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Posted by Clear Admit on October 31, 2006, at 4:57 am
Welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday! Each week we highlight aspects of life at business schools around the country to get applicants thinking about the nuances of – and differences between – the leading MBA programs.
This week we’re looking at pre-terms, which are a period of academic or leadership instruction before the official start of first-year classes. Most leading business schools offer some version of pre-term for their entering students, but the activities vary considerably from school to school.
For instance, Tuck‘s optional pre-term program lasts 1-2 weeks, during which students may spend a week on a local Habitat for Humanity worksite and/or participate in an extended outdoors leadership program with a group of new classmates. At the University of Chicago, . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 30, 2006, at 10:52 am
Applicants looking to learn a little bit more about MBA programs and the MBA application process should be sure to visit today’s online MBA fair hosted by The Economist. The last of the Autumn 2006 online fair dates, today’s fair features the opportunity to chat live or email with admissions officers, as well as listen to informative lectures and webcasts by business school professors and admissions directors.
At 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, virtual attendees can listen to Clear Admit’s own Graham Richmond speak about applying to business school and preparing a quality application. Afterwards, Graham will be online to take attendees’ questions. Be sure to tune in and to bring your questions!
The event is free and interested applicants can . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 30, 2006, at 5:58 am
With most MBA students immersed in mid-terms or off on fall break, it’s been a relatively quiet week for business school newspapers. Thankfully a few hardy journalists have braved mid-terms, vacations, (and really good parties) to bring us the latest news from their campuses.
This week’s Harbus features a lead story on thinking and speaking well on the spot, with tips courtesy of Professor Dale Deletis, the first speaker of the year in the Public Speaking Club’s “Outstanding Speaker Series.” Professor Deletis shares strategies for improving the quality and frequency of classroom comments – topics on the mind of most MBA students. Meanwhile HBS student Jonathan Kelly takes on another topic of utmost importance to MBA students – . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 27, 2006, at 9:08 am
Another week has passed and it’s time to check in on the happenings in the MBA blogosphere.
As more Round 1 deadlines pass, our applicant bloggers have been happily announcing the completion of their applications. SuserMcLoser has submitted two of her three applications, including one to her “unreachable dream school,” Nivedita clicked submit four times in the last two weeks, RusGirl is feeling good about submitting her LBS application, and Anand submitted Tuck but is juggling several other applications. In other applicant news, MBA babe is off to visit Columbia and Harvard after submitting her Kellogg application, while Inblue writes to celebrate finally feeling healthy and being finished with applications . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 26, 2006, at 8:50 am
With interview invites trickling out to Wharton Round 1 applicants and Columbia Early Decision candidates, we wanted to turn our attention to this important step in the admissions process and share a few very basic pointers on interview etiquette. Though the content of your application materials and comments during the interview are of paramount importance, it’s also crucial to put one’s best foot forward and make a positive initial impression. Here are a few guidelines for interviewing applicants to keep in mind:
1) Dress the part. Unless meeting with an alum who explicitly specifies a more casual dress code, assume that business attire is appropriate. We recommend that applicants dress conservatively, opting for a dark suit (pants or skirt are both fine . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 25, 2006, at 9:08 am
New Harvard Business School Dean Jay Light recently sat down with Harvard’s Working Knowledge for his first interview since becoming Dean. Their wide-ranging conversation covers his thoughts on leading HBS so far, as well as his priorities for the future. Among those priorities are increasing HBS students’ direct exposure to international experiences (supplementing the experiences offered through the current selection of interational case studies and the diversity of the student body) and recruiting, retaining, and nurturing outstanding young faculty members. In addition, Light discusses the planned expansion of other Harvard University programs and facilities to the HBS side of the river. With an interdisciplinary life-sciences center beginning construction across the street from HBS next year, Dean Light envisions HBS becoming not . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 24, 2006, at 8:05 am
With the recommended early application submission date for the rolling MBA admission process at UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business coming up on November 1st, we wanted to offer a few comments on that program’s essay topics for this season. Though the school gives applicants 2000 total words to work with, the range of possible subjects is fairly narrow, making this an application that will require some forethought if one is to present a full picture of his or her candidacy.
Essay 1: Discuss your intermediate and long-term career goals, as well as a current vision of your desired employment upon graduation. Your explanation should include, but is not necessarily limited to the following: how you will leverage your professional . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 23, 2006, at 7:52 am
Welcome to another edition of Campus Chronicles, where we check in on the latest news from MBA student papers across the country, providing a glimpse into campus life and the full range of the MBA student experience.
