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Posted by Clear Admit on June 29, 2007, at 4:56 pm
Haas has updated its deadline applications for the 2007-2008 admissions season. This is one of the few schools that offer four admissions rounds, and for each round the GMAT and/or TOEFL exams must be taken on or before the application deadline date.
UC Berkeley Haas 2007-2008 Application Deadlines
Applications must be submitted prior to midnight Pacific Standard Time on the day of the deadline.
Round 1
Application Deadline: November 5, 2007
Decision Posted/Emailed: January 29, 2008
Round 2
Application Deadline: December 11, 2007
Decision Posted/Emailed: March 19, 2008
Round 3
Application Deadline: January 31, 2008
Decision Posted/Emailed: April 30, 2008
Round 4
Application Deadline: March 12, 2008
Decision Posted/Emailed: May . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 29, 2007, at 1:33 pm
Anderson has recently released its deadlines for the upcoming application season, and like years past, the school is accepting applications in four rounds instead of the more typical three rounds. The adcom will make the application itself available on September 4, 2008.
UCLA Anderson Full-Time MBA Application Deadlines
Round 1
Application Deadline: October 24, 2007
GMAT/TOEFL Taken By: November 30, 2007
Decision Notification: January 18, 2008
Round 2
Application Deadline: January 2, 2008
GMAT/TOEFL Taken By: January 31, 2008
Decision Notification: March 28, 2008
Round 3
Application Deadline: February 20, 2008
GMAT/TOEFL Taken By: March 31, 2008
Decision Notification: May 16, 2008
Round 4
Application Deadline: April 23, 2008
GMAT/TOEFL Taken By: April 30, 2008
Decision Notification: June . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 29, 2007, at 8:11 am
Welcome to another edition of Fridays from the Frontline, our weekly update on MBA bloggers from around the web! This week we checked in with new applicants just revving up for the next admissions season, admitted students preparing for matriculation this September, and current students enjoying their summer internships. Let’s see what they had to say:
Applicant bloggers this week covered almost every major facet of the application process. Agent-C deliberated over effective responses to essay prompts and interview questions, knowing that he’ll have to change his style from the clichéd and unsupported statements typically used on performance reports. Preet firmed up his final list of schools, give or take a few . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 28, 2007, at 2:04 pm
Yale recently released the deadlines for Fall 2008 entry to its full-time MBA program. As in years past, applications will be accepted in three rounds; there are no major changes to this year’s deadlines or notification dates.
Yale SOM Full-time MBA Application Deadlines
Round One
Application Deadline: October 24, 2007
Decision Notification: January 18, 2008
Round Two
Application Deadline: January 9, 2008
Decision Notification: April 4, 2008
Round Three
Application Deadline: March 12, 2008
Decision Notification: May . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 28, 2007, at 8:36 am
Chicago GSB just published their deadlines for the upcoming application season. As expected, deadlines and notification dates are nearly identical to last season’s.
Chicago GSB Full-time MBA Application Deadlines
All materials must be submitted by 5:00 pm Central Standard Time
Round One
Application Deadline: October 17, 2007
Decision Notification: January 3, 2008
Round Two
Application Deadline: January 9, 2008
Decision Notification: March 26, 2008
Round Three
Application Deadline: March 12, 2008
Decision Notification: May 14, 2008
As always, we’ll post more information about Chicago’s updated 2007-2008 essay questions as soon as they . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 28, 2007, at 8:34 am
For many MBA applicants, summer reading means scouring the web for admissions tips rather than lying on the beach with a good book. Today’s blog entry highlights a handful of useful resources that we’re sure many candidates will use as the admissions process unfolds in the coming months.
It goes without saying that blogs, wikis and chats are great resources, and MBA podcasts are also a great new portable option. The following items are fine examples of great ‘old media’ sites for the latest news:
BusinessWeek: B-Schools Headlines
BusinessWeek’s site is very much on top of news in the MBA space. They typically publish multiple b-school related articles each week while hosting admissions director chats . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 27, 2007, at 8:06 am
Recently Business Week’s Debate Room examined the experience of minority MBAs in corporate America, giving rise to a lively and ongoing debate among readers. The issue at hand was the U.S. Census Bureau’s report of a 45% jump in African-American entrepreneurship in five years. Barbara Thomas, President of the National Black MBA Association, argues that African American MBAs are striking out on their own because, for them, “the corporate ladder is missing some rungs.” On the flip side, Business Week itself submitted the more positive view that ethnic entrepreneurs have long since been a defining feature of America’s rise as an economic superpower. The magazine points to Berry Gordy and Oprah Winfrey as examples . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 26, 2007, at 4:54 pm
Clear Admit is pleased to announce a discount for all applicants who sign up for our services on or before July 2nd! Up until midnight on Sunday, applicants can make purchaces at a reduced rate of $190 per hour – a discount normally reserved for only those purchacing 10-hour blocks of consulting time. For a limited time, instead of paying our full rate of $220 per hour, anyone interested in trying out our services can purchase smaller amounts at the discounted price! All transactions can be made easily through PayPal.
