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Posted by Clear Admit on December 18, 2007, at 12:43 pm
Welcome back to Trivia Tuesday, a weekly look at the programs and resources that differentiate the leading business schools. This week we will explore Wharton’s Lauder Program, examining what it is, what completion of the program entails, and what kind of student should consider applying.
Upon completion of 24 months of study, Wharton/Lauder students receive a joint MBA/MA in International Studies. Lauder participants begin classes three months earlier than students in the traditional MBA program, completing one month of intensive language study and a two-month study abroad/in-country immersion program before beginning Wharton classes in September. Once MBA classes begin, Wharton/Lauder students lead an especially busy life, since they must complete Wharton’s full core curriculum and course requirements alongside the Lauder M.A.’s language, . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 18, 2007, at 2:39 am
Last week, we launched a survey about the factors that drive applicant’s interests and decisions in pursuing an MBA. We’ve had a strong response so far, but we still want to hear from you!
The MBA search survey should take about 10 minutes to complete, and will be available through Friday, December 21st. Once you’ve finished the questions, you may enter a drawing to win an iPod Touch or one of four new iPod Nanos as a thank you for your time and thoughts.
We look forward to hearing . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 17, 2007, at 12:32 pm
Is Web 2.0 changing the boundaries of business? Let’s ask Colbie Calliet (rhymes with Ballet), the until recently unknown singer-songwriter who put a couple of her own songs up on Myspace. “Nothing much happened for a few months,” she writes. “Then I wrote this song called ‘Bubbly’ and put it up there and it got this huge reaction. I mean thousands and thousands of hits every day.”
Before long, thousands of hits morphed into more than 10 million plays, with Calliet holding the title of number one unsigned artist on Myspace for a record four months in a row. A record deal followed, and today her catchy little “starts in my toes, makes me crinkle my nose” tune . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 17, 2007, at 4:29 am
This week’s round up of campus news takes us to Boston, where students at MIT Sloan and Harvard are busy with campus events and recruiting, and are eager to share their views on the student experience through the campus papers Fifteen and The Harbus.
At MIT Sloan, the Fifteen website is sporting a new look and a new editorial staff, having transitioned from a “bastion for opinionated Indian males” to a publication led by “intelligent young females.” In their farewell article, the outgoing editors urge incoming students to get involved with the paper, saying they’ve learned more about management from running the paper than from any of their management classes. Whether it’s classes or activities that . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 14, 2007, at 12:30 pm
As today’s Fridays from the Frontlines post attests, the MBA blogosphere is all abuzz with nervous anticipation as applicants to Wharton, Harvard and elsewhere anxiously await news about round one interviews and admissions decisions.
One applicant yesterday posted this earnest plea for information on the Wharton-hosted student2student blog. “I know that by now HBS has probably handed out 99% of its interviews for Round 1, but I am still keeping my fingers crossed. Has anyone received an interview invite since Thanksgiving?”
Hope is a good thing to have. In fact, Harvard Admissions Director Dee Leopold herself sent holiday tidings out to antsy applicants earlier this week. “We are just about finished with sending out Round One interview . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 14, 2007, at 2:08 am
Welcome back to Fridays From the Frontline, Clear Admit’s weekly chronicle of what’s new and notable in the MBA blogosphere. For applicants, this mainly consisted of earnest interview hopes and speculations, while current students awaited the onslaught of finals with noticeably less anticipation. Let’s check in with our bloggers for some firsthand accounts…
Our congratulations go out to B-School Bound, whose interview ordeal with Stanford ended in the best possible way – an invite, of course! He also tucked a strong Wharton interview under his belt, accompanied by an admirably calm mindset with which to await their final decision. Meanwhile, Wannabe restlessly waited for an interview decision from Tuck, briefly entertaining frazzled fears that it may have . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 13, 2007, at 4:30 pm
The University of Cambridge’s Judge School of Business announced last week the creation of a new Master of Finance (MFin) degree, to debut in autumn 2008. The degree comes as part of an ongoing effort by the school to elevate the level of its finance teaching and research.
The new one-year finance program is designed for people with at least two years’ experience in the finance and banking world who wish to accelerate their careers. It will round out the school’s other offerings, which include both a respected pre-experience, research-oriented Finance MPhil and a post-experience MBA.
