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Admissions Director Q&A
Below are links to Clear Admit's exclusive interviews with MBA admissions directors at leading programs.
Dawna Clarke (Tuck)
Rose Martinelli (Chicago)
Judith Hodara (Wharton)
Sara Neher (Darden)
Soojin Kwon Koh (Michigan)
Randall Sawyer (Cornell)
Beth Flye (Kellogg)
David Simpson (LBS)
Liz Riley Hargrove (Duke)
Linda Meehan (Columbia)
Bruce DelMonico (Yale)
Peter Johnson (Berkeley)
Isser Gallogly (NYU)
Mae Jennifer Shores (UCLA)
J.J. Cutler (Wharton)
Jake Cohen (INSEAD)
Rod Garcia (MIT Sloan)
Mary Miller (Columbia)

Clear Admit School Guides
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Clear Admit Strategy Series
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Clear Admit Interview Guides
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Application Deadlines
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
Below are links to our comments on some of the top programs' essay topics.
The Career Goals Essay
Berkeley / Haas*
Chicago Booth*
CMU / Tepper*
Columbia*
Cornell / Johnson*
Dartmouth / Tuck*
Duke / Fuqua*
Harvard*
Indian School of Business*
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 '09-'10 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
MBA.com
Manhattan GMAT
GMAT Club
Princeton Review
Test Prep New York
Kaplan
Beat The GMAT
Knewton

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
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
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

HBS Admissions Answers Round 2 Applicants’ Questions

In a post last week, Harvard Business School (HBS) Director of Admissions Deirdre Leopold promised new details this week for round 2 applicants. Yesterday she delivered.

In yesterday’s post, Leopold provided answers to some of the questions her office has been hearing the most over the past few days.

For starters, she informed applicants that they should expect their online status to remain as “submitted” until notification day, which is April 2nd. There is no such status as “under review” or anything similar.

She also assured anxious applicants scheduled to take the GMAT in the next few days that they needn’t worry about whether their official report from GMAC reaches her office by January 6th. “You need to report a GMAT score when you submit the application,” she wrote. If verification from GMAC arrives slightly later than the application deadline, that’s fine.

The TOEFL is a different matter, she wrote. “You need to have taken the TOEFL and have an official score to report before you can submit the application,” she said. As a reminder, only those candidates whose undergraduate university instruction was NOT in English are required to take the TOEFL.

Finally, Leopold clarified for round 2 applicants that they do not need to wait until their recommendations have been send before submitting their own application. “The requirement for submitting is that you input the names/information about your recommenders,” she wrote. Recommendations can be submitted any time up until the January 6th deadline at 5 p.m. EST, she added, but there is no need to wait until then to submit an actual application.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 4:00 pm in MBA News, School: Harvard

Wiki Wednesdays: Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua Interview Reports

With 2009 nearly upon us, welcome to the final 2008 edition of Wiki Wednesdays, where we share fresh interview reports published in the Clear Admit Wiki, a repository of MBA applicants’ experiences and observations! As most schools have distributed decisions to Round 1 candidates, we’re taking a break from the race to Round 2 deadlines to peruse a few interview reports from Dartmouth / Tuck and Duke / Fuqua.

A recent Tuck candidate recounted the following interview experience with an adcom member:

  1. Walk [me] through [your] resume, starting from undergrad. What [were you] involved in outside of class in undergrad?
  2. Why MBA? (Which led to discussion of goals after school.)
  3. Why Tuck? (It seems they ask everyone this)
  4. Tell about a time / how [you] work in teams.
  5. Tell about a time / how [you] lead.
  6. How will [you] get involved in Tuck, outside of class? (what groups and activities?)

Blogger MissionMBA shared the following questions from his Fuqua interview in the Clear Admit Wiki:

  1. Tell me something about yourself, starting with your education.
  2. Tell me about a team-effort that did not work out well.
  3. Tell me about a time when you had to convey a difficult message to somebody.
  4. How would you enrich the cultutre at Fuqua?
  5. If given a chance, what would you like to change in your life?

That wraps up Wiki Wednesdays for 2008!  We’d like to thank everyone who has contributed to the Clear Admit Wiki this year and we look forward to receiving plenty of reports in 2009!  If you would like to contribute a report of your experience in applying for an MBA, simply e-mail your interview report, campus visit account or school comparison evaluation to wiki@clearadmit.com.  You can also post directly to the Clear Admit Wiki by creating an account.  Thanks again to all those who have contributed this year and best of luck to those undergoing the application process in 2009!

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 11:30 am in Interview Tips, School: Dartmouth / Tuck, School: Duke / Fuqua, Wiki Wednesdays

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

NYU Stern Begins Search for New Dean as Thomas Cooley Prepares to Step Down

Thomas Cooley, who has served as dean of New York University’s Stern School of Business since August 2002, plans to step down, according to a report earlier this month in the Financial Times. NYU Stern is now beginning its search for a new dean, the report continued.

Cooley, a macroeconomist, was a former faculty member at Wharton, Rochester and Santa Barbara before coming to NYU Stern, where he replaced George Daley, who is now dean at Georgetown. 