Contact us for a free initial assessment and more information on this . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 26, 2007, at 8:34 am
Welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday, our weekly look at the policies and programs that impact the student experience at the leading business schools. In past columns we’ve examined the organization of Harvard’s first-year class and the use of teams at Wharton, Tuck and Kellogg. Today we turn our attention to the Chicago GSB’s incoming class, taking a closer look at the smaller groups that help to structure that school’s first-year experience.
Chicago organizes its 550 first-year students into 10 cohorts, and within the cohorts, into 8-9 squads. New students learn their cohort and squad assignments on the first day of CORE, the two-week Chicago pre-term program. Later in the pre-term, the cohorts . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 25, 2007, at 10:23 am
For readers planning on applying to HBS this fall, we wanted to point out that Harvard Business School’s application for the 2007-2008 application year has just been posted to the school’s website; even though their website claims the application will be available in early July, applicants simply need to login to the available application. Here are Harvard’s essays for the upcoming application cycle:
1. What are your three most substantial accomplishments and why do you view them as such? (600-word limit)
2. What have you learned from a mistake? (400-word limit)
3. Please respond to three of the following (400-word limit each):
a. Discuss a defining experience in your leadership development. How did this experience highlight your strengths and weaknesses?
b. How have you experienced culture . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 25, 2007, at 8:52 am
BusinessWeek recently ran a pair of articles examining cheating at business schools. First, BW asked their top 25 MBA programs for the schools’ latest statistics on cheating. Full statistics were available only from Duke, the University of Chicago and the University of Virginia. Another fifteen schools provided information on their ethics policies, though no statistics on violations of those policies, and seven schools did not provide any information. The companion article goes on to question why so few of the leading business schools track data on cheating. Furthermore, the reporter proposes that it is important for students and administrators to “have a grasp” of how often cheating occurs on campus and of . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 22, 2007, at 11:18 am
MIT Sloan has just published their deadlines for the 2007-2008 application year, once again standing out from other leading MBA programs by offering only two rounds of deadlines as opposed to the usual three. Sloan is also fairly consistent in its deadline timing; this year’s Round 1 falls around the same time as last season, and the Round 2 date is just a handful of days later than last year.
Round 1
Application Deadline: October 30, 2007
Notification Released: January 28, 2008
Round 2
Application Deadline: January 15, 2008
Notification Released: April 7, 2008
Re-applicants must submit their materials by the Round 1 deadline. Despite Sloan’s East Coast location, all application materials are due by noon Pacific Standard Time. The adcom is currently updating the . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 22, 2007, at 2:39 am
Welcome to Fridays From the Frontline, Clear Admit’s survey of this week’s interesting, informative and sometimes just plain entertaining developments in the MBA blogging community. On the surface, it was a fairly quiet week in the blogosphere, although student and applicant posts portend a rising commotion within earshot. Let’s see what we can make out so far.
In between farewell lunches, dinners and after dinner drinks, Asiangal’s been deciphering which Wharton courses she’s in the running to waive based on her undergraduate record and knowledge. This will determine the pre-term classes she chooses to take – intros or high-powered refreshers to prepare for the waiver exams. Juggler also has Wharton waivers on the brain, . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 21, 2007, at 12:56 pm
With Patrick Harker’s announcement last winter that he would step down as Dean of the Wharton School to become President of the University of Delaware, Wharton began a global search for his successor. Today, Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania, announced that Thomas S. Robertson, currently a professor at the Goizueta School of Business and formerly a dean at Goizueta and a professor at Wharton, will become the next Dean of the Wharton School on August 1, 2007. The full text of the announcement is below.
From: Amy Gutmann
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:08 PM
Subject: A message from President Amy Gutmann and Provost Ron Daniels
We are writing to inform you that we have selected Thomas S. . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 21, 2007, at 3:00 am
While only a handful of schools have released their essay questions for the coming year, some applicants are done with the GMAT and ready to proceed with the next step. Though essay questions tend to vary year to year, the two things that nearly every prospective student can count on being asked are “What are your short-term and long-term post-MBA goals?” and “How will Business School X help you achieve these goals?”
