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Posted by Clear Admit on November 30, 2007, at 8:34 pm
For our readers who applied to Stanford in round one, we would like to announce that the Clear Admit Interview Guide to the Stanford GSB is now available. The series now includes seven schools – Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Kellogg, Stanford, Tuck and Wharton – with each title offering sample questions and firsthand interview insight, in-depth strategic analysis and campus visit information.
Visit the Clear Admit shop to investigate further, and stay tuned for more Interview Guide news . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 30, 2007, at 12:43 pm
Spotting the largest U.S. industrial polluters just got a lot easier. MapEcos, an interactive website launched yesterday by professors at Fuqua, Tuck and Harvard Business School (HBS) along with Dartmouth College students, transforms government data on toxic pollution into a visual portrait of more than 20,000 industrial facilities across the nation.
Though the site does feature alarming photos – power plants emitting huge plumes of black smoke, processing facilities surrounded by otherworldly pools of turquoise waste – the intent of its creators was to provide an even-handed view of industrial environmental performance. To this end, they have also collected information from the facilities themselves about efforts being made to protect the environment.
“We wanted to move beyond finger pointing,” says HBS . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 30, 2007, at 10:51 am
While our primary focus over the past few months has been offering advice and developing resources for MBA aspirants who are applying this year, we realize that a number of our readers are still in the early stages of thinking about this next step in their careers. With that in mind, we’d like to highlight a valuable opportunity being offered by the MBADiversity.
The organization is now accepting applications for the Spring and Summer terms of its Fellows Program, an MBA preparation track that includes GMAT prep courses sponsored by Manhattan GMAT, guidance throughout the application process, an optional Global Immersion Module and inclusion in a National Symposium. More information is available on the . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 30, 2007, at 9:46 am
Welcome back to Fridays From the Frontline, Clear Admit’s weekly rendez-vous with the MBA blogging community. Betwixt drumsticks and thighs, applicants helped themselves to a plentiful portion of contemplation last week, while current students found more time for relaxation and a bit of celebration, although few sat idly or partied heartily for too long. Let’s check in with our bloggers for some firsthand accounts…
Mike finished off Thanksgiving with some bittersweet revelations about the state of his HBS and Stanford applications – thinking back on everything submitted, he would barely change a thing. And yet that somehow means there’s more at stake. Also reflecting on applications past was Wannabe, although with results considerably more doleful: “I . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 29, 2007, at 12:37 pm
Yesterday we took a look at graduate management programs in Europe and the Middle East that have turned their attention in recent weeks to issues of women in business. U.S. business schools, too, are providing forums to discuss ways to foster leadership by women, and today we’ll share a little about some of those.
In early November, the National Association of Women MBAs held its annual conference and career fair at Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland in College Park. This year’s conference focused on how women are taking the lead in the global economy through innovation while embracing emerging technologies. It featured key note addresses by Campbell Soup Vice President Irene Chang Britt and . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 29, 2007, at 9:54 am
As we prepare to flip over another page of the calendar this weekend, we wanted to take a look at the upcoming December and January deadlines, just in case there are any Round Two applicants out there who aren’t already all too aware of the persistent passage of time.
While the Round One deadlines for the top MBA programs were mercifully spread out over the month of October, the outlook for the next wave of deadlines isn’t quite as rosy; most of the Round Two deadlines are closely clustered over a ten-day period in early January. For those applicants who are targeting two or more of those schools, careful time management during December will be of the utmost importance. Let’s . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 28, 2007, at 12:36 pm
While the ratio of women to men in business school classrooms is still far from equal – women made up less than 30 percent of the 2005 class entering the top 20 MBA programs in the U.S., according to a Catalyst report – the subject of women in business, both on teams and in leadership roles, is gaining traction on campuses around the globe.
In a seminar yesterday at the new INSEAD Centre for Executive Education and Research in Abu Dhabi, Chaired Professor Herminia Ibarra encouraged participants to take a closer look at the challenges faced by women executives in the Middle East. The seminar, entitled “Making the Leadership Transition,” is the first in a series of workshops . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 28, 2007, at 9:43 am
We wanted to remind our readers based in and around the Chicago area of a free event next week being sponsored by our friends at Manhattan GMAT. This informative panel event is open to the public, and will center on the subjects of application strategy and the b-school admissions process in general.