The most recent edition of Duke’s Fuqua Times has an interesting cover article on the kick-off of this year’s Leadership Development Initiative, featuring second year Major Eric Jamison’s interactive lecture based on his experience in Iraq, as well as an examination of Fuqua’s newly introduced concentrations. In social news, it sounds like the International Business Club’s International Festival and “Sights and Sounds” Cultural Show was quite a hit – there’s a fun photo montage in the center of the issue as well as . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 20, 2006, at 8:24 am
Welcome to another addition of FFF! Let’s take a look at the new and noteworthy developments in the MBA blogging world:
While several applicants wrote about the usual concerns – AsianGal wrote about her GMAT prep plan, Itobean is loving an accounting class she’s taking to bolster her academic profile, and Suser McLoser remains hard at work on her application essays – the majority were focused on announcing and celebrating completed applications, as well as contemplating next steps. Flexible Image has submitted to Chicago and to Kellogg (and addresses a school selection question), aDreamMerchant is done with Tuck and Chicago and explains the addition of Stern to the . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 19, 2006, at 7:00 am
With applicants for the remaining round one deadlines putting the finishing touches on their applications and round two applicants just getting started on the essay-writing process, the question of how strictly applicants need to adhere to word limits is perhaps more popular than ever. MBA Candidates naturally have a good deal of information they want – and need – to convey in their materials, and getting the important ideas down under restrictive word counts is a difficult task. While it might be tempting to run a bit beyond the guidelines to slip in that one extra thought, it’s important to keep the reasons for word limits in mind.
In addition to being a forum for explaining your goals and sharing your story, . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 18, 2006, at 3:20 am
As the MBA recruiting season gets underway at business schools across the nation, several recent articles offer insight into this year’s emerging trends.
The most recent edition of Business Week features an article on the prevalence of independent job searches among MBA graduates. Crediting a stronger economy for creating more confident job seekers, the article reports that students are increasingly looking beyond on-campus recruiting opportunities to find that perfect post-MBA position. Campus career centers appear to be responding; the article also discusses the ways in which career offices are supporting these independent searches.
In other recruiting news, the New York Times reported this week on the renewed use of “ticking bonuses” in this year’s second-year recruitment process. A number . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 17, 2006, at 11:25 am
The News from the Schools column in this month’s edition of <i>The Economist</i> includes a profile of the Clear Admit School Guides. Realizing that “few applicants have time to compile statistics and information in depth on each of the schools they are considering,” the piece offers a summary of the kinds of information included in the School Guides and points out the benefit of including detailed information in application essays.
Here’s the full profile:
Admissions consulting firms occupy a controversial niche in business education. Some business schools believe the firms, which offer guidance to prospective students, prevent admissions officers from forming . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 17, 2006, at 3:19 am
Welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday, where we bring you school-specific details about the leading MBA programs in order to highlight important differences between the top schools. Our goal is to get applicants thinking about the many factors that shape the business school experience. This week’s entry focuses on the University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center.
