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Feb 10: INSEAD R3
Mar 1: Michigan / Ross R3
Mar 3: CBS
Mar 3: LBS R3
Mar 4: Kellogg R3
Mar 8: Cambridge / Judge R4
Mar 8: CMU / Tepper R3
Mar 9: Duke / Fuqua R3
Mar 9: Penn / Wharton R3
Mar 10: Berkeley / Hass R4
Mar 10: Chicago Booth R3
Mar 10: Yale SOM R3
Mar 15: NYU / Stern R3
Mar 17: UCLA / Anderson R3
Mar 19: UNC / Kenan-Flagler R4
Mar 30: Cornell / Johnson R4
Mar 31: UVA / Darden R3
Mar 31: INSEAD R4
Apr 1: UT-Austin / McCombs
Apr 2: Dartmouth / Tuck R3
Apr 2: Oxford / Saїd R3
Apr 7: Stanford GSB R4
Apr 8: Harvard R3
Apr 14: CBS

Essay Topic Analysis
Below are links to our comments on some of the top programs' essay topics.
The Career Goals Essay
Berkeley / Haas*
Chicago Booth*
CMU / Tepper*
Columbia*
Cornell / Johnson*
Dartmouth / Tuck*
Duke / Fuqua*
Harvard*
Indian School of Business*
INSEAD*
London Business School*
MIT / Sloan*
Michigan / Ross*
Northwestern / Kellogg*
NYU / Stern*
Oxford / Said*
Penn / Wharton*
Stanford GSB*
UCLA / Anderson*
UNC / Kenan-Flagler*
USC / Marshall*
UT Austin / McCombs*
UVA / Darden*
Yale SOM*
* denotes '09-'10 commentary

Categories
Use categories to access all that has been written on each of the topics. We have categorized by school and by subject matter.

Interview Reports
A selection of interview field reports from fellow applicants posted to the MBA Admissions Wiki. Add your reports when you are finished with your interviews.
Chicago
Columbia
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
Harvard
Kellogg
Michigan / Ross
MIT / Sloan
Stanford
UNC / Chapel Hill
Virginia / Darden
Wharton
London Business School

GMAT Resources
MBA.com
Manhattan GMAT
GMAT Club
Princeton Review
Test Prep New York
Kaplan
Beat The GMAT
Knewton

Writing Resources
Guide to Grammar and Writing
The Internet Grammar of English
English Usage, Style and Composition
The Economist Style Guide
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

School Rankings
Rankings are a good way to start your research on various MBA Programs. Keep in mind each uses a different methodology.
Business Week
Economist
Financial Times
Forbes
USNews
Wall Street Journal

Career Guides
The following resources should be useful to those who want to research the careers open to them after (or before) earning an MBA.
Vault.com
Wetfeet

Business School Resources
The following are business resources offered by a variety of leading Business Schools. It's useful to subscribe to these resources, especially for the schools to which you are applying.

MBA Programs: North America
If an MBA Program is not listed, please e-mail and we will be happy to list it.
Berkeley / Haas
Boston College / Carroll
Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
Chicago
Columbia
Concordia
Cornell / Johnson
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
Emory / Goizueta
Harvard
HEC Montreal
Indiana / Kelley
Michigan
MIT / Sloan
Northwestern / Kellogg
New York / Stern
North Carolina / Kenan Flagler
Notre Dame / Mendoza
Pennsylvania / Wharton
Queens
Stanford
Syracuse / Whitman
Texas / McCombs
Thunderbird
Toronto
USC / Marshall
UCLA / Anderson
Vanderbilt / Owen
Virginia / Darden
Washington University in St. Louis / Olin
Western Ontario / Ivey
Yale

MBA Programs: Rest of the World
As there is some variety in the length of international MBA programs, we have denoted the length of the program next to its name (1 = one year; 2 = 2 years). If an MBA Program is not listed, please e-mail and we will be happy to list it.
AGSM (Australia) 2
Cambridge / Judge (UK) 1
CIEBS (China) 2
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (China) 1
Cranfield School of Mgmt (UK) 1
ESADE (Spain) 1 or 2
HEC (France) 2
Hult (UK) 1
IESE (Spain) 2
IMD (Switzerland) 1
INCAE (Costa Rica) 2
INSEAD (France) 1
IPADE (Mexico)
ISB (India) 1
London Business School (UK) 2
Manchester Bus. School (UK) 2
Melbourne (Australia) 2
Oxford / Said (UK) 1
Rotterdam (Netherlands) 1
Tsinghua IMBA (China) 2
University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) 1

Additional Resources
Here we link a host of additional resources available across the web. E-mail info@clearadmit.com to have resources added to this list.
AACSB International
Association of MBAs
Beyond Grey Pinstripes
EFMD
gradschools.com (worldwide)
Infozee
International Student Loans
mba.com (GMAT Scores)
MBAInfo
mbaleague.blogspot.com
MBAzone
MBA Jungle
TOEFL
Top MBA

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Friday, November 17, 2006

Fridays from the Frontline

The passing of another week marks the arrival of yet another edition of FFF, your regular review of the latest in the MBA blogging world.

