Posted by Clear Admit on June 29, 2007, at 4:56 pm
Posted in:  Deadlines , General , School: Berkeley / Haas 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 14, 2008
Posted by Clear Admit on June 29, 2007, at 1:33 pm
Posted in: Deadlines , School: UCLA / Anderson 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 16, 2008
Posted by Clear Admit on June 29, 2007, at 8:11 am
Posted in: Fridays from the Frontline 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 ‘safety’ schools, and he also thought long and hard about potential recommenders. Identifying his future in IT Strategy Consulting, Charu posted a list of criteria he used to envision his ideal career path. Lastly, and with some trepidation, Wannabe geared up for the GMAT and posted a list of all the study materials he’s used so far. Judging from the breadth of these posts, we expect plenty of great information coming from these bloggers in the coming months!
In the meantime, last year’s applicant bloggers are moving towards matriculation at a fast clip. To pass the time, Reveur was about to settle down with Harvey Mackay’s Deliver More Than You Promise last week, while Iday has shifted his focus towards helping an Indian leukemia patient find a blood cell and bone marrow transplant. Mba_salsera attended Georgetown’s Career Search Jump Start program, while MaybeMBA watched The Smartest Guys in the Room and wondered just how overdue her baby will be.
There were lots of cheerful posts this week from current student bloggers who are now in the midst of their summer internships. Angel Angie posted a rave review of her summer program in Global Markets; FromCali is enjoying her internship as well, but is also feeling the pressure to make a good impression there before she begins the recruiting process at Ross. In Barcelona Ashwyn, too, is enjoying his summer internship and his vacation from IESE. It sounds like Zanatos had an excellent birthday on Saturday, which coincided with the culmination of INSEAD classes and a particularly fun last meeting of his Market Driving Strategies course. Lastly, Columbia student, and now interviewer, John Gannon posted a brief, friendly note to the next batch of applicants.
Unfortunately, not all bloggers were equally cheerful this week. UniQpath wasn’t able to secure scholarship money to offset her Wharton expenses, and while RusGirl did manage to get an HSBC loan to attend LBS, she described how challenging it can be to secure loans for students at European schools. In much the same vein, Meru SAVARNI offered a helpful post about the difficulties of recognizing when it’s . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 28, 2007, at 2:04 pm
Posted in: Deadlines , School: Yale 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 9, 2008
Posted by Clear Admit on June 28, 2007, at 8:36 am
Posted in: Deadlines , School: Chicago 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 are released!
Posted by Clear Admit on June 28, 2007, at 8:34 am
Posted in: Admissions Tips , General , MBA News 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 and the magazine’s famous rankings of both graduate and undergraduate business schools. Most MBA applicants are familiar with this site, but we wanted to highlight this resource and the MBA-content they consistently produce.
The Economist: News From the Schools This page is updated at least once a month. It does a good job of staying on top of major trends and news in the MBA space. The focus tends to be on curricular changes, dean-related news, professor ‘signings’ and general happenings across the global top 50 MBA programs. There is, of course, a bit of a Euro-focus when one compares this site to some of its US-based peers.
The Financial Times: Business Education Section This extensive section of the FT site covers rankings, hosts several MBA student diaries (old terminology for ‘blogs’) and does a great job of staying on top of the world of international management education. It also features content from the Deans Talk blog, which is authored by the deans at Tuck and IE in Spain.
The WSJ’s College Journal: MBA Center This free portion of the Wall Street Journal web site is closely linked to the publication’s guide to the top business schools and features copious information on the various MBA programs. Periodically (perhaps 1-3 times/month) a new MBA-related article will appear on the site. Bookmarking this is a must for those who follow the Journal’s controversial MBA rankings.
Happy reading!
Posted by Clear Admit on June 27, 2007, at 8:06 am
Posted in: General , MBA News , School: Chicago 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 of our proud tradition of pioneering entrepreneurs.
Students at Chicago GSB recently focused on similar issues, led by Clayton Rose, who was formerly a JP Morgan Executive, and now serves on Chicago’s advisory council and teaches finance and economics at Columbia. According to Rose’s research, in 2003 approximately 8% of executives in the U.S. identified as African American, and only 3.5% were of Hispanic or Asian heritage.
