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Posted by Clear Admit on July 31, 2007, at 2:01 pm
The Chicago GSB’s new creative expression PowerPoint question has been getting some coverage in the media this week. The Associated Press picked up the Chicago application story on Monday, with a brief write-up about the requirements and the admissions committees aims. While the Chronicle of Higher Education speculates that the GSB adcom’s grown a bit bored with written essays, here’s what the AP and Rose Martinelli have to say on the subject:
By adding PowerPoint to its application, Chicago thinks it might attract more students who have the kind of cleverness that can really pay off in business, and fewer of the technocrat types who sometimes give the program a bad name.
“We wanted to have . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 31, 2007, at 3:09 am
Welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday, our regular examination of the distinguishing characteristics of the leading MBA programs. This week we are breaking with our usual format to offer a bit of a ‘triva challenge’ to our readers as we test everyone’s knowledge on a number of leading business schools. We’re doing this celebrate the fact that we’ll be launching eight exciting new publications in the next few weeks…
Without further ado, here is the Trivia Tuesday challenge: Some interesting trivia facts about eight U.S. business schools are below, but we haven’t named the programs. Test how well you know your business schools by seeing if you can identify which school each fact describes. The answers will be revealed in a . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 30, 2007, at 4:23 pm
After a short game of musical PDFs (over the weekend the Ross site had a link that promised this year’s essay questions but actually linked to last year’s), the Ross admissions committee has released the essay questions for the 2007-2008 admissions cycle. Michigan’s deadlines for the 2007-2008 cycle were released earlier this summer.
Required questions
You must answer the following four questions:
Long Answers (500 word max)
Essay 1: Briefly describe your short-term and long-term career goals. Why is an MBA the best choice at this point in your career? What and/or who influenced your decision to apply to Ross?
Essay 2: Describe your most significant professional accomplishment. Elaborate on the leadership skills you displayed, the actions you took and the . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 30, 2007, at 12:15 pm
While their online application will not be available until the end of August, applicants can now view the McDonough School of Business essays in PDF format.
Essay 1 (Required, 750 words)
A) In one or two sentences, please state your short-term and long-term career objective(s).
B) How have your prior professional, academic, and personal experiences influenced your career plans?
C) Specifically, how will your participation in Georgetown’s MBA Full-Time Program contribute to your career objectives?
Essay 2 (Required, 750 words)
In your own words, how do you define leadership? Please provide a specific example (professional or personal) of a time when you embodied the characteristics of a leader. Be sure to highlight the challenges you faced and the results you achieved. What areas do you . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 30, 2007, at 3:18 am
In light of last week’s announcement of London Business School’s MBA essay topics for this season, we wanted to offer our thoughts on each of the school’s inquiries.
As the adcom noted in their blog entry, the essay questions are unchanged from last year. This is a solid indication that the school’s emphasis on international experience, as well as its interest in a candidate’s past and proposed leadership experience, remains unchanged. More than most programs, LBS asks applicants to share specific details of their future involvement on campus and contribution to the community. From this, one can extrapolate and assume that they’re interested in candidates who’ve spoken to students and learned a good deal about the program to . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 27, 2007, at 11:37 am
MIT Sloan has published their essays for the upcoming application cycle. The school has retained its usual format, asking applicants to submit a cover letter for their materials as though applying for a job, and following this with four required situational essays:
Cover Letter
Prepare a cover letter (up to 500 words) seeking a place in the MIT Sloan MBA Program. Please comment on your career goals and those factors which influenced you to pursue an MBA education at MIT Sloan. The cover letter provides a chance for you to discuss your passions, values, and interests. Through what you write we hope to discover whether you will thrive at MIT Sloan and how you will contribute to our diverse community. Address . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 27, 2007, at 2:41 am
Welcome back to another addition of FFF, keeping you up to date on the new and notable goings on in the MBA blogosphere. Future and current MBA students are really in the thick of things this time of year; let’s check in with each group:
This week, the applicant crowd really ran the spectrum of pre-submission considerations. Blue Tulip, for one, has resolved to buckle down on GMAT prep, after gleaning some wisdom from The Art of War and found inspiration at a farewell party for b-school bound friends. Also on the subject of the dreaded test, MBA or Bust reminisces about some unsuccessful studying strategies of days past, Achilles continues to practice . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 26, 2007, at 12:59 pm
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School has published their deadlines for the upcoming application year with only a slight extension of the Round 2 deadline, as compared to last year’s dates. Their online application will be available in mid-August.
