Posted by Clear Admit on October 26, 2009, at 8:14 am
Posted in:  Admissions Tips , Interview Guides , Interview Tips With interview invitations from a number of programs already on their way out to Round One applicants, we wanted to offer some more advice on this element of the admissions process. Last week we posted some very basic etiquette information that will help candidates ensure that everything is in order on the big day. Today, we turn our attention to some steps one can take to prepare for the interview itself.
1) Know what to expect. This might go without saying, but interview types and duration vary across programs. For instance, nearly all invited Stanford applicants interview with alumni, while on-campus Wharton interviews are conducted by second-year students (and in rare cases admissions staff). Candidates for Columbia admission participate in an informative resume-based chat, while HBS and MIT interviewers have in-depth knowledge of the applicant’s entire file. Thinking carefully about the format of the interview and the person conducting it will influence the sort of questions you might come prepared to ask and help you arrive at a mindset conducive to success.
2) Review your materials. Because it’s important that you reinforce your positioning during the interview, reading over your essays and reflecting on the themes presented in your application is a great first step in preparing to speak about your ideas and objectives.
3) Tell them something they don’t know. In addition to reinforcing your existing message (a critical component of most interviews), the interview is also a great time to expand or add new information to your file via the interviewer’s notes. Have there been any major developments in your candidacy that you should share? Have you visited the campus or spoken with students since submitting your written materials? Have you made any strides toward your goals? Even if just an example from work or an activity that relates to the interview question but didn’t fit into your essays, it’s a great idea to approach the interview with the goal of enhancing the admissions committee’s knowledge of your candidacy.
4) Anticipate and practice. Though it’s impossible to predict the exact questions you will be asked, the type of interview and historical data will provide some great clues as to the sort of information the interviewer will be seeking. The Clear Admit Wiki could serve as a great starting point, as it features detailed firsthand interview accounts from applicants to the top MBA programs. After arriving at a list of possible inquiries, it’s a good idea to not only reflect on what you might say in response, but to actually practice articulating your responses, explaining your goals and recounting some significant professional and extracurricular experiences.
Best of luck to all those who are eagerly awaiting invitations and preparing for interviews! For more information about Clear Admit’s school-specific Interview Guides visit our shop and access immediate downloads of all the latest interview questions for your target school. For more information about our tailored one-on-one mock interview services, feel free to send an email to info@clearadmit.com.
The weekend is a great time to get some GMAT studying done. To help you, today we share a sample problem and an explanation of its solution provided by Manhattan GMAT:
Problem
If a, b, and c are positive integers, with a < b < c, are a, b, and c consecutive integers?
(1) 1/a – 1/b = 1/c
(2) a + c = b2 – 1
A: Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B: Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C: BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D: EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E: Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question asked, and additional data are needed.
Solution
The question can be rephrased “Is b = a + 1 and is c = a + 2?”
One way to approach the statements is to substitute these expressions involving a and solve for a. Since this could involve a lot of algebra at the start, we can just substitute a + 1 for b and test whether c = a + 2, given that both are integers.
Statement 1: SUFFICIENT.
Following the latter method, we have
1/a – 1/(a + 1) = 1/c
(a + 1)/[a(a + 1)] – a/[a(a + 1)] = 1/c
1//[a(a + 1)] = 1/c
a2 + a = c
Now we substitute a + 2 for c and examine the results:
a2 + a = a + 2
a2 = 2
a is the square root of 2. However, since a is supposed to be an integer, we know that our assumptions were false, and a, b, and c cannot be consecutive integers.
We can now answer the question with a definitive “No,” making this statement sufficient.
We could also test numbers. Making a and b consecutive positive integers, we can solve the original equation (1/a – 1/b = 1/c). The first 4 possibilities are as follows:
1/1 – 1/2 = 1/2
1/2 – 1/3 = 1/6
1/3 – 1/4 = 1/12
1/4 – 1/5 = 1/20
Examining the denominators, we can see that c = ab. None of these triples so far are consecutive, and as a and b get larger, c will become more and more distant, leading us to conclude that a, b, and c are not consecutive.
