大家申请时经常说到M7，M7是什么东西?

fengerjin

这个总结也太赞了吧。

接着Cova, 再次借用BW上的一个总结：
http://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=bw-bschools&tid=73431

The label M7 is a far less official term than "ivy league".

The ivy league itself is an athletic conference in which members set high standards for student athletes. People have come to associate it with academics.

The forum legend is that "M7" was coined by a Columbia dean who referred to a meeting of top business schools.  It is a challenge to find any business school that uses that term in their admissions materials or  websites (contrast this with the use of the 'ivy league' name).

To be blunt, people use these terms to associate their schools with better ranked schools.  How often do you hear HBS bragging about being in the M7? Or Yale reminding people it's in the Ivy League?

Here's a quick guide:

If someone describes their school as the top ranked school, they go to HBS or Stanford
If someone says they go to a "Top 3" school, they go to Wharton
If someone says they go to a "Top 5" school, its either Chicago, Kellogg, or MIT Sloan
If someone says they're in the "M7", they go to Columbia
If someone says "Top 10", they mean Tuck, Ross, Haas, or <insert whatever school you insist belongs in the top ten, thus proving my point>

-- by 会员 topmba2009 (2010/3/3 2:31:01)

H2N2

谁知道今年TUCK录了多少大陆的。

Cortega

来了美国你就知道了，理工科PHD很多都是自称那个TOP3学校出来的。

这个对大家报自己的本科学校也适用
清华北大的都说自己是TOP2，说TOP3的很多是科大，TOP5的一般是复旦，浙大，南大
再下来就是什么211名校了

-- by 会员 Cortega (2010/3/4 0:31:43)

没听说过top3有科大自己报的。。。。。算了，我不该跳校际坑的。。。说top 2的是北清的，上海两高校的是复旦交大的，其他就都差不多211了

-- by 会员 WaterWalker (2010/3/4 0:54:07)

WaterWalker

来了美国你就知道了，理工科PHD很多都是自称那个TOP3学校出来的。

这个对大家报自己的本科学校也适用
清华北大的都说自己是TOP2，说TOP3的很多是科大，TOP5的一般是复旦，浙大，南大
再下来就是什么211名校了

-- by 会员 Cortega (2010/3/4 0:31:43)

没听说过top3有科大自己报的。。。。。算了，我不该跳校际坑的。。。说top 2的是北清的，上海两高校的是复旦交大的，其他就都差不多211了

-- by 会员 WaterWalker (2010/3/4 0:54:07)

-- by 会员 Cortega (2010/3/5 5:52:23)

我呆的时间可不比你短，科大的人见得多了，自己清楚有几斤几两。有些同学确实是挺踏实的也不错的，但是也没有听到有人说自己是top 3。复旦出来的，我倒是听到不少。