Round 1 (Early Action)
Application Deadline: October 26th, 2007
Interview Completed by: October 19th, 2007
Decision Release Date: December 10th, 2007
Round 2
Application Deadline: December 7th, 2007
Interview Completed by: November 30th, 2007
Decision Release Date: February 4th, 2007
Round 3
Application DeadlineJanuary 4th, 2008
Interview Completed by: December 21st, 2007
Decision Release Date: March 17th, 2008
Round 4
Application Deadline: March 7th, 2008
Interview Completed by: February 29th, 2008
Decision Release Date: April 21st, 2008
The adcom states that UNC’s Early Action is for those who are certain they want to attend Kenan-Flagler; accepted applicants must secure . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 26, 2007, at 11:13 am
As we mentioned yesterday, Business Week Online just hosted a live chat event with a current London Business School Student and the school’s acting Associate Dean of the full-time MBA program. Those prospective students who tuned in were treated to an hour and a half of discussion about London Business School’s academic programs and application process. While the transcript will be available on the BW website in the coming days, we wanted to highlight a few of the key takeaways from the event.
Many participants in the chat were concerned about potential weaknesses in their files and wondered how their materials might be perceived. Associate Dean David Simpson offered a good deal of information and advice that, while framed in terms of the LBS . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 26, 2007, at 3:00 am
As many applicants are finding out at this time of year, conducting some thorough research on various MBA programs is an essential step in formulating a list of target schools and crafting convincing essays. Surfing the web and speaking with friends and mentors are great starting points in identifying programs of interest. However, in order to really get a feel for a school and determine whether it’s a good fit for one’s goals and personality, applicants need to dig deeper and gain some firsthand experience with the program and the people.Visiting the campus is a great avenue for gathering this kind of information, and it is also a step that can be advantageous in the application process. Although many applicants will . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 25, 2007, at 1:53 pm
MBA Diversity, a non-profit organization promoting multiculturalism in business school, will be holding its third annual symposium in Philadelphia this year from August 17-18th. The event will feature application and academic advice for prospective students, networking opportunities for current MBA students and alumni, and recruitment and professional development workshops for schools and corporations.
For more information, potential participants can read the press release, or . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 25, 2007, at 10:43 am
BusinessWeek is hosting a live chat event with London Business School acting associate dean David Simpson and MBA student Manish Gajria beginning today at noon EDT. The pair will discuss the application process, campus culture, and other topics of interest to prospective students. The chat is free, though registration is required.
To join the discussion, visit . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 25, 2007, at 2:28 am
Following up on Monday’s announcement of Columbia’s essay questions for the 2007-2008 admissions season, we wanted to offer our thoughts on each of this year’s topics.
Columbia’s made a few interesting changes from last year’s set of questions. The school has retained its question about entrepreneurship – a telling signal of the program’s self-image and priorities – but it is no longer posed in the context of a quote from the dean. Instead, the school has swapped out last season’s question about a manager under whom the applicant has worked in favor of asking readers to respond to a speech Dean Hubbard recently delivered on the subject of the value of an MBA education in today’s business world. Meanwhile, Columbia . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 24, 2007, at 2:59 am
Welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday, our weekly look at the policies and programs that shape the student experience at the leading business schools. This week we turn our attention to an important yet often over-looked feature of MBA programs: the academic calendar. Though not a factor most applicants take into account, a school’s academic calendar can impact the number of classes students take, the timing of the recruiting season and when students need to begin and end their summer internships – not to mention how much down-time students have during the school year.
Most schools use a version of either the semester or quarter system to organize the academic year. For instance, Wharton’s academic calendar is based on the traditional . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 23, 2007, at 4:27 pm
The LBS adcom has just published the MBA application essays for this admissions season in the school’s community blog.
Question 1 (500 words): In what role do you see yourself working immediately after graduation? Why? How will your past and present experiences help you achieve this? How will the London Business School MBA Programme contribute to this goal?
Question 2 (200 words): Where do you see your career progressing five years after graduation and what is your longer term career vision?
