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Below are the upcoming deadlines for admission to top-tier schools.
Jul 1: HBS 2+2
Jul 22: INSEAD Jan Intake R3
Oct 1: Harvard Business School R1
Oct 1: Penn / Wharton R1
Oct 1: Duke / Fuqua EA
Oct 7: CBS J-Term
Oct 7: CBS ED
Oct 7: Stanford GSB R1
Oct 8: Yale SOM R1
Oct 10: Michigan / Ross R1
Oct 14: Chicago Booth R1
Oct 15: Northwestern / Kellogg R1
Oct 20: Berkeley / Haas R1
Oct 27: MIT / Sloan R1
Nov 15: NYU / Stern R1

Essay Topic Analysis
Below are links to our comments on some of the top programs' essay topics.
The Career Goals Essay*
Berkeley / Haas
Chicago GSB
CMU / Tepper
Columbia
Cornell / Johnson
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
Harvard*
IESE
INSEAD
London Business School
MIT / Sloan*
Michigan / Ross
Northwestern / Kellogg*
NYU / Stern*
Oxford / Said
Penn / Wharton*
Stanford GSB*
UCLA / Anderson
UNC / Kenan-Flagler
USC / Marshall
UT Austin / McCombs
UVA / Darden
Yale SOM
* denotes '09-'10 commentary

Categories
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Interview Reports
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Chicago
Columbia
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
Harvard
Kellogg
Michigan / Ross
MIT / Sloan
Stanford
UNC / Chapel Hill
Virginia / Darden
Wharton
London Business School

GMAT Resources
MBA.com
Manhattan GMAT
GMAT Club
Princeton Review
Test Prep New York
Kaplan
Beat The GMAT

Writing Resources
Guide to Grammar and Writing
The Internet Grammar of English
English Usage, Style and Composition
The Economist Style Guide
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

School Rankings
Rankings are a good way to start your research on various MBA Programs. Keep in mind each uses a different methodology.
Business Week
Economist
Financial Times
Forbes
USNews
Wall Street Journal

Career Guides
The following resources should be useful to those who want to research the careers open to them after (or before) earning an MBA.
Vault.com
Wetfeet

Business School Resources
The following are business resources offered by a variety of leading Business Schools. It's useful to subscribe to these resources, especially for the schools to which you are applying.

MBA Programs: North America
If an MBA Program is not listed, please e-mail and we will be happy to list it.
Berkeley / Haas
Boston College / Carroll
Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
Chicago
Columbia
Concordia
Cornell / Johnson
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
Emory / Goizueta
Harvard
HEC Montreal
Indiana / Kelley
Michigan
MIT / Sloan
Northwestern / Kellogg
New York / Stern
North Carolina / Kenan Flagler
Notre Dame / Mendoza
Pennsylvania / Wharton
Queens
Stanford
Syracuse / Whitman
Texas / McCombs
Thunderbird
Toronto
USC / Marshall
UCLA / Anderson
Vanderbilt / Owen
Virginia / Darden
Washington University in St. Louis / Olin
Western Ontario / Ivey
Yale

MBA Programs: Rest of the World
As there is some variety in the length of international MBA programs, we have denoted the length of the program next to its name (1 = one year; 2 = 2 years). If an MBA Program is not listed, please e-mail and we will be happy to list it.
AGSM (Australia) 2
Cambridge / Judge (UK) 1
CIEBS (China) 2
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (China) 1
Cranfield School of Mgmt (UK) 1
ESADE (Spain) 1 or 2
HEC (France) 2
Hult (UK) 1
IESE (Spain) 2
IMD (Switzerland) 1
INCAE (Costa Rica) 2
INSEAD (France) 1
IPADE (Mexico)
ISB (India) 1
London Business School (UK) 2
Manchester Bus. School (UK) 2
Melbourne (Australia) 2
Oxford / Said (UK) 1
Rotterdam (Netherlands) 1
Tsinghua IMBA (China) 2
University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) 1