In his tenure at Stern, Cooley has hired more than 90 faculty, the FT reported. Under his watch, the school also has raised more than $190 million in the latest fundraising initiative and set up 24 professorships, the FT continued.

Setting up joint programs with schools outside the United States has been a particular focus for Cooley. He has helped to establish programs with schools in Hong Kong, Switzerland and the Netherlands, according to the FT report.

Clear Admit will provide more information regarding NYU Stern’s search for a new dean here as it becomes available.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 12:00 pm in General, MBA News, School: NYU Stern

Trivia Tuesday: London Business School’s Shadowing Project

In this week’s Trivia Tuesday column we turn our attention to experiential education across the pond, examining the Shadowing Project at London Business School.

The shadowing project at LBS enables students to gain a firsthand perspective on the daily role of a high ranking manager by “shadowing” that person for up to a week as they perform their job. Students report that they benefit immensely from this exposure, which illuminates skills they need to develop to succeed as managers.

Before entering the workplace of their “shadowees,” as they are called, students examine key studies and concepts in managerial behavior, building a theoretical framework to help them assess the management situations they will witness during the project. After the shadowing period, students synthesize their observations in a graded report that objectively profiles the leadership style of their shadowee.

To set up the Shadowing Project, students are expected to initiate contact with a manager of their choosing, and to arrange mutually acceptable dates for the shadowing to take place. While the task of contacting a high-level manager and pitching the shadowing idea may seem daunting, LBS explains that learning to harness the LBS network and preexisting professional contacts is one of the project’s key takeaways for students. The shadowing project can be completed between January and May in either the first or second year. The actual shadowing need not occur over five consecutive days, so students and their shadowees may decide to schedule the shadowing dates around critical meetings or events that it would be most helpful to witness.

Of the managers LBS students have shadowed over the past few years, about 15% have been CEO’s, 25% Managing Directors, General Managers or Vice Presidents, and 10% have held the highest ranking finance post in their organizations. In addition to the more traditional shadowees at investment banks and pharmaceutical companies, students have shadowed prominent figures in politics, as well as the management of a symphony orchestra. More than one-third of students travel outside the UK for the project.

For more on the projects and experiential learning opportunities at London Business School or other leading MBA programs, be sure to check out the Academics and Special Projects sections of the Clear Admit School Guides!

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 2:07 am in School: London Business School, Trivia Tuesday

Monday, December 29, 2008

Hedge Fund Expert Teaches Students the Industry at Yale SOM

The Yale School of Management (SOM) is among a handful of other schools in the New York area that have begun to offer students a course in hedge fund operations and management taught by someone with real-world experience, according to a recent article in the New York Times.

At most business schools, students can study aspects of hedge funds in classes like investment management, financial engineering, endowment management and entrepreneurship, the Times reported. But at Yale SOM, students study under Leon Metzger, an 18-year industry veteran and founder of Paloma Partners, one of the “granddaddies” of the hedge fund industry, the Times continued.

In a syllabus modeled after an offering memorandum for a hedge fund, Metzger advises students interested in learning the secrets of moneymaking to register for a different class.

His is grounded in current events and practical application of theory. As an example, the Times reported that a class devoted to valuation involved a three-hour discussion of Merrill Lynch’s sale of $30 billion of collateralized debt obligations to the Lone Star Funds for 22 cents on the dollar and financing support.

“Talking about valuations is slightly more interesting than watching grass grow or paint dry, but talking about this sale brings the topic to life,” Metzger told the Times.

Other class exercises put students in front of real-life hedge fund insiders, who judge the students’ presentations of their mock hedge funds. Jacob Navon, an executive recruiter who served as one such judge, praised the Yale SOM class for teaching students presentation and other practical skills. “That’s an angle not uniformly taught,” he told the Times.

Yale SOM dean Sharon Oster told the Times that she views teachers like Metzger with real-life experience as providing a valuable complement to the academic curriculum.

Other New York-area schools, including New York University, Columbia and Cornell, are doing the same, according to the Times report. Still other schools recognize the need to include a focus on hedge funds as part of a complete business school education.

“Hedge funds have become such a big factor in financial markets that in order to make sure your students’ knowledge base is current, you really have to cover hedge funds somewhere in the curriculum,” Andrew W. Lo, professor at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management and director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Financial Engineering, told the Times.

In fact, at Yale SOM, few of the students in Metzger’s class plan to pursue careers in hedge funds. “I knew a long time ago what I was going to be doing, and it wasn’t hedge funds,” Yulee Newsome, a student in the class, told the Times. Newsome will join Dow Chemical when he graduates. “But it seemed to me that I would be pretty remiss if I left business school and didn’t know about one of the more important aspects of finance,” he continued.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 12:00 pm in General, MBA News, School: Columbia, School: Cornell / Johnson, School: MIT / Sloan, School: NYU Stern, School: Yale

Admissions Tip: Round Two Recap and Advice

As we prepare to bid goodbye to 2008 and greet the deadline-packed first month of 2009, we would like to take the opportunity to recap the upcoming Round Two deadlines and offer some advice for hardworking applicants.

