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APPLICANT RESOURCES Clear Admit Interview Guides Clear Admit School Guides Below are the upcoming deadlines for Fall 2008 entry to top-tier schools. Apr. 1: UT Austin McCombs R3 Apr. 2: Dartmouth / Tuck R4 Apr. 3: INSEAD R4 Apr. 4: Oxford / Said R3 Apr. 23: UCLA / Anderson R4 Apr. 28: CMU / Tepper R4 May 2: LBS R4 Jun. 6: Oxford / Said R4 Essay Topic Analysis Use categories to access all that has been written on each of the topics. We have categorized by school and by subject matter.
A selection of interview field reports from fellow applicants posted to the MBA Admissions Wiki. Add your reports when you are finished with your interviews. Chicago Columbia Dartmouth / Tuck Duke / Fuqua Harvard Kellogg Michigan / Ross MIT / Sloan Stanford UNC / Chapel Hill Virginia / Darden Wharton London Business School GMAT Resources GMAC 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 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.
If an MBA Program is not listed, please e-mail and we will be happy to list it. Berkeley / Haas Carnegie Mellon / Tepper Chicago Columbia 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 Pennsylvania / Wharton Queens Stanford Texas / McCombs Thunderbird Toronto UCLA / Anderson Virginia / Darden 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 ESADE (Spain) 1 or 2 HEC (France) 2 IESE (Spain) 2 IMD (Switzerland) 1 INSEAD (France) 1 IPADE (Mexico) ISB (India) 1 London Business School (UK) 2 Oxford / Said (UK) 1 Rotterdam (Netherlands) 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 mba.com (GMAT Scores) MBAInfo mbaleague.blogspot.com MBAzone MBA Jungle TOEFL Top MBA MBA Tipline We encourage admissions officers, students and applicants to alert us of interesting news and developments, please send an email to news@clearadmit.com so we can blog it. Blog Archive
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Monday, August 27, 2007 Kellogg Essay Topic Analysis 2007-2008 Kellogg’s made a handful of significant changes to their essays this year. In a move that has no doubt made many an applicant rejoice, the adcom has done away with the somewhat tricky self-assessment essay (which asked an applicant to critique their own candidacy as though he or she were an adcom member) that has been a hallmark of their application for years running. In a way, though, it makes sense for the school to have eliminated this question, as it prevented applicants from adding any new information to their files and limited them to commentary on information already shared in their essays and data forms. This year, Kellogg has replaced the self-assessment with a required leadership essay, suggesting a heightened focus on this aspect of a candidate’s experience. In another change from last year’s application, candidates are now required to choose among four topics and complete two short essays, as opposed to the six options and three essays of seasons past. Let’s take a closer look at those questions that do remain: Essay 1: Briefly assess your career progress to date. Elaborate on your future career plans and your motivation for pursuing a graduate degree at the Kellogg School (1-2 double-spaced pages). Essay 2: Each of our applicants is unique. Describe how your background, values, academics, activities and/or leadership skills will enhance the experience of other Kellogg students (1-2 double-spaced pages). Essay 3: How have your past and current leadership experiences prepared you for Kellogg? What leadership areas are you hoping to develop through your MBA experience? (One to two pages double spaced.) Essay 4: Applicants must answer two of the below essays, two to three double spaced paragraphs for each question. The other three questions, meanwhile, are tried and true elements of the Kellogg application, with options A and B giving applicants ample opportunity to share information about their involvements and interests outside of the professional realm or comment on subjects not mentioned elsewhere in the application. The reapplicant essay has also been a standard question for years running, giving returning candidates a chance to highlight the improvements and progress they’ve made since Kellogg heard from them last.
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DISCUSSIONS / BLOGS / WIKI Clear Admit's Most Recent Entries
Wiki MBA Admissions WikiThe Clear Admit Wiki is designed to allow b-school applicants to share their experiences through the application process. You can learn from others' experiences and contribute your own reports to the community. Below are the five most popular pages in the wiki: Wharton Interview Field Reports HBS Interview Field Reports Kellogg Interview Field Reports Chicago Interview Field Reports Columbia Interview Field Reports Discussion Boards BusinessWeek ForumsThe BusinessWeek Discussion Boards are a great way to learn about the issues applicants face. Recently BusinessWeek updated their interface, here is a link to the original interface. Also, Clear Admit hosts the Ask Clear Admit thread, which should help answer your questions. Here are the five most recent discussions. Clear Admit manages the Applying section of the StudyLink MBA discussion boards. The student-2-student Discussion Boards are managed by Wharton, but include discussions about all of the top schools. Here are the five most recent discussions. The Chicago Discussion Boards are managed by the University of Chicago. Here are the five most recent discussions. School-Hosted Blogs Straight from the source: aggregated posts from students and administration. Below are the seven most recent posts in school-hosted blogs. Individuals' Blogs A selection of the latest updates to MBA blogs compiled by Hella.MBA Applicants Bloggers by School The following are links to bloggers at each of the schools listed.Chicago Columbia Dartmouth / Tuck Duke / Fuqua Harvard Kellogg Michigan MIT / Sloan New York / Stern North Carolina / Chapel Hill Stanford Virginia / Darden Wharton Yale ESADE IESE INSEAD London Business School Community Blogs Bshoolers.comCommunity blog with MBA student and alum contributors. Forté Foundation MBA Diaries Video blog entries posted by women MBA students. Owen Bloggers Independent blog with content by Vanderbilt MBA students. Best of Blogging 2007-2008 Top Ten:
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