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Posted by Clear Admit on February 28, 2007, at 12:40 pm
The Fortune/CNNMoney.com 2007 MBA ranking has been the subject of some controversy since its release last week, when it became apparent that UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School had been omitted from the list of “Top 50 Business Schools for Getting Hired.” After outcry from students and administrators, who argued that the statistics and methodology should have put their program twelfth on this list, the CNNMoney site has pulled its listing and issued a correction.
This incident underscores the fact that while rankings can be a useful tool in identifying potential programs of interest and understanding how schools might compare on various levels, there is really no substitute for in-depth research on a school and evaluation of one’s . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 28, 2007, at 9:33 am
Welcome back to another edition of Wiki Wednesdays, our roundup of the latest on Clear Admit’s Wiki. With interview season in full swing we had a handful of great contributions this week from applicants who recently interviewed with Chicago, Kellogg and Wharton. We also received a few reports on Ross’s telephone interviews, postings describing interviews with Fuqua and Columbia, and a typically tough interview with HBS. Below are a few particularly noteworthy points in these entries.
In addition to the usual questions about the details of an applicant’s goals, it’s not uncommon for interviewers to ask what will happen if all . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 27, 2007, at 8:58 am
Welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday! This week we’ll take a look at a special program offered at MIT Sloan that may be of interest to many of our entrepreneurial minded readers.
Sloan’s newest entrepreneurial offering, the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program, or E&I, began as a pilot for the Class of 2008 and is now a regular feature of the Sloan curriculum. Students who successfully complete the E&I requirements receive a Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Innovation in addition to their MBA degree, indicating that they have pursued an extensive course of studies and activities covering the breadth of managerial skills and other knowledge necessary to start a successful company.
The requirements of the E&I program include a weekly dinner seminar . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 26, 2007, at 3:01 pm
We’d like to take a moment today to highlight a special issue of the Chibus, the Chicago GSB’s student newspaper. This is the first issue produced by the new editorial staff and it came out just in time for Chicago’s Admit Weekend. Although many of the articles are specifically geared towards the admitted students visiting campus, the issue is jam-packed with articles on all aspects of the GSB, including financial aid for international students, club profiles, studying abroad, the experience of being a partner at Chicago, how the admissions process works, the school’s “random walks” and many, many other topics. Whether you are a future . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 26, 2007, at 9:29 am
Welcome to the new week! Let’s check in on the latest in MBA news, which this week includes several interesting video shorts.
First, the Haas School at UC-Berkeley is the subject of a video clip now up on YouTube. The piece is an overview of Haas and was filmed as part of an introduction to the PBS CEO Exchange earlier this year. The PBS special featured a discussion between Intel CEO Paul Otellini, a Berkeley MBA alumnus, and two fellow technology CEOs. The piece on Haas is hosted by a current student, so be sure to check out the video to get a sense of some of the highlights of Haas’s program.
In other multimedia . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 23, 2007, at 12:30 pm
As R2 applicants continue to prepare for interviews, we would like to remind our readers that March 1st is the last chance to win a $15 iTunes gift certificate for submitting content to the Clear Admit Wiki.
If you’ve already completed your admissions interview, took a trip to campus, or made a difficult decision between offers of admission, please consider sharing your experience with other readers. These first-hand accounts of the admissions process are invaluable in helping applicants get to know programs, feel prepared for interviews, and decide where to enroll.
Help us continue to enrich the wiki by emailing your submission to wiki@clearadmit.com. As an added incentive, every fifth entry emailed between now and March . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 23, 2007, at 2:00 am
Welcome to another edition of FFF! Let’s take a look at the latest news from the MBA blogosphere.
