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APPLICANT RESOURCES

Clear Admit Interview Guides
Be as prepared as possible for your MBA interviews this season with the Clear Admit Interview Guides! School-specific sample questions and in-depth strategy, campus visit details and places to stay.

Clear Admit School Guides
Seventeen titles available! Understand how the leading programs compare and learn more about the MBA experience in and beyond the classroom through Clear Admit School Guides. As featured in the Economist.

Application Deadlines
Below are the upcoming deadlines for Fall 2008 entry to top-tier schools.
Apr. 1: UT Austin McCombs R3
Apr. 2: Dartmouth / Tuck R4
Apr. 3: INSEAD R4
Apr. 4: Oxford / Said R3
Apr. 23: UCLA / Anderson R4
Apr. 28: CMU / Tepper R4
May 2: LBS R4
Jun. 6: Oxford / Said R4

Essay Topic Analysis
Below are links to our comments on some of the top programs' essay topics for the 2007-2008 admissions season.
The Career Goals Essay
Berkeley / Haas
Chicago GSB
CMU / Tepper *
Columbia
Cornell / Johnson
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
Harvard
IESE *
INSEAD
London Business School
MIT / Sloan
Michigan / Ross
Northwestern / Kellogg
NYU / Stern
Oxford / Said *
Penn / Wharton
Stanford GSB
UCLA / Anderson
UNC / Kenan-Flagler
UT Austin / McCombs *
UVA / Darden
Yale SOM
* denotes last year's commentary

Categories
Use categories to access all that has been written on each of the topics. We have categorized by school and by subject matter.

Interview Reports
A selection of interview field reports from fellow applicants posted to the MBA Admissions Wiki. Add your reports when you are finished with your interviews.
Chicago
Columbia
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
Harvard
Kellogg
Michigan / Ross
MIT / Sloan
Stanford
UNC / Chapel Hill
Virginia / Darden
Wharton
London Business School

GMAT Resources
GMAC
Manhattan GMAT
GMAT Club
Princeton Review
Test Prep New York
Kaplan
Beat The GMAT

Writing Resources
Guide to Grammar and Writing
The Internet Grammar of English
English Usage, Style and Composition
The Economist Style Guide
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

School Rankings
Rankings are a good way to start your research on various MBA Programs. Keep in mind each uses a different methodology.
Business Week
Economist
Financial Times
Forbes
USNews
Wall Street Journal

Career Guides
The following resources should be useful to those who want to research the careers open to them after (or before) earning an MBA.
Vault.com
Wetfeet

Business School Resources
The following are business resources offered by a variety of leading Business Schools. It's useful to subscribe to these resources, especially for the schools to which you are applying.

MBA Programs: North America
If an MBA Program is not listed, please e-mail and we will be happy to list it.
Berkeley / Haas
Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
Chicago
Columbia
Cornell / Johnson
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
Emory / Goizueta
Harvard
HEC Montreal
Indiana / Kelley
Michigan
MIT / Sloan
Northwestern / Kellogg
New York / Stern
North Carolina / Kenan Flagler
Pennsylvania / Wharton
Queens
Stanford
Texas / McCombs
Thunderbird
Toronto
UCLA / Anderson
Virginia / Darden
Western Ontario / Ivey
Yale

MBA Programs: Rest of the World
As there is some variety in the length of international MBA programs, we have denoted the length of the program next to its name (1 = one year; 2 = 2 years). If an MBA Program is not listed, please e-mail and we will be happy to list it.
AGSM (Australia) 2
Cambridge / Judge (UK) 1
CIEBS (China) 2
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (China) 1
ESADE (Spain) 1 or 2
HEC (France) 2
IESE (Spain) 2
IMD (Switzerland) 1
INSEAD (France) 1
IPADE (Mexico)
ISB (India) 1
London Business School (UK) 2
Oxford / Said (UK) 1
Rotterdam (Netherlands) 2
University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) 1

Additional Resources
Here we link a host of additional resources available across the web. E-mail info@clearadmit.com to have resources added to this list.
AACSB International
Association of MBAs
Beyond Grey Pinstripes
EFMD
gradschools.com (worldwide)
Infozee
mba.com (GMAT Scores)
MBAInfo
mbaleague.blogspot.com
MBAzone
MBA Jungle
TOEFL
Top MBA

MBA Tipline
We encourage admissions officers, students and applicants to alert us of interesting news and developments, please send an email to news@clearadmit.com so we can blog it.

Blog Archive

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ARCHIVE FOR JULY 2003

Thursday, July 31, 2003

Excerpt from the BW Chat

BWJACK: People can’t help wondering how the slow economy and bear market are affecting B-school prospects, so try this question…
QUESTION: “Were applications down last year? By how much? What do you expect for next year?”
CLEAR ADMIT: “The short answer is yes, application volume was down slightly last year. Most of the top schools saw a decrease on the order of 15%. But it’s important to remember that the decrease came off of historical highs for most of the top schools out there, and it’s also important to observe that the statistics of this year’s entering classes are the highest they’ve ever been (GMAT, GPA). So volume might be down but competition seems to be up.”

