Anyone aspiring to do MBA in US invariably scours various publications publishing B-school rankings. As someone who went through the same motion, I share the common belief that Business Week and US News are the two most, dare say only reliable sources.
I have tried to compile the historical rankings of various schools across years since 1988. I have a detailed spreadsheet, however ignorant of how to attach it here, I am publishing the summary.
Here is the summary:
Top 25 as per US News from 1990 - 2009
Schools and respective average rankings over the years.
1. Stanford - 1.47
2. Harvard - 1.79
3. Wharton - 2.95
4. MIT - Sloan - 4.05
5. Kellogg - 4.26
6. Chicago - Booth - 6.42
7. Columbia - 7.89
8. Dartmouth - Tuck - 8.58
9. Duke - Fuqua - 9.16
10. U. Michigan - Ross - 9.95
11. UC Berkeley - Haas - 10.11
12. U. Virginia - Darden - 11.68
13. UCLA - Anderson - 12.79
14. NYU - Stern - 14.21
15. Yale - 14.75
16. Cornell - Johnson - 15.05
17. CMU - Tepper - 15.35
18. UNC - Kenan Flagler - 17.76
19. UT Austin - McCombs - 18.41
20. Indiana U - Kelley - 20.41
21. Emory U - Goizueta - 21.46
22. USC - Marshall - 22.47
23. Purdue U - Krannert - 23.59
24. Ohio State U - Fisher - 24.71
25. U Rochester - Simon - 25.41
Top 25 as per Business Week from 1988 - 2008
1. Kellogg
2. Wharton
3. Harvard
4. Chicago - Booth
5. U Michigan - Ross
6. Stanford
7. Columbia
8. Duke - Fuqua
9. Dartmouth - Tuck
10. MIT - Sloan
11. U Virginia - Darden
12. Cornell - Johnson
13. UCLA - Anderson
14. NYU - Stern
15. CMU - Tepper
16. UC Berkeley - Haas
17. UNC - Kenan Flagler
18. Indiana U - Kelley
19. UT Austin - McCombs
20. Yale
21. Washington U - Olin
22. USC - Marshall
23. Emory U - Goizueta
24. Purdue U - Krannert
25. U Rochester - Simon
Based on US News and BW rankings, I compiled a cumulative ranking. As US News is considered more relevant in US, I gave USN twice weightage as BW.
Cumulative Top 25
1. Harvard
2. Wharton
3. Stanford
4. Kellogg
5. Chicago - Booth
6. MIT - Sloan
7. Columbia
8. U Michigan - Ross
9. Dartmouth - Tuck
10. Duke - Fuqua
11. U Virginia - Darden
12. UC Berkeley - Haas
13. UCLA - Anderson
14. Cornell - Johnson
15. NYU - Stern
16. CMU - Tepper
17. Yale
18. UNC - Kenan Flagler
19. UT Austin - McCombs
20. Indiana U - Kelley
21. Emory U - Goizueta
22. USC - Marshall
23. Purdue U - Krannert
24. U Rochester - Simon
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Star Screen Awards - Akshay Kumar
Last Saturday, I saw Screen awards 2009. Sajid Khan was genuinely funny as he always is, notwithstanding Ashutosh Gowariker's fuming remarks, to which I partially subscribe. Farah Khan was a big drag, trying hard and failing miserably to sound funny. Shreyas, though a good actor, is not an engaging presence. For couple of hours, I subjected myself to listless performances, how much I wish Salman Khan of late 90s and early 00s were still around. 3 hours had gone by and nothing substantial happened, not that I was exepecting anything extraordinary.
Then I heard Farah Khan calling 'diva of Bollywood' Rekha, she always looks the same, to give away the award for 'Popular Actor (Male)'. Rekha, her expressions have become so stale, announced Akshay Kumar's name, no surpises there. Anyone who can make 'Heyy Baby' and 'Singh is King' superhits has to be 'most popular'. So there was Akshay Kumar, walking as a rock star towards the podium to collect the award from his 'Khiladiyon ka Khiladi' co-star. He took the statuette, swayed a little, and then began the SPEECH. I try to recap what he said: 'I saw Ghazni, and needless to say, Amir Khan's performance was much better than mine in SIK. I refuse to pretend that I am better than him this year, and so cannot accept this award'.
Here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv2U3bnCGxo
Not that I didn't know this, but the enormity of the moment, and Akshay's brutal honesty made me literally cry; audience looked equally shocked. I replayed the sequence 5 times to believe that what I had just seen was for real. For someone in show business, where people have mountain-sized fragile egos, what Akshay did was extraordinary. I have been closely following Bollywood awards for 16 years now, and NEVER have I witnessed anything so spectacular. So many times, I need not recount, I saw unworthy people shamelessly accept awards and subsequently bask in glory. I am really glad that someone finally stood up, hats off to KING Akshay.
After I saw this, I began googling to find out media's response. I discovered various reasons behind Akshay's apparently noble act : 'Akshay was pissed off with organisers', 'Akshay and Amir in an unholy alliance', etc., etc. I was shocked to find such cynicism in media. Seemingly, media is uncapable of accepting that a star-without-pedigree can perform such a noble act. Rather than hailing Akshay, media is all out to prove that the act is nothing more than a stunt by the 'Khiladi'.
Not that I am certain of Akshay's intentions, but why such widespread cynicism ? Why can't I hear a single voice hailing a seemingly noble act ?
Then I heard Farah Khan calling 'diva of Bollywood' Rekha, she always looks the same, to give away the award for 'Popular Actor (Male)'. Rekha, her expressions have become so stale, announced Akshay Kumar's name, no surpises there. Anyone who can make 'Heyy Baby' and 'Singh is King' superhits has to be 'most popular'. So there was Akshay Kumar, walking as a rock star towards the podium to collect the award from his 'Khiladiyon ka Khiladi' co-star. He took the statuette, swayed a little, and then began the SPEECH. I try to recap what he said: 'I saw Ghazni, and needless to say, Amir Khan's performance was much better than mine in SIK. I refuse to pretend that I am better than him this year, and so cannot accept this award'.
Here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv2U3bnCGxo
Not that I didn't know this, but the enormity of the moment, and Akshay's brutal honesty made me literally cry; audience looked equally shocked. I replayed the sequence 5 times to believe that what I had just seen was for real. For someone in show business, where people have mountain-sized fragile egos, what Akshay did was extraordinary. I have been closely following Bollywood awards for 16 years now, and NEVER have I witnessed anything so spectacular. So many times, I need not recount, I saw unworthy people shamelessly accept awards and subsequently bask in glory. I am really glad that someone finally stood up, hats off to KING Akshay.
After I saw this, I began googling to find out media's response. I discovered various reasons behind Akshay's apparently noble act : 'Akshay was pissed off with organisers', 'Akshay and Amir in an unholy alliance', etc., etc. I was shocked to find such cynicism in media. Seemingly, media is uncapable of accepting that a star-without-pedigree can perform such a noble act. Rather than hailing Akshay, media is all out to prove that the act is nothing more than a stunt by the 'Khiladi'.
Not that I am certain of Akshay's intentions, but why such widespread cynicism ? Why can't I hear a single voice hailing a seemingly noble act ?
Honour to India !!
Last month I read Sanjay Dutt's interview to IBN, in which he casually mentions, 'I am an UN ambassador which is a big honour to India'. 'Slumdog Millionaire' wins Oscars, and we begin proclaiming from rooftops 'The win is an honour to India'. Resul Pookutty invokes 'Om' and India's civilization in his acceptance speech as if he is at 'Parliament of World Religions' and not 'Academy awards'. Someone gets a job at NASA, someone with Indian parents gets elected to a democratic office in the US, and the events are dubbed as 'big honour to India'.
Seemingly, whenever an Indian succeeds in anything remotely international, his/her success is considered 'honour to India', as if the whole country is under scanner. For last couple of years, the phrase 'honour to India' has been used so frequenly that soon if someone with Indian grandparents gets elected to some town hall committee in Timbuktu, I am afraid the event will be considered an 'honour to India'.
Is India so desperate for honour that it hijacks individual accomplishments of its citizens as its own ? Kudos to Rahman, kudos to Resul for whatever their achievements are in their chosen fields, but I cannot bask in their suceesses as if those are my own. I like listening to Rahman, but his getting Oscars make me only as proud as Waugh/Lara getting ICC awards (makes). Limit these achievements to what these are, individual accomplishments, and not elevate these to national honour/pride.
Seemingly, whenever an Indian succeeds in anything remotely international, his/her success is considered 'honour to India', as if the whole country is under scanner. For last couple of years, the phrase 'honour to India' has been used so frequenly that soon if someone with Indian grandparents gets elected to some town hall committee in Timbuktu, I am afraid the event will be considered an 'honour to India'.
Is India so desperate for honour that it hijacks individual accomplishments of its citizens as its own ? Kudos to Rahman, kudos to Resul for whatever their achievements are in their chosen fields, but I cannot bask in their suceesses as if those are my own. I like listening to Rahman, but his getting Oscars make me only as proud as Waugh/Lara getting ICC awards (makes). Limit these achievements to what these are, individual accomplishments, and not elevate these to national honour/pride.
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