Posted by Clear Admit on December 31, 2009, at 3:07 pm
Posted in:  Fridays from the Frontline , Twitter , Twitter Thursdays Welcome to another edition of Twitter Thursdays, a weekly column in which we highlight the updates 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. We’ve also created a list of MBA programs on Twitter to ease your daily access to breaking news from the top MBA programs, as reported by admissions committee members themselves.
Although campus closed early for the holidays, the Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions at Anderson, Mae Jennifer Shores, continued to share some strategic tips for applicants. Rich Lyons, the Dean of the Haas School of Business, is gradually releasing Haas’s full business strategy. MBA Admissions Coordinator at Judge Business School, James Barker, closed out the semester with some fun in the snow and a few words from the Cambridge Judge Business School Director. Jon Fuller, the Senior Associate Director of Admissions at the Ross School of Business, reminded prospective students that they can still learn about Ross over the holidays via a local Café Chat.
The Tuck School shared insight from faculty members into lessons learned from the economic crisis. For Round 2 applicants, Chicago Booth posted transcripts from their live chat. The Wharton School is ending the year on a positive note, sharing some professors’ research about improving morale. INSEAD gave their followers a “gift” that keeps on giving on Twitter – the feeds of select INSEAD entrepreneurs.
That concludes Twitter Thursdays this week! 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 list. Happy “tweeting” and we’ll see you next year with some more Twitter updates!
Posted by Clear Admit on December 31, 2009, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: Events , MBA News , School: Berkeley / Haas As winter break draws to an end, MBA students at the University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business have an exciting array of scheduled speakers and conferences to look forward to in the spring semester.
Beginning in late January, high-profile executives representing industries ranging from healthcare to motion pictures to management consulting will speak at Haas as part of the Dean’s Speaker Series. Walter Robb, chief operating officer of Whole Foods, will be the first speaker in the series, addressing the Haas community on January 26th.
Other scheduled speakers include
• Steve Ellis, worldwide managing director, Bain & Co. (Feb. 3rd), • Bill Block, CEO of QED International, a motion picture financing, sales, and production company (March 4th), and • Haas Marketing Professor Emeritus David Aaker, whose annual lecture this year is titled “Making Your Competitors Irrelevant,” (in April, specific date to be determined).
Also this spring, Haas will host the second annual Schwab Charitable Philanthropy Speaker Series, organized by the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership. This year’s series will feature panel events focused on using philanthropy to drive innovation and investment advising within the philanthropy field.
Finally, several student-organized conferences are also planned at Haas:
• Business of Health Care Conference, Feb. 6th • Education Leadership Case Competition on the Pittsburg public schools, Feb. 12th and 13th • Berkeley Asia Business Conference, Feb. 20th • Berkeley Energy Symposium, March 4th, and U.S. Semifinals of International Renewable Energy Case Challenge, March 1st through 5th • Women in Leadership Conference, March 13th
To learn more about these and other spring events at Haas, click here.
Posted by Clear Admit on December 31, 2009, at 3:34 am
Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: NYU Stern Welcome back to Campus Chronicles, our weekly look at MBA student news papers to better understand the vibrant student life at MBA campuses across the US. This week we’ll travel to New York City, using The Stern Opportunity to see what’s going on at NYU’s MBA program.
Earlier this month Stern students had the chance to attend the Government Business Association’s “Regulating the Financial Markets” event, a panel discussion aimed at exploring the causes of and solutions to the financial crisis. Both Professor Eric Dinallo, former New York State Insurance Commissioner, and Frank Kelly, leader of Government Affairs and the Investment Advisory group at Deutsche Bank, offered their thoughts about how government regulation could solve this situation, as both men are involved in Congress’s current discussions about financial regulatory reforms. After Dinallo and Kelly gave speeches, audience members questioned the experts on topics such as rating agency regulations and executive compensation caps.
The Stern Campus Green Initiative and Stern facilities workers recently partnered with the NYU Recycling Program, and together these groups made the campus more “green”: the Kaufman Management Center now has single stream recycling, in which paper, plastic, metal, and glass can be mixed in one recycling bin. This differs from the previous system, in which the Center had separate bins for each material. This change was made to help the Stern community recycle more easily and thus make the campus more environmentally sustainable.
