The HBS admissions glitch continues to dominate the MBA newswire. In fact, the Associated Press in Boston has syndicated an article, spreading it around the United States and beyond. Here is a list of some of the articles that have come out on the topic in the last 24 hours:
Harvard applicants breached security Boston Globe
Hacker helps business school applicants get early decision Miami Herald
Hacker taps into business school files Boston Herald
Hacker helps business school applicants get early decision Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Hacker helps school applicants Sydney Morning Herald (subscription), Australia
Hacker helps business school applicants get early decision San Diego Union Tribune
Hacker helps school applicants BusinessWeek
Hacker Helps School Applicants ABC News
Hacker helps business school applicants get early decision WCNC (subscription), NC
Hacker helps business school applicants get early decision Lakeland Ledger, FL
Hacker Helps School Applicants Wyoming News
Hacker helps business school applicants get early decision WVEC.com (subscription)
Hacker helps business school applicants get early decision Security Focus
The Boston Globe article is of particular interest since it includes an interesting take on the situation from Derrick Bolton, director of admissions at Stanford. It also notes that, according to HBS, 119 applicants tried to see their Harvard results using the backdoor into the system. We’ll have to wait and see how the school handles those candidates that took a peek at their results, but our prediction is that this will not ultimately change admissions results. For additional reading on this subject, check out PowerYogi’s latest blog posting, which includes more analysis of the situation. In any event, since the traditional news outlets have now caught up with the story, it’s probably time for those of us in blog-land to move on…
Speaking of blogs, there was a thread in the Business Week forums earlier this week devoted to favorite MBA blogs. Several readers logged in and offered their opinions, citing this blog, the Wharton MBA Admissions Blog, Brit-Chick, the MBA League and Bskewl. Beyond these resources, I’d like to point out hella.opencoder.org as another site worth visiting. Feel free to log into the thread and offer your opinion!
An interesting bit of news came out of the National Football League yesterday, indicating that NFL players would have access to courses at both Harvard Business School and the Wharton School. Check out this press release at NFL.com: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/8248895. Of course, before you begin thinking that Terrell Owens will be sitting next to you in your first year marketing class at Wharton or that Tom Brady will be in your section at HBS, keep in mind that this offering is part of the schools’ custom executive education programs.
Finally, hot off the presses from a series of client reports, here is a list of sample MBA interview questions for Duke:
- What have you been doing since college?
- What do you want to do/what are your future plans?
- Why Fuqua?
- Tell me about your worst team experience.
- Tell me about your best team experience.
- How do you operate in a team ?
- How did you handle team conflict?
- You’re on a project with four team members. What four people would you choose for that team, and why?
- What is something that you didnt have in your undergrad experience that you hope to find in your MBA experience?
- What are you biggest concern about Fuqua?
- What activities would you join at Fuqua?
- What is your leadership style?
- What part of your leadership style do you want to develop?
- What is your ideal work environment?
- What are the characteristics of a successful MBA student/graduate?
- What is something you regret?
- What is something that your friends don’t know about you?
- Name someone who inspired you.
- What makes you unique?
