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Posted by Clear Admit on August 29, 2008, at 3:00 pm
Forté Foundation is coming to cities across the country with their annual Forum series, featuring top women business leaders sharing candid advice drawn from their own career experiences. They will be joined by admissions officers from the top MBA programs, who will answer questions and give advice about the admissions process. The events provide ample opportunity to mingle with corporate and school representatives for one-on-one networking opportunities.
Forté Foundation is dedicated to encouraging women to pursue careers in business leadership by providing access to information, scholarships and networking opportunities. Forté is backed by 27 leading corporations, 37 top business schools in the U.S. and abroad, and The Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®).
This fall, the Forum events will feature business leaders such as . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 29, 2008, at 11:55 am
Bank of America announced this week that it will partner with the MIT Sloan School of Management’s Laboratory for Financial Engineering (LFE) to use cutting-edge financial analysis to drive innovation in financial services.
Funding from Bank of America will support multiple quantitative research efforts at the LFE involving computational finance, quantitative analytics and risk-reward tradeoffs. The collaboration promises Bank of America an early look at game-changing research important to both banking activities and customer experience.
“Bank of America is investing in the future of banking,” Susan Faulkner, Deposits & Student Lending executive at Bank of America, said in a statement announcing the collaboration. “We believe that the results of our collaboration with MIT Sloan will have long-range significance for changing the face of . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 29, 2008, at 3:06 am
It’s sometimes hard to believe how fast a season can fly by and yet here we are at the end of August with many b-schools deep into their orientation and only days away from opening their academic year. Last year’s applicants are this year’s incoming students and last year’s first years are suddenly top dogs on campus! Next thing you know the leaves on the trees will be orange, yellow and red, round one will be a memory, and MBA hopefuls will be torn between spending time with their families and friends or knuckling down and getting that last essay just right. But we shouldn’t rush ahead, there are still warm days in front of us and a whole first round . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 28, 2008, at 5:27 pm
Last week, incoming international students at the Kellogg School of Management took turns stepping up to the podium to practice mock business presentations. No, the academic year doesn’t begin at Kellogg until September. But the American Culture and English for International Business Students Program (ACE) was already well underway.
ACE, an immersive four-week experience, was designed in conjunction with Northwestern University’s School of Continuing Studies to help students with limited exposure to English as a primary language acclimate themselves to American culture before the rest of their classmates arrive.
This year’s ACE program, which took place from July 28th through August 22nd, featured workshops on business writing, cultural communications and classroom dynamics. Working together as teams, students presented projects to their fellow classmates, completed case studies, . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 28, 2008, at 2:30 pm
As promised, here is the answer to yesterday’s Manhattan GMAT Challenge Question!
The key to this problem is to make the common term in both ratios equal. We should set up a table to display both ratios:
Cat
Can
Kay
4
7
5
9
Now, we can double any of the ratios. In fact, we can multiply any row by any positive-integer factor (x2, x3, x10, etc.). We are constrained to positive-integer factors, though, because the actual number of any boat must be a positive integer.
The number of canoes in each row should be the same, so that we can merge the ratios. The least common multiple of 7 and 5 is 35, so we multiply the top row by 5 and the bottom . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 28, 2008, at 5:53 am
Unchanged since last year, INSEAD’s essay questions cover a good deal of ground, giving candidates ample opportunity to discuss a range of topics related to their candidacies and highlight various elements of their interests and experiences. The first two “job essays” ask for a factual account of one’s current position and overall professional progression, while the rest of the set invite short reflections and exposition of the type MBA applicants are accustomed.
INSEAD’s total of seven essays puts the school at the high end of the MBA application spectrum in terms of questions posed. As always, careful forethought and planning before beginning to write will be important in ensuring that one is using each essay to one’s best advantage and presenting a . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 27, 2008, at 5:00 pm
Each year, the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania hosts a two-day event designed to welcome prospective students from diverse backgrounds to visit campus, meet students and learn more about the admissions process. Explore Wharton: Diversity in Action 2008 will take place on September 25th and 26th, and registration is now open.
Co-sponsored by the Wharton African American MBA Association (AAMBAA), the Wharton Hispanic American MBA Association (WHAMBAA), Wharton’s Out for Business (Out4Biz), Wharton Women in Business (WWIB) and the MBA Admissions and Financial Aid Office, the event is open to prospective women, under-represented minority and LGBT students.