First, a summary of this month’s deadlines along with the exact time each application is due:

Friday, January 2nd
Ross/Michigan, 11:59 p.m. EST

Tuesday, January 6th
Harvard Business School, 5 p.m. EST
London Business School, Noon EST

Wednesday, January 7th
Booth/Chicago, 5 p.m. CST
Yale, 11:59 p.m. EST
Tuck/Dartmouth, 5 p.m. EST
Fuqua/Duke, 11:59 p.m. EST
Darden/UVA, 11:59 p.m. EST
Stanford, 5 p.m. PST

Thursday, January 8th
Wharton, 5 p.m. EST
Anderson/UCLA, 9 p.m. PST

Monday, January 12th
Northwestern/Kellogg, 11:59 p.m. CST
Cornell, 11:59 p.m. EST

Tuesday, January 13th
Sloan/MIT, Noon PST

Thursday, January 15th
Stern/NYU, 11:59 p.m. EST

For those candidates who have already submitted their Round Two applications, we wish you a hearty congratulations and an exciting New Year’s Eve. However, for the many applicants still working feverishly to finish, we offer a few pieces of last minute advice:

1) Prioritize. The difference between a January 2nd and 8th deadline didn’t matter much when you started working on your applications in the fall. However, with just a few days remaining, make sure you are taking deadlines into account as you prioritize your work. Though your MIT Sloan essays may need the most revising, save that polishing until after you turn in the Wharton application on the 8th.  Similarly, for those of you really facing the crunch, you may need to take a step back and pare down your list of target schools, as it’s better to submit three or four solid applications than it is to turn in six half-baked efforts.

2) Proof. Tired of reading the same essay for the 19th time? Ask a friend, family member or Clear Admit consultant to provide a final read through, checking for grammar, punctuation, typos, and other easy to miss mistakes. Don’t let a careless error be what the admissions committee first notices about your application.

3) Get a good night’s sleep! While New Year’s celebrations will offer a tempting distraction, remember that clear writing comes from clear thinking, and clear thinking is helped by a good night’s sleep. Ring in the new year, but save the real partying for after the application deadlines!

4) Avoid Loose Ends. While focusing frantically on essays is likely a high priority, do not overlook the fact that there are other components to your application package.  Have you checked with your recommenders to ensure that they’ve done their part?  Have you gathered any needed information for transcript reports?  Have you worked on the application forms (employment history, activities listings, etc)?  In the rush to submit many applicants overlook these critical areas, resulting in an inconsistent application.

As always, you can contact Clear Admit to learn more about our admissions consulting services by emailing your resume to info@clearadmit.com.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 3:00 am in Admissions Tips, General

Friday, December 26, 2008

Fridays From The Frontline

Another seven days have slipped through our collective fingers, and here we are for another Fridays From The Frontline. Applicants have continued to receive news from their first round applications while enrolled students wrapped up their first semesters/terms/quarters and headed home to celebrate (or not) the holidays. The gift of an acceptance certainly lifted the spirits of many a blogger, while the zaps that others received should not be taken as a definitive sign of whether they were ‘naughty’ or ‘nice’, as much as a reflection of the sheer competition all applicants are facing this season.

While not an acceptance, Ahembeea did receive his waitlist notification from Tuck and shared a few lessons from his application process. MissionMBA also heard from Tuck and considered his placement on the school’s waitlist a ‘ray of hope’.  While they began the wait on tenterhooks to see if they get off the waitlist, The Teacher was unfortunately zapped and wondered what his next step should be.  Maverick was waitlisted by W.P. Carey, but had an optimistic outlook. MBAlmighty was happy to be invited to interview by ISB. Earlybird, aware of the fierce competition for an acceptance from Harvard, considered other top choices. Samantha was getting into the Kellogg and cookie-eating spirit. Samantha’s future Kellogg classmate, D.G., shared his plan for fully taking advantage of this chance and realizing his ambitions. Mike’s Kellogg admission packet arrived, and he elaborated on his plans in regards to his remaining HBS and Duke applications.  Soni, also, found an admission packet in his mailbox, for Chicago Booth. Maxwriter wished the blogosphere a merry Christmas and happy new year.

Speaking of Christmas, LBS ‘10 N.A.S. posted an open letter to ‘Mrs. Klaus’, requesting a number of things including help with slaying the ‘Facebook monster’. Darden ‘10 JulyDream enjoyed the holidays and slept past noon for the first time in months. Fellow Darden community member, Anand, shared his outlook on the rigors of the program. Darden ‘09 Mandy was loving her Patagonia Christmas. Ross ‘09 M@ was reminded of what was really important during his Christmas, the result: a punch in the face from reality. Chicago ‘09 MaybeMBA empathized with those hearing from their round one schools.

Here we conclude our traipse through the treacherous travels and terrific treats of the past week. For those of you who celebrated Christmas yesterday, we hope that you received gifts that made you smile and that your stockings were properly stuffed. As round two deadlines become even more imminent, we hope that those planning to send applications have planned accordingly and will have a (relatively) stress-free next two weeks!

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 12:00 pm in Fridays from the Frontline

Chicago Booth Admissions Chat, Holiday Hours

In a recent post on her blog, Associate Dean for Student Recruitment and Admissions Rose Martinelli reflected on a successful year at the Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business and shared details about her office’s hours and resources for prospective applicants who will be working on their applications over the holidays.

