Posted by Clear Admit on April 3, 2012, at 3:00 am
Posted in:  School Guides , School: Cornell / Johnson , Trivia Tuesday Welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday, our weekly examination of the programs and policies that impact the student experience at the leading business schools. This week, we turn our attention to the Johnson School of Cornell University and their unusual first-year Immersion Program, as described in the Clear Admit Guide to the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management:
“In Spring Semester of the first year, students complement their final two core courses with participation in Johnson’s signature Immersion Learning program. Each immersion consists of a coordinated set of electives and experiential learning opportunities focused on a particular career or industry; these courses of study invite students to engage with business problems across functions and disciplines, as they will need to do later in their careers. Many career-switchers report that these immersions are an effective way to gain an in-depth understanding of their new target industry prior to their summer internships. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on March 23, 2012, at 2:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Cornell / Johnson Hiring is up at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, a fact the school attributes to its innovative “surround-the-student” model for career services. “For job placement, 2010 was better than 2009, and 2011 was better than 2010. We expect 2012 to be even better yet,” said Frederick Staudmyer, assistant dean and director of the Career Management Center (CMC).
In fact, the CMC is reporting a 10-percent increase in second-year MBA full-time offers and an 8-percent increase in summer internship offers compared to this time last year. These figures, as well as strong student evaluations, helped Johnson’s CMC gain recognition as one of the “World’s Best Career Management Centers” in a ranking published by Poets and Quants earlier this year, earning an A+ score.
“We differ from many peer schools because we offer more one-on-one support to students,” Staudmyer said. “A couple years ago, we changed our model from one that was ‘drop-in,’ to assignment-based, and began using SalesForce customer relationship management software to track students’ progress,” he continued.
Under the direction of the CMC, Johnson MBA students are paired with one of eight professional advisers for personalized career guidance as part of an Integrated Career Management Program that features four pillar initiatives: professional clubs; passport programs, which introduce first-year students to ideas and trends in various industries of interest; career workgroups; and one-to-one career advising.
“Our Integrated Career Management Program helps us deliver on our ‘surround-the-student’ concept,” said Staudmyer.
To learn more about the Career Management Center at Cornell’s Johnson School, click here.
Posted by Clear Admit on March 16, 2012, at 2:00 pm
Posted in: School: Cornell / Johnson The Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Business last week announced the launch of a new product concept designed to help prevent the spread of malaria in Ghana by engaging homemakers in low-income rural areas with products and practices for cleaning their homes.
Developed in partnership with SC Johnson, the concept is a membership-based club called WOW® that families in the Bobikuma village of Ghana pay to join, receiving in exchange a bundle of four different SC Johnson products in refillable formats; pest control products to manage insects and home cleaning products to keep homes clean and fresh. The memberships, which are sold to groups of seven families, also include group coaching sessions around home and family-care best practices and loyalty rewards for every three consecutive months of membership. » Continue reading
As applications to two-year, full-time MBA programs declined for a third consecutive year, more U.S. schools are beginning to offer one