A full schedule of events provides participants with opportunities to sit in on Wharton classes, hear from the admissions office staff and . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 27, 2008, at 2:16 pm
Welcome back to another edition of Workbook Wednesdays, brought to you by our friends at Manhattan GMAT. Take a look at the problem below, and be sure to check back in with us tomorrow for an explanation of the answer!
Question:
On Lake Coheeries, there are only three kinds of boats: catamarans, canoes, and kayaks. The ratio of catamarans to canoes is 4:7, and the ratio of canoes to kayaks is 5:9. Which of the following could be the total number of boats on the lake?
A) 575
B) 580
C) 585
D) . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 27, 2008, at 3:13 am
As An Applicant, What Do You Consider Your Greatest Strength?
My career goals.
My GMAT score.
My personality.
My work history.
My extracurricular activities.
My undergraduate GPA.
My recommenders.
View . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 26, 2008, at 2:00 pm
Launched just over a year ago, the Stern Campus Greening Initiative (SCGI) at New York University (NYU) is already winning recognition for its efforts to make a positive environmental impact on its urban campus. Earlier this month, SCGI took “green” at the national Net Impact Green Challenge, in which top business schools compete against each other to drive awareness of sustainability issues among members of their schools’ communities.
“We’ve been able to do a lot over the past year, from a more aggressive recycling program to energy and water conservation efforts, to creating and implementing environmental initiatives for the entire Stern community,” Jake Berlin (MBA ’09), head of SCGI, said in a statement. “It is exciting that we’ve been recognized for our . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 26, 2008, at 12:42 pm
Earlier this summer Clear Admit posted Kellogg’s 2008-2009 essay topics and provided our own analysis of each prompt. At the time Kellogg’s website made no mention of spacing requirements for their essays (although the school has historically required double spacing). After contacting the school’s admissions office to clarify this point, we posted our findings: that essays were no longer required to be double spaced.
More recently, it has come to our attention that there was a bit of miscommunication from the admissions office in this regard. If you have had conflicting information from the school’s office and website, Clear Admit would like to help straighten this out. Kellogg does, in fact, require its essays to be double spaced.
If, in the future, . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 26, 2008, at 2:36 am
It’s time again for our regular Trivia Tuesday column examining the policies, programs, and opportunities available at the leading business schools. Today we’ll take a look at the ways students are involved in the non-profit management programs at the Yale SOM.
According to the biennial survey of MBA programs published by Beyond Grey Pinstripes, Yale is among the top 25 full-time programs for incorporating environmental and social issues into their curricula and research. Yale’s high level of attention to these issues is made possible by a number of school-sponsored programs, and borne out in Yale students’ participation in events promoting social entrepreneurship and sustainable business.
Yale’s reputation in non-profit and public sector management attracts a high number of students interested in entering these . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 25, 2008, at 2:30 pm
Becoming the latest in a rash of business schools to name new deans this year, INSEAD last week announced that Professor Jake Cohen will succeed outgoing Professor Antonio Fatás as the new dean of the school’s MBA program. His term will begin on September 1, 2008.
Cohen, a professor of accounting and control and business law, has been with INSEAD for more than five years, during which time he also has served as the director of the INSEAD-PricewaterhouseCoopers research initiative on high performance organizations, the school’s largest research center.
‘The ability to position strong, globally minded leaders within an organization is the cornerstone for success,’ J. Frank Brown, dean of INSEAD, said in a statement announcing Cohen’s appointment.
Cohen has taught courses at both . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 25, 2008, at 9:28 am
PHILADELPHIA (Business Wire/EON) — MBA applications are on track to reach record levels this admissions season due to a collision of demographic and economic factors. As a result, b-school hopefuls are facing a more competitive landscape than ever, especially those seeking admission to the top schools.
To help applicants navigate this “perfect storm” and prepare the strongest applications possible, Clear Admit has just released the Clear Admit Resume Guide. This 17-page document – filled with step-by-step instructions, illustrative examples and two full resume templates – teaches applicants how to create a masterful resume that provides an effective overview of their candidacy, distilling major accomplishments to a single page while providing a full and compelling picture of their strengths and background.
“The . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 25, 2008, at 2:46 am
Make sure to sign up for the MBA programs’ receptions and admissions panels ahead of time (when necessary), as spaces do fill up quickly. You don’t want to miss these valuable opportunities to learn more about your target programs.
Here is a schedule of events for the week of August 25-31. Enjoy!
