Anna Nekrasova(SKOLKOVO MBA): Well, we are frequently asked about accreditation and the school’s rankings. SKOLKOVO is a young vibrant institution and we really proclaim to be different. Indeed, we are! We have an ambitious MBA programme, whose primary goal is to get over 30% entrepreneurs among its graduates. We built a fantastic campus and have around 50% foreign students in the MBA cohort.
If you look at the latest SKOLKOVO MBA Class Profile, you will realize how we have maintained class diversity in nationality and pre-MBA experience.
SKOLKOVO MBA Nationality
Skolkovo Pre-MBA Experience
To be ranked, we need to simplify and adopt our education approach to the accreditation standards, which we didn’t want. We want to re-approach the accreditation rules by inventing a SKOLKOVO standard. Sounds ambitious? Yes, that’s the SKOLKOVO way of doing things.
We are an unconventional school with a very strong educational platform and a clear vision. To learn what makes us unique, visit our MBA programs page.
About Anna Nekrasova
Anna Nekrasova works in SKOLKOVO as Executive Consultant being responsible for client relationship with applicants and provides consultations to those who are interested in pursuing an MBA degree. Anna helps candidates to define their needs, set priorities and gives a piece of advice for the admission process. In SKOLKOVO strong attention is paid to the client relationship side, as every student is placed in the middle of the process and therefore gets maximum of attention and support. Prior to SKOLKOVO, Anna worked and lived in Spain, founded her own business and then moved to Moscow and worked for the local Ministry.
About the Author
I am Atul Jose, Founding Consultant of F1GMAT, an MBA admissions consultancy that has worked with applicants since 2009.
For the past 15 years I have edited the application files of admits to the M7 programs: Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Wharton School, MIT Sloan, Chicago Booth, Kellogg School of Management, and Columbia Business School, together with admits to Berkeley Haas, Yale School of Management, NYU Stern, Michigan Ross, Duke Fuqua, Darden, Tuck, IMD, London Business School, INSEAD, SDA Bocconi, IESE Business School, HEC Paris, McCombs, and Tepper, plus other programs inside the global top 30.
My work covers the full MBA application deliverable: career planning and profile evaluation, application essay editing, recommendation letter editing, mock interviews and interview preparation, scholarship and fellowship essay editing, and cover letter editing for funding applications. Full bio with credentials and admit history is here.
I am the author of the Winning MBA Essay Guide, the best-selling essay guide covering M7 MBA programs. I have written and updated the guide annually since 2013, which makes the 2026 edition the thirteenth.
The reason I still write and edit essays every cycle: a good MBA essay carries a real applicant's voice. Writing essays for F1GMAT's Books and Editing essays weekly is how I stay calibrated to what current admissions committees respond to.
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