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Posted by Clear Admit on November 30, 2009, at 1:11 pm
According to a recent release from the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), which owns the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), business faculty from around the world have shared their opinions on what skills should be tested in the 10th generation GMAT exam, currently under development.
GMAC has solicited responses from roughly 750 business faculty at programs from around the world as it embarks upon its next major redesign of the GMAT exam. GMAC expects to roll out the next generation exam by 2013.
GMAC asked business school deans worldwide to nominate faculty members who teach core classes in a range of graduate business programs to participate in its skills survey. Participants were asked to review and rate specific academic skills that future business . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 30, 2009, at 8:01 am
Today we would like to offer a handful of essay pointers in brief in order to help applicants avoid common pitfalls as they gear up for the Round Two deadlines. While we should caution that every applicant is unique and that some of these tips may not apply to everyone, we wanted our readers to have an introduction to some of the basic strategies they should be employing. As always, contact Clear Admit directly for more tailored advice to your candidacy.
1. Remember your reader. In application essays and resumes, applicants often get caught in the technicalities of their work, losing their reader in jargon. Keep it simple in order to . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 28, 2009, at 9:00 am
Today’s GMAT tip comes from our friends at ManhattanGMAT. In this article, ManhattanGMAT instructor Stacey Koprince offers explanations to sample GMATPrep® max/min questions:
This week, we’re going to tackle two GMATPrep® questions, this time from the quant side of things. My students have been asking (really, complaining!) about maximize / minimize questions lately. A lot of students aren’t sure about the most efficient approach to these kinds of questions. We’ll tackle these two GMATPrep® questions this week in order to learn how to master max/min questions in general.
Let’s start with a sample problem. Set your timer for 2 minutes…. and… GO!
*Three boxes of supplies have an average (arithmetic mean) weight of 7 kilograms and a median weight of 9 . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 27, 2009, at 3:08 am
Hello and welcome back to another installment of Clear Admit’s Fridays From The Frontline. Those of us here at Clear Admit hope that aspirants and current students had the time to enjoy Thanksgiving, we know there were a number of things (other than turkey) on their plates in the days leading up to the holiday.
Steve shared a few of the lessons he learned along his MBA path. XLick linked to Clear Admit’s NYU interview wiki, as a method to prepare for any upcoming invites. Illuminati’s ‘date’ with the GMAT was rapidly approaching. Procrastinator worried over the meaning of Kellogg waiving the interview portion of his application.
Kellogg ’11 D.G. outlined the productive . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 26, 2009, at 3:28 am
In this week’s installment of Campus Chronicles, our review of MBA student newspapers, we’ll take a look at the Stern Opportunity to see what’s been going on at the MBA program at NYU.
Earlier this month Stern students had the chance to attend the 14th annual Graduate Finance Association (GFA) Conference and hear from three speakers as well as participate in seven panel discussions. The featured speakers were Stern professor Charles Murphy, Jacob Silverman, the CFO of Duff & Phelps, and Ray McGuire, the Head of Global Banking at Citi. Each of the speakers stressed the importance of self-awareness and confidence in pursuing a successful career, regardless of one’s industry or job function. Panel discussions . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 25, 2009, at 6:00 pm
In honor of Thanksgiving in the U.S., we are featuring a number of on-sale items! From today through Sunday, November 29th, only, we are offering a more than 50% discount on the Clear Admit Career Guide for Consulting – get it now for the discounted price of $19.99! Also on sale this holiday weekend are the Clear Admit School Guides to Columbia, Harvard and Wharton, which you can purchase for $29.99 each!
If you are hoping to land a position with McKinsey, Bain or BCG post-MBA, the Clear Admit Career Guide for Consulting will help you determine which programs would best enable you to reach . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 25, 2009, at 4:08 pm
Welcome back to Wiki Wednesdays, our weekly peek at the Clear Admit Wiki – a free source of breaking interview invitation news and extensive information on the interview process at each program. For those who aren’t familiar, the Wiki is a collaborative resource for the MBA applicant community where applicants can (anonymously or otherwise) post reports about their interviews, campus visits and application experiences at the top business schools, and read about those of others. Over the past week, we’ve received a number of interview reports for the Wharton School, Harvard Business School, Chicago Booth, Michigan / Ross and last, but not least, Northwestern / Kellogg.
