| The day has finally arrived when you are | | | | programs on a scale of 1 to 10 across 11 |
| ready to move out of school and enter college | | | | specialties - including calculus, economics, |
| and you have decided to go in for a business | | | | accounting, and marketing. The target was to |
| school. Naturally you would be interested in | | | | come up with a rank of schools that are best |
| gaining admission to the top business schools | | | | in various areas. Most surprisingly the |
| out there. Why study for an MBA degree if it | | | | survey results showed very different ranking |
| is not from the best business school? But | | | | for individual programs as compared to the |
| based on your chosen career path, say you | | | | overall ranking of the schools. |
| want to major in business accounting, which | | | | |
| school should you choose? Is a school based | | | | While it was a fact that some of the top most |
| only on overall ranking the best one for you? | | | | ranked schools were very strong in several |
| Probably not. While one business school might | | | | areas, in other areas, these schools were |
| be very strong in accounting, it might not | | | | beaten comprehensively by not so high ranked |
| give you enough knowledge about marketing or | | | | schools. For example, the top-ranked Wharton |
| economics. So it is very necessary to know | | | | School was found to be strong in economics |
| the strengths and weaknesses of each MBA | | | | and corporate strategy but in the programs |
| degree program. | | | | for calculus and accounting, the school did |
| | | | not even make it to the top 10. |
| The best way to gain in-depth knowledge about | | | | |
| the top business schools out there is to turn | | | | The overall winner across most programs |
| to the internet. Almost all the best known | | | | surprisingly turned out to be the Goizueta |
| publications and agencies publish either a | | | | School of Business at Emory University. This |
| biennial or an annual listing of the top | | | | school managed to make it to the top 10 |
| business schools and MBA degree programs | | | | listings across all the 11 categories that |
| offered by them. These include listings by | | | | were studied - the only school to achieve |
| BusinessWeek, USNews.com, and Forbes among a | | | | this distinction. |
| host of others. Each review the top business | | | | |
| schools not just from an overall point of | | | | So students who are looking to enroll for an |
| view but also delve into specifics of | | | | MBA degree at one of the top schools should |
| different degree programs offered by these | | | | take the time to go through the rankings |
| schools and rank them on individual merit. | | | | given to the various schools. Individual |
| | | | programs of these business schools as ranked |
| For example the BusinessWeek recently | | | | by the various ranking agencies should be |
| conducted a survey of 100,000 business majors | | | | considered before deciding on the school and |
| at 84 top universities across the US to come | | | | program that is right for them. After all, |
| up with the Best Business School Rankings. | | | | the first step towards a successful career |
| The students were asked to grade their | | | | does need good thought and time. |