Significant industry research helped guide the creation of the new program. Dr. Simon Taylor, who will serve as the program’s director, together with Judge Business . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 13, 2007, at 7:41 am
Essay content you’ve polished for one school often serves as a great starting point for the next application, but as we’ve often said, customizing this text for the school in question is key. One particular challenge we see applicants struggle with each year is effectively expanding a short essay they’ve written for one program (such as Harvard’s 400 word “career vision” document or Kellogg’s two-page, double-spaced essay about one’s career to date, goals and interest in their MBA) in responding to a question on the same topic but with a longer limit (like Stanford’s topics and Chicago’s 1500 word goals/why MBA essay). With this in mind, we’d like to offer some pointers on converting condensed comments to more extensive . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 12, 2007, at 12:36 pm
In an effort to make military officers and senior enlisted personnel aware of the impact pursuing a graduate business education can have on their careers, the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) and Military.com joined forces in late November to launch an initiative called Operation MBA.
Working together, GMAC, which owns the GMAT admissions exam, and Military.com, a division of Monster Worldwide and the world’s largest military and veteran member organization, make a case for why members of the military are particularly well suited for business education and then provide a range of resources to help guide them through the admissions process.
A new website, www.mba.com/military, established as part of the initiative, ticks off the reasons members of the military should consider . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 12, 2007, at 7:09 am
Welcome back to Wiki Wednesdays, where we take a peek at particularly poignant posts to the Clear Admit Wiki! With Harvard in the midst of of conducting Round 1 interviews and releasing additional invitations through January 16th, we thought we’d put the Wiki Wednesday spotlight on that school this week.
Whereas most schools conduct blind interviews, Harvard’s interviewers are very familiar with one’s entire file, and will often have specific questions prepared in light of their review of the essays and other materials.
Let’s set the stage by taking a look at the list of questions that one interviewee described as “straightforward:”
1. Tell me your past, present and future.
2. What’s your career goal? What would you do if it doesn’t work out?
3. . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 11, 2007, at 4:02 pm
Over our 4+ years of blogging, applicants have turned to the Clear Admit blog as a source of reliable information and valuable advice on the MBA admissions process. Because we want to ensure that we are providing content that is as relevant as possible, we are conducting a survey to help us better understand our readers’ goals and needs. We’d like to invite all of our readers to share their school selection priorities and views on the leading MBA programs.
This online survey should take just 10 minutes to complete. We would love to receive as many responses as possible before the closing date of Friday, December 21st – and will be giving away an iPod Touch and four . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 11, 2007, at 1:01 pm
Build a better shopping cart and the world will beat a path to your door. Oh, and your grade depends on it.
That’s the concept behind the Integrated Product Design (IDP) course at the University of Michigan, which brings together students from the Ross School of Business, the School of Art and Design and the School of Engineering to work in teams developing and marketing a new consumer product. This year, the challenge was to create an eco-friendly urban carrying device that can be used to transport heavy objects long distances without a car.
As the final component in the semester-long course, the IDP Trade Show was held late last month on the University of Michigan campus. Here, seven teams displayed their take . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 11, 2007, at 4:11 am
The structure of the first-year class tends to shape the MBA experience, affecting the friends students make, the teamwork skills they learn, and the peer support they receive. In past Trivia Tuesday columns we’ve considered the ways in which Harvard and Kellogg structure their first year classes; this week we turn our attention to the class structure at the Yale SOM.
Yale’s first-year class is divided into three cohorts, referred to as Blue, Silver and Green. Students report that the bond within these groups is usually strong, and since students take all of their core courses with their cohort, inside jokes and camaraderie tend to develop throughout the year. In addition to classroom and group work, cohorts band . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 10, 2007, at 12:37 pm
Granted, your biggest concern right now may be getting in to business school, but employment prospects once you graduate are also an important consideration. Put another way: Is all this work and worry really worth it?
MIT Sloan School of Business recently released its MBA Employment Report, providing a revealing glimpse of the full-time positions its 2007 graduates accepted and the summer positions its class of 2008 held.
Calling it an “outstanding recruiting year” for Sloan MBAs, Career Development Office Director Jacqueline Wilbur reports that 97 percent of the class of 2007 had a job offer within three months of graduation. Service industries – specifically financial services and consulting – continue to attract the vast majority of Sloan graduates for both full-time and . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 10, 2007, at 3:14 am
With the Thanksgiving break a fading memory on U.S. business school campuses, students are racing towards the winter break that marks the end of the first term. Let’s check in on what students at MIT Sloan and NYU Stern have been doing recently, as reported in the schools’ campus papers.