These findings reveal a complex set of issues that are worthwhile for prospective and current MBA students to consider. In terms of identifying one’s career goals, it may be helpful to research the trends in promotions through the corporate hierarchy. One starting point is the National Black MBA Association, which lists chapters in most U.S. cities. Black MBA Magazine, the organization’s official publication, most recently ranked America’s 50 most desirable corporations for Black MBAs. For prospective students, the most valuable impressions may come from contacting the relevant student clubs and organizations at each target school.
Posted by Clear Admit on June 26, 2007, at 4:54 pm
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Posted by Clear Admit on June 26, 2007, at 8:34 am
Posted in: School: Chicago , Trivia Tuesday 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 take a three day camping trip, during which they participate in teambuilding activities and get to know one another better before the beginning of the academic year in late September.
Cohorts Cohorts are purposefully assembled so that each represents the diversity of the class as a whole, with an eye to varying age, gender and professional and ethnic background within the group. The GSB’s cohorts maintain their names from year to year – Rockefeller, Nobels, Phoenix, Walker, Gargoyles, Bond, Maroons, Harper, Davis and Stuart – creating connections between the students and alumni from each cohort.
Students take the required LEAD class with their cohorts, and the cohort is also the base unit from which members of the Graduate Business Council, Chicago’s student government body, are elected (two per cohort per class). Inter-cohort competitions, such as a series of poker nights with a year-end tournament, take place throughout the first year at Chicago. Despite these activities, Chicago’s cohorts do not seem to foster the strong links created in cohort systems at other schools. This is likely due to the flexibility of Chicago’s core curriculum; at Wharton and Columbia, for instance, cohorts take almost all of their first-year courses together, while Chicago first-year students follow individualized schedules.
Squads Within each cohort, students are assigned to squads, also designed with diversity of members in mind. Squads generally consist of about 6-8 people, and serve as the primary study group during the required first-quarter LEAD class. Students work within their squad on role plays and team projects, and also compete against other squads throughout the course.
Upon completion of LEAD, however, the role of the squad dissipates as students pursue their own paths through the GSB’s core curriculum. Squad members sometimes find themselves in the same courses and reunite as study partners, but the official academic role of the squad ends with the LEAD program.
For more information on the first-year experience at Chicago or other leading business schools, be sure to talk to students or to check out the Clear Admit School Guides!
Posted by Clear Admit on June 25, 2007, at 10:23 am
Posted in: Essay Topics , School: Harvard 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 shock? c. What would you like the MBA Admissions Board to know about your undergraduate academic experience? d. What is your career vision and why is this choice meaningful to you? e. What global issue is most important to you and why? f. What else would you like the MBA Admissions Board to understand about you?
Stay tuned for some further thoughts and tips on Harvard’s essays. Those applicants who are figuring out their timing for the coming admissions season might also want to review Harvard’s deadline information.
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 the school’s response to these incidents, since this tends to serve as a reminder that the ethics or honor code is an important part of campus life.
In a very different vein, a recent BizDeansTalk post by Tuck’s Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Services, David J. Celone, discusses the tradition of alumni giving at American institutions of higher education and considers how this tradition could be created at European schools. Celone points out that American institutions have a significant financial advantage over their European counterparts because high rates of alumni giving at U.S. business schools provide the cash to develop new programs, hire additional professors, expand campus facilities, and generally enhance the scope and quality of the program. For instance, Tuck raised more than $4.5 million in small donations from alumni last year, money that will be used to support Tuck’s current building projects and other campus initiatives. As more European business schools look to become internationally recognized institutions, alumni giving is likely to become an important topic of discussion on their campuses. To see if a school has the foundation to support a strong alumni giving program, Celone offers a list of ten questions to ask the alumni community regarding their experiences in the program, the relationships they created on campus, and the value they place on the education the program offers. With positive answers to any of the ten questions, Celone believes that a college or university has opportunity to build a tradition of perpetual alumni giving.
Finally, two business plan competitions recently announced this year’s winning teams. First, a team of five second-year students at Kellogg took home first prize in the annual Kellogg Cup with their plan for Crux, a branded beverage that combats dehydration and other effects associated with alcohol consumption. The team, all members of Kellogg’s Entrepreneurship and New Venture Formulation course, won the $7,000 grand prize and are considering whether to launch the business this summer. Across the pond, a team of three London Business School students won the European Business Plan of the Year Competition with their plan for the Currency Warehouse, an innovative service catering to the growing student segment of the currency exchange market. The team took home the 5,000 Euro grand prize in a competition against . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 22, 2007, at 11:18 am
Posted in: Deadlines , School: MIT / Sloan 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 online application for the upcoming season and, though no specific publication date has been released, the school promises that it will be available “soon.”
