John A. Byrne
@johnabyrne.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of Poets&Quants, former Executive Editor of Businessweek magazine, EIC of Businessweek.com and Fast Company magazine
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November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I asked my bot a weird question: How much of an expert is Poets&Quants Founder John A. Byrne on business education? The answer: ‘If business education expertise were a stock, you'd want Byrne in your portfolio!’ poetsandquants.com
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October 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I asked my bot a weird question: How much of an expert is Poets&Quants Founder John A. Byrne on business education? The answer: ‘If business education expertise were a stock, you'd want Byrne in your portfolio!’ poetsandquants.com
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October 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Ask ME Anything? My AI-bot is at your service. Get highly individualized advice on business degrees, from the MBA, either in-person or online, to a specialized master’s. Check it out. poetsandquants.com
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October 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Introducing my AI bot: Ask J.B. Need advice on applying to business school? Want to increase your odds of acceptance into a highly selective MBA? Befriend our AI-powered bot and begin a conversation poetsandquants.com
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UC Davis Dean Rao Unnava To Step Down -- Dean of the 2024 Year Rao Unnava will leave his leadership position in June of 2026. His new biz major is attracting more applicants per seat than Harvard, Yale or Princeton poetsandquants.com/2025/07/30/u...
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July 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
UC Davis Dean Rao Unnava To Step Down -- Dean of the 2024 Year Rao Unnava will leave his leadership position in June of 2026. His new biz major is attracting more applicants per seat than Harvard, Yale or Princeton poetsandquants.com/2025/07/30/u...
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This 27-year-old senior engineer at a Fortune 10 company brings a 3.46 GPA and a 329 GRE to her candidacy at MIT Sloan. Is it enough to overcome the MBA program's 14% admit rate? Our assessment poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/ms...
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May 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This 27-year-old senior engineer at a Fortune 10 company brings a 3.46 GPA and a 329 GRE to her candidacy at MIT Sloan. Is it enough to overcome the MBA program's 14% admit rate? Our assessment poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/ms...
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LISTEN to our newest Business Casual podcast: The ROI On A Business Degree: It's more than the money soundcloud.com/poetsandquan...
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May 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
LISTEN to our newest Business Casual podcast: The ROI On A Business Degree: It's more than the money soundcloud.com/poetsandquan...
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With a 675 GMAT and a 3.0 GPA in computer science, this 27-year-old Indian woman wants to get her MBA from INSEAD. What are her chances? We assess her application at MBA Watch tinyurl.com/4hxnscyn
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April 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
With a 675 GMAT and a 3.0 GPA in computer science, this 27-year-old Indian woman wants to get her MBA from INSEAD. What are her chances? We assess her application at MBA Watch tinyurl.com/4hxnscyn
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This 27-year-old went from a mediocre high school student averaging B’s and C’s to being able to graduate with a STEM master’s degree from one of his dream schools. With a 750 GMAT & a 3.9 GPA, would Harvard Business School take him? We are doubtful. tinyurl.com/jaz3c7z8
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April 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This 27-year-old went from a mediocre high school student averaging B’s and C’s to being able to graduate with a STEM master’s degree from one of his dream schools. With a 750 GMAT & a 3.9 GPA, would Harvard Business School take him? We are doubtful. tinyurl.com/jaz3c7z8
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You already know the rejection rate at top business schools for applicants but what about the rejection rate by accepted applicants for the top MBA programs? poetsandquants.com/2025/04/11/t...
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April 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
You already know the rejection rate at top business schools for applicants but what about the rejection rate by accepted applicants for the top MBA programs? poetsandquants.com/2025/04/11/t...
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This 25-year-old self-styled 'Mr. Energetic Indian' brings an
IIT degree where he was a first ranker and a 760 GMAT in pursuit of a Harvard Business School acceptance. Here's why we think he has a 50-50 shot at an admit poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/mr...
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IIT degree where he was a first ranker and a 760 GMAT in pursuit of a Harvard Business School acceptance. Here's why we think he has a 50-50 shot at an admit poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/mr...
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April 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This 25-year-old self-styled 'Mr. Energetic Indian' brings an
IIT degree where he was a first ranker and a 760 GMAT in pursuit of a Harvard Business School acceptance. Here's why we think he has a 50-50 shot at an admit poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/mr...
#MBAapplication #MBAadmissions #MBA
IIT degree where he was a first ranker and a 760 GMAT in pursuit of a Harvard Business School acceptance. Here's why we think he has a 50-50 shot at an admit poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/mr...
#MBAapplication #MBAadmissions #MBA
Raw Deal: Berkeley Haas & UNC Kenan-Flagler -- Why their drops in U.S. News MBA ranking out of the Top 10 and the Top 20 make no sense. One of our ten biggest ranking surprises tinyurl.com/3euubtft
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April 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Raw Deal: Berkeley Haas & UNC Kenan-Flagler -- Why their drops in U.S. News MBA ranking out of the Top 10 and the Top 20 make no sense. One of our ten biggest ranking surprises tinyurl.com/3euubtft
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How Wharton's MBA Captured First Place In U.S. News Latest Ranking -- It’s All About Jobs In A Tough Year. One of our ten biggest ranking surprises poetsandquants.com/2025/04/11/t...