Let’s begin by taking a look at what’s happening on the student side; bloggers’ experiences have really run the gamut of MBA life this week! In terms of general overviews, MJ’s detailed account of a packed week involving a case competition at Duke is a prime example of the juggling act that the MBA can be, and Chicago second-year The Dirty Canuck checks in with a broad comment about conference and recruiting season at the GSB. Feeling the job pressure on a more individual level, Sean writes about his efforts to balance school with his internship search at LBS, and Zanat0s seems a bit overwhelmed by his ever-expanding to do list at INSEAD. Other students are more focused on academics, presenting both the positive and negative elements of their experiences. Though Hallonman was cold-called yet again (is that two weeks in a row??) and John Galt is finding that his Wharton expectations aren’t quite being met, most bloggers sound quite enthusiastic about their classroom experiences. Yale student brownoski has some favorable things to say about the new SOM curriculum and the Divine Miss N, in New York on exchange from LBS, shares a very detailed description of “Advertising Management,” her favorite class at Stern. We were also glad to hear that FromCali has been pleasantly surprised by the current team-focused term at Michigan, and that the lessons learned at Owen are falling into place for Sharran.

While recruiting and classwork are undeniably core components of the business school experience, there’s been a good deal going on the social side as well! With midterms finished at IESE, Ashwyn and classmates partied quite heartily last weekend while Karlitos took a break from b-school to spend time with family in London, Auris traveled to Bali with INSEAD classmates and Angel Angie took a trip to Cambridge to visit a friend and scope out Judge Business School. In other on-campus events, Jacek is looking forward to the Student Association-sponsored Holiday party at ESADE (and shares the poster he designed for the event), Noelle recaps the inaugural meeting of IESE’s Cigar and Whiskey Club, and classmate IESE MBA 2007 provides an illustrated summary of the past few weeks in Barcelona. He also shares the details of his planned impact as part of the Responsible Business Club’s Environmental group and, also looking toward the future, LL shares some interesting but secretive comments about the Wharton Follies writing team retreat. Also extracurricularly, Tim takes a time out from his work at McCombs and looks back to his application experience, offering some great advice for applicants.

Applicant concerns, meanwhile, have again focused primarily on interviews this week; after weeks of waiting many Round 1 applicants are finally hearing back from the schools. The news is, as it tends to be, mixed, as some happy applicants received interview invitations or completed their on-campus and alumni interviews this week, while others dealt with the beginning of the Round 1 dings. Wharton applicants in particular had a lot to say, since the school notified applicants at noon yesterday whether they would be interviewed or were dinged. Forrest and Iday both received deny without interview decisions from Wharton this week, but are glad the wait is over and are turning their focus to their Chicago applications. In happier news, several of our applicant bloggers are celebrating recent interview invitations from Wharton. UniQPath is debating whether to interview with an alumnus vs. on campus, Hobbes received interview invitations at Wharton, Darden and Ross after breaking the obsessive email and s2s message board checking habit, Nivedita also pulled an invite hat trick with Wharton, Tepper and Duke, and Juggler is opting for Wharton’s Hub interviews in Mumbai over the hassle of an alumni interview. Meanwhile, a few lucky Wharton applicants who received interview invitations early on have already completed their interviews and reported back this week on how things went. Opting for an alumni interview, Scarecrow feels pretty confident about the experience and has some good details to share about the style and focus of the interview. Rungee582’s interview on campus with a second-year Wharton student also seems to have gone well – she shares some of the questions posed by her interviewer, as well as the exciting news of interview invites to HBS and Ross. Finally, AsiangalMBA’s entry offers a good reminder that not everyone is focused on the interview decisions as she reports on the upcoming local Wharton Info Session and ponders what she might do to continue learning about Wharton.

Despite this Wharton-mania, applicants have focused on other schools as well; at least, we think so, as Suser McLoser describes her interview for her top choice (and apparently top secret) school. Celebrating a Chicago invitation, Jatwarrior wonders whether to make the trip to Hyde Park – and might want to take a look at Juggler’s very positive account of her interview with a GSB alum before making his decision. Columbia was also covered, but unfortunately not as happily; Hobbes found himself reeling from a ding, while GuyMBA is eagerly awaiting a status change on his CBS online application. After a false alarm from MIT, Stress Tensor reviews the interview invitation timing for his other target schools. Meanwhile, righty is fretting over ISB and Nivedita is expecting the worst from Cornell.

Best of luck to those about to interview, waiting for word, or engaged in other elements of the application process (like GMAT prep, essay writing and recommender management)! We hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend, and that we have some more great news to report in our next installment!

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