“We will have staff available during normal working hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST) on December 23rd, December 29th, December 30th and flexible hours on December 24th and December 31st,” she wrote.

Chicago Booth also will hold an admissions chat on Tuesday, December 30th, at 9 a.m. CST. “This is a great time for you to get any last minute questions answered,” Martinelli advised.

To participate in the hour-long chat, bookmark this page. A “Join Now” button will become active half an hour before the chat begins.

In the meantime, you also can review transcripts of recent admissions chats at Chicago Booth. An archive is available in the Chicago Booth Chat Center.  Finally, don’t forget to read Rose Martinelli’s Admissions Director Q&A with Clear Admit.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 2:19 am in Admissions Tips, MBA News, School: Chicago

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Campus Chronicles: NYU Stern’s Opportunity

‘Tis the day to be jolly, as it’s time for another edition of Campus Chronicles!  Today we turn our attention back to NYU Stern, checking out what the student newspaper, Opportunity, has to reveal about the latest happenings on campus.

Opportunity sheds light on the efforts of NYU Stern’s ProMotion Pictures Program to create branded content for Cisco’s Digital Cribs Campaign.  This campaign enables students to delve into how individuals employ technology in innovative ways to encourage consumers to adopt these new technologies.  In working on these creative interpretations, both business and film students gain real-world experience in working with a corporate sponsor to generate and market their content.  Eight teams of NYU business and film students have worked over the last couple of months to produce documentaries which explore the intersection of technology and consumers.  NYU Stern students had the opportunity to view and vote on these films at http://www.cisco.com/web/consumer/digitalcribs/index.html.

On the social front, over 600 members of the Stern alumni community attended the Eighth Annual Stern Alumni Ball on December 6th at the American Museum of Natural History.  A special tradition, the gala allows alumni, faculty, administrators and friends the opportunity to reunite and celebrate the Stern community over the holidays.  Over the course of evening, alumni enjoyed exclusive access to the exhibits in the Cullman Hall of the Universe, the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, and the Heilbrunn Cosmic Pathway, enjoying an breath-taking light show in the Big Bang Theater.  The gala was a great success, strengthening community ties and allowing all to enjoy one terrific evening.

Stayed tuned next week for a new edition of Campus Chronicles!  In the meantime, happy holidays!

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 3:00 am in Campus Chronicles, General

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

London Business School Names New President, Dean

London Business School (LBS) announced Monday that Robin Buchanan, the school’s current dean, will become its president and that professor Sir Andrew Likierman will succeed Buchanan as dean.

Likierman, who is currently a professor of management practice in accounting at LBS, will be the eighth dean in the school’s 44-year history.

The role president Buchanan will assume is a new role created on his recommendation, with endorsement by the school’s governing body. In this new role he will focus on development and external relations.

“I am extremely honoured to have been offered the role of dean,” Likierman said in a statement announcing his appointment. “The school’s vision is to be the pre-eminent global business school, and my priority will be to build on the work of Robin and my other predecessors to ensure that vision continues to be realised,” he continued.

Buchanan, too, looked forward toward the future in his new role as president. “I am proud of what we have all achieved at London Business School during my time as dean,” he said.  “I look forward to working with Andrew in this new role and to continuing to move the school forward.” he continued.

To learn more about the new leadership structure at LBS, click here.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 5:17 pm in MBA News, School: London Business School

Wiki Wednesdays: UCLA / Anderson, NYU / Stern, Yale School of Management Interview Reports

Welcome to another round of Wiki Wednesdays, where we highlight new and informative reports in the Clear Admit Wiki, an online repository of information learned by applicants throughout the MBA admissions process.  This week, we’re setting the spotlight on UCLA / Anderson, NYU / Stern and the Yale School of Management as they are still distributing Round 1 interview invitations.

In California, a Round 1 applicant shared his on-campus interview experience at Anderson:

  1. Tell me about what you do now?
  2. Why did you choose your current position?
  3. What part of your leadership experience will be the most helpful at Anderson?
  4. Elaborate on your career goals.
  5. How will Anderson help you get to your career goals?

Back on the East Coast, a Stern candidate faced the following queries from a member of the adcom:

  1. What are three words to describe Stern?
  2. What do you like about NYU?
  3. If you got into all the schools you applied to, how would you decide?

The Sterns candidate also noted, “I did not get any questions on my application or essays. She had my resume in front of her and asked a few questions from it.”

Another Round 1 candidate recounted the following interview with a second-year student at Yale:

  1. “The questions were like ‘what do you think of this topic (related to your industry)’. I don’t think the question was meant to throw me off or test me, but a different way to understand my point of view (and, of course, to see if I am informed). Because I added in stories on my own, I think that precluded the interviewer of asking me ‘tell me about a leadership experience etc…’ Then, Why MBA/Why Yale/Post-MBA goals. Because Yale is a lot about fit, I think the Why Yale question needs to be sincere and when you ask questions at the end they should be thoughtful. You don’t want them to think this is another stop on your interview tour.”

In line with this candidate’s advice, applicants may want to conduct some research by checking out the school’s website, contacting current students or reading the Clear Admit School Guide for Yale School of Management in order to prepare a distinctive case.  Also, don’t forget to check out the Clear Admit Interview Guides for a bit of extra guidance.