Checking in with the MBA applicant crowd, we find Peter eagerly anticipating his Columbia interview and his trip to New York, while HairTwirler celebrates her Fellowship offer from Maryland. Those preparing for interviews should be sure to read Juggler‘s analysis of the Wharton interview and AGirlsMBA report on no less than five interviews. Also helpful would be Asiangal’s post, which shares the lessons she’s learned from interviewing job applicants at her company over the years. Aside from posts about interviewing, mba_salsera ponders the transitional months before school starts, and Bschool Diva wonders . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 22, 2007, at 4:13 pm
CNNMoney.com recently published Fortune magazine’s ranking of the “50 Best Business Schools for Getting Hired.” The list was compiled based on schools’ reputations with polled recruiters and career placement track records. To arrive at the job placement score, Fortune examined the percentage of students who secure jobs within 3 months of graduation (20% weighting), the average number of job offers per student (also weighted 20%) and average salary in a student’s first post-MBA position (accounting for the remaining 60%). In this way, Fortune’s methodology resembles a blend of the Wall Street Journal’s approach of surveying corporate recruiters and Forbes’s focus on post-graduation salary as a measure of return on investment.
The . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 22, 2007, at 2:00 am
In addition to the immediate concerns of admissions interview and deciding which program to attend, now is an important time of year for applicants and admitted students to think about how they’ll finance their MBAs. While loans are by far the most common route, many students receive scholarship funding to cover all or part of tuition. These awards are often conferred by the schools, but there are also a number of outside organizations that allocate funds to distribute to business school students whose goals or backgrounds are aligned with their missions.
Eligibility is usually determined by work experience, GPA, and in some cases, community involvement and organization membership. Most scholarship applications require a professional or academic recommendation as well as a personal . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 21, 2007, at 12:24 pm
While a combination of hard work and careful planning is a good recipe for business school success, a recent news item shows that there’s also something to be said for a little bit of luck. When an anonymous donor endowed a scholarship worth one semester’s tuition at the Darden School of Business as a “random act of kindness,” the program took measures to select a recipient as randomly as possible. After making it through a series of pure-chance elimination rounds, one first year student emerged and will try her luck at the prize tomorrow in a “deal or no deal” style finale.
Those who are as curious as we are can watch the event live tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 21, 2007, at 2:01 am
Welcome to this week’s edition of Wiki Wednesdays, our roundup of recent activity on the Clear Admit Wiki. This week we’ve received new contributions from applicants to Cornell, Kellogg, and a nicely detailed account of an INSEAD interview, and were especially pleased to receive four new Wharton interview reports! Because the last of the school’s Round 2 interview invitations went out last week and a number of applicants are still preparing for the big event, we thought it would be a good time to take a closer look at the Wharton interview experience.
At this point, applicants who have been invited to interview have committed to either an on-campus, off-campus or hub . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 20, 2007, at 2:24 pm
The Stanford students behind the iinnovate podcast recently sat down with Dr. Ed Catmull, co-founder and President of Pixar Animation, to discuss “managing creative talent and maintaining an innovative edge.” Dr. Catmull was visiting the Stanford GSB as the keynote speaker for the 2007 Entrepreneurship Conference when he spoke with iinnovate.
This interview is a great example of the kinds of connections and conversations available on business school campuses, and of the opportunities made possible through student-organized conferences. Be sure to check out the full video interview with Ed Catmull, available . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 20, 2007, at 3:03 am
It’s time again for another edition of Trivia Tuesday, our weekly examination of the programs and opportunities that differentiate the leading business schools. A few weeks ago we discussed some of the financial support available for internships and careers in the public and non-profit sectors. This week let’s take a look at an academic program that prepares students to enter these fields.
Stanford’s Public Management Program (PMP) was founded in 1971 to promote communication and collaboration between leaders of government and business and to address misunderstandings between politicians and those in the private sector. The program became part of the Center for Social Innovation in 2000, and today has the broader mission of preparing students to address social problems.
The PMP offers students . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 19, 2007, at 1:49 pm
The Tuck School of Business announced last week that it will be adding a societal leadership program to its MBA curriculum, beginning in the 2007-2008 academic year. Complementing the school’s Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship and the Cohen Leadership Development Program, the year-long elective course will focus on a specific business issue with social relevance; the emphasis for the pilot year will be the implications of microfinance for alleviating global poverty. With classroom work in the fall and early winter and project-based learning in the late winter and spring, Tuck explains that the program will give students a chance to approach the topic from various angles and in multiple contexts, and will also promote interaction between the . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 19, 2007, at 5:00 am
Welcome to another week in the MBA blogosphere! Since student newspapers are a great way to get a sense of the culture and the issues at a business school, today we’ll check in on the campus news at Chicago, Wharton and Columbia.
