Welcome back from the holiday weekend! Here’s a rundown of a few recent news items from the b-school universe:
Live Chat with Harvard Business School’s Deirdre Leopold Today at 1 PM (EDT)
The executive director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid at Harvard Business School will be joining BusinessWeek’s Francesca Di Meglio for a live chat about life at HBS, the admissions process and more. Click here to join the chat. Also, for those of you who have an interest in prior HBS chats at BusinessWeek, you can find the transcript from the last one here.
GMAT Courses
A recent BusinessWeek article offered a broad summary of GMAT test prep options from the leading firms in the field. While the brief capsule reviews are no substitute for doing your own research, the article serves as a solid starting point. Based on our experience here at Clear Admit, we were particularly pleased to see a very favorable review of Manhattan GMAT. Given Manhattan GMAT’s exclusive focus on the GMAT and strong emphasis on quality instructors with former teaching experience, it’s no surprise to us that they’ve been highlighted as leaders in the field!
Chicago Feedback Sessions
Following up on our post about Wharton’s feedback sessions filling up in a matter of hours, we turn our attention to a similar story over at the Chicago GSB. As many of our readers know, the GSB implemented a different policy this year with regards to feedback sessions, involving the completion of a required survey for feedback eligibility (see the letter below for details). Within less than three hours of the survey being made available, a post was made to the Chicago GSB forums indicating that all feedback sessions had been filled. In both the cases of Chicago and Wharton, we’re fairly certain that feedback sessions aren’t ‘selling out’ faster than Bruce Springsteen tickets simply due to applicant demand. The truth is that there are simply fewer slots being offered, as Chicago and Wharton look to lighten some of the workload that is associated with the feedback process. We’ve also been told that some programs are more agressively offering feedback to those candidates they want to encourage to reapply. Without further ado, here’s the formal letter that Chicago had sent out about a week ago to explain the new policy:
Hi X,
The Office of Full-Time MBA Admissions has recently re-evaluated its deny feedback policy for those who applied for the 2007-2008 school year. Due to resource constraints and the number of requests typically received, we cannot accommodate all requests and therefore have chosen to provide feedback to a limited number of applicants, specifically those who completed an admissions interview but were denied admission to the GSB.
To be considered for a deny feedback session, you must first complete an online survey. We will send you an e-mail with the web link to this survey on Wednesday, May 23rd at 9:00am CST; it must be completed within two days. Of those who complete the survey in its entirety by May 25th at 5:00pm CST, we will offer deny feedback appointments on a first-come, first-serve basis up to the point our staff can accommodate these requests. If selected for deny feedback, you will receive an email the week of May 28th with instructions on how to set up an appointment.
We appreciate your eagerness to learn more about our admissions decision, and thank you for your continued interest in Chicago GSB.
Sincerely,
The Office of Full-Time MBA Admissions, Chicago GSB
Fuqua Cheating Scandal Continues…
As this blog reported back on April 30th, Duke’s Fuqua MBA program continues to battle with a major cheating incident that has rocked the campus. The latest wrinkle to the story is that the press is reporting that the majority of the students who were accused were Asian International students who had been in the US for only a short period of time. With that in mind, 16 students have sought legal counsel to and are appealing the schools’ sanctions on the grounds that they did not fully understand the honor code – and that they may have been unfairly pressured to offer confessions. Here are a few key articles on this still-developing case:
US News: Many Charged in Duke Cheating Scandal Were International Students
The Duke Chronicle: Questions Raised in Fuqua Case
China Post – Taiwan: Asian Students Punished Most Severely for Cheating: Lawyer
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