In late January, Stern will host its first-ever “Case Co-opetition,” an invitation-only event in which second-year MBA students from Stern, Columbia, Chicago Booth, Harvard, Kellogg, and Wharton will compete for a $4,000 prize. The event will begin with a welcome reception in which the student participants will participate in team development activities led by Madison Avenue executives and senior level management from the event’s sponsor, Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA). Teams of four students will then spend 48 hours developing a marketing strategy for MBUSA, with access to marketing, consulting, and luxury brand advisors throughout the process. After the ideas are judged by MBUSA managers, management consultants, and professors, teams may also be selected to implement their winning strategies with MBUSA after the competition.
Posted by Clear Admit on December 30, 2009, at 8:00 pm
Posted in: GMAT - AWA , GMAT News , GMAT Test Prep Company Series , GMAT Tips Today’s GMAT tip comes from our friends at test prep firm ManhattanGMAT. In this article, ManhattanGMAT instructor Stacey Koprince offers advice on how to tackle the essay portion of the GMAT:
We all know that the essays on the GMAT are scored separately and that the schools don’t care as much about the essay scores. We also know we have to write the essays first, before we get to the more important quant and verbal sections, so we don’t want to use up too much brain-power on the essays. Still, we can’t just bomb the essay section; the schools do care about the essays somewhat. So how do we do a good enough job on the essays without expending so much energy that we’re negatively affected during the multiple-choice portion of the test?
We need to develop a template, an organizational framework on which to “hang” our writing. The template will not, of course, tell us exactly what to write. For that, we need the actual essay prompt, which we won’t see until we take the test. We can, however, determine how to organize the information ahead of time, as well as the general kinds of messages we need to convey at various points throughout.
The template should tell us:
-how many paragraphs to use -the primary purpose of each of those paragraphs -the kinds of information that need to be conveyed in each paragraph
The template will vary a little bit from person to person; the important thing is to have a consistent template for yourself that you’ve worked out in advance of the official test. In addition, we will need slightly different templates for the two different kinds of essays, so take note of the differences below.
As a general rule, essays should have either four or five paragraphs total. The first paragraph is always the introduction, the last paragraph is always the conclusion, and the body (middle) paragraphs are for the examples we choose to use.
Each paragraph should contain certain things; these are listed in the below sections. The information does not need to be presented in the given order below, though; just make sure that each paragraph does contain the necessary information in some sort of clear and logical order. In addition, the information listed below is the minimum necessary info; you can certainly add more where appropriate.
First Paragraph
-summarize the issue -state a thesis -acknowledge that the other side does have some merit -introduce your examples
The first paragraph should contain a brief summary of the issue at hand in your own words (don’t just repeat what the essay prompt said). For an Argument essay, briefly summarize the conclusion of the given argument. For the Issue essay, briefly summarize the issue upon which the prompt has asked you to convey your opinion. For either, you don’t need more than a one to two sentence summary.
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Posted by Clear Admit on December 30, 2009, at 3:08 pm
Posted in: Interview Tips , Wiki Wednesdays Welcome to another edition of Wiki Wednesdays! As 2010 approaches, we are excited to celebrate the New Year – and new interview reports – with iTunes gift cards! Any interview report submitted for an MBA program in the Clear Admit Wiki is eligible for a $10 iTunes gift card! In other words, all you have to do is send us your interview field report for inclusion in the Wiki and we’ll send you a $10 iTunes gift certificate.
For the uninitiated, the Clear Admit Wiki is an online repository for MBA applicants to share their experiences with admissions interviews. As a free and versatile forum, applicants can recount the full list of questions they’ve been asked from alumni, adcom members or second-year student interviewers and even add personal commentary. This communal sharing of information can help fellow applicants arrive at a feeling of readiness for facing the expected – and the unexpected – questions.
For those interested in adding their experience to the Wiki, we’ll be awarding a $10 iTunes gift certificate to every applicant who contributes an interview report. To be eligible for the prize, simply send your contribution to wiki@clearadmit.com; we’ll post it to the Wiki and notify the winners by e-mail (Limit: one gift card per person).