At MIT Sloan, success was this week’s theme, with the Fifteen offering several stories of recent campus triumphs. To start, the MIT Energy Club’s annual Energy Night was a rousing success, bringing 40 campus presenters to the MIT Museum to share their work with nearly 1,200 attendees. The event is a wonderful opportunity for students, faculty, and members of industry to share exciting new ideas and network over . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 7, 2007, at 2:07 pm
From Africa to China to the Middle East, business education is gaining ground around the globe as the reputations of newer MBA programs in regions not as long associated with business education grow, and as established schools in Europe and North America expand their reach through satellite campuses and fellowship programs.
BusinessWeek this week devoted an article to the rise of Chinese business schools, reporting that graduates from these schools are being hired in greater numbers and at higher salaries than ever before. According to a survey of recruiters from companies hiring graduates from schools in China – conducted this year for the third time in a row by BusinessWeek China – 34 percent of respondents characterized the supply of . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 7, 2007, at 9:30 am
Welcome back to Fridays from the Frontline, our weekly whirl through the MBA blogging world. Caught in limbo between Round One and Round Two this week, applicants managed interviews, applications and expectations, aligned notifications with aspirations and variously awaited Christmas vacations. With finals and formals to attend, current students found their plates full as well. Let’s check in with our bloggers for a sampling…
According to Bschool Diva, Chicago applicants will have reason to relive the eager anticipation of childhood Christmases this year, although it appears the big day has been moved up to December 19th … Wannabe’s sure hoping for a gift from the GSB under his tree, deciding that a renewed focus on quality, not quantity, . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 6, 2007, at 12:36 pm
Baby, it’s cold outside. True in a meteorological sense for those of us in the northeastern United States today. True in a metaphorical sense for CFOs around the globe, as far as the outlook for the U.S. economy is concerned. This according to a survey conducted jointly by Duke’s Fuqua School of Business and CFO Magazine, the results of which were released yesterday.
Optimism among CFOs at a broad range of global public and private companies plunged to a record low this quarter, driven by concerns over weak consumer demand, high fuel and labor costs, and credit market turmoil, according to the year-end 2007 Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook survey. These pessimistic CFOs say they expect slow growth in . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 6, 2007, at 9:41 am
We’ve been offering a good deal of advice lately on how to conduct oneself and prepare responses to MBA interview questions; today, we’d like to highlight the importance of thinking about what you might ask. Virtually all business school interviewers conclude their discussion by offering the applicant a chance to ask some questions about the program. While it might be tempting to claim that you’ve already learned all you need to know about the school, this is actually a great opportunity to gain additional insight, show your enthusiasm about a specific element of the curriculum or community, and demonstrate that you appreciate the opportunity to learn from your interviewer’s experiences.
Here are a few simple guidelines to keep in mind while thinking . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 5, 2007, at 12:32 pm
Bring more salespeople to the classroom. That’s the request alumnus
William G. Allen (BA ’71) made of the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in late November as he signed a check for $2 million made out to the school.
Allen’s gift, intended to enhance both the undergraduate and graduate sales programs, will support hiring a new professor as well as an administrator to help manage and promote guest speakers and sales training.
“I believe that students will benefit from having very successful, real-world sales practitioners come into the classroom and give first-hand testimony as to what they are doing, how they are doing it, what is working and what is not working,” Allen said.
The success of Allen’s . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 5, 2007, at 9:44 am
Welcome to another installment of Wiki Wednesdays, where we highlight new and notable reports published in the Clear Admit Wiki, an MBA applicant-driven resource of firsthand experiences with the admissions process. In addition to a detailed Cornell visit, there have been a number of new interview reports posted for Yale, Harvard, Chicago and Wharton! Following a cue from a few interesting inquiries found in the Chicago and Wharton interview reports, we’re taking a closer look at what admissions interviewers are asking about beyond the workplace.
Questions revolving around work experience, why MBA and career goals are common in the MBA admissions interview process, but what can applicants expect once they’ve outlined their professional performance and . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 4, 2007, at 4:07 pm
Our Interview Guide catalog keeps expanding! With today’s addition of the MIT Sloan School of Management Interview Guide, we have a total of eight titles available to round one applicants: Chicago, Columbia, HBS, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Stanford, Tuck and Wharton.
For more information, visit our initial Interview Guide Announcement or check out the Clear . . . → Continue Reading
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