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Dawna Clarke (Tuck)
Rose Martinelli (Chicago)
Judith Hodara (Wharton)
Sarah Neher (Darden)
Soojin Kwon Koh (Michigan)
Randall Sawyer (Cornell)
Beth Flye (Kellogg)
David Simpson (LBS)

Clear Admit School Guides
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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.
Nov. 17: Cornell / Johnson R2
Nov. 26: INSEAD R2
Dec. 5: UNC Kenan-Flagler R2
Dec. 9: Berkeley / Haas R2
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
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*
USC / Marshall*
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
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.

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Friday, September 05, 2008

Fridays From the Frontline

Welcome to September everyone and welcome to Fridays From the Frontline! Those of us here in the U.S. are very aware that it’s hurricane season up and down the Atlantic Coast and convention time in the middle and west of the country. These sorts of things can make a person feel the need to head to high ground to escape the deluge, whether in the form of 150 miles per hour wind or the cacophony of political pundits’ voices. This week in the MBA blogosphere we were introduced to guest bloggers, got reacquainted with a long silent blogger and continued to be amazed at just how much it takes to stay ahead of those gale force winds (re: deadlines).

Wharton ‘10 TinyDancer’s guest blogger, BadDancer explained that after expecting a category 5 change of life when his wife started b-school, he was pleasantly found to be wrong…that Wharton had passed the first test. Elsewhere in the first year universe, Darden ‘10 JulyDream found herself in a tough prioritizing position. LBS ‘10 N.A.S managed to wall climb, festival watch and consider four important questions.

After a 3 month blogging hiatus Chicago ‘09 GSBSutras had a lot to say and this included describing his summer internship as an “escapist resort”. Fellow GSB’er ‘09 Iday happily returned to Chicago. INSEAD ‘09 Marc found he was just short of fluent in two languages and shared his excitement over Welcome Week in Fontainbleu. Yet another windy city ‘09er, MaybeMBA, shared her thoughts on how to learn to love the job search.

While those just starting their first or second years of school are a bit quiet, the ever thinking, ever hoping aspirants were busy, busy, busy making noise! Ahembeea worried about a non-responsive recommender and reviewed Kellogg’s essays. Samantha was also gearing up for recommenders by compiling recommendation packets. Leonidas was swept away by the knowledge that all applicants are more than their academic and professional experience. Happy Bunny had a similarly upbeat and positive message. In not exactly positive but not exactly negative news MyNameIsNeo was wait-listed by INSEAD and plans to move forward with his relocation to Singapore. TienyChesney spent time in New York, considered adding chicken to his diet and worried about the low percentage of women in Columbia’s class of 2008. Maxwriter, wondered where all the accepted MBA bloggers have gone. While AlwaysThinking thought about, and discarded, the possibility of giving up on the pursuit of an MBA Chandara buckled down and studied for the GMAT.

And that about sums up this last week in and around the blogosphere. As the deadlines loom ever closer and more and more schools start their fall class schedule, we’re sure that things will continue to keep every one on their proverbial b-school toes!

# posted by Clear Admit @ 3:02 am in Fridays from the Frontline

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