Clear Admit at GMAC

As we indicated earlier this month, two members of the Clear Admit team addressed admissions officers from some of the leading business schools in the country at last weekend’s annual GMAC conference, and we wanted to take some time today to report back on the presentations and ensuing discussions. Graham Richmond presented as part of a panel on the admissions consulting industry and the ways that schools might better understand the field and foster mutually beneficial relationships with reputable firms in the space. The two sessions, held this past Friday and Saturday, were attended by representatives from Chicago, Columbia, MIT, Stanford, Wharton, Harvard, Berkeley, Kellogg, INSEAD, UCLA, Cornell, Darden, NYU and several other programs. For those curious in the details of the message, co-presenter Linda Abraham has posted a nice summary of the panel’s objectives in her blog. It was wonderful to see staff from so many schools come out to learn more about what we do and enter into a dialogue about this often misunderstood industry.

Meanwhile, Alex Brown spoke on the role of blogs in the MBA admissions process, focusing on the implications for admissions offices and using Clear Admit’s own Fridays from the Frontline column as a sample method of fostering ties with and among the blogging community. LBS representative Graeme Harper also took the chance to highlight the new London Business School Blog, a collaborative blogging project with student, alumni and adcom contributors. Finally, Columbia admit Marina shared her reasons for blogging and weighed in on the typical prospective students’ perception of student and applicant blogs vs. the schools’ websites. We look forward to reading her thoughts when she posts them (hint), and want to reiterate our thanks to those who attended.