Statement 2: SUFFICIENT
Let’s try substituting (a + 1) for b and (a + 2) for c.
a + a + 2 = (a + 1)2 – 1
2a + 2 = a2 + 2a
2 = a2
Again, we get that a must be the square root of 2. However, we know that a is an integer, so the assumptions must be false. We can answer the question with a definitive “No,” and so the statement is sufficient.
The answer is D: Each statement is sufficient.
Posted by Clear Admit on October 23, 2009, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Harvard , Waitlist Advice In a post to her blog yesterday, Harvard Business School (HBS) Director of Admissions Dee Leopold shared that her office continues to send out interview invitations to Round 1 applicants and that a significant number have yet to go out. She did not disclose how many more invitations will be sent, but she did explain that the timing of when you receive an interview invitation does not reflect the relative strength of your application or candidacy.
Interview invitations are not sent out on Saturday and Sunday, she added, so no need to look for them on the weekends.
Leopold reminded applicants that HBS will make R1 decisions before viewing R2 applications this year and that some applicants waitlisted in the first round may be invited to interview as part of the second round. Invitations to join the waitlist for R1 will go out on December 15th to candidates who have not been interviewed, Leopold said. She expects about 100 or so applicants to be invited to join the waitlist as part of R1.
Posted by Clear Admit on October 23, 2009, at 3:00 am
Posted in: Fridays from the Frontline Welcome back to Fridays From The Frontline, Clear Admit’s jovially jubilant jaunt through the sometimes fraught, oft times fantastic, MBA application and student blogging process. Many students this week are either in the midst of, or preparing for, their mid-term exams. Applicants, after a brief respite after round 1 deadlines, seem to be gathering their strengths for the next set of essays they will write for round two. The weather on the east coast of U.S. has teetered from the last days of summer to chilly rains and finally a definite shift in the color of foliage (green to reds, yellows and reds!) that represents the official changing of the seasons. In other news, at least one east coast city is in a celebratory mood after its baseball team’s recent victory (we wonder what Wharton students did to celebrate).
Steve read an article about the increased importance of GMAT scores during the job recruitment process. ABeautifulMind was in the midst of a hectic week of Fuqua essay prep and tracked the success of a recently completed work project. XLick considered what he would do if his b-school plans went awry, the Peace Corps or starting a restaurant were just two of his ideas. Bizwiz suffered from poor sleeping patterns in Europe, but was glad with the results of his Kiva loans. Illuminati tried to assuage the confusion many might be feeling during their GMAT prep. Procrastinator cut it close, but submitted his Kellogg application (and recommenders’ recommendations) to the school just in time. While you might think that RockyBalboa would be happy with the Phillies’ recent win/guaranteed trip to the World Series, he was more concerned with soccer.
After quite a lengthy silence Ross ’10 M@ shared an abridged look back on his path to becoming a consultant. McCombs ’10 Paragon2Pieces posted some interesting information about swine flu vaccines and pregnant women, and wrote a little bit about the school’s bidding process. Marshall ’10 Andrew was excited about the upcoming Net Impact Sustainability week, and highlighted two events that took place on campus. Darden ’10 JulyDream attended a LGBT MBA conference, and shared her subsequent thoughts. McCombs ’10 Metal also recounted his recent bidding experience. INSEAD ’10 OutOfMyJeans reflected on how pursuing an MBA can impact your relationships with those outside the b-school sphere.
Though she had a busy week in front of her, Foster ’11 Helen took a moment to clean her apartment and add to her blogroll. Kellogg ’11 Windsor sang some serious praises of the school’s library resources. Chicago Booth ’11 GlobThink looked back on the different team building experiences he has had while at the school. Kellogg ’11 Shobhit watched and listened to former President Bill Clinton give a speech and provided his analysis. Kellogg ’11 Orlando considered how one could raise the number of Hispanic applicants at the school. Goizueta ’11 Ahembeea couldn’t wait for his next Thursday. Harvard ’11 MilitaryToBusiness looked at the upcoming summer internship recruiting season and gave a few thoughts to those with non-traditional backgrounds. Wake Forest ’11 Omne enjoyed his one day fall break and summarized his exam experience thus far. Stanford ’11 PaloAltoForAwhile had a few suggestions for those who think b-school isn’t hard. LBS ’11 PinchtheBubble checked in after a two month absence and shared an article he enjoyed. Haas ’11 Lauren went to a career management conference in an effort to get a better sense of her future direction.