That concludes Wiki Wednesdays for this week.  As always, we’d like to thank everyone who has contributed content to the Clear Admit Wiki this season!  If you would like to share your interview or campus visit for the benefit of other applicants, simply create an account or send your reports to wiki@clearadmit.com.  Thanks for tuning in and best of luck!

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 11:30 am in Interview Tips, School: NYU Stern, School: UCLA / Anderson, School: Yale, Wiki Wednesdays

‘Tis The Season To Receive

For many around the world, the holidays are upon us. In the case of Channukah and Christmas, many gifts will be exchanged over the next week. This led Clear Admit to wonder what you would want, regardless of any religious affiliation, in regards to your business school application process.

What Would The Best Holiday Present Be For You?

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Round 1 Update from Harvard Business School

In a post on her blog, Harvard Business School (HBS) Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Deirdre Leopold took it upon herself to provide one last update to round one candidates before leaving for the holidays.

According to Leopold, she and her staff will be reviewing candidates following their interviews up until the round 1 notification date on January 21st. They also will be building the round one waitlist during this time.

“I expect that around 100 Round One candidates not yet invited to interview will be asked to join the waitlist on notification day,” Leopold wrote. Some of these waitlisted applicants will be invited to interview in the round two cycle, she continued. “Thus, you could say that a Round One waitlist decision is essentially a ‘further consideration’ message,” she wrote.

If you are among those applicants asked to join the waitlist, you will receive detailed information about the process and will be assigned a contact person in Dillon House. “We have every intention of admitting some candidates from the waitlist,” Leopold wrote reassuringly.

The HBS Admissions Office will close tomorrow for the winter holiday break and reopen on January 5th, although Leopold’s post does indicate that applicants working on round two applications should expect a message from the Admissions Committee on her blog early next week.

Good luck everyone!

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 9:35 am in MBA News, School: Harvard

Trivia Tuesday: Kellogg’s KWEST Program

It’s time again for Trivia Tuesday, our weekly look at the options and opportunities at some of the leading MBA programs. Today we take a peek at one of Kellogg’s unique student activities.

KWEST, which stands for Kellogg Worldwide Experiences and Service Trips, is a student-organized addition to the school’s traditional pre-term program. The trips are organized by second-year students and have become an incredibly popular way to begin the Kellogg experience, with over 75% of most incoming classes taking part. While all of the trips include a community service component, they are first and foremost a way to get to know a group of Kellogg students very well, to learn about the school from the second-year trip leaders and to begin experiencing the teamwork that is at the heart of Kellogg’s educational philosophy.

KWEST participants report that the trips are generally very social, with a focus on having fun while learning about fellow participants. Recent trips have partnered with organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the U.N. and the World Wildlife Fund to work on projects in Maine, Montana and Yosemite National Park in the U.S., and international destinations such as Bolivia, Iceland, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago.

To learn more about Kellogg’s pre-term program, international opportunities or teamwork philosophy (all topics that make good interview fodder), be sure to check out the school’s website or the Clear Admit School Guide to Kellogg!

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 2:55 am in School: Northwestern / Kellogg, Trivia Tuesday

Monday, December 22, 2008

Interview Update from Stanford GSB

In a post late last week on the Stanford GSB Admissions Blog, Director of Admissions Derrick Bolton announced that his office has extended roughly 400 interview invitations to first round candidates.

If you weren’t among those to receive an invite last week, don’t despair. “We expect to invite an additional 150 to 200 applicants to interview in the next few weeks,” Bolton continued. His office will continue reading and evaluating applications up until the January 22nd notification deadline, he added.

At that point, he continued, an additional 50 to 100 applicants may be asked to join the waitlist without having been interviewed. These candidates might receive an interview invitation at a later date. 

If you were among the lucky ones to receive an invitation to interview, Clear Admit offers a variety of resources that can help you prepare. Our school-specific Interview Guides provide analysis of how the adcom weighs the interview, first-hand interview accounts, information on planning a campus visit and dozens of sample questions consistently asked by that particular program. The Clear Admit Wiki is also a great place to find and share first-hand interview accounts. 

Good luck everyone!

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 11:45 am in MBA News, School: Stanford

Admissions Tip: Navigating the Waitlist

While the past few weeks have seen a number of admits and rejections handed down to round one MBA applicants, the fate of many remains uncertain. There is no reason for waitlisted candidates to lose hope, as the top programs admit a fair number of individuals from the waitlist in round two and thereafter, but we know that cautious optimism does not make the wait for an answer any easier. To help those in this situation make sure that they’re doing all they can, we wanted to share a few waitlist tips:

1. Know – and follow – the rules.  Schools vary in their stances when it comes to interaction with those on the waitlist; some shun communication from applicants and even go so far as to discourage on-the-record campus visits, whereas others welcome correspondence and assign waitlisted candidates to an admissions office liaison. We know that the natural impulse is to reach out to the adcom and update them on that recent promotion or the final grade from that accounting class you took to bolster your academic profile. At first blush, it might seem that there’s no harm in sending a short letter or making a call, but no matter how exciting the information you wish to communicate, ignoring the adcom’s instructions is ultimately going to reflect badly on you. Though such a policy may seem frustrating or unfair, it’s important to respect and abide by the preferences of each school.