Monday, August 25
Columbia: Admissions Information Session and Reception; Sao Paulo, Brazil
Harvard: All MBA Admissions Student-led Reception; Los Angeles
MIT: Sloan-on-the-Road; Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tuesday, August 26
Columbia: Admissions Information Session and Reception; Bangalore, India
Columbia: Admissions Information Session and Reception; Mexico City, Mexico
Harvard: HBS Reception; Mexico City, Mexico
Harvard: HBS Reception, San Francisco
Wednesday, August 27
Columbia: Admissions Information Session and Reception; Monterrey, Mexico
Columbia: Admissions Information Session and Reception; . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 22, 2008, at 3:11 pm
Following the recent announcement of the 2008-2009 application season deadlines, the London Business School essay topics for this year have been released. The topics are as follows:
Question 1 (600 words)
In what role do you see yourself working immediately after graduation? Why? How will your past and present experiences help you achieve this? How will the London Business School MBA Programme contribute to this goal? Why is this the right time for you to pursue an MBA?
Question 2 (200 words)
Where do you see your career progressing five years after graduation and what is your longer term career vision?
Question 3 (500 words)
Please describe your experience of working in and leading teams, either in your professional or personal life. Include any specific . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 22, 2008, at 12:19 pm
First-years students at Columbia Business School (CBS) this fall will take part in a new corporate governance module during orientation, the first of several changes to the school’s core curriculum that will be unveiled over the course of the year. As part of the curriculum redesign, CBS also has streamlined the required components of the core in an effort to give students more flexibility to enroll in electives in their first year.
The introduction of the corporate governance module, a non-credit component that will begin during first-year orientation and conclude with a capstone session in the final term of the MBA program, is designed to shine a spotlight on a topic too often overlooked as a core competency in management education.
“Today, every . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 22, 2008, at 7:58 am
Hello and welcome to another installment of Fridays From the Frontline. Clear Admit has been vigilant in its perusal of the MBA blogosphere this week and can see that the dwindling summer days have lit a fire under aspirants and current students alike. Though the Olympics continue, many bloggers’ attentions were focused on different matters this week.
The class of ’09 found themselves at the end of their internships and were already looking back at all they managed to fit into the summer. Some of these summer reflections proved to be more, well, squishy than others, to which McDonough ’09 Hairtwirler (still in England) could, unfortunately, testify. Chicago ’09 Iday was particularly introspective, having . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 21, 2008, at 4:43 pm
London Business School has posted its deadlines for the 2008-2009 application cycle.
Round One
Application Due: October 14, 2008
Decision Sent: December 18, 2008
Round Two
Application Due: January 6, 2009
Decision Sent: March 31, 2009
Round Three
Application Due: March 3, 2009
Decision Sent: May 22, 2009
Round Four
Application Due: April 30, 2009
Decision Sent: July 8, 2009
All applications are due by 5:00 pm, . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 21, 2008, at 2:06 pm
Columbia Business School has announced its newest executives in residence, tapping renowned industry leaders from the healthcare and media sectors to advise and mentor CBS students beginning this fall.
The newest executives to join CBS’s Executives in Residence program are Robert Essner, former chairman and CEO of Wyeth, one of the largest healthcare and pharmaceutical companies in the world, and Richard Zannino, former CEO of Dow Jones & Company.
As executives in residence, both will serve one-year renewable terms, during which time they will be give guest lectures, work with campus clubs, host brown-bag luncheons for students, and work one on one as mentors to students looking to enter their respective fields.
Essner, who was a proponent of research and development at Wyeth and . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 21, 2008, at 3:18 am
Queens School of Business has published its application deadlines for the 2008-2009 application season:
Round 1
Application Deadline: October 28th, 2008
Round 2
Application Deadline: February 2nd, 2009
Round 3
Application Deadline: March . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 20, 2008, at 4:25 pm
The UNC/Kenan Flagler essay topics for the 2008-2009 have recently been formally announced, as the school’s application has gone live as of today. The essay questions for this year’s application are as follows:
Essay 1 (required): What are the 2 or 3 strengths or characteristics that have driven your career success thus far? Do you have other strengths that you would like to leverage in the future? (500 words)
Essay 2 (required): Briefly describe the career path you intend to pursue immediately after b-school. Explain why this career option appeals to you and why an MBA is appropriate at this time. (500 words)
Essay 3 (required): What personal qualities or life experiences distinguish you from other applicants? How do these qualities or . . . → Continue Reading
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