And that’s it for this week’s installment of the our perpetual peek into the people striving for, or living, the MBA dream. Clear Admit hopes that the brief application respite has given MBA hopefuls a moment to take a breath and enjoy, or escape, whatever climate they may be in, and we wish all students good luck on their upcoming, or recently taken, exams!
For today’s GMAT tip, our friends at Manhattan Review work through a data sufficiency problem, to show a strategic way to tackle such questions efficiently:
It is true that Data Sufficiency is, in its own way, a unique form of testing question, and most likely quite different from anything you’ve ever seen before.
The concepts being tested here are not only purely mathematical, but logical. The crux of answering a data sufficiency question correctly is being to test for CERTAINTY and differentiate between CERTAINTY and mere POSSIBILITY.
Let’s test this idea with a real GMAT Data Sufficiency question:
If 2x(5n) = t, what is the value of t?
(1) x = n + 3
(2) 2x = 32
A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) together are NOT sufficient.
Let’s start by defining this troublesome word, “Sufficient.” Sufficient, in the context of a Data Sufficiency, means that an unequivocal, CERTAIN answer can be found to the initial question. Must you determine that answer? NO. All you need to determine is the efficacy of the statement’s clue.
Also, let it be said that the two statements need not have anything to do with one another. That is why you must test each one individually first. It’s usually easier to test the simpler-looking statement first.
For the sake of this question, let’s look at Statement 2 first:
(2) 2x = 32
Well, it is easy to determine that x = 16, but we are concerned with the value of t. Let’s replace 2x with 32 into our equation:
32(5n) = t
Can t’s identity be determined with CERTAINTY? No, it cannot. Therefore, we can say with confidence that Statement (2) is NOT sufficient. Go to your answer choices right away, and eliminate the choices that give independent sufficiency to Statement (2): B, D. Remaining: A, C, E.
Now, we wipe our memories of Statement 2 and examine Statement 1:
(1) x = n + 3
Once again, we are provided with a value for x. Let’s replace x in our original equation with n + 3:
2(n + 3)(5n) = t
While this simplifies our equation by eliminating one of the variables, we are still no closer to identifying the CERTAIN identity of t. Statement (1) is NOT sufficient. Now, eliminate the choices that give independent sufficiency to Statement (1): A. Remaining: C, E.
Note to the short-cutters: you’ve already got a 50-50 chance of answering this question correctly!
Now, how does one test Statement (1) and Statement (2) together? First, see how you can combine the information into a single, comprehensive statement. What do we know? We know that x = n + 3, and we know that 2x = 32. Since we were able to determine that x = 16 according to Statement (2), we can substitute this CERTAIN value into Statement (1):
16 = n + 3
This is a very easy equation! n = 13. Now we have CERTAIN values for 2 of our variables. Let’s substitute these values into our original equation:
2(16)(5(13)) = t
Stop right here! Do NOT proceed to do your multiplication, which, without a calculator, will take a good few minutes. You KNOW that a CERTAIN value for t is going to be found. That’s all you need to do: C is your answer — when taken TOGETHER, Statement (1) and Statement (2) are sufficient.
Spare yourself the endless numerical testing, number-picking, and operations in Data Sufficiency. It just isn’t necessary, and eats up your precious time. There’s only one word you need to remember, and that’s CERTAINTY!
Posted by Clear Admit on October 22, 2009, at 2:30 pm
Posted in: EMBA , Part-Time/Executive MBA , Rankings , School: Chicago , School: Columbia , School: INSEAD , School: London Business School , School: Northwestern / Kellogg , School: NYU Stern , School: UNC / Kenan Flagler Executive MBA (EMBA) programs have had trouble attracting as many students this year as they did last, with the exception of programs that feature classes taught across multiple continents. This according to data collected for the Financial Times’ 2009 EMBA ranking, released October 19th.
Among schools surveyed by the FT, overall enrollment in EMBA programs has dropped 9 percent – and it is believed to have dropped even more among lower-ranked schools. But multi-continent EMBA programs are proving the exception. They are the only programs to have increased enrollment this year, the FT reports.
