
How To Express Your Career Goals On An MBA Application
Caroline, Maria and John on what you need to know to make the best impression
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Season 6
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Episode 23
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22:27
A Top Immigration Lawyer With Advice On Student Visas
Waypoint Immigration's Amber Davis on what to expect from the new social media reviews in the U.S.
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Season 6
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Episode 22
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