Posted by Clear Admit on June 22, 2007, at 2:39 am
Posted in: Fridays from the Frontline 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, and is elated to find her waiver exams are spaced out enough once school starts to limit her summer studying, which is fortunate since she’s not in any shape to be straining her eyes right now! On the other hand, Forrest has focused his sights on the challenges that greet the crop of 2010 applicants. Compiling a self-titled “Mammoth Post” of the helpful application advice he received, he purges his inbox of the two year-application ordeal behind him, making room for the Chicago saga that lies ahead.
Uniqpath is likewise doing her part to assure us an informed round of 2010 applicants to watch, offering up the probing questions that helped her get to know business schools via students. In a different vein, HairTwirler also offered her expert opinion this past week, although she was perhaps a bit more out of her comfort zone given that her audience was a variety of Indian television networks and the topic was, of all things, mangos. Learning about a different facet of Indian culture, Reveur just finished Paramhansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi, and is feeling inspired already.
First-years are also looking toward a bright future. For his part, J-Term Johnny posted a letter sharing Dean Hubbard’s vision for Columbia’s new Manhattanville campus, a 17-acre area stretch in Upper Manhattan, adjacent to the north side of the Morningside Heights campus, which is set to double the business school’s instructional space, among other advancements. Down in Washington D.C., MBAgladiator is off to a great start at his United Way internship, noting interesting and challenging projects, great coworkers and a perfect work/life balance – could the summer forecast get any better? While also optimistic after his first day on the job, Ashwyn was a little surprised to find that staying near IESE for an internship in Barcelona will basically constitute a summer of Spanish language immersion.
Perpetual Motion also found himself immersed this past week – in technology! At a conference on the implications of the very virtual universe, he noticed his peers simultaneously listening in on conference calls, scrolling through palm pilots, responding to emails and carrying on Instant Messenger conversations, leading him to question the distracted state of multi-tasking . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 21, 2007, at 12:56 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Penn / Wharton 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. Robertson to be the next Dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, effective August 1, 2007. Tom is an accomplished academic leader, a seasoned administrator, and a highly successful fundraiser who brings a distinctive interdisciplinary and international vision of business education in the 21st century and an enthusiastic commitment to academic excellence and diversity, along with significant decanal experience and a deep knowledge of Wharton.
Currently the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Marketing in the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University and Executive Faculty Director of Emory’s Institute for Developing Nations, Robertson served as Dean of the Goizueta School from 1998 to 2004, and he is widely credited with building Goizueta into one of the strongest schools at Emory and positioning it as a leading international business school. Subsequently, as Chair of International Strategy for Emory University’s president, he developed and implemented a University-wide strategy for internationalization and substantial new strategic alliances with universities in China, Korea, and Ethiopia.
Tom Robertson has deep roots in the Wharton School, where he previously served as Associate Dean for Executive Education from 1984 to 1988. As a faculty member at Wharton (Professor 1976-94; Associate Professor 1971-76), he held the Pomerantz Professorship from 1987 to 1994 and served as Chair of the Marketing Department (1978-84 and 1988-94). From 1994 to 1998, he was Sainsbury Professor, Chair of Marketing, and from 1995 to 1998, Deputy Dean of the London Business School. Earlier in his career, he taught as an Assistant Professor at UCLA’s Anderson School (1966-68) and Harvard Business School (1968-71). An expert on marketing strategy and competitive behavior, the diffusion of innovation, and consumer behavior — particularly the impact of advertising on children — Robertson is author, co-author, or editor of a dozen books, including the Handbook of Consumer Behavior and Perspectives on Consumer Behavior (both with Harold H. Kassarjian, editors; Prentice-Hall, 1991) and almost a hundred scholarly articles and book chapters.
Robertson sees business schools as a “force for good” in the world, and his strong commitment and experience in internationalizing business education is matched by his entrepreneurial spirit and strong fundraising experience. During his tenure as Dean of the Goizueta School of Business, he reformed and strengthened virtually every aspect of its academic program. He . . . → Continue Reading
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