Thank you to everyone . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 25, 2009, at 1:00 pm
New York University’s Stern School of Business received a $20 million gift from alumnus and hedge fund founder John Paulson, the school announced earlier this month. The gift, especially generous in a year when philanthropy has fallen off at most business schools, will help fund facility renovations, scholarships and new faculty chair endowments.
Paulson, founder of New York-based Paulson & Co. and one of the largest alternative asset managers in the field, graduated with a bachelor degree from Stern in 1978. He is also a member of Stern’s board of overseers.
“I am grateful for the education I received at Stern,” Paulson said in a statement announcing the gift. “My hope is that this gift will advance the school’s mission as a global . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 25, 2009, at 3:00 am
What Are You Thankful For In Regards To Your Admissions Process?
The support of my family.
The essay/application feedback I have received from my friend/colleague/admissions counselor.
The fact that I got in somewhere!
Wireless internet and the ability to check my status everywhere I go.
The Clear Admit wiki/blog.
I’ll only be thankful when I know the results.
View . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 24, 2009, at 1:00 pm
Sometimes experiential learning at Kellogg School of Management takes the form of a five-course meal. That was the case for 125 students in an introductory marketing class earlier this month, who got to chow down on food prepared by a celebrated chef while hearing his point of view on creativity, culinary arts and the restaurant business.
On November 11th, Chef Graham Elliot Bowles hosted Kellogg marketing professor Andrew Razeghi’s “Introduction of New Marketing and Services” class at his eponymous graham elliot restaurant in Chicago. Bowles, the youngest four-star chef in the nation and a recent contestant on Bravo TV’s “Top Chef Masters,” began his career working at renowned Chicago restaurants Charlie Trotter’s and Tru before launching his solo venture in 2008.
As he . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 24, 2009, at 7:15 am
It’s time once again for Trivia Tuesday, our regular exploration of the special programs and opportunities that differentiate the leading business schools. This week we take a peek into the Clear Admit School Guide to Stanford, and share an excerpt on Stanford’s Public Management Program.
“The Public Management Program (PMP) was founded in 1971 by then-dean Arjay Miller to promote communication and collaboration between leaders of government and business. His experience as president of Ford Motor Companies provided the impetus for this initiative; in this role, he witnessed firsthand the misunderstandings between politicians and those in the private sector. The PMP became part of the Center for Social Innovation in 2000, and today has . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 23, 2009, at 1:00 pm
In a post to the Stanford Graduate School of Business Admissions Blog, Admissions Coordinator Brad Lindeberg announced that initial registration will open next week to prospective applicants hoping to schedule winter class visits.
Registration, which opens November 30th, can be completed via an online registration system. Due to high demand for class visit slots, Stanford GSB recommends making a reservation a few weeks in advance and limits class visits to one per quarter. The admissions office also encourages only those who are seriously considering applying to participate. (If you are just at the information-gathering stage, instead consider an on-campus information session, they suggest.)
Once you have registered for a class visit, an admissions coordinator will meet you in the MBA Admissions . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 23, 2009, at 11:00 am
With Thanksgiving this week, round two deadlines for a number of programs are just around the corner. As most applicants are targeting multiple schools and still working to narrow down their school selection, we wanted to take some time today to stress the importance of taking a deep breath and a step back and formulating a timeline for the coming weeks. Establishing a set of incremental goals with regard to essay composition and recommender management at this point in the season will help you to avoid feeling overwhelmed and ensure that your aims are realistic.
One of our most important pointers pertains to the process of writing essays. The urge to make progress on multiple fronts leads many applicants to work on . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 21, 2009, at 9:00 am
Today’s GMAT challenge question comes from our friends at ManhattanGMAT. To help you with your GMAT studying, try to solve the problem on your own, and then read on for the explanation of its solution:
Problem
The sum of the first n positive perfect squares, where n is a positive integer, is given by the formula n3/3 + cn2 + n/6, where c is a constant. What is the sum of the first 15 positive perfect squares?
