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Clear Admit School Guides Clear Admit Interview Guides Below are the upcoming deadlines for admission to top-tier schools. Jan. 2: Michigan / Ross R2 Jan. 6: HBS R2 Jan. 6: LBS R2 Jan. 7: Chicago GSB R2 Jan. 7: UVA / Darden R2 Jan. 7: Dartmouth / Tuck R2 Jan. 7: Duke / Fuqua R2 Jan. 7: Stanford GSB R2 Jan. 7: Yale SOM R2 Jan. 8: UCLA / Anderson R2 Jan. 8: Wharton R2 Jan. 9: UNC Kenan-Flagler R3 Jan. 12: Cornell / Johnson R3 Jan. 12: Kellogg R2 Jan. 13: MIT Sloan R2 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.
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 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.
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 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 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) 1 ESADE (Spain) 1 or 2 HEC (France) 2 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 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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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 Wharton Essay Topic Analysis 2008-2009 With the exception of one new prompt, Wharton’s 2008-2009 essay questions are largely the same as last years, though the topics have been slightly shuffled. The general question about “leadership capacity” that was one of several options last year is now a required response. Meanwhile, the school has scrapped, last year’s “outsider” prompt entirely, adding a new question about an experience innovating or initiating. Essay 1: Describe your career progress to date and your future short-term and long-term career goals. How do you expect a Wharton MBA to help you achieve these goals, and why is now the best time for you to join our program? (1,000 words) As is the case with most schools, demonstrating an understanding of the unique merits of Wharton’s program is crucial to an effective response to this question. Taking the time to learn about the school’s curriculum, special programs and extracurricular activities - whether through a visit to campus, conversation with alumni or reading the Clear Admit School Guide to Wharton - will pay dividends here. Essay 2:Describe a failure or setback that you have experienced. What role did you play and what did you learn about yourself? (500 words) As is always the case, it’s important to focus on the positive elements of this scenario. A sound approach to any essay that explicitly asks applicants to recount a time when things went less than well is to summarize the failure itself briefly, spending the bulk of the essay relating his or her response and lessons learned. Also along these lines, rather than commenting that he or she learned about a weakness as a result of the failure, it would be ideal for an applicant to select a situation in which something positive was discovered due to the response. This is not to say that your essay should fall into the trap of merely being a ‘veiled success’ (a failure that isn’t really a failure at all); however, it is important to demonstrate positive growth and the learning experience that can come from missing the mark. Essay 3:Where in your background would we find evidence of your leadership capacity and/or potential? (500 words) Essay 4: Please Complete One Of The Following Two Questions: Question 4a is new for this admissions season. The addition of this prompt seems to suggest an increased interest in gauging a candidate’s ability to see the larger contexts of different situations and find novel ways of working within them. Wharton prizes a high level of reflectiveness in its applicants, and this question is no exception; the comments about what was learned from this experience and the larger impact of the candidate’s proactiveness are just as important as a clear recap of the situation. The final broad inquiry about the applicant’s personal background, meanwhile, has been a standard component of the Wharton application for many years running. Which of these two essays to answer will depend on the subjects of the three required responses. A good approach might be to complete the required essays, and then reflect carefully on your candidacy to determine what’s missing from the picture, keeping in mind the importance of leadership examples. This exercise will likely draw out which format and what subject matter will complete your application. |
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Wiki MBA Admissions WikiThe 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 ForumsThe BusinessWeek Discussion Boards are another way to learn about the issues applicants face. Clear Admit hosts the Ask Clear Admit thread, which should help answer your questions. Here is a link to the original interface (for those of you who didn't like the recent upgrade). Also, here are the five most recent discussions taking place in the forum: Clear Admit is a featured expert in the BeatTheGMAT forums, answering questions from applicants across the globe. Feel free to ask us your questions in this forum! Here are the most recent posts: Clear Admit manages the Applying section of the StudyLink MBA discussion boards. The student-2-student Discussion Boards are managed by Wharton. Here are the five most recent discussions. 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 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.comCommunity 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. Best of Blogging 2007-2008 Top Ten:
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