The most helpful and informative reports usually include the following information:
Date/Admissions Round Description of visit and/or interview atmosphere Type of interview (alum vs. adcom, blind vs. application-based) List of interview questions Commentary (What did you think of the interview? What surprised you? What didn’t surprise you? What might you conclude about the school based on this experience?)
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Clear Admit Wiki and helped fellow applicants prepare for MBA admissions interviews this season! Applicants who would like to supplement the information available on the Wiki can check out our Clear Admit Interview Guides, which provide school-specific insight and strategic advice to help applicants with their admissions interviews. Have a great weekend and be sure to send us your interview experiences to win an iTunes gift card!
Posted by Clear Admit on December 30, 2009, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Northwestern / Kellogg With Christmas behind us, marketing buzz now shifts toward the Super Bowl. Indeed, a 30-second advertising spot during the culminating game of the season for American football can command as much as $2.5 to $3 million. Is it really worth it?
These and other questions will be at the heart of the sixth annual Kellogg School of Management Super Bowl Advertising Review. On game day – February 7, 2010 – students at the business school widely regarded as tops in the field of marketing will pick apart the much-hyped Super Bowl advertisements, judging them based on their potential to drive sales, their impact on companies’ bottom lines and their power to improve brand awareness.
Kellogg marketing professors Derek Rucker and Tim Calkins will oversee students as they dissect this year’s Super Bowl advertising in real time. The students, including members of the Kellogg Marketing Club, will rate the advertisers using a set of academic criteria known as ADPLAN, an acronym for Attention, Distinction, Positioning, Linkage, Amplification and Net equity.
Using ADPLAN, they will examine the qualities that define a successful Super Bowl ad, identify new advertising trends for Super Bowl 2010 and contemplate how marketers can best leverage Super Bowl buzz to increase their return on investment.
Based on these and other academic criteria, the Kellogg students will produce a final ranking of the most and least effective advertisements aired during television’s most-watched event. Leading up to the event, Professors Calkins and Rucker will blog about Super Bowl advertising, providing ongoing commentary and insight, at http://kelloggsuperbowlreview.wordpress.com.
To learn more about the sixth annual Kellogg School Super Bowl Advertising Review, click here.
Posted by Clear Admit on December 30, 2009, at 3:00 am
Posted in: Poll
What Is Your B-School New Year’s Resolution?
My resolution is to go to the gym or read a book every time I find myself stressing about the MBA admissions process. My resolution is to get my completed applications submitted at least 24 hours before their deadlines. My resolution is to hold off on any more applications, no matter how terrifying, until I have heard from the schools to which I have already applied. My resolution is to improve my GMAT score. My resolution is to stop thinking about business school, and start applying.
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Posted by Clear Admit on December 29, 2009, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: General , MBA News , School: INSEAD Earlier this month, professors at INSEAD released a new ranking of the world’s best-performing CEOs, with the surprising finding that many star CEOs don’t live up to their reputations. Ultimately the study raises questions about just what constitutes effective long-term leadership and whether and why the business community might place higher emphasis on reputation than performance.
To conduct the survey, INSEAD professors Morten Hansen, Herminia Ibarra and Urs Peyer created a benchmark to measure how CEOs have built value over the long term, examining CEO performance at the world’s largest companies over the executives’ entire time in office.
“The real test of a CEO’s leadership should be how the company performs over his or her tenure,’” Morten Hansen, professor of entrepreneurship and management at INSEAD, said in a statement about the study. “As the current economic crisis has taught us, it’s no longer enough to look at short-term gains in regards to executive performance. It is essential to examine the bigger picture.”
Compiling a list of 2,000 CEOs worldwide, the professors then set to work measuring their actual performance based on hard metrics such as shareholder returns and changes in market value. They whittled the list down to the 200 top-performing CEOs and found some surprises along the way. Of particular note was the fact that the top 200 included a large number of relatively unknown and “unsung” CEOs, while a number of high-profile “celebrity” CEOs didn’t make the cut.