The latest issues of the Chibus at the Chicago GSB features an interview with two GSB alumni discussing the impact Chicago has had on their careers. The issue also includes a profile of Professor Howard Haas, retired Sealy CEO and lauded GSB leadership professor. Both articles are interesting reads for applicants looking to learn more about the people of the GSB. On a more social note, readers should check out “Why You . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 16, 2007, at 1:40 pm
MIT Sloan recently announced the addition of a regular podcast to its web offerings. The podcast series seeks to illustrate “what it’s really like” at MIT Sloan through features on student activities, guest speakers, and program opportunities. The first three podcasts include a discussion with the student organizers of the Sports Business Conference, a Sloan alumna reflecting on her growth as a leader, and Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser talking about his philosophy of arts management.
To listen to individual episodes or to begin your free subscription to the series, visit MIT Sloan’s podcasting home page or search for “MIT Sloan” in the iTunes . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 16, 2007, at 2:05 am
Welcome to another edition of FFF, our weekly recap of the recent happenings in the MBA blogosphere. It’s been a relatively quiet week, with applicants and students alike distracted by the winter weather and Valentine’s Day events, but let’s take a look at what the folks who have been blogging have been up to.
On the applicant front, we’ve seen nearly the full range of admissions-related activities and emotions this week, running from inblue‘s Wharton invite anxiety and Suser‘s disheartening transcript snafu to Anand‘s jubilation over his Darden admit and AsianGal‘s excitement over her upcoming Columbia interview. As for stages of the process, mba_salsera is thinking of retaking the GMAT . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 15, 2007, at 10:35 am
As the Wharton Adcom reminded readers in their blog yesterday, the last of the school’s Round 2 interview invitations will go out by 5pm today. We’re glad to see that applicants on the Wharton s2s boards and the BW discussion forum are supporting each other and remaining hopeful, as the school has been known to issue a fair number of invites on the last day of each round.
Best of luck to all those hoping to . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 15, 2007, at 2:08 am
Adding to our extensive list of essay topic analyses for the leading MBA programs in the U.S. and abroad, we wanted to take some time today to comment on the two essay questions for this year’s Oxford application. With its next deadline more than a month away (March 23rd), this school could be a great option for those who want to work in London and might have just begun thinking about pursuing an MBA next fall.
With a total of 3000 words between two essay topics, Oxford presents a unique challenge in terms of sharing important and relevant information about one’s candidacy while staying on topic. For this reason, careful reflection and outlining is even more important when approaching . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 14, 2007, at 11:00 am
We wanted to remind our NYC-based readers who are just beginning to think about applying to business school next fall about a free informative event being hosted by Manhattan GMAT tomorrow, February 15th, at 7pm. Join the test prep experts at MGMAT, admissions representatives from NYU’s Stern School of Business and Columbia Business School, and Clear Admit’s own Eliot Ingram for a panel discussion of the steps you can take over the next six months to maximize your chances of admission to a top program.
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Posted by Clear Admit on February 14, 2007, at 4:00 am
Welcome to another installment of Wiki Wednesdays, highlighting new and noteworthy contributions to the Clear Admit Wiki, our applicant-generated MBA Admissions Resource. Thanks to everyone who responded to last week’s Call for Content, there are a number of great new interview reports for schools like Chicago, Wharton, Cornell, Kellogg and Stanford!
This week, we’d like to focus on a unique element of Haas’s interview process. In addition to conducting alumni interviews for those unable to travel to Berkeley, the school invites a significant portion of the applicant pool to an event called Super Saturday, which is coming up on March 10th for the Round 2 group. The day . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 13, 2007, at 4:22 am
It’s time again for Trivia Tuesday, our weekly look at the options and opportunities at some of the leading MBA programs. With R2 interviews still going strong at Kellogg, let’s take a look at one of that school’s unique student activities.
KWEST, which stands for Kellogg Worldwide Experiences and Service Trips, is a student-organized addition to the school’s traditional pre-term program. The trips are organized by second-year students and have become an incredibly popular way to begin the Kellogg experience, with over 75% of most incoming classes taking part. While all of the trips include a community service component, they are first and foremost a way to get to know a group of Kellogg students very well, to . . . → Continue Reading
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