M7 Business Schools?

What is the history of the M7 MBA schools? How where they determined and what does it mean to be in the group?

I know it refers to Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, Chicago, Kellogg, Sloan, and Columbia, but that's about it.

 

It's just like the T14 for law schools. It's a group of schools that are historically towards the top and tend to offer better career prospects for it's graduates and be more selective than those below it. Nothing more, nothing less.

 
wannabeaballer:
There is an annual conference between the deans of the schools. It is called the M7 conference. They talk academics and job placement.

Amissionado is way off, which shouldn't be surprising.

Oh really? Soooo vice deans of some of the schools who are supposed to be in some sort of "group" that is so unofficial that no record of it exists other than the self-appointment of some folks in some schools of them saying they are the best, and a an unofficial almost urban lenegdy mention of it in a single interview.

And someone who's entire life and career depends on the business school they go to, is supposed to use this as a proxy for a real informed decision?

Gimme me a break dude!

 
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Admissionado - As a professional who wants to project himself as someone who can successfully advise aspiring MBAs and add value to their MBA application reviews, it is alarming that you post on WSO with diction such as "soooo" and "gimme", as well as misspelling "whose" in favor of "who's" and "lenegdy" instead of "legend".

Admissionado:
wannabeaballer:
There is an annual conference between the deans of the schools. It is called the M7 conference. They talk academics and job placement.

Amissionado is way off, which shouldn't be surprising.

Oh really? Soooo vice deans of some of the schools who are supposed to be in some sort of "group" that is so unofficial that no record of it exists other than the self-appointment of some folks in some schools of them saying they are the best, and a an unofficial almost urban lenegdy mention of it in a single interview.

And someone who's entire life and career depends on the business school they go to, is supposed to use this as a proxy for a real informed decision?

Gimme me a break dude!

 

M7 has some weight to it but not too much. First, H/S are head and shoulders above all others in this group. This is followed by Wharton which has somewhat of a better reputation than the rest. Then, there are the non-HSW M7. And there are two schools, Tuck and Haas, which are not in this group but are of a similar caliber to non-HSW M7, esp. Tuck. So as with all rankings and labels, take M7 w/ a grain of salt and know what it shows and doesn't show rather than blindly following the herd.

 

Keep in mind that Kellogg has a very good conversion rate for people who want to go into finance, it's just more focused on marketing and consulting. Can't speak for PE/HF, but for banking, Kellogg is one of the best choices, since banks want more Kellogg graduates (they like diverse classes), and there's not many competing (I've spoken to ~50 people in my future Kellogg classes, and I haven't met one person yet who is recruiting for banking, yet 8-9% of the class goes into based on the employment report).

 

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