All in all, the leading CEOs truly delivered. On average, the top 50 performing delivered a total shareholder return of 997 percent, with the top-spot CEO delivering an astounding 3,226 percent return (30 percent annually).
Of particular interest to the MBA world, the survey revealed that having an MBA was linked to better CEO performance. CEOs with an MBA degree ranked, on average, 40 places better than the CEOs without an MBA.
The survey also revealed that no single country or industry had a lock on performance. The list of the top 50 performing CEOs includes companies based in the United Kingdom, Russia, India, Germany, China, the United States, South Korea, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Finland, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands and Switzerland.
The study and a list of the top 50 performing CEOs will appear in the January 2010 issue of Harvard Business Review. For a full list of the top 200 performing CEOs in the world and for more information on the survey, click here.
Posted by Clear Admit on December 29, 2009, at 4:00 am
Posted in: School Guides , School: UCLA / Anderson , Trivia Tuesday In this week’s Trivia Tuesday column we turn our attention to UCLA Anderson and its academic offerings. Specifically, we’ll take a look at the options Anderson offers for tailoring elective choices to an intended career path. Though if offers no formal majors or concentrations, Anderson recommends sets of elective courses the administration and faculty see as relevant to particular career paths. These Elective Emphases cover a number of popular career paths and are comprised of five to eleven strongly recommended electives.
The suggested electives are designed to create a comprehensive program of preparation for the career path, and some career path listings even include classes in other UCLA degree programs. In contrast to the subject-area specializations most other leading programs offer, these career area specializations further emphasize Anderson’s practical job orientation. Perhaps the closest approximation of career path emphasis among other programs occurs at Kellogg, which offers the analytical consulting major, drawing upon various departments to comprehensively prepare students for consulting careers.
Anderson students frequently note their career path elective emphases on their résumés. Just as students may complete multiple majors at Kellogg or Wharton, it is common for Anderson students to blend elective emphases in order to accommodate a more specialized career or an entrepreneurial career. For instance, a student might combine entrepreneurship electives with those from the industry of a student’s planned venture. Several of Anderson’s career path elective emphases are profiled below.
Entrepreneurship The Entrepreneurship Emphasis comprises eight strongly recommended electives such as Managing and Financing the Emerging Enterprise, Global Economy, and Topics in Business Law, as well as nine additional course suggestions, making it one of the most comprehensive elective programs at Anderson. All of the school’s teaching and research in entrepreneurship is overseen by the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, the first-ever entrepreneurship center at a business school.
Entertainment and Media Management The Entertainment and Media Management Emphasis is sponsored by Anderson’s Entertainment and Media Management Institute (EMMI). Featuring courses in areas such as entertainment marketing, negotiations, entertainment law and sports management, the EMMI also shares a number of recommended electives with the Masters of Fine Arts Producer’s Program at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
Real Estate Directed by the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate, which is jointly sponsored by Anderson and the UCLA School of Law, Anderson’s Real Estate Emphasis provides students with comprehensive training in the field of real estate, from finance and investment to entrepreneurship and development. The Center also hosts a range of alumni- and industry-sponsored events, which in 2008-2009 included a research seminar on urban squatting in developing countries and a panel on California’s anti-sprawl law.
For more information on the elective emphases at Anderson or other leading business schools, be sure to check out the Academics section of Clear Admit School Guides!
Posted by Clear Admit on December 28, 2009, at 1:03 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: MIT / Sloan In some circles, the week between Christmas and New Year’s is a quiet one, for visiting with family and catching up on sleep. Not so, of course, in the world of MBA admissions. With round-two deadlines looming at many top schools, prospective applicants around the globe are busy perfecting their applications as we speak.
For applicants considering Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s Sloan School of Management, there are several upcoming events designed to answer questions and provide information about the application process and the MBA program.
Today, the school is hosting MBA information sessions in Santiago, Chile, and Belgrade, Serbia. Tomorrow, December 29th, it will host another information session in Hong Kong.
On December 30th, Sloan will participate in the Israel MBA Forum in Tel Aviv. This annual event draws representatives from top business schools around the globe to provide information on the MBA.