Question 3 (500 words): Please describe your experience of working in and leading teams, either in your professional or personal life. Given this experience, what role do you think you will play in your study group, . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 23, 2007, at 10:46 am
Columbia Business School’s online application went live late last week, and the school’s essay questions for the coming year are now available:
Essay 1: What are your short-term and long-term post-MBA goals? How will Columbia Business School help you achieve these goals? (Recommended 750 word limit)
Essay 2: In a recent speech delivered to the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, Dean Glenn Hubbard discussed the new, essential elements of the 21st century MBA: http://www.gsb.columbia.edu/admissions/21st_century_MBA.pdf. How will your MBA prepare you for a rapidly changing business environment? (Recommended 500 word limit)
Essay 3: The entrepreneurial mindset is an integral component of the Columbia Business School MBA. Please discuss a time in your own life when you have identified and . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 23, 2007, at 3:20 am
As the summer progresses and applicants begin researching their target schools in more depth, we would like to highlight a valuable research tool: school-hosted blogs. The last few years have seen a significant increase in the number of MBA student blogs hosted by schools’ admissions offices, as well as in admissions offices’ use of blogs to keep applicants informed of deadlines, admissions policies and events. Both types of blogs are useful throughout the admissions cycle; the factual information in the admissions office blogs is helpful in understanding and planning for the application process, while the student blogs offer valuable insights into student life, culture and academics.
Below we’ve provided links to some of the active blogs hosted by the leading MBA programs.
Admissions . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 20, 2007, at 12:33 pm
Here is the answer to this week’s Workbook Wednesdays GMAT question.
Answer
If set S is the set of all prime integers between 0 and 20 then: S = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19}
Let’s start by finding the probability that the product of the three numbers chosen is a number less than 31. To keep the product less than 31, the three numbers must be 2, 3 and 5. So, what is the probability that the three numbers chosen will be some combination of 2, 3, and 5? Here’s the list all possible combinations of 2, 3, and 5:
case A: 2, 3, 5
case B: 2, 5, 3
case C: 3, 2, 5
case D: 3, 5, 2
case E: 5, 2, 3
case F: . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 20, 2007, at 8:49 am
With the weekend right around the corner, its time once again for Fridays from the Frontline, where we bring you the latest from the MBA blogosphere. Many bloggers shared the sense this week that big changes lay ahead. Let’s see what they had to say.
Hopeful members of the Class of 2010 were gearing up for a full assault on their applications this week. Firstly, Bschool Diva burst back on the scene this week with a firm statement that she’ll go through another application season in pursuit of better results. Wannabe continued to work on his list of schools this week, and despite revisions he seems . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 19, 2007, at 8:34 am
Anyone who’s familiar with the MBA application process knows that August moves forward at an accelerated pace, and that in September entire weeks seem to disappear. To help this year’s Round One applicants avoid the classic time crunch, today’s blog post offers some basic advice on how to approach the Round One deadlines at a reasonable pace.
Let’s start by taking a quick look at the published Round One deadlines for the top MBA programs:
October 2: Harvard
October 3: INSEAD
October 10: Columbia Early Decision and January Term
October 11: Wharton
October 17: Chicago
October 22: Stanford
October 24: UCLA / Anderson, Yale SOM
October 30: MIT Sloan
November 1: Michigan / Ross, UVA / Darden (Early Action)
November 5: Berkeley / Haas
Though there are still a number schools that . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 18, 2007, at 2:47 pm
Welcome to another edition of Workbook Wednesday, where we take a look at some of Manhattan GMAT’s most challenging quantitative questions. These are similar to the type of questions you are likely to see if you are scoring in the 700+ range on the GMAT. Let’s take a look…
Question
Set S is the set of all prime integers between 0 and 20. If three numbers are chosen randomly from set S and each number can be chosen only once, what is the positive difference between the probability that the product of these three numbers is a number less than 31 and the probability that the sum of these three numbers is odd?
(A) 1/336
(B) 1/2
(C) 17/28
(D) 3/4
(E) 301/336
We’ll post the answer and a . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 18, 2007, at 9:00 am
Though we’ve begun to feature applicants applying this fall in our weekly Fridays from the Frontline column, we wanted to take a moment today to officially welcome the Class of 2010 to the blogging community! The list of bloggers who have announced their candidacy for this fall’s admissions season is already close to two dozen strong, and likely to grow as the deadlines approach. It’s great to see that there are so many applicants in this group, as these individuals will serve as a great source of information and moral support for each other throughout the application season.
Without further ado, here are the Class of 2010 Bloggers (along with a brief summary of their location and professional industry, when . . . → Continue Reading
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