Additional Resources
Here we link a host of additional resources available across the web. E-mail info@clearadmit.com to have resources added to this list.
AACSB International
Association of MBAs
Beyond Grey Pinstripes
EFMD
gradschools.com (worldwide)
Infozee
International Student Loans
mba.com (GMAT Scores)
MBAInfo
mbaleague.blogspot.com
MBAzone
MBA Jungle
TOEFL
Top MBA

MBA Tipline
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Friday, August 03, 2007

Fridays From the Frontline

Welcome back to Friday’s From the Frontline, our weekly trek through the MBA blogosphere. With the school year just a few weeks away for most (and already starting for some), and full-blown application season right around the corner, the last gasps of summer offered our bloggers a final few moments for relaxing and resolving. Let’s see how they’re getting in gear for what lies ahead…

This week we learn that Class of 2010 applicant Bschool Diva’s pseudonym is more than just a name: Taking a cue from real life diva Beyonce, who recently suffered a nasty spill on stage and bounded right back up, this blogger vows to infuse her attitude with similar resilience throughout the application process. Gltnforpnshmnt is also turning up the heat these days, boldly preparing for job interviews, heading a volunteer campaign and taking on a marketing project, all on top of applications, among other things! Getting revved up for the journey ahead, Mbabound08 debuted an impressively planned out application checklist, while Wannabe posted a different kind of list: “You know you’re an MBA applicant when….”

Concerned with more serious matters, B-School Bound pondered a tough question this week: To apply in round 1 or not apply in round 1? Similarly thoughtful, after a few tries on the Indian School of Business’ first essay, Dreamer realized that the hardest part of his b-school application essays might be what he leaves unsaid. Agent-C’s also been staring deep into the applicant abyss, reminiscing on his GMAT nightmare and hoping for the best.

This week former ’09 applicant Asiangal crossed the bridge into student-hood, offering up a whirlwind tour of her first week in Wharton’s Pre-Term, which will run through August. Still reveling in his summer, Anand, on the other hand, enjoys a picturesque family vacation to Mysore, realizing along the way that no one’s too old to have fun at an amusement park. Meanwhile, Hairtwirler finds herself the source of others’ amusement as she continues her travels through India, learning that not all cultures share Americans’ mind-your-own-business ethos, and considering the culture shock her soon-to-be international peers are experiencing right now as they adapt to Georgetown. And, of course, finishing off our applicant recap, we can’t forget to wish a happy birthday to Ipoel’s sidekick Paris - fortunately not Hilton!

Shining in our first-year lineup, Benny hasn’t let his enthusiasm for Tuck wane one bit while abroad in Brazil for the summer; to the contrary, he’s served as a rallying point for Brazil’s Tuck community, organizing an alumni dinner with Professor Sydney Finkelstein to celebrate his new book, Why Smart Executives Fail, and gathering alumni for another dinner event with marketing guru Kevin Keller. Still a first-year for now – at least for another week – J-term Johnny put forth a prodigious last effort, juggling final assignments and end-of-the-semester revelry at Columbia. He also garnered an impressive 5 out of the 6 classes he bid on for next year, landing an action packed schedule to look forward to. Jacek was in a different frame of mind, however; cashing in on a much needed break from Barcelona (and ESADE), he recounts his variously boiling and relaxing weekend in Italy. Also taking in the steamy night, Rubeo Boy ponders heartbreak and what could have been upon running into an old flame (all while on summer break from NYU).

Switching gears, practical Patxi offers some pointers on making the most of a business school visit, while PerpetualMotion speaks out against the culture of careful planning, speculating that all the time we spend mapping out what we ought to get around to doing often precludes our truly getting around to much of it. Finally, while things turned out to be pretty much all quiet on the second-year front, NoellieBellie (IESE) appears as the brave exception, upping her blogging commitment, now handling blog writeups for the new internet-based television application, Joost, along with her personal virtual chronicle.

And that about caps off this week’s MBA blogging excursion. Hope to see you next week for the next installment of FFF!

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