List of business schools in Washington, D.C.

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Georgetown University's Robert E. McDonough School of Business admits about a third of its applicants each year. Knowing what McDonough wants in a candidate will help you make the case in your application that the school is a good fit for you. One of the biggest influences on McDonough is its location, in the nation's capital. Georgetown has a campus-wide focus on public policy and international business that no other school can match. This gives McDonough access to its impressive array of resources, international organizations, corporate offices, public policy makers, industry associations, nonprofit organizations, foreign embassies, government consulting firms, lobbying groups and development banks. If you want a career at one of those organizations, McDonough is the right school for you. The school treats international business as integral to everything they do, not something special or elective. While some business schools have recently adopted a similar approach, international business has been central to McDonough for many years. All MBA students take the Global Residency course, which includes on-campus instruction and a week-long foreign residency, in addition to intensive team consulting projects for international organizations or Fortune 500 companies with overseas operations. Teams have traveled to Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, and Vietnam. When McDonough students arrive at their international destination, they meet with local business school faculty and students, make factory visits and hold briefings with top managers. Each team's recommendations are presented to the client company's direct leadership. The program greatly expands students' abilities to conduct business at an international level. MBA students may also pursue the Career Track residency, a weeklong immersion experience. If you opt for this, you will work on a partner company's current case in marketing, finance or consulting. You'll be part of a student team that applies what it has learned in class to a real-world setting. Your team's outcomes will be judged in a case competition judged by working professionals. The admissions office encourages applicants to get to know the McDonough community. Through on- and off-campus recruiting activities, a candidate can learn how he or she might fit into this powerhouse of international business, policy and government consulting. When McDonough's admissions office reviews applications, they take a holistic approach, which means they strive to balance all the aspects that applicants present. For example, if a candidate has a sub-standard GMAT or academic record, the admissions committee would look for another aspect of the application to offset that weakness. We've just touched the tip of the iceberg here. To get a full understanding of the unique opportunities that McDonough provides, we suggest that you read the full 12-page profile of the school in our book, Top MBA Programs: Finding the Best Business School for You. The book will give you the chance to measure McDonough along with other top business schools. You can purchase the book at a bookstore near you or through a link at www.admissionsconsultants.com.