These are the fundamental questions of the entire application process; identifying clear answers will help in everything from creating a list of target schools to communicating effectively with recommenders and interviewers down the line. As such, it’s a great idea to begin drafting answers to the Career Goals essay early . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 20, 2007, at 8:00 am
As most MBA programs have wrapped up the academic year, there have been a number of conferences focusing on some hot topics lately. Kellogg held its first ever Greater China Business Conference on May 19, a student-organized event centered around the theme of “Navigating the Modern Silk Road: Strategies for Sustainability.” The conference featured a keynote addresses on Chinese healthcare delivered by Jose Sartarelli, a Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical group chairman. Kellogg EMBA graduate Ming Mei, currently president of the China division of ProLogis, gave a second keynote address outlining a more general view of the Chinese economy.
Tuck recently hosted two events on contentious issues facing its MBA students and alumni as well. The Tuck International Forum . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 19, 2007, at 2:57 pm
Though not officially posted to their website, HBS is including the deadlines for matriculation in September of 2008 in e-mail responses to prospective applicants.
“Dear X,
Thank you for your inquiry.
Please refer to the HBS website to print the new HBS Web Brochure: www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/web_brochure.html.
The HBS Brochure and the MBA Application are available online only.
The following admissions criteria are required for admission to the 2008 MBA Program at Harvard Business School:
1) Bachelors Degree from a four year undergraduate program at an accredited US college/university or the equivalent from another country.
2) Results of the GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test). The GMAT is a prerequisite for admission, and is required of all applicants.
3) Results of the TOEFL (Test of English as . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 19, 2007, at 12:57 pm
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the Clear Admit Blog! In the four years since we started blogging, we’ve seen incredible growth in the online MBA community, with scores of applicants, students, business schools and commentators adding their voices to the business school blogosphere.
In celebration of this milestone we thought we would take a look at how the online MBA community has developed since the early days of our blog – a topic that generated a lively and productive discussion at the recent GMAC Conference in Philadelphia.
Based on the prominence of the Clear Admit site as a portal for MBA applicants and students, Clear Admit co-founder Graham Richmond was invited to lead a panel for . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 19, 2007, at 3:26 am
Welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday, our weekly examination of the distinguishing details of MBA programs. While we’ve discussed an entrepreneurship certificate program at MIT Sloan in a past Trivia Tuesday column, this week we turn our attention to the campus support – both formal and informal – for Stanford MBA students interested in creating their own ventures.
Stanford devotes considerable resources to the examination of entrepreneurship and support of students and graduates seeking to launch their own companies. The GSB’s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) was founded in 1996 and today supports ten associated faculty members in publishing articles in scholarly journals, composing cases for use in instruction, and designing courses to introduce students to entrepreneurial issues.
The Center . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 18, 2007, at 8:47 am
With the end of the academic year, the student presses have fallen silent and it is time to put Campus Chronicles on hold until the start of the fall semester. However, for those applicants looking for some fun summer reading that has the added benefit of enhancing your MBA applications, the archives of student newspapers are a wonderful resource that is well worth exploring. As we’ve pointed out in past Campus Chronicles columns, student papers often offer excellent insight into the culture on campus and provide a great window on the events and controversies at each school, making them an important part of the MBA application research process.
Candidates beginning the application process might find it helpful to . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 15, 2007, at 11:04 am
The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan has released their deadlines for the 2007-2008 application year. The dates are almost identical to last year’s, with Ross once again choosing to avoid the Round 1 October rush of most other business schools.
Michigan/Ross Full-time MBA Application Deadlines
Round One
Application Deadline: November 1, 2007
Decision Notification: January 15, 2008
Round Two
Application Deadline: January 3, 2008
Decision Notification: March 15, 2008
Round Three
Application Deadline: March 1, 2008
Decision Notification: May 15, 2008
Interviews are by invitation only and application materials must be submitted by 11:59pm EST on the day of . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 15, 2007, at 8:36 am
Welcome back to Fridays From the Frontline, Clear Admit’s weekly chronicle of recent developments in the MBA blogosphere. Despite balmy summer weather, the last days of classes for current students and the last respite before a whirlwind two years for fall ’07 matriculants, the majority of bloggers were gainfully occupied with serious activities over the past week, or with making serious plans for the future. And surprisingly, neither of these categories seemed to involve serious celebrating! Perhaps one exception here was Mbwana’s Stanford blowout, a well-deserved final week at the GSB characterized by “insane amounts of partying,” as he put it – who would’ve thought?! Let’s see if anyone else surprises us…
The Dirty Canuck stayed in character, summing up . . . → Continue Reading
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