(A) 1,010
(B) 1,164
(C) 1,240
(D) 1,316
(E) 1,476
Solution
The brute-force way to solve this problem is literally to add up the first 15 positive perfect squares, from 1 to 225, inclusive. This is not necessarily completely out of bounds, given that we only have to sum up . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 20, 2009, at 1:00 pm
The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth this week announced the creation of a new leadership center to build upon existing leadership initiatives at the school. Founded by Tuck professor Pino Audia, the innovative center will focus on students themselves rather than using case studies to analyze how others lead.
The new Tuck Center for Leadership will provide a range of leadership development activities for students that expand upon the initiatives of the Cohen Leadership Development Program, which was established in 2003. With the launch of the new center, every Tuck student will now be required to complete leadership training as part of the MBA course, as well as fulfill a new ethics and social responsibility credit requirement.
The center also will support . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 20, 2009, at 3:14 am
Welcome to the latest edition of Clear Admit’s Fridays From The Frontline! Every week we take a tour through the many blogs of those hoping to gain entry into an MBA program, and current students, whose application process is thankfully behind them. This week many MBA hopefuls were taking a collective breath as the last of round one deadlines passed. Students continue to be engaging in all sorts of activity, from watching classmates sing for a marketing competition to accepting job offers, current MBA bloggers are certainly a busy bunch.
Madalogue shared some of her favorite passages from a recent article by Tim Berry about the value of an MBA to an entrepreneur. Steve felt strangely empty without . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 19, 2009, at 1:00 pm
Chinese undergraduates are enrolling at American universities in record numbers and may soon outpace Indian students, who for the past eight years have come to the United States in greater numbers than any others, according to a recent article in the New York Times. Overall, international enrollment at U.S. schools was the highest ever in 2008-9 and showed the largest percentage increase year over year in more than 25 years.
These and other figures were released as part of the annual Open Doors 2009 Report, published by the Institute of International Education with support from the State Department. Citing the report, the Times article revealed that China last year sent 98,510 undergraduates to study at American universities, a 21 percent increase over . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 19, 2009, at 4:56 am
We return to this week’s Campus Chronicles with a perusal of Wharton’s student newspaper, The Wharton Journal, to learn about the latest events on Wharton’s campus. Our hope is that this summary of the latest happenings at Huntsman Hall is helpful for Wharton applicants in the midst of R1 interviews as well as for candidates targeting R2!
With the culmination of the six-week Jay H. Baker Retailing Initiative Speaker Series, this fall offered ample opportunities for Wharton students to learn about the fashion and retail business. Wharton’s campus was visited by three top executives in the field: Millard Drexler, the chief executive of J. Crew, Terry Lundgren, Macy’s CEO, President, Director, and Chairman of the Board, and Martha . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 18, 2009, at 8:00 pm
Today’s GMAT tip comes from the test prep firm ManhattanGMAT. In this article, ManhattanGMAT instructor Stacey Koprince analyzes an example of a GMATPrep® Sentence Correction (SC) question:
First, set your timer for 1 minute and 15 seconds and try the problem!
“The Achaemenid empire of Persia reached the Indus Valley in the fifth century B.C., bringing the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and southern Indian alphabets.
“A) the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and
“B) the Aramaic script with it, and from which deriving both the northern and the
“C) with it the Aramaic script, from which derive both the northern and the
“D) with it the Aramaic script, from which derives both northern . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on November 18, 2009, at 6:23 pm
With a number of top schools currently rolling out interview invitations – from Berkeley / Haas to Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School and Michigan / Ross to Yale School of Management – we wanted to take a moment today to point readers to the Clear Admit Wiki as a free source of breaking interview invitation news and extensive information on the interview process at each program. For those who aren’t familiar, the Wiki is a collaborative resource for the MBA applicant community where applicants can (anonymously or otherwise) post reports about their interviews, campus visits and application experiences at the top business schools, and read about those of others. Our hope is that the sum of these individual firsthand . . . → Continue Reading
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