The Wall Street Journal Guide to the Top Business Schools 2004 Review

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(More customer reviews)The editors of the WSJ have done an excellent job of summarizing in a useable format the strengths and weaknesses, as well as technical information on the top 50 business schools in the country (and the 50 runners up.) The beauty of this book over all others is the methodology of asking top corporate recruiters their opinions of the different programs (some of which are eye opening and controversial). This more readily gives someone seeking an MBA the relative value of a specific MBA in the marketplace, not as ranked by some elitist academic survey.
Of course, all these programs are excellent, and I think anyone would find some issue to quibble with in the rankings or synopses, but all told this is an enormously useful and complete source of information. No MBA candidate should be without it.

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THE MOST UP-TO-DATE EDITION OF THE GROUNDBREAKING BUSINESS-SCHOOL GUIDE FROM THE WORLD'S MOST RESPECTED BUSINESS PUBLICATION For years, prospective M.B.A. students seeking guidance on which business schools to consider have had to rely on rankings compiled with vague methodologies, subject to the biased opinions of students and school administrators. Now come The Wall Street Journal and Harris Interactive, the worldwide market-research firm, with their third annual survey that has become the single most important reference tool for students, school administrators, and corporate recruiters. Using a carefully constructed methodology and Harris Interactive's online polling expertise, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the Top Business Schools 2004 shows students what corporate recruiters -- the "buyers" of budding management talent -- really think of the schools and their students. Each profile of the 50 top M.B.A. programs, as well as of the 50 runners-up, includes information on admissions, enrollment, test scores, the industries and companies most likely to hire the school's graduates, and graduates' expected first-year salaries. The Wall Street Journal Guide to the Top Business Schools 2004 also covers: THE DEBATE OVER THE VALUE OF AN M.B.A. DEGREE • THE SMARTEST APPLICATION STRATEGIES • SURVIVAL TACTICS FOR A BLEAK JOB MARKET THE SALARY AND BONUS OUTLOOK • TOP SCHOOLS FOR MINORITIESTOP SCHOOLS FOR WOMEN • ETHICS EDUCATION IN A POST-ENRON WORLD and includes lists of: TOP PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS • TOP LARGE AND SMALL SCHOOLS• TOP SCHOOLS BY REGION • TOP SCHOOLS BY INDUSTRY • TOP SCHOOLS BY ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE • "HIDDEN GEMS"

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