2. Communicate if you can.  For those programs that do permit or encourage contact from waitlisters, it’s absolutely a good idea to send an update. In addition to the obvious news items mentioned above, it’s beneficial to read over your essays and reflect on whether there is some piece of your background or interests that you haven’t gotten across yet. Taking the time to write about your relevant recent experiences, positive developments in your candidacy and ways that you’ve enhanced your understanding of the program is a nice sign of your interest in the program, and is a good strategy for telegraphing your commitment to attending. It is, of course, also in your interest to make sure that the adcom has the most up to date information so that they can make an informed decision the next time your file comes up for evaluation.

3. Keep in touch.  Don’t disappear after an initial note to the adcom or phone call to your waitlist manager (if applicable). If you have plans to be on or near campus, for instance, send a quick email to alert your waitlist manager (or whoever you may have interacted with on the adcom) to alert them to this fact.  In many cases you’ll find that the adcom offers to have you stop by for a friendly chat about your candidacy – something that can go a long way towards helping your case.  Beyond a visit, sending a brief update every few weeks or so is another way to reaffirm your interest in the school and keep you fresh in the minds of the adcom – something that could work to your advantage in a discussion of which candidates to admit from the waitlist.  In all cases, it is important to remember that there is a fine line between persistance and pestering, so please use good judgment!

4. Have a contingency plan.  While it’s important to do be consistent and enthusiastic when waitlisted and communicating with staff at your target program, it’s also wise to have a backup plan. With the round two deadlines for several top programs about 1-2 weeks away, there’s still time to put together a solid application to another school. Even if you’re waitlisted at the school of your dreams and intend to reapply if not admitted, it’s also never too early to start thinking about the coming year and what steps you might take to enhance your candidacy before next fall.

Best of luck to those of you playing the waiting game, and feel free to contact us at info@clearadmit.com to learn about our application feedback and waitlist counseling services. Hang in there!

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 2:02 am in Admissions Tips, General, Waitlist Advice

Saturday, December 20, 2008

BusinessWeek Solicits Admissions Advice from Clear Admit’s Own Graham Richmond

Earlier this week, BusinessWeek ran the second of a five-part series called “Five Years to B-School,” featuring extensive input and admissions advice from Clear Admit co-founder Graham Richmond.

The series is designed to provide prospective business school applicants with a roadmap for what they should be doing in the five years leading up to business school in order to create the strongest resumé and skill set possible. Year two was the focus of this most recent article.

According to BW, prospective applicants should have spent the first year leading up to business school getting their feet wet and should now, in year two, be taking greater initiative and beginning to more clearly define their career paths.

This means taking on more responsibility at work, building and strengthening your network, getting more involved in activities outside of work and, if necessary, polishing your academic transcript by taking new courses and doing well in them, according to the BW article.

Richmond chimed in on several of these points, offering his perspective as both an experienced admissions counselor and an MBA graduate himself.

In this second year, begin to look for international opportunities, he told BW. “Even if it’s just meeting with a client in London or doing a project abroad, you should do it,” he said.

It’s also not a bad idea to study a foreign language, Richmond added. With more and more international applicants with extensive experience in different parts of the globe competing for business school spots, you need to look for opportunities to demonstrate that you have skills to offer in a global economy, he said.

Also, look for leadership roles or noteworthy activities outside of work. This is especially important, said Richmond, for those who are struggling to get noticed or promoted on the job. Organize a charity run or plan a recycling program, offers Richmond. 

And while community service positions are great, even less selfless pursuits are valuable, according to the BW piece. “We don’t care if the activity is altruistic or totally selfish,” Judith Hodara, a senior associate admissions director at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, told BW. “We’re looking for people with more to offer than the ability to run a spreadsheet.”  Richmond, who played a musical instrument, was able to talk about this in his interviews for Wharton’s MBA program.

For more admissions advice and tips, read the full BW article here.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 11:27 am in Admissions Tips, General, MBA News, School: Penn / Wharton

Friday, December 19, 2008

Admissions Director Q&A: UCLA Anderson’s Mae Jennifer Shores

As we near the end of our Admissions Director Q&A series, we are pleased to bring you a recent interview with Mae Jennifer Shores, admissions director at the Anderson School of Business at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

As reported by BusinessWeek earlier this fall, Anderson is currently experiencing an application volume surge, in part due to the fact that more students seek haven in business school when the economy slumps. But in the BW article, Anderson’s dean also attributed the rise in applicants to the strength of the school’s entrepreneurship program and increased interest among candidates from Asia.

In the interview that follows, Shores provides a ton of information regarding social enterprise at Anderson, an area she feels applicants don’t always know enough about. She also gives some excellent pointers on how to craft strong and compelling application essays. (Hint: Don’t submit a 27-page answer when the question asks for 1,000 words…)

Clear Admit: What is the one area of your program that you wish applicants knew more about?

Mae Jennifer Shores: I wish applicants knew more about UCLA Anderson’s commitment to social enterprise. The school has a long track record of demonstrated involvement in social enterprise that predates much of the recent interest among business schools in the area. UCLA Anderson’s activities are unparalleled as they extend beyond student clubs and activities to include academic training and professional experience.

