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Clear Admit School Guides
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Clear Admit Interview Guides
Be as prepared as possible for your MBA interviews this season with the Clear Admit Interview Guides! School-specific sample questions and in-depth strategy, campus visit details and places to stay.

Application Deadlines
Below are the upcoming deadlines for admission to top-tier schools.
Oct. 1: INSEAD R1
Oct. 3: Northwestern / Kellogg R1
Oct. 8: Columbia 2009 J-Term and ED
Oct. 9: Wharton R1
Oct. 10: Michigan / Ross R1
Oct. 15: Chicago GSB R1
Oct. 15: Dartmouth / Tuck EA
Oct. 15: Duke / Fuqua EA
Oct. 15: HBS R1
Oct. 22: Yale SOM R1
Oct. 24: UNC Kenan-Flagler R1 (Early Action)
Oct. 28: UVA / Darden R1
Oct. 28: MIT Sloan R1
Oct. 29: Stanford GSB R1
Nov. 4: Berkeley / Haas 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
UT Austin / McCombs
UVA / Darden
Yale SOM
* denotes '08-'09 commentary

Categories
Use categories to access all that has been written on each of the topics. We have categorized by school and by subject matter.

Interview Reports
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
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
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
Cranfield School of Mgmt (UK) 2
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
Manchester Bus. School (UK) 2
Oxford / Said (UK) 1
Rotterdam (Netherlands) 2
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
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

Friday, September 28, 2007

Fridays From the Frontline

Welcome back to Fridays From the Frontline, our weekly tour of the MBA blogosphere. With Round 1 deadlines just around the corner, applicant bloggers were a little on edge this week, while first- and second-years found themselves right in the middle of the party! Let’s take a closer look…

Miles ahead of the masses of last minute scramblers in the admissions process, Wannabe is already contemplating the likelihood of an interview invite from Columbia, although after careful calculation, resolves it’s safe not to hit the “big red panic button” for another 15-25 days. B-School Bound, on the other hand, offers some hope (while adding a little pressure) for those still pouring their hearts out onto the page - the takeaway message: Essays are everything! This certainly seems to resonate with Mbabound08, who notes she unfortunately just finished her Wharton setback essay – unfortunately because she’s just suffered one of the most frustrating setbacks ever - an irritated Iliotibial Band that has seriously cut into her running-relaxation time, crucial given the stress induced by essays such as, oh, Wharton Essay #2… Obelix 2010 also went through a painful setback this past week, although this one may be the kind for which more “exercise” is the best cure.

After attending a Stanford women’s event, Geetu wonders how the women at this school have any energy left to save the world – after dressing and primping and straightening their hair… Meanwhile, Tamasin proves she’s not just another typical prospective student obsessed with the rankings – at least not the individual rankings.

If only these hard stressing applicants knew what was in store for them at b-school, though! For instance, whoever said that an HBS MBA is all work and no play must not know CS, who’s headed to Vegas with the HBS Hospitality Club. Or take Stuart, who’s been tapping into his artistic side in the University of St. Gallen Creative Challenge thanks to free paints and brushes, courtesy of the administration. Over in Philadelphia, Juggler finds herself perplexed – now that she’s surmounted the grueling application process and attends the school of her dreams, what’s there to blog about at Wharton? She vows to find something worthy. Fellow former-applicant blogger Forrest was at no loss for words, however, reporting on Chicago’s industry immersion presentations, a dynamic first day of econ class and the Thursday night festivities that followed. HairTwirler also had some highlights to share: she was elected Representative of her Cohort at Georgetown, not to mention learning all about what not to mix into a drink…

Speaking of which, on the second-year front, La Lauderia found the time to exercise her discerning palette at the Wharton Wine Club’s Tasting Event. Up in New York at Stern, Rubeo Boy emerged from a moment of clarity with a major decision about his short-term career goals: “Goodbye to the big dollars and the certainty” – although he leaves us uncertain as to what he’s certain about giving up on being certain for… . Angel Angie also seems to have identified a potential post-LBS calling: Working at a hedge fund – at least it’s held her attention for three weeks… Finally, Perpetualmotion keeps moving as usual, enjoying a good old fashioned bus ride from Wharton into the suburbs for a meeting, which gets his gears turning about other such Spartan pleasures of running one’s own startup.

That’s all for this week, folks! Come see use next time for the latest edition of FFF. Have a wonderful weekend!

# posted by Clear Admit @ 3:02 am in Fridays from the Frontline

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MBA Admissions Wiki
The 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 Forums
The 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.

StudyLink Forums
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student 2 student
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Chicago Discussion Forums
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

MBA Students

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.com
Community 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.

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