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APPLICANT RESOURCES

Clear Admit School Guides
Seventeen titles available! Understand how the leading programs compare and learn more about the MBA experience in and beyond the classroom through Clear Admit School Guides. As featured in the Economist.

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

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Best of Blogging 2007-2008 Results!

After weeks of waiting and blogosphere buzz, we’re pleased to end the suspense and announce the results of our fourth annual Best of Blogging Awards! For the uninitiated, the aim of this event is to recognize those bloggers who have made an appreciable contribution to the online community, and to identify valuable sources of information and advice for incoming students and the next round of applicants.

We arrived at the ranking for both the applicant and student categories after careful evaluation of the eligible blogs by Clear Admit staff and consideration of input from the nominated bloggers and celebrity judges Bruce DelMonico of Yale SOM, Carly Chynoweth of The Times career blog Snakes and Ladders, Linda Abraham of Accepted.com and Brad Garrison (a.k.a. Hella). Below are the hotly anticipated listings of the top ten applicant and top ten student blogs overall, as well as the winners in a handful of more specific categories.

In the interest of time and ease of reading, please hold your applause until all the winners are announced …

Top 10 Applicant Blogs
1. July Dream - http://julydream.blogspot.com
2. Miss Curly Bee - http://missmba.blogspot.com
3. VidiViciVeni - http://oopsagain.wordpress.com
4. B-School Bound - http://bschool-bound.blogspot.com
5. Tinydancer - http://tinydancermba.blogspot.com
5. gltnforpnshmnt - http://gltnforpnshmnt.wordpress.com
7. mbabound08 - http://mbabound08.wordpress.com
8. Achilles - http://theachillesworld.blogspot.com
9. Eight Schools - http://sustainedagony.blogspot.com
10. MBA Runner Girl - http://mbarunnergirl.blogspot.com

Most Entertaining Applicant Blog
VidiViciVeni

Best GMAT Preparation Advice
vectorSpace - http://vectorspace101.blogspot.com

Best School Selection Advice
B-School Bound

Best Essay Advice
Jaguar Paw - http://thejaguarpaw.blogspot.com

Best Interview Advice
mbabound08

Best Single Post by an Applicant (tie)
Miss Curly Bee - “Bee’s Ideal Application Timeline”
Ameya - “the Board”

Top 10 Student Blogs
1. m@ (Ross) - http://speedywithchicken.wordpress.com
2. MaybeMBA (Chicago) - http://tombaornot.blogspot.com
3. Hair Twirler (Georgetown) - http://mbajamey.blogspot.com
4. Iday (Chicago) - http://i4iday.blogspot.com
4. John (Columbia) - http://j-term-johnny.blogspot.com
6. La Laudiaria (Wharton) - http://heiressmba.blogspot.com
7. MBA Gladiator (Yale) - http://mbagladiator.blogspot.com
8. Angel Angie (LBS) - http://angelangie2008.blogspot.com
9. Necromonger (INSEAD) - http://onwardtomba.blogspot.com
10. Christof Meyer (Darden) - http://www.squaremethod.com/blog

Most Entertaining Student Blog
m@

Best Resource for Applicants
Iday

Best Job/Internship Advice
MaybeMBA

Best Representation of Academics (tie)
MaybeMBA
Shahid (Kellogg) - http://www.shahidhussain.com/blog/

Best Representation of Student Life (tie)
MBA Gladiator
Mandy (Darden) - http://mandylozano.blogspot.com

Best Single Post by a Student (tie)
m@ - “Prologue: 2008”
MaybeMBA - “The Working vs. Stay at Home Mom Myth”

Our congratulations go out to everyone whose blog has been recognized! We’ll be getting in touch with the top-ranked bloggers this week to iron out prize selection and distribution. Top-ranked bloggers July Dream and m@ will have their pick of an 8GB iPod Touch or a $300 Amazon.com gift certificate, and Miss Curly Bee, VidiViciVeni, MaybeMBA and Hair Twirler can opt for a subscription to either Business Week or The Economist: a token of our gratitude for the time and effort they’ve put into creating interesting and informative accounts of their MBA-related experiences.

Finally, we’d like to thank the celebrity judges and voting bloggers who made the BoB awards possible, as well as the blogging community at large who make this exercise worthwhile. We’re constantly impressed with the depth and breadth of material that MBA applicants and students share with each other, and with the supportive atmosphere this fosters. We’re looking forward to another great year of content detailing the application process and MBA experience - happy reading and writing!

# posted by Clear Admit @ 10:16 am in Fridays from the Frontline, General, School: Yale

DISCUSSIONS / BLOGS / WIKI

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Wiki

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
Clear Admit manages the Applying section of the StudyLink MBA discussion boards.

student 2 student
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.

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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