February 2005 Archives - 2/2 - Clear Admit MBA Admissions Blog

The Role of the GMAT

Posted by Clear Admit on February 3, 2005, at 4:30 pm
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Many of our blog readers and clients come to us with questions about the GMAT:

1) How many times should one take the exam?
2) Is it worth retaking a score of 700?
3) Are international students expected to do as well on the test as domestic applicants?
4) How does the GMAT relate to one’s GPA?
5) Why do the schools use the GMAT?

There are now two chances this week for our readers to learn more about the role of the GMAT in MBA admissions and get the answers to these questions.

1) If you live in the New York City area, sign up for tonight’s free GMAT and MBA admissions seminar in Manhattan. Grace Wang, an HBS graduate and Manhattan GMAT instructor will be leading the session. Graham Richmond, co-founder of Clear Admit, will also be on hand to answer questions and discuss the role of the exam in the MBA admissions process. The program will run from 6:30 – 8:30 PM.

2) If you cannot make the event in New York, we’d like to alert you to a free virtual/online seminar taking place this Sunday from 10 AM – 11 AM (EST). The online seminar will be led by Zeke Vanderhoek (founder of Manhattan GMAT) and Graham Richmond. Sign up for this event now: http://www.manhattangmat.com/EventShow.cfm?EID=3&eventID=310

Early bird applicants for next fall should be sure to take advantage of these free offerings and learn more about the role of the test as they approach the admissions process.

Harvard Interview Invites

Posted by Clear Admit on February 2, 2005, at 4:10 pm
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School: Harvard

Since many of you are nervous about your R2 Harvard Business School applications, we wanted to let you know that interview invites have not yet gone out. In fact, last season, the invites did not begin going out until mid-February. While the waiting period is always very trying, we encourage everyone to hang in there!

In other HBS news, the Harvard Crimson has published an article about their program’s rise to the #1 slot in the Financial Times rankings. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=505451

Finally, the Wharton admissions blog has a wonderful posting on the R3 dilemma. As their posting indicates, there are in fact several advantages to considering a late round application. For those of you thinking about this sort of thing, here are the key deadlines to consider:

UCLA (today!)
Georgetown (February 11th)
University of Maryland (February 15th)
USC/Marshall (February 15th)
London Business School (February 25th)
Michigan (March 1st)
UVA/Darden (March 1st)
Wharton (March 3rd)
Berkeley/Haas (March 4th)
UNC/Kenan-Flagler (March 5th)
Harvard (March 9th)
Northwestern/Kellogg (March 11th)
Cornell/Johnson (March 14th)
Duke/Fuqua (March 15th)
NYU/Stern (March 15th)
Yale SOM (March 16th)
Stanford (March 17th)
Chicago (March 18th)
Carnegie Mellon (March 21st)