While Chicago’s flexible core curriculum is well known, less well-known is the flexibility they offer in scheduling individual courses – or in making up missed classes. The Chicago GSB operates the Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago, approximately seven miles from the GSB’s main campus. The home of the evening, weekend, and executive MBA programs, the Gleacher Center shares the same professors and course offerings as the . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 16, 2006, at 3:09 am
With the school year well under way, the business school student newspapers are getting started too, bringing news of campus speakers, student clubs and fun events. Here’s a quick overview of the top stories in several MBA student papers this week:
The Wharton Journal brings news of a busy week on campus as the guest speaker schedule starts to heat up. This week, Ian Davis, Managing Director at McKinsey, kicked off the Wharton Leadership Lecture series with a talk on the five biggest issues facing CEOs today. Meanwhile, the Sales & Trading Club and the Media & Entertainment Club both began their speakers series last week. Mike De Asia, . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 13, 2006, at 11:41 am
It’s a big day for releasing rankings, as the Economist Intelligence Unit has also come out with its annual ranking of MBA programs this morning. The ranking methodology for this list considers four factors – new career opportunities, personal development/educational experience, increase in salary and networking potential – as evaluated based on data from the schools and surveys from students and recent alumni. Readers can visit the EIU site for a great interactive MBA ranking chart to see how the schools stack up in a number of different criteria, and the overall top 20 is just below:
1. IESE, University of Navarra
2. Dartmouth / Tuck
3. Stanford GSB
4. Chicago GSB
5. IMD
6. Northwestern / Kellogg
7. Harvard Business School
8. NYU / . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 13, 2006, at 10:23 am
Business Week has just published its much anticipated 2006 ranking of full-time MBA programs. The list, compiled biannually, is intended to help applicants identify viable target schools and is assembled based on surveys of students at the programs and the recruiters hiring their graduates. Extensive information about the ranking methodology and commentary on the list-topping schools are available on the BW site; but for now, let’s take a look at the results:
1. Chicago GSB
2. UPenn / Wharton
3. Northwestern / Kellogg
4. Harvard
5. Michigan / Ross
6. Stanford
7. MIT / Sloan
8. Berkeley / Haas
9. Duke / Fuqua
10. Columbia
11. Dartmouth / Tuck
12. UCLA / Anderson
13. Cornell / Johnson
14. NYU / Stern
15. UVA / Darden
16. CMU / Tepper
17. UNC / Kenan-Flagler
18. Indiana . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 13, 2006, at 2:54 am
Another week – and what a week, with deadlines for Wharton, Harvard, Columbia, Tuck and others – has passed, and here we are at Friday, ready, as always, with a new edition of FFF for those looking to catch up on the goings on in the world of MBA blogging.
First, we want to extend our congratulations to those bloggers who pressed “submit” this week! Righty finished up with his ISB application materials and Flexible Image‘s materials are in at HBS. In light of yesterday’s data form advice, we were glad to read that Scarecrow carefully proofread his Harvard application found relief upon completing Wharton. It’s better to wait than to rush, . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 12, 2006, at 3:51 am
As many applicants are burning the midnight oil to put the finishing touches on their applications, we wanted to offer some words of advice about an often overlooked element of one’s file that is often overlooked: the data forms themselves. Most candidates leave the forms for the last minute or rush to fill out online applications from work on Deadline Day, but the truth is that a weak effort on these forms can do serious harm to your candidacy. This being the case, here are a few tips for those who are in the midst of completing this component of the application:
1) Follow instructions. If the schools asks you to list activities in chronological order, then do not list them in . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 11, 2006, at 4:27 am
Canada’s National Post just announced its second annual MBA Portfolio Management Competition. The competition pits teams of first-year MBA students from 12 Canadian Universities against each other in a “stock-picking slug-fest” that begins this month and runs through the end of March. Contestants are given $1 Million in play funds to invest on behalf of “Mrs. Oldmoney,” whose portfolio lacks exposure to the Canadian markets. Teams may invest in cash or in any stock, income trust, or preferred share traded on the Canadian exchanges, and may alter their allocations at the end of each month. At the end of the contest, the winning team will be chosen based on their ability to generate high returns with low day-to-day volatility. . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 10, 2006, at 5:20 pm
Following up on this morning’s announcement of website troubles, Harvard Business School has just notified all applicants aiming for R1 submission that the deadline will be pushed back due to the temporary unavailability of information on the HBS site.
The new deadline for application materials is this Thursday, October 12th at . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 10, 2006, at 11:09 am
Harvard Business School just notified all Round One applicants that the MBA website is down and that the school’s email server is out of commission due to a problem on the school’s campus. Fortunately, the online application is hosted on an external site, so applicants are still able to work on and submit their materials. For those who might not have bookmarked the app and are now unable to access it through the school’s site, the direct link is:
https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=hbs
A deadline extension might be in the works, since applicants putting the finishing touches on their essays and other materials have been cut off from a valuable source of info on the program. Stay tuned to this blog for . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 10, 2006, at 3:14 am
Welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday, where we share school-specific details with the goal of highlighting important nuances of leading MBA programs.
Today, we’re shining the spotlight on Dartmouth/Tuck, which has one of the most-developed student-administered Honor Codes among leading MBA programs. Incoming Tuck students agree to abide by the Honor Principle, which states:
“Integrity and honesty in the performance of academic activities, both in the classroom and outside, are essential to the educational experience for which the Tuck School has always stood. Each member of the Tuck community accepts the personal responsibility to uphold and defend high ethical standards in all academic endeavors, and to promote an atmosphere in which honest and imaginative work may flourish.”
One interesting impact of the Honor . . . → Continue Reading
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