Blog: Archive for the “Columbia University (Columbia Business School)” Category

When you receive a $100 million gift from Henry Kravis, one of the world’s most famous investors and a Columbia Business School (CBS) alumnus (’69), you probably do not expect that another unprecedented day will occur so soon after. Well, less than a month later, the world’s most famous investor and another CBS alumnus, Warren … Read More  

With the changing of the leaves and the influx of cooler weather on Columbia Business School’s (CBS’s) campus comes a series of student-run conferences that give both first- and second-year CBS students the opportunity to expand their knowledge across a variety of disciplines via panels keynote speaker addresses and to network with like-minded students, conference … Read More  

Columbia Business School (CBS) announced today that private-equity legend Henry R. Kravis (CBS ’69) has pledged the largest gift in the school’s history—$100 million—to construct two buildings (one named for Kravis) on CBS’s new Manhattanville site. CBS is currently housed in Uris Hall and Warren Hall, where shared space and converted rooms make conditions less … Read More  

Update: Click here for the 2015-2016 Columbia Business School Essay Analysis  1. What are your short-term and long-term post-MBA goals? How will Columbia Business School (CBS) help you achieve these goals? (Recommended 750-word limit) Because Personal Statements are similar from one application to the next, we have produced the mbaMission Personal Statement Guide, which helps applicants … Read More  

Columbia Business School has released its application questions for the 2010-11 season, with some significant changes.  The questions follow; our essay analysis will be posted shortly. Essay 1 What are your short-term and long-term post-MBA goals? How will Columbia Business School help you achieve these goals? (Recommended 750 word limit) Essay 2 Please tell us … Read More