<p>Sakky, most people don’t really know or care about the M7. It is more of a very loose academic colaboration, where a few faculty members meet once a year to share ideas. It does not really impact the perception of a program. In fact, it is merely 4 years old if memory serves. I am not so sure that programs such as Haas and Ross cannot join. I think it is more a question of their not having any faculty who care to expend their time in this endeavour. But where it really matters, in the eyes of academe and the corporate world, Ross certainly holds its own. </p>
<p>Corporate Poll according to BusinessWeek:</p>
<h1>1 University of Chicago</h1>
<h1>2 Harvard University</h1>
<h1>3 Northwestern University (Kellogg)</h1>
<h1>4 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross)</h1>
<h1>5 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)</h1>
<h1>6 Columbia University</h1>
<h1>7 Stanford University</h1>
<h1>8 Cornell University (Johnson)</h1>
<h1>9 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)</h1>
<h1>10 New York University (Stern)</h1>
<p>Peer Assessment Score according to USNWR:</p>
<h1>1 Stanford University 4.8/5.0</h1>
<h1>1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 4.8/5.0</h1>
<h1>3 Harvard University 4.7/5.0</h1>
<h1>3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) 4.7/5.0</h1>
<h1>3 Northwestern University (Kellogg) 4.7/5.0</h1>
<h1>6 University of Chicago 4.6/5.0</h1>
<h1>7 University of California-Berkeley (Haas) 4.5/5.0</h1>
<h1>8 Columbia University 4.4/5.0</h1>
<h1>8 Dartmouth College (Tuck) 4.4/5.0</h1>
<h1>8 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross) 4.4/5.0</h1>
<p>Recruiter Assessment Score according to the USNWR:</p>
<h1>1 Harvard University 4.6/5.0</h1>
<h1>2 Stanford University 4.6/5.0</h1>
<h1>2 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 4.6/5.0</h1>
<h1>4 Northwestern University (Kellogg) 4.5/5.0</h1>
<h1>5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) 4.4/5.0</h1>
<h1>5 University of Chicago 4.4/5.0</h1>
<h1>7 University of Virginia (Darden) 4.3/5.0</h1>
<h1>8 Columbia University 4.2/5.0</h1>
<h1>8 University of Michigan-Ann Arabor (Ross) 4.2/5.0</h1>
<h1>10 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 4.1/5.0</h1>
<h1>10 Cornell University (Johnson) 4.1/5.0</h1>
<h1>10 Dartmouth College (Tuck) 4.1/5.0</h1>
<h1>10 Duke University (Fuqua) 4.1/5.0</h1>
<h1>10 University of California-Berkeley (Haas) 4.1/5.0</h1>
<p>So yes, the M7 are definitely among the top 10 MBA programs, but like I said, they are not the only top MBA programs when it comes to perception. Haas, Ross and Tuck (among others) do quite well too.</p>