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The Wall Street Journal’s ‘College Journal/MBA Center‘ site (an excellent free resource) has just published an interesting article on the addition of ‘networking training’ in the MBA classroom. The article offers an overview of the trend as well as a detailed focus on four schools: Michigan State, SMU, Arizona State and Wake . . . → Continue Reading While navigating the MBA admissions process, it is vital that applicants take advantage of all the great web-based resources that are available. Beyond the official school sites and test prep pages, there are several spots on the web that aggregate content or serve as general portals in MBA admissions space. Here are a few examples that some of you may already be familiar with: 2005 Applicants: http://hella.opencoder.org/mba2005apps/ One of the newest additions to these portal-style sites is the Wharton Admissions Blog (http://adcomblog.wharton.upenn.edu/). Before you jump the gun and assume that Wharton’s site is too narrowly focused, take a look at the school’s brief description of the blog’s purpose: This blog is designed . . . → Continue Reading Business Week has published an interview that Mica Schneider conducted with Isser Gallogly, the director of MBA admissions at NYU/Stern. Here’s an excerpt from the discussion: Q: When is the best time to submit an application? The last deadline is Mar 15, 2005… A: As soon as you feel ready. But submit as early as [possible] so that you can get in when we have more spaces. That gives you more time to visit and to interview. International students should apply by our first deadline in December, [giving] them time to secure financing and a visa. For additional excerpts from the interview: http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/aug2004/bs20040825_1179_bs037.htm In order to see the full text of the article, you’ll need to subscribe to Business Week’s . . . → Continue Reading In recent weeks, dozens of Clear Admit clients and blog readers have been asking the age-old question: Should I apply in round 1 or round 2? Along the way we’ve heard dozens of theories and myths. In the interest of preventing applicants from making silly mistakes, here are a couple of examples of dangerous myths, along with our thoughts. 1) “Apply in round 1, even if you are pressed for time. The key is to be early.” This is false. While applying early is nice, you should never do so at the expense of a high quality application. 1) “Applicants to programs that use admissions ’rounds’ should apply several weeks in advance of a school’s deadline. Applying in early September for an October deadline . . . → Continue Reading Here are some excerpts from a Reuters article on MBA hiring. While the article highlights the troubles faced by 2001-2002 grads, it also points to a more optimistic future: Top U.S. business schools have seen a pickup in the number of recruiters trolling their campuses. At the Stanford Graduate School of Business in California, the number of visiting job scouts is up 30 percent this year. At Wharton, not only did the number of recruiters climb about 20 percent, but they also were hiring more and represented a wider spectrum of companies. Besides the ubiquitous investment banking and consulting firms, there was an uptick in marketing, retail and health care companies. Aaron Marcus, head of Americas campus recruiting at Goldman Sachs, said . . . → Continue Reading There’s an interesting article in the Indianapolis Star on how recent declines in admissions volume have hit second-tier MBA programs. Essentially, the late 90′s popularity of the MBA brought new players to the MBA market (with many universities introducing new programs, part-time options, etc.). Now that admissions volume has fallen from those all-time highs, many of the second-tier options are faced with a serious challenge. http://www.indystar.com/articles/8/172246-2898-223.html Interested in keeping up with our daily blog postings? Subscribe with . . . → Continue Reading The Wall Street Journal’s ‘Career Journal’ web site has published an interesting article on the latest shifts in management education, citing an increasing use of cross-functional coursework. More and more MBA programs seem to be ‘merging’ their core electives to ensure that graduates can handle complex problems combining several disciplines at once. A must read: MBA Programs Switch to . . . → Continue Reading Here’s the latest information on UCLA’s deadlines…. We have a rolling admissions schedule with four application rounds. The 1st round deadline is November 3rd, the 2nd round deadline is January 5th, the 3rd round deadline is February 2nd, and the 4th round deadline is April 18th. The 2005 application is only available online, and will be up on the website within the next 2-3 weeks. If you are serious about UCLA, it makes sense to apply early. It also makes sense to ‘do your homework’ and get to know the program in detail so that your application essays reflect a high level of interest. Although the essay topics are not yet available, UCLA has typically used fairly standard essays, with one exception: 1. Please . . . → Continue Reading Tuck/Dartmouth has released their essay topics for the 2005 application. They are as follows: Essay 1 (1000 words): You are head of sales at a medium-sized manufacturing company. A little over one year ago, you recruited John to join the company as a sales manager. Since that time, he has been one of your star producers, and his performance has earned rave reviews from senior management and customers. He has generated an enormous amount of business for the company, landing accounts with the four largest retailers in the region. Last year, John was responsible for bringing in an additional $10 million in sales revenue. In that same year, full-year revenues increased 15 percent to $62 million, significantly outpacing all competitors. Gross margins . . . → Continue Reading It always makes sense to visit the MBA programs that you are considering. Here are a few basic tips on how to approach this process: 1) Before you go, be sure to look into the sorts of organized activities that the admissions office has on offer for prospective students. These may include any of the following: -campus tour In some cases you will need to sign up in advance for these offerings. It also makes sense to verify that your timing is ok, since some schools do not encourage visitors during the first few weeks of the semester, etc. 2) View your visits as a unique opportunity to gather data . . . → Continue Reading Wharton School Publishing’s first releases are due to hit bookstores on August 15th. For those of you who don’t know, Wharton School Publishing is a joint venture between Wharton and Pearson Education (publishers of the Financial