Featuring admissions representatives from the Chicago GSB and Kellogg School of Management, as well as Clear Admit’s own Graham Richmond, this event offers a great opportunity for round two applicants hoping to glean some insight on how to polish their materials, and also for prospective applicants who are just beginning to think about the admissions process. Here are the details:
Date: Thursday, December 6, 2007
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Location: . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 27, 2007, at 1:26 pm
Coming soon to a town near you: the GMAT Mobile Testing Center. That’s right, the “GMAT bus” set off last month on its 2007 tour of the United States. Once again, prospective MBA applicants who don’t live within easy travel distance of an existing testing facility can sit back and let the test come to them.
The GMAT bus tour is part of an effort by the Graduate Management Assessment Council (GMAC) to make the standardized exam – a prerequisite for admission to many top graduate management programs – more accessible to people interested in attending business school.
“Our goal is to make the GMAT as convenient as possible for a diverse population of men and women who are interested in going to . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 27, 2007, at 10:18 am
Welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday, where we bring you school-specific details about the leading MBA programs in order to highlight important differences between the top schools. This week’s entry focuses on the experience of visiting the University of Chicago’s Hyde Park campus for an interview, and the flexibility offered by the school’s Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago.
Applicants who have scheduled an on campus interview and will be traveling to Hyde Park should consider planning their stays so as to get the most mileage out of their time there. Because applicants need to express enthusiasm for the school and demonstrate that they have conducted extensive research on Chicago’s program, it would be ideal to arrange to tour the school, sit . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 26, 2007, at 1:08 pm
Entrepreneurship took center stage at Oxford last week. This week it’s the focus in Cambridge. Cambridge, Massachusetts, that is, as MIT Sloan prepares to host the 2007 Venture Capital Conference this Friday, November 30th.
The conference, now in its tenth year, brings together more than 400 participants – including venture capital professionals, corporate execs, angel investors, entrepreneurs, MBAs and academics – for debate, panel discussions and valuable networking opportunities. Venture capital in enterprise software, life sciences, new media and clean energy will be among this year’s highlighted discussion topics.
Keynote speakers include Frank Moss, director of the MIT Media Lab; Christopher Sacca, head of special initiatives at Google and Diane Greene, founder and . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 26, 2007, at 8:39 am
Welcome back from the long weekend (at least in the U.S.)! With first semester in full swing, let’s check in on the many campus happenings at Columbia and the Chicago GSB, as reported in the schools’ student newspapers.
Though it’s buried on page 11 of the Columbia Bottom Line, there was much-anticipated news coming out of the CBS administration, with Vice Dean Ziv introducing the new core curriculum that will take effect in Fall 2008. The new curriculum grew out of the school’s periodic review of the core and has been under discussion for more than a year. The design retains the current academic calendar, cluster system, and use of waivers, but adds several new academic options. Most significantly, the . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 23, 2007, at 10:27 am
Welcome to a holiday edition of Fridays from the Frontline, Clear Admit’s weekly look at the newest contributions to the MBA blogosphere. Applicant and student bloggers alike had plenty to write about in the days leading up to the Thanksgiving break. Let’s see what they were up to:
Vidiviciveni attempted to relax and empty his mind of all application thoughts this weekend, and despite some initial trouble doing so, he came to some meaningful conclusions about his career goals. He might want to take a cue from –tvu, who seems to be doing a fine job of it while he’s traveling in Vietnam. He might also want to check out Powerleveler’s very sound thoughts . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 22, 2007, at 12:36 pm
Just a quick note to wish our American readers a very Happy Thanksgiving! We’ll be back with our regularly scheduled blogging tomorrow. In the meantime, best of luck to those of you who are working on MBA essays and interview preparation at this point of the . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 21, 2007, at 7:04 pm
Just a quick note to let readers know that the Clear Admit Interview Guide to the Chicago Graduate School of Business is now available! As with the other Guides in this series, which already includes Columbia, Harvard, Kellogg, Tuck and Wharton, this document features an introduction the Chicago interview process, frequently asked interview questions, strategic analysis and advice, and detailed campus visit information. All of the Interview Guides are available in the Clear Admit shop.