Social enterprise is found in the following academic, co-curricular and career areas:

• Elective courses: These include Leaders in Sustainability, Social Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics in Emerging Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Venture Initiation, Business and the Environment and others.
• Leaders in Sustainability Program: This multi-disciplinary program provides a mechanism for UCLA Anderson MBA students to pursue their interests in sustainability in collaboration with graduate students from across the university. The program prepares students who will be leaders in their professional fields to make key business and public policy decisions with an eye to sustainability. Students gain experiential knowledge by collaborating on client projects for local businesses, nonprofits and government agencies.
• Price Center for Management Development Program: This program offers industry-specific, executive development programs that are designed to help managers build essential skills as well as effective and profitable organizations. MBA students serve as teaching assistants or fellows in Price Center programs.
• Johnson & Johnson Health Care Executive Program: This program trains executive directors of community-based health care organizations, Head Start agencies and HIV/AIDS programs in Africa in health literacy. The program has effectively reduced work absenteeism, Medicaid costs for children’s ER or clinic visits by as much as 58 percent.
• Applied Management Research (AMR): As part of these projects, students spend 20 weeks examining a specific company, industry and strategic opportunity and develop strategic plans for recommendation and implementation. Past projects have included studying low-income Indian consumer attitudes and behaviors surrounding packaged foods and improving wait times at the nation’s largest free clinic.
• UCLA’s Net Impact chapter: The local chapter of national organization Net Impact is housed at UCLA Anderson. Net Impact’s mission is to improve the world by growing and strengthening a network of new leaders who are using the power of business to make a positive net social, environmental and economic impact.
• Careers in hundreds of organizations with missions involving social entrepreneurship, including the American Red Cross, Amnesty International, Hong Kong Trade Development Council, J. Paul Getty Trust, RAND Corporation, National Endowment for the Arts, US Agency for International Development, US International Trade Commission and others.

These opportunities are enhanced by the school’s location in Los Angeles, which has one of the most diversified employment bases in the United States. Los Angeles is home not only to small business (98 percent of firms hire fewer than 100 employees), but also to major industries such as finance, aerospace, biotechnology, defense, media and entertainment, high tech, health care and consulting.

CA: Walk us through the life of an application in your office from an operational standpoint. What happens between the time an applicant clicks ’submit’ and the time the committee offers a final decision (e.g. how many “reads” does it get, how long is each “read,” who reads it, does the committee convene to discuss it as a group, etc.). 

MAS: Once applications are complete (i.e., all required parts of the application have been submitted), they are sent out for review to individual committee members. Our review is holistic and based on the strength of the entire application. We read all files in their entirety rather than pre-screen applications based on academics, test scores or other criteria. We allocate whatever time is required to thoroughly read and assess applications. First reads can take up to an hour or more. Subsequent reviews may take less time.

Each file is read in its entirety and evaluated for the applicant’s admissibility in a given year. In the first phase of reviews, all applicants are either invited for an interview or denied without an interview. The number of reviews a file receives in this phase depends upon how clear the decision to interview or deny is.

The clearest decisions receive two to three reads. For those candidates who are interviewed, their application is read again in its entirety with the interview results included. Each file is read by two to five individuals before a decision to admit, deny or waitlist is recommended.

Following the post-interview evaluations, the committee meets formally and collectively reviews all the files once more, revising any decisions as deemed necessary based on group consensus. The makeup of our committee is very diverse, which allows for multiple perspectives in the evaluation process. The committee is comprised of seasoned admissions officers who represent formal training and direct experience in business, higher education and the not-for-profit sectors. Our varied, deep industry experience allows us to collectively craft a similarly rich and diverse class of students.

CA: How does your team approach the essay portion of the application specifically? What are you looking for as you read the essays? Are there common mistakes that applicants should try to avoid? One key thing they should keep in mind as they sit down to write them?

MAS: When my team reads essays we are looking for clarity of thought and cogency. We look for an ability to clearly articulate what has transpired in your personal and/or professional life, how this has shaped who you are today and how these experiences have led you to pursue an MBA at this time. The best essays are genuine and introspective. The best advice we can offer any candidate is to heed the advice of admissions professionals rather than the advice of well meaning, but less informed, friends, colleagues and even alumni of MBA programs.

The biggest mistakes candidates make arise from ill-conceived assumptions about what the admissions committee is looking for in applicants. As a result, many essays are clearly tailored with a false sense of impression management. These mistakes play out in the following ways:

• Over-editing one’s essays. While it is fine to receive input from others regarding the clarity of one’s thoughts in essays, overreliance on others to edit, fine-tune or carefully craft verbiage in essays often leads to sterile essays in which one’s own personal voice is lost. Essays may also read as if they were written by multiple authors. Both actions call into question the authenticity of your work, as well as your personal integrity.

• Crossing the boundaries of appropriate disclosure. As admissions officers we are interested in getting to know applicants as individuals.  Including details about one’s life are fine as long as they are relevant to your MBA candidacy. While it is fine to highlight, for example, that your mother was ill for much of your undergraduate experience and that your need to attend to her illness negatively affected your grades, we do not need to hear the intimate details surrounding her illness.