Unlike regular MBA enrollment, which is often counter-cyclical to the economy, EMBA enrollment generally drops when times get tough, especially as corporate sponsorship dries up. But multi-continent programs are bucking the trend this year, and topping the FT rankings.
Each of this year’s top four programs is taught on at least two continents. They include partnerships between Kellogg and Hong Kong UST Business School (No. 1); HEC Paris, London School of Economics and NYU Stern (No.2); Columbia and London Business School (No. 3); and a program at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business taught in the United States, the United Kingdom and Singapore (No. 4).
Even with a price tag of more than $100,000, these and other multi-continent programs are still attracting students, including many who opt to sponsor themselves. According to Vince Frillici, a Washington, DC-based political lobbyist, his decision to pursue an EMBA now through the OneMBA program at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler school is already paying dividends. ““I feel it is adding value for my clients already,” he told the FT.
Taught at five schools in Brazil, China, Mexico, the Netherlands and the United States, Kenan-Flagler’s OneMBA was particularly attractive to Frillici precisely because of its global scope. “It’s a cliché, but the whole world is like a global village,” he told the FT.
A change in format for part-time EMBAs has helped support the growth of multi-continent programs. In place of the evening and weekend format of years past, EMBAs now often feature a modular structure in which students study in one-week blocks. “We find that people will fly one hour for each day [of the module],” dean of EMBA programs at INSEAD, told the FT.
To read the full FT Global EMBA special report article, click here. To view the interactive 2009 EMBA rankings, click here.
Posted by Clear Admit on October 22, 2009, at 12:00 pm
Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: MIT / Sloan We return to this week’s Campus Chronicles with a review of MIT Sloan’s student newspaper, Fifteen, to learn about the latest events on Sloan’s campus.
The MIT Sloan student Senate held its first meeting of the year on October 6th, welcoming 24 new Senators from the class of 2011. This year the Senate vows to prioritize projects based on Senators’ interests, following up on last year’s efforts to learn how the Senate can have a positive impact on issues that need to be addressed. These new projects include developing cross-campus relationships, creating electronic announcement boards, and improving club websites. In addition, Senators will team up with the Sloan admissions office to create a “Sloan on the Road” admissions video.
MIT Sloan has a new club this year for students interested in entrepreneurship, the MIT SEE (Sloan Entrepreneurship and Execution). Although MIT is known for its focus on entrepreneurship, MIT SEE founders believe that this club can address an unmet need by focusing on entrepreneurship execution, which they see as a key component to success regardless of innovation quality. MIT SEE is therefore aimed towards community leaders who intend to take action through starting a company during or after their time at Sloan. This club intends to host brainstorming sessions and provide funding for entrepreneurial students at MIT, eventually aiming to launch companies within the year.
Sloan students recently enjoyed an off-campus event at Tommy Doyle’s in Harvard Square to help raise funds for the Sloan Entrepreneurs for International Development (SEID). Attending students donated money to SEID to enjoy a night of good food and an upbeat performance by student band the Rolling Sloans. SEID ultimately raised over $2,000 in donations. They plan to use this money to create travel scholarships so club members can travel to developing countries to help entrepreneurs with their start-ups.
Posted by Clear Admit on October 22, 2009, at 10:13 am
Posted in: Fridays from the Frontline , Twitter , Twitter Thursdays Welcome to this week’s serving of Twitter Thursdays, a weekly column in which we highlight the updates, also known as “tweets,” of the top MBA programs on Twitter! If you’re not following Clear Admit already, be sure to check us out on Twitter for updates, special prizes, admissions tips and breaking news. Now, as for the business schools…
The Haas School’s Dean celebrated The Economist’s ranking of the Haas MBA at the top of the heap. A fellow California b-school dean, UCLA / Anderson’s Dean, Judy Olian, spent some time planning an upcoming March trip for EMBA students to Saudi Arabia. The dean of UNC / Kenan-Flagler, Jim Dean, had a great time in New York City with alumni and prospective students.