# posted by Clear Admit @ 12:15 pm in General

League of MBA Bloggers

Hey folks - Here’s a great weblog that actually compiles existing MBA-related blogs from current MBA students, applicants, graduates, etc. An interesting resource for anyone considering an MBA. League of MBA Bloggers

# posted by Clear Admit @ 12:10 pm in General

Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Clear Admit ‘live chat’ on Business Week’s web site. I really enjoyed answering your questions and hope that we got to the majority of them. If you still have questions, feel free to post them to the ‘Ask Clear Admit’ thread in the BW Forums, the Clear Admit discussion board (link at the left of the page) or simply email them to us at info@clearadmit.com.

# posted by Clear Admit @ 12:05 pm in General

Friday, July 25, 2003

Key Round 1 Deadlines (for matriculation in the fall of 2004):

Columbia: rolling, August 18th - October 15th, 2003 (early decision)
Wharton: Thursday, October 16th, 2003
Harvard: Thursday, October 16th, 2003
Stanford: Tuesday, October 28th, 2003
MIT: Wednesday, October 29th, 2003 (mailed materials in by 10/22)
Chicago: Friday, November 7th, 2003
Kellogg: not yet published

more to come….

# posted by Clear Admit @ 11:49 am in Deadlines

HBS Essays Now Available

Here are the essay questions for the 2004 HBS Application:

1. Discuss a recent leadership experience. Briefly outline the situation and then describe your role, how you were effective, and what you learned. (400-word limit)
2. What are your three most substantial accomplishments, and why do you view them as such? (600-word limit)
3. Describe a situation when you questioned your values and/or beliefs. (400-word limit)
4. What do you find most challenging about working with a group? (400-word limit?
5. What are your career aspirations, and how can an MBA help you reach them? Why now? (400-word limit)
6. What do you wish the MBA Admissions Board had asked you? (400-word limit)

A few notable changes here - despite the fact that many key themes remain. Essays 1, 2 and 5 are virtually the same as last year’s questions. Essays 3, 4 and 6 are new and should present some interesting challenges for applicants.

# posted by Clear Admit @ 11:33 am in Essay Topics, School: Harvard

Wednesday, July 02, 2003

July 30th: Business Week Live Chat

Very exciting news: Business Week has invited Clear Admit to host a live chat on the BW Online site. This will occur on July 30th, from 3 PM to 4 PM (EST). I will be participating and would like to personally invite everyone to stop by the site and join the chat. Check out the ‘B-schools‘ section of the BW Online for all the details.

# posted by Clear Admit @ 1:27 pm in General

MBA Association Discussion Forum

Clear Admit has been selected to moderate an MBA Admissions discussion forum on the MBA Association web site. Please feel free to visit the forum and post questions about your applications! You should also have a look around on the MBA Association’s web site, since it is packed with resources.

# posted by Clear Admit @ 1:21 pm in General

DISCUSSIONS / BLOGS / WIKI

Clear Admit's Most Recent Entries

Wiki

MBA Admissions Wiki
The Clear Admit Wiki is designed to allow b-school applicants to share their experiences through the application process. You can learn from others' experiences and contribute your own reports to the community. Below are the five most popular pages in the wiki:
Wharton Interview Field Reports
HBS Interview Field Reports
Kellogg Interview Field Reports
Chicago Interview Field Reports
Columbia Interview Field Reports

Discussion Boards

BusinessWeek Forums
The BusinessWeek Discussion Boards are a great way to learn about the issues applicants face. Recently BusinessWeek updated their interface, here is a link to the original interface. Also, Clear Admit hosts the Ask Clear Admit thread, which should help answer your questions. Here are the five most recent discussions.

StudyLink Forums
Clear Admit manages the Applying section of the StudyLink MBA discussion boards.

student 2 student
The student-2-student Discussion Boards are managed by Wharton, but include discussions about all of the top schools. Here are the five most recent discussions.

Chicago Discussion Forums
The Chicago Discussion Boards are managed by the University of Chicago. Here are the five most recent discussions.

School-Hosted Blogs

Straight from the source: aggregated posts from students and administration. Below are the seven most recent posts in school-hosted blogs.

Individuals' Blogs

A selection of the latest updates to MBA blogs compiled by Hella.
MBA Applicants

MBA Students

Bloggers by School

The following are links to bloggers at each of the schools listed.
Chicago
Columbia
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
Harvard
Kellogg
Michigan
MIT / Sloan
New York / Stern
North Carolina / Chapel Hill
Stanford
Virginia / Darden
Wharton
Yale
ESADE
IESE
INSEAD
London Business School

Community Blogs

Bshoolers.com
Community blog with MBA student and alum contributors.

Forté Foundation MBA Diaries
Video blog entries posted by women MBA students.

Owen Bloggers
Independent blog with content by Vanderbilt MBA students.

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