• Ignoring guidelines. Applicants are evaluated not only upon their academic, professional and extracurricular experiences, but also upon the judgment calls they make as part of the admissions process. There is flexibility in the word limits of essays, but wide divergence from specified guidelines calls into question one’s ability to act professionally or perform well on a team. For example, I will never forget the essay from an applicant that ran 27, single-spaced, pages. The applicant had disregarded the 1,000 word limit (the equivalent of three double-spaced pages). Exacerbating matters, the applicant submitted an additional five-page essay to explain his decision to submit 10 recommendation letters, rather than the requested three. My reaction was: “This is very sad because this is an incredibly accomplished individual. I would have some real concerns about this person’s suitability on a team.”

• Confusing Shakespearean prose for business school writing. Applicants are eager to have their essays sound sophisticated and polished, full of lively prose and witty observations about their careers. That’s fine. Yet a common trap applicants fall into is being overly verbose, losing sight of the main points they want to communicate. Keep in mind that we are assessing your communication skills, not assessing your ability to write prose in the style of William Faulkner.

• Focusing on impression management. Applicants are prone to relying upon any number of techniques to improve how they appear to admissions committee members. While candidates should present themselves in the best light possible, they should avoid any hint of misrepresentation that can come from using business jargon, exaggerating achievements and failing to recognize the contributions of others to their success. It is all too common for us to read essays that are intentionally peppered with vague phrases such as “I’m a socially responsible businessman” or “I want to work in the technology space.” If you don’t support these statements with real-life examples of what you want to do, it sounds contrived and purposeless. Similarly, embellishment of one’s accomplishments or focus on oneself to the exclusion of others calls into question one’s integrity and capacity for teamwork.

Avoiding these mistakes can dramatically enhance your candidacy and chances of admission. We receive upwards of 4,000 applications annually and draw a diverse set of talented applicants to our program. In a pool this diverse, the need to find some unique way to differentiate yourself from the others is not the critical element that many believe it to be. 

While we do admit exceptional individuals to UCLA Anderson who have worked on nuclear submarines, been Olympic athletes or achieved great success in investment banking, there are other candidates we find equally attractive. These individuals may never appear on the cover of Financial Times, BusinessWeek, Newsweek or the New York Times, but they are striking and noteworthy for being well-rounded contributors to their communities, thoughtful, genuine and ready for an MBA.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 1:19 pm in Admissions Director Q&A, School: UCLA / Anderson

Fridays From The Frontline

Welcome back to Fridays From The Frontline, Clear Admits regular end of the week perusal of the world of business school blogging. This week,  round one acceptances and zaps began coming in at a faster rate while the deadlines for round two steadily became closer.

A flurry of news has been winging its way to ‘11 hopefuls this past week, with even more decisions slated for next week, applicants are in a tizzy. Fishee was accepted by Wharton and Duke in one day and Samantha got into Kellogg. MBADreamer, still waiting to hear from Stanford and Haas, considered a round two application to McCombs. Mike, having already heard from Kellogg, was still waiting for news from Chicago. Omne found it comforting to know that his schools’ decisions would be known on a firm date, though this was not originally his sentiment. And Ameya received an interview invitation from Darden. In other applicant news, MBAlmighty shared his experience visiting the Indian School of Business. ArdentMeerkat, finding herself a bit overwhelmed, tweaked her GMAT study schedule. MissionMBA shared his analysis of the Fuqua essays while Chandara went to a friend’s holiday work party and hoped, one day, to be in an industry that awarded bonuses. Soni touched upon the recent Kellogg scandal in which rejected applicants received acceptance emails as well as rejection statuses (also known as “acceptajections”).

For most b-schools, the first semester/quarter/term concluded, and Darden ‘10 Mechanigal was unnerved by the resulting slower pace of life. McCombs ‘10 Metal found Austin very quiet without classes or batchmates, but was considering taking up squash. Wharton ‘10 TinyDancer was not overly fazed by final exams, finding her greatest challenge to be the lure of football games and hot chocolate. Darden ‘10 JulyDream shared her experience of a week on Wall Street while Chicago Booth ‘10 BSchool Diva stated her opinion on the usefulness of minority programs like Management Leadership for Tomorrow.

‘09ers were a bit on the quiet side this week. Darden ‘09 Mandy equated the number of shoes she left around the house with how much she loved her partner. McDonough ‘09 HairTwirler was rightfully excited to get an interview from a company in which she was interested. Chicago Booth ‘09 MaybeMBA had a few thoughts about her final exams and the professors that designed them.

And that ends this week’s foray into the always compelling world of b-school applications and academics. Clear Admit’s hearts go out to those affected  by the Kellogg ‘acceptajections’ or to any who have recently received zap news, keep your heads up! As holidays approach we hope that those who celebrate find themselves warm and safe wherever they are, and we can’t wait to hear about the many trips current b-schoolers will take during this break! On one last note, we’d like to remind current applicants (bloggers and non-bloggers alike) that today is the last day to submit interview reports to the Clear Admit Wiki, with the possibility of winning a free iTunes gift card.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 2:45 am in Fridays from the Frontline

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