MBA Admissions Coordinator at Judge Business School, James Barker, plugged Cambridge’s culture by taking in a show at Cambridge University’s theatre. The Deans Student Admissions Committee at Chicago Booth have been busy reading and assessing Round 1 applications, as Rose Martinelli prepared for her international recruiting trip to Dubai. Meanwhile, the London Business School held information sessions in Washington, D.C., Toronto and London. The Haas School celebrated an exciting week as one of their professors won the Nobel Prize. The Johnson School shared a recent student blog post in praise of Cornell Outdoor Recreation. Both the Kellogg School of Management and Columbia Business School let loose a steady stream of insight and research, as conducted by their notable professors.
That wraps up Twitter Thursdays this week! Looking for daily updates? In our MBA Admissions Twitter Index, you can check out this list of admissions officers and schools’ news feeds. We’ve also compiled lists of current MBA students and alumni as well as current MBA applicants who are on Twitter. If you’re on Twitter, let us know; e-mail wiki@clearadmit.com with your user name and status as an MBA applicant, student or admissions officer so we can add you to the appropriate Twitter Index. Happy “tweeting” and we’ll see you next week with some more Twitter updates!
Posted by Clear Admit on October 21, 2009, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , Rankings , School: Michigan / Ross , School: Stanford The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business outranked all other U.S. schools in terms of how well it integrates environmental, social and ethical issues into its MBA program, according to the Aspen Institute’s 2009-10 Beyond Grey Pinstripes report.
The Ross School ranked No. 2 overall in the biennial survey, designed to provide an alternative ranking of business schools based on their environmental and social stewardship. To identify what it calls the “Global 100,” the Aspen Institute compared data from 149 MBA programs in 24 countries as part of the survey. York University’s Schulich School of Business in Toronto, Canada, ranked No. 1 this year, replacing Stanford Graduate School of Business, which claimed the number one spot in the 2007-8 survey. (Stanford fell to No. 4 this year.)
“Beyond Grey Pinstripes schools are thoughtfully pursuing new approaches,” Rich Leimsider, director of the Aspen Institute’s Center for Business Education, said in a statement. “They are preparing students who take a more holistic view of business success, one that measures financial results as well as social and environmental impacts.”
Ross’s high ranking didn’t come as a surprise to Dean Robert Dolan, who views social and environmental responsibility as a cornerstone of the school’s management education. “We don’t view social and environmental responsibility as a realm separate from that of everyday business,” Dolan said in a statement. “We make a point of integrating these concerns into our curriculum and our teaching in a manner that is both innovative and relevant,” he added.
The number of electives a school offers with content focusing on environmental and social responsibility is one of the data points the Aspen Institute collects as part of the survey. According to Leimsider, the average school in the survey offers 18 such electives, compared to Ross’s 72.
The Ross School also boasts the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, part of a partnership with the U-M’s School of Natural Resources and Environment. The Erb Institute supports interdisciplinary research and education initiatives – including an MBA/MS program – designed to encourage sustainable enterprise around the globe.
In addition to this and other partnerships with U-M schools and institutes focused on social responsibility, Ross also features a range of student clubs, lecture series, seminars and conferences that helped it rise to the top of the Aspen Institute’s ranking. Among them is the Ross Net Impact Club, which has been named National Chapter of the Year for three consecutive years.
To view the complete 2009-10 Beyond Grey Pinstripes report, click here.
Posted by Clear Admit on October 21, 2009, at 3:00 am
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Posted by Clear Admit on October 20, 2009, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: General , MBA News As the world was busy debating the significance of President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, the University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business had a winner of its own to celebrate. Oliver Williamson, professor emeritus of business, economics and law at the Haas School, won the 2009 Nobel Prize in economics.
Williamson shares the prize with Elinor Ostrom, a professor of political science at Indiana University at Bloomington, who is the first woman ever to receive the prize. Both Williamson and Ostrom won for their analyses of economic governance.
“It’s undeserved I suppose,” Williamson told a crowd of more than 300 students, faculty and staff assembled last week to celebrate his honor. “I would describe myself as a conscientious teacher who had a lot of students who were tolerant and went on to do good work,” he continued.