After the New Year, several online events will provide information and tips on the application process. On January 7, 2010, an online chat will focus on the application process and specific tips for prospective applicants. On January 15th, a subsequent online chat will provide information for deferred decision candidates.
Finally, on January 22nd, Sloan will host another MBA Information Session, this time in Istanbul, Turkey.
To learn more about these and other upcoming admissions events at MIT Sloan, click here.
Posted by Clear Admit on December 28, 2009, at 3:22 am
Posted in: Admissions Tips , Deadlines As we prepare to bid goodbye to 2009 and greet the deadline-packed first month of 2010, 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:
Monday, January 4th CMU/Tepper, 11:59 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 5th Wharton, 5 p.m. EST Michigan/Ross, 11:59 p.m. EST
Wednesday, January 6th Dartmouth/Tuck, 5 p.m. EST Chicago/Booth, 5 p.m. CST Stanford, 5 p.m. PST UCLA/Anderson, 9 p.m. PST Columbia, 11:59 p.m. EST
Thursday, January 7th UCA/Darden, 11:59 p.m. EST Duke/Fuqua, 11:59 p.m. EST Yale, 11:59 p.m. EST
Friday, January 8th UNC/Kenan-Flagler, 11:59 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 12th Cornell/Johnson, 11:59 p.m. EST MIT/Sloan, 12 p.m. PST
Thursday, January 14th Northwestern/Kellogg, 11:59 p.m. CST
Friday, January 15th NYU/Stern, 11:59 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 19th Harvard Business School, 5 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 4th and 12th 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 NYU Stern essays may need the most revising, save that polishing until after you turn in the Wharton application on the 5th. 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.
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Posted by Clear Admit on December 27, 2009, at 3:00 pm
Posted in: GMAT - Quantitative , GMAT News , GMAT Test Prep Company Series , GMAT Tips Today’s GMAT tip comes from Veritas Prep. Earlier this week, we shared with you the first volume of their “Think Like the Testmaker Series.” In today’s article, they present their second installment to help you as you study:
The writers of the GMAT are tasked with a fairly difficult challenge — using fairly basic, high-school level math and verbal skills, they must create questions that will elicit incorrect answers from some of the most intelligent people on the planet. If you’re even interested in taking the GMAT, you’ve either graduated from or intend to shortly graduate from a four-year university, and you likely have at least a few years of quality work experience, plus the desire to spend two years and a healthy amount of money to obtain a Master’s degree. People like you, quite frankly, are difficult to consistently outsmart!
The writers, however, are quite sharp themselves, and realize astutely that intelligent people have learned over time to make time-saving assumptions that allow them to consistently perform at a high level without spending undue time to do so. As a multitasker, you allow yourself to take shortcuts that can be your undoing on the GMAT.
Consider this question:
How many even integers exist within the range -9 to 9?
As you attempt to answer this quickly, you’ll likely note that the range is symmetrical, and that by recognizing 2, 4, 6, and 8 as the positive even integers, you can multiply by 2 to account for all of the negative integers. Accordingly, you might choose 8 as your answer.
In doing so, however, you’ll have forgotten about 0, one of the devilish devices that the GMAT uses to bait unaware test-takers. Zero, quite literally, means “nothing,” making it an easy number to overlook. Furthermore, it’s neither positive nor negative (which mean “greater than zero” and “less than zero,” respectively), so it has no opposite in a situation like this when you might try to bank on the symmetry of the data set to shorten your workload.
To be successful on the GMAT, be keenly aware of the presence of the number 0 in any problems where it could appear. Much like a talented, multi-dimensional football player can cause defenses to always seek for his jersey number on the field (“Where’s number 5? Who’s covering number 5?”), the number 0 should keep you alert, as well. Ask yourself how 0 might factor in to each situation you face (it’s nonnegative but not positive; it’s even; when multiplied, it makes the entire product 0), as it just may be the difference-maker that the authors of the test need to keep your score down.