Stay tuned to the blog for announcements of more new Interview Guides over the . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 21, 2007, at 12:32 pm
Have you ever wondered if your auto mechanic was being straight with you? When consumers require the services of an expert to both diagnose and fix a problem – be the expert a doctor, a plumber, a seamstress or a mechanic – the consumer’s relative ignorance can sometimes put him or her in a precarious position.
Henry Schneider, an assistant professor of economics at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management, calls this the “expert service dilemma,” and in recent research he set out to take a closer look at the phenomenon. Specifically, he wanted to see what effect the possibility for repeat business had on the accuracy of diagnoses.
Posing as an unwitting motorist in need of car repair, Schneider took the same . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 21, 2007, at 8:57 am
Welcome to another installment of Wiki Wednesdays, reporting the latest goings on with the Clear Admit Wiki. Firstly, we’d like to say thanks to all the applicants who’ve been submitting interview reports lately! In the last two weeks alone, applicants have posted detailed descriptions of their interviews at a number of leading schools, including Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Kellogg, Tuck, and Yale.
As we’ve stressed in this blog, and as anyone who’s used the site to prepare for their interviews will attest, having access to firsthand accounts of the interview process at a given program can be invaluable in understanding what a program is looking for and arriving . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 20, 2007, at 6:16 pm
As part of its ongoing commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship, the Saïd Business School at England’s University of Oxford this week hosted its seventh annual Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford (SVOC) event, drawing luminaries from the technology industry together to address the school’s MBA students and faculty, as well as local entrepreneurs and corporations.
Leaders from several cutting-edge Silicon Valley companies took part in yesterday’ day-long interactive event, which included a kick-off panel discussion focused on current entrepreneurship issues, master classes taught by visiting experts and “Garage” innovation sessions, in which participants were led through real-life business scenarios by Valley insiders.
Drawing 15 key speakers, more than in any prior year, the event’s opening panel discussion focused on innovation and tech start-ups and . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 20, 2007, at 3:53 am
With Round One interviews in full swing, we wanted to share the details of an exciting new resource for applicants: Clear Admit Interview Guides!
The Clear Admit Interview Guides are designed to provide school-specific insight and strategic advice to help applicants ace their admissions interviews. Based on our years of MBA admissions experience and our work with hundreds of applicants to the leading programs, each Clear Admit Interview Guide contains the information candidates need for a successful interview, including:
- School-specific strategy
- Analysis of how the adcom weighs the interview
- First-hand interview accounts
- Detailed information on planning a campus visit
- Dozens of sample questions consistently asked by that particular program
Plus, every Clear Admit Interview Guide includes our General Interview Preparation Guide, a rich . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 19, 2007, at 12:35 pm
In response to our posts in recent weeks about social responsibility at Kellogg, Stanford and Harvard, Wharton students wrote in to let us know that they, too, are gaining ground in this area.
Students harboring a passion for bringing their business skills to bear on social issues is nothing new at the Philadelphia school. In fact, several existing campus groups have long focused on issues of social responsibility, ranging from environmental sustainability and corporate ethics to nonprofit and public sector management. New, though, is the Wharton Alliance for Social Responsibility (WASR), an umbrella group that brings together several student clubs in the hopes of affecting greater change at the institutional level.
“The individual groups have existed for many years, but there has been . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 19, 2007, at 4:30 am
At this time of year, many MBA applicants are curious about trends in application volume – wondering if this admissions cycle will be more competitive or less competitive than last year. While the schools themselves rarely release figures mid-season, we thought we’d check in with a brief update on GMAT test registration volume – as this often serves as a rough proxy for the number of applications that business schools are receiving. Here are the world-wide figures through the first 10 months of 2007 (and the same period of 2006):
GMAT Registrations (first 10 months of 2007): 227,166
GMAT Registrations (first 10 months of 2006): 202,338
As our readers can see, this year’s volume is tracking 12.27% ahead of 2006, which . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 16, 2007, at 1:39 pm
Concluding this week’s series on deans who blog, we’re taking a look at an international blog that brings together deans from a range of schools – along with other contributors to the field – to debate issues in graduate business school education and the management training sector.
BizDeansTalk was launched in October 2005 by Paul Danos, dean of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and Santiago Iñiguez de Onzono, dean of Spain’s Instituto de Empresa, and is the first blog to be jointly run by a business school in the United States and in Europe. Danos and Iñiguez serve as the blog’s editors, and Della Bradshaw, editor of the . . . → Continue Reading
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