Times, Prentice Hall, etc.). The first titles to come out look to be quite interesting, and according to Amazon’s sales rankings they seem to be selling rapidly too. Check out the following link for a 40% discount. Kellogg’s deadlines for the coming admissions season are as follows: Round 1: Oct. 22, 2004 Round 2: Jan. 7, 2005 Round 3: March 11, 2005 What’s most interesting about this year’s deadlines is the fact that Kellogg has broken with their tradition of an early to mid-November R1 deadline. In prior years, the ‘Chicago schools’ (Kellogg and U. Chicago) have carved out their own niche in early November, providing some distance between themselves and the earlier R1 dates of Harvard, Wharton and Stanford. This year, Kellogg has opted to place their deadline right in the middle of the pack (between Wharton/HBS in mid-October and Stanford/MIT in late October). This will require more planning on the part of applicants who are scrambling to apply to several . . . → Continue Reading Chicago has released their new application. The essays are as follows (500 words each): a. Why are you seeking an MBA from Chicago GSB? What are your plans and goals after you receive your degree? As usual, . . . → Continue Reading UNC’s deadlines are now available. Here’s the info from their online application: Thank you for your interest in UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Our application for 2004-2005 will be ready in mid-August. Please check back at that time. For your information, here are the application deadlines for the coming year: Deadline 1 – October 28th We recently received the following email from a former client who worked with us on several applications last season: —– Original Message —– Thanks for the thoughtful email, Graham. I’m really excited. When I started the process, I really wanted to get into HBS and now I have achieved that goal. Thanks for all of your insightful advice along the way! I have included a testimonial below for use on your site: Rather than providing me with advice on one aspect of b-school admissions, Clear Admit guided me through the entire application process. To begin with, they added tremendous value in helping me determine how I could position myself in order . . . → Continue Reading It goes without saying that coordinating recommendations, essays, interviews and school visits during the admissions deadline season can be quite the challenge. Applicants should ideally build a strict schedule in order to juggle the various elements of the application process along with their work and community/personal activities. Most of the top MBA programs have published their R1 deadlines at this point. Here are the dates, sorted in ‘waves’ to help you with your planning. School/R1 Deadline MIT (Sloan)/October 27th, 2004 Chicago (GSB) /November 12th, 2004 There was an interesting Q&A in our thread on the BusinessWeek Forums yesterday that we thought was worth sharing here. The applicant that posted was curious about how candidates who are looking to use the MBA to change careers should approach the admissions process. In this case, the applicant comes from a non-traditional industry and has a desire to get into finance. Here are some excerpts: Applicant: I am still not sure how to attack the [career goals] essay. One [way] is to keep it open, stating I want a career change and want to explore opportunity during [the] MBA. It might sound vague as [if] I have not zeroed in on your post-MBA goals. But then again if I say ‘finance’ . . . → Continue Reading The latest edition of Graduate Management News is now available. Published by the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), this newsletter is technically aimed at the MBA admissions officer community. Because of this focus, the articles often share insights as to how MBA admissions officers look at applicants. Other topics typically discussed are GMAT and application volume trends along with recruiting tactics. In other news, this blog is now publishing both Atom and RSS feeds. Interested parties can now subscribe to our content with Bloglines or track changes in the blog with any RSS/Atom news reader. Click on the ‘Bloglines’ button above for details. . . . → Continue Reading For those of you who have yet to tackle the GMAT, we wanted to alert your attention to a free seminar that is taking place in New York City tomorrow night. The founder of Manhattan GMAT, Zeke Vanderhoek, will conduct a two hour seminar on the basics of the test. Zeke is an excellent teacher who knows a thing or two about the GMAT, so this is sure to be an event worth checking out if you are in the NY area tomorrow. For sign up information, follow the link . . . → Continue Reading The Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) has published the latest data on this year’s GMAT test-taker volume through June. For the full contents of the report: http://www.gmac.com/gmac/ResearchandTrends/GMATStatistics/CurrentGMATVolume.htm Although the numbers continue to show a decrease in volume from last year, it is worth noting that the decrease appears to have slowed when compared to the number published earlier in the year. For example, when test-taker volume was reported in May, a decrease of nearly 9% was cited, whereas in the latest report, volume is off . . . → Continue Reading The 2005 Kellogg essays are now available. As expected, the school has opted to stick with their time-tested format: - (3) longer essays (2 pages double-spaced) While the questions are virtually the same as last year, there are some changes to the ‘short essays’. In particular, question C in the short essays is new for this year, providing applicants with a chance to showcase their experience at managing change and persuading those around them. Question E is also new, but has been used in prior years. As always, one of the unique challenges in Kellogg’s application is essay #3. This requires its own approach and is not part of the . . . → Continue Reading Here are a couple of additional Wharton-related resources for those of you looking to gather more information about the school: 1) Business Week has just announced that they will be hosting a live chat with Wharton’s admissions director, Rosemaria Martinelli, on September 9th. Although you should ideally get started on your Wharton essays before the live chat, tuning into this event should give you some last minute advice/details that may help you revise prior to the mid-October R1 deadline. 2) Wharton enlists current students and alumni to keep online diaries (blogs) on the school’s web site. This content is aggregated on the Wharton Diaries home page. From the practical (moving to Philadelphia) to the more academic (marketing vs. strategy majors), there . . . → Continue Reading |
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