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Posted by Clear Admit on December 25, 2009, at 3:00 pm
Posted in: Interview Guides , School Guides As many MBA applicants know, the Clear Admit School and Interview Guides are excellent time-saving tools when it comes to gathering school-specific information to prepare for each step of the admissions process. Along these lines, we are pleased to share feedback from two MBA applicants who recently offered details on their individual experiences with these publications:
In a recent post to her blog, MBA applicant ‘Madologue’ discussed her upcoming interview at Darden, praising the Clear Admit Interview Guide to the Darden School of Business for helping her prepare. In the post, Madologue expresses her need to do research before the interview, stating that, “the key to succeed in interview is to clearly understand the nature of the interview…it definitely helps to have a clear idea about how the interview is going to happen.” To gain this level of knowledge, Madologue suggests a specific tool: “One major resource that has been helpful in my interview preparation is the…Clear Admit Interview Guide.”
Touting the publication as “a well researched, extensive guide,” Madologue points out that it not only includes a great deal of information, but it also does so in a manner that is accessible. She says, “Clear Admit has compiled many relevant data points regarding the interview and compiled it in a very readable way in this guide.” Madologue also draws attention to the time-saving value of the publication, writing that, “Applicants can gain all the relevant information in one place through this guide.” In other words, the Clear Admit Interview Guides will be of particular merit for the busy MBA applicant who is juggling admissions applications and a full-time job.
Madologue wraps up her assessment of the publication by saying, “I feel this guide can be really useful to applicants preparing for their Darden interview.”
We also recently received extensive feedback from one of our School Guide readers, who shared her thoughts on the Clear Admit School Guide to the Yale School of Management, which she calls, “a precious guide.” Like Madalogue, this reader emphasizes how the publication has helped her gain a great deal of knowledge in a short amount of time. In her feedback, she says, “the guide has helped me save a lot of time in doing my homework about the school. Instead of spending days surfing the huge amount of information on the official website of the school, I just read the guide in a couple of hours and gained in-depth information about the school history, core and elective courses, special programs and so on.”
The feedback from our Yale SOM Guide reader goes on to highlight the extensive use of peer-school comparisons in the guide indicating the benefits of having the information presented in the context of offerings at other schools. She responds positively . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 25, 2009, at 3:00 am
Posted in: Fridays from the Frontline Hi there and welcome to Fridays From The Frontline, Clear Admit’s regular roll around the rollicking and rousing MBA blogosphere. With the holidays coming up and exams simmering down, this was a rather quiet week on the blogging front, with applicants having the most to say. XLick met up with Stern and Johnson current students and alumni in the East Village and appreciated the opportunity to hear their perspectives on the MBA application process. Steve recapped his trip to Ithaca and interview at Cornell, complete with a narrow escape from the epic snowstorm of last weekend. Bizwiz completed seven of his ten GMAT prep books. Illuminati compared business school ranking systems. Madalogue received an acceptance from Tepper and prepared for her Darden interview with the Clear Admit Darden Interview Guide. Ardent Meerkat retook the GMAT but didn’t improve her quant score as much as she had hoped. Hari read books to take his mind off the wait for news from b-schools. Foo Blogger, having already received a zap from Kellogg didn’t hear anything happy from MIT. Rocky flew into Bangalore for fun and a Babson interview.
Kellogg ’11 Windsor led a trek to the bay area and recounted its overall success. Kellogg ’11 Orlando recapped his experience with the Neighborhood Business Initiative. Haas ’11 Sunny Side Up wished all her readers a merry Christmas.
Darden ’10 July Dream was in India and packing a whole heck of a lot each day. McCombs ’10 Metal was headed home to India as well, and hoped the food smelled as good as always. Ross ’10 M@ compiled the best of his 2009 experiences, including getting fat in South Dakota. McCombs ’10 Paragon2Pieces reviewed her Corporations class. Darden ’10 Mechanigal reflected on the great group of independent women she knew at the school. INSEAD ’10 Out Of My Jeans prepared for his departure to France with quite the to do list.
That concludes this week’s Fridays From The Frontline. As first round zaps roll in and second round deadlines loom, it certainly is a fraught time for current applicants but we hope that, for those who celebrate it, their Christmas holidays allow them a little respite from the stress. Until next week, happy holidays!
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