Haas Dean Richard Lyons disagreed, saying that he “could not do justice” to the scope and influence Williamson’s work has had on the field of economics. That work involves mapping out a multi-disciplinary field to study how different institutions are best suited for conducting different types of economic transactions. He is credited with co-founding “New Institutional Economics,” which emphasizes the importance of both formal and informal institutions on transaction costs.
Williamson is the Haas School’s second Nobel Prize Laureate. In 1994, the late John Harsanyi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in game theory.
To learn more about Williamson’s work, click here.
Posted by Clear Admit on October 20, 2009, at 2:31 am
Posted in: School Guides , School: Northwestern / Kellogg , Trivia Tuesday 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 Clear Admit School Guide to Kellogg!
The Economist this week released its annual rankings of top business schools, with European schools IESE and IMD taking the first and second spots respectively, followed by Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Harvard Business School – in that order – rounding out the top five.
In an accompanying article, the Economist helps make sense of why business schools seem to fall in such different orders depending on the ranking you choose. For example, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School barely made it into the top ten in the Economist’s ranking this year (up from 17th last year) but ties for number one (with London Business School) in the Financial Times’ 2009 rankings.
Why such disparity? Because the different publications that produce rankings – which include BusinessWeek, the Wall Street Journal and U.S. News & World Report as well as the FT and the Economist – employ different methodologies to compile their lists. According to the Economist article, that publication’s rankings rely heavily students’ own assessment of their time at business school and how their earning power and marketability increased upon obtaining a degree. This year at IESE, 98 percent of graduates found jobs within three months of graduation with an average basic salary of $125,000, propelling the Spanish school to the top of the list.
The FT’s rankings, meanwhile, focus on academic research as well as graduates’ salaries. And BW ranks U.S. and European schools separately. Hence the wildly different rankings of schools all in a single year. But as the Economist article point, even as different as they are – or perhaps, because they are so different – the rankings still serve a valuable purpose, which is to highlight the many different ways in which business schools can excel.
As always, those of us here at Clear Admit encourage you to consider the rankings as you try to decide which business school will best help you meet your individual goals, but only as one part in a comprehensive evaluation of schools.
To view the Economist’s rankings in their entirety, click here.
Last week you we gave you a sneak peek inside the Clear Admit Career Guide to Investment Banking. This week we are excited to highlight the Clear Admit Career Guide to Consulting, a great resource for prospective MBA students thinking about a career in this extremely popular field.
Since few business schools offer electives or majors specifically designed to prepare students for consulting careers, this guide is unique in that identifies consulting-related courses, key professors, club activities, and career support, as well as recruitment numbers for schools placing graduates into consulting jobs. The Clear Admit Career Guide to Consulting can be used for the following purposes:
- - To assess the consulting-oriented offerings at leading schools and narrow your list of targets
- - To gather key school-specific facts that pertain to your career goals in consulting and craft application essays that shine
- - To ensure that you are 100% up to speed on your target schools’ offerings prior to an admissions interview
- - To help make the final decision as to where to attend by measuring each programs’ offerings and reputation in your target field
For example, readers of this Career Guide can learn about how Kellogg specifically prepare students for a career in consulting via a specialized major:
“Of the twelve schools profiled in this guide, only Kellogg offers a major specifically designed to prepare students for consulting careers. The school’s Analytic Consulting Major draws from the fields of decision sciences, operation management, managerial economics and marketing to teach students how to analyze strategy using empirical models.”
If you are interested in Kellogg’s consulting major, the MBA Program Profile section of the guide includes detailed information about academics, popular professors, extracurriculars, and career services offered at the school. Each of the guide’s twelve profiles offers specialized information an applicant can use when deciding which program is best suited for them.
For example, at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business:
“A distinctive aspect of the Ross MBA program is the Multi-Disciplinary Action Program (MAP) that takes place during the second half of the winter quarter. In this course, student teams are paired with companies in the U.S. and abroad to complete a significant consulting assignment. The teams work for Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, and non-profits on projects related to business plan development, human resource planning, marketing, process improvement, growth strategies and more. Though all students participate in the course, the hands-on nature of the problem solving in this course makes it a particularly valuable experience for aspiring consultants.”
And that’s just a taste of the in-depth information included in this 43-paged guide. Find out more in the Clear Admit Guide to Consulting available for immediate purchase and download from the Clear Admit shop!
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