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April 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How Wharton's MBA Captured First Place In U.S. News Latest Ranking -- It’s All About Jobs In A Tough Year. One of our ten biggest ranking surprises poetsandquants.com/2025/04/11/t...
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She has a GRE score that is 19 points below Stanford's #MBA class average. The Big 4 analyst : 'Whether I’m analyzing deals, leading teams, or adapting to a new city, I bring discipline, empathy, and creative energy to every challenge' tinyurl.com/xuratsuf
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April 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
She has a GRE score that is 19 points below Stanford's #MBA class average. The Big 4 analyst : 'Whether I’m analyzing deals, leading teams, or adapting to a new city, I bring discipline, empathy, and creative energy to every challenge' tinyurl.com/xuratsuf
@StanfordGSB #mbaadmissions
@StanfordGSB #mbaadmissions
This 19-year-old UVA sophomore and former track star at Annandale High School just won $50,000 for his startup idea in WashU Olin's BIG IdeaBounce contest on the business of health tinyurl.com/3ez4j4e2
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April 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This 19-year-old UVA sophomore and former track star at Annandale High School just won $50,000 for his startup idea in WashU Olin's BIG IdeaBounce contest on the business of health tinyurl.com/3ez4j4e2
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#AnnandaleHS #businessschool #businesseducation #startup #healthcare
Is 53 too told for a full-time MBA at Carnegie Mellon? Even for someone who brings deep expertise in the business of health who wants to use the MBA experience as an incubator? Our answer poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/ms...
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April 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Is 53 too told for a full-time MBA at Carnegie Mellon? Even for someone who brings deep expertise in the business of health who wants to use the MBA experience as an incubator? Our answer poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/ms...
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The Next Big Rivalry: Columbia vs. NYU Stern -- One of our ten biggest surprises in the new U.S. News MBA ranking poetsandquants.com/2025/04/11/t...
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April 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The Next Big Rivalry: Columbia vs. NYU Stern -- One of our ten biggest surprises in the new U.S. News MBA ranking poetsandquants.com/2025/04/11/t...
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Will Columbia Business School admit this 29-year-old Big 4 CPA with a 730 GMAT and a 3.7 from Boston University? You better believe it and here's why at MBA Watch poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/ms...
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April 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Will Columbia Business School admit this 29-year-old Big 4 CPA with a 730 GMAT and a 3.7 from Boston University? You better believe it and here's why at MBA Watch poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/ms...
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The Stat No Business School Wants You To See -- It's the percentage of MBA applicants who reject the schools that admitted them poetsandquants.com/2025/04/11/t...
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April 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Stat No Business School Wants You To See -- It's the percentage of MBA applicants who reject the schools that admitted them poetsandquants.com/2025/04/11/t...
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Why Does U.S. News Hate Harvard Business School? It's one of ten surprises we highlight in our analysis of the 2025-2026 MBA ranking poetsandquants.com/2025/04/11/t...
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April 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Why Does U.S. News Hate Harvard Business School? It's one of ten surprises we highlight in our analysis of the 2025-2026 MBA ranking poetsandquants.com/2025/04/11/t...
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This 25-year-old Latina is applying to the MBA programs at Stanford, Berkeley & Dartmouth after having made a transition from I-banking to Teach For America. Here's what we think of our odds. What do you think? poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/mr...
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April 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This 25-year-old Latina is applying to the MBA programs at Stanford, Berkeley & Dartmouth after having made a transition from I-banking to Teach For America. Here's what we think of our odds. What do you think? poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/mr...
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What are business schools doing to create new revenue streams? Here's what 75 deans told us in our extensive survey in collaboration with Miami Herbert. poetsandquants.com/2025/04/07/c...
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April 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
What are business schools doing to create new revenue streams? Here's what 75 deans told us in our extensive survey in collaboration with Miami Herbert. poetsandquants.com/2025/04/07/c...
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Our advice to this First Gen Latina who wants to get into Chicago Booth with a 2.56 GPA and a 685. What would you say at MBA Watch? poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/ms...
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April 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Our advice to this First Gen Latina who wants to get into Chicago Booth with a 2.56 GPA and a 685. What would you say at MBA Watch? poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/ms...
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For NYU Stern, you can conclude he's too old at 37 and his below class average undergrad GPA of 3.0 won't help. But here's why we think he has a great chance of an admit. Tell us what you think at MBA Watch poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/mr...
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March 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
For NYU Stern, you can conclude he's too old at 37 and his below class average undergrad GPA of 3.0 won't help. But here's why we think he has a great chance of an admit. Tell us what you think at MBA Watch poetsandquants.com/mba-watch/mr...
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#MBAadmissions #MBAapplication #MBA #businessschool
This 25-year-old Kiwi engineer works at MBB and boasts a 4.0 undergraduate transcript but her GRE is six points before the class average at Harvard Business School. We assess her odds at MBA Watch tinyurl.com/2uktsdct
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March 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This 25-year-old Kiwi engineer works at MBB and boasts a 4.0 undergraduate transcript but her GRE is six points before the class average at Harvard Business School. We assess her odds at MBA Watch tinyurl.com/2uktsdct
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