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Admissions Director Q&A Clear Admit School Guides Clear Admit Career Guides Clear Admit Strategy Series Clear Admit Interview Guides Below are the upcoming deadlines for admission to top-tier schools. Feb 10: INSEAD R3 Mar 1: Michigan / Ross R3 Mar 3: CBS Mar 3: LBS R3 Mar 4: Kellogg R3 Mar 8: Cambridge / Judge R4 Mar 8: CMU / Tepper R3 Mar 9: Duke / Fuqua R3 Mar 9: Penn / Wharton R3 Mar 10: Berkeley / Hass R4 Mar 10: Chicago Booth R3 Mar 10: Yale SOM R3 Mar 15: NYU / Stern R3 Mar 17: UCLA / Anderson R3 Mar 19: UNC / Kenan-Flagler R4 Mar 30: Cornell / Johnson R4 Mar 31: UVA / Darden R3 Mar 31: INSEAD R4 Apr 1: UT-Austin / McCombs Apr 2: Dartmouth / Tuck R3 Apr 2: Oxford / Saїd R3 Apr 7: Stanford GSB R4 Apr 8: Harvard R3 Apr 14: CBS 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.
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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 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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Get a $10 Amazon.com Gift Card! Contribute your MBA interview reports to the Clear Admit Wiki. Interviewing with b-schools in R2? Download our school by school Interview Guides or send us your CV to learn more about our mock interview services. Wednesday, January 02, 2008 New UNC Kenan-Flagler Program Helps International MBAs Hone English Skills As if business school wasn’t hard enough, international MBAs often also face a language hurdle – both in the classroom and out in the business world. To address this challenge, the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has launched a new language program designed to level the playing field for international MBA students for whom English is a second (or third or fourth…) language. The new program, Honing Executive English Language Skills (HEELS), assesses students’ command of English when they arrive on campus, providing constructive feedback and specially designed courses for improving language skills to those who need it. The courses, offered by the MBA Career Management Center in partnership with linguists from Raleigh-based language instruction firm the World Company, target international MBA students who hope to launch their careers in the United States when they graduate. “HEELS helps students achieve a standard to which they can aspire to improve their skills if they want to work in a specific U.S. industry,” said David Hofmann, MBA Program associate dean, in a release announcing the program. HEELS offers a test in August when international students arrive in Chapel Hill to gauge verbal and written English skills. Following the test, each student receives a report rating his or her proficiency along with comments on specific areas in need of improvement. Students with areas to work on can then enroll in specifically designed courses offered on the Kenan-Flagler campus. The courses follow the World Company’s model for language instruction. Taught in small groups and designed to be highly interactive, the classes focus on helping students lose their accents and strengthen their English grammar and vocabulary skills. They also target non-verbal communication, helping students modify body language that might be misinterpreted by U.S. managers, coworkers or clients. “We are pleased to provide the resources to help UNC’s international students improve their English-language skills,” Clodagh Lyons-Bastian, director of the World Company, said in a release about the new program. “Proficiency in English is paramount for these global students to embark on a successful career in the United States.” The World Company designed and administers the language skills assessment test that new students take, which provides a nine-level proficiency rating scale. It also created customized language courses designed to develop language skills of particular importance in the business world. Corporate recruiters also were called on to provide input into the development of the HEELS program. Working together, the MBA Career Management Center and the World Company created audio tapes reflecting varying levels of proficiency and accent, which they had recruiters listen to. These recruiters, from a range of industries, then indicated the minimum level of language skills acceptable of hires to their companies. Students benefit directly from this component of the program. “They can learn from the recruiters’ valuable feedback and will no longer have to guess whether their language capability could hinder their ability to secure the types of jobs they want in the United States,” Hofmann says. According to the Graduate Management Admissions Council, which owns the GMAT business school entry exam, the number of foreign students registering to take the exam continues to rise, suggesting that the market for language assistance programs such as Kenan-Flagler’s HEELS is strong and growing stronger. In the past year, foreign test-takers accounted for significant increases in application volume for both flexible MBA and EMBA programs, representing 23 and 17 percent of registrants respectively. For online and full-time MBA programs, the number of foreign test takers is even greater – equaling and even surpassing U.S. registrant volume. Non-U.S. citizens accounted for 49 percent of online MBA applicants and 54 percent of full-time MBA applicants in 2007. Comments are closed. |
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