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Taking Care of Business School

So, you want to go to business school? Well, the time is right -- with the economy so strong, you'll likely get a great job once you come out (that is, assuming the economy stays the course during the next two years), and you may even be able to convince your employer to pay for it. Problem is, those applications are due soon, so you'd better get moving. The Net can speed the process. Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School fosters a site -- it not only points out what's good about Dartmouth's program, but it also has advice for wannabe B-schoolers -- not to mention its list that links to every business school in America. U.S. News & World Report's site features a ranking of the top 50 business schools (see our links list below for the U.S. News top 15). Kaplan Educational Center is for those who are considering applying for a graduate business degree. With a design as sharp as a new No. 2 pencil, and a minimum of filler, Kaplan's information warehouse for the GMATs features samples of GMAT questions, tips, test dates and registration forms to give a boost to tomorrow's captains of industry. Although the site's ultimate purpose is to persuade visitors to take one of Kaplan's famous test prep courses, there's plenty of useful news here for business school applicants. There is a glut of sites that advertise particular business schools -- and some are better than others. Intelligent and straightforward, the home page for the Robert H. Smith School of Business splits up its information into sections of interest, including current students, prospective students, alumni, faculty and staff, corporate recruiters and others. This site is an excellent place to look for the basics about the school. An unlikely gold mine, Nijenrode University is known for focusing on Dutch social and economic issues, but it's a good destination for Americans, too -- it links visitors to a wealth of international information. An outstanding tool for students, faculty and researchers, this Dutch institution connects users to sites ranging from Indonesian Business Centers to Purdue MBA programs and a collection of pages on ethics and philosophy. Whether you're looking for general or specific facts, or you just want to use the server's intuitive search engine, this site means business. Nijenrode also allows access to library resources. Somehow, Berkeley's Haas Business School's home page manages to make a lot of information accessible, without being overwhelming. The business school promotes itself with heaps of particulars about the school's undergraduate and graduate programs. Resources such as the Lester Center Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, and the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy are also sketched for would-be students and researchers. Visitors will find business links, online MBA applications, alumni resources and papers by faculty members. New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business’ impressive site opens with a shot of New York's financial district -- appropriate for a leading business institution located near Wall Street. First, view the Stern menu for some help, where you'll find the major categories listed in text format. With features ranging from an overview of the school to info on degree programs -- as well as an Application Materials Request form and some resumes of MBA students -- this will be useful to past, present and future students of the school. The University of Miami has everything you'd expect from a top-rung business school -- faculty, courses, admissions, the works -- along with a links page that's notable in that it targets the high-tech industry. At the digital face of University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, try the "About Wharton" section first; here you'll find photos of ivy-covered buildings and a predictably glowing State of the School report. More worthwhile features include the Wharton faculty, academic departments and research centers, graduate and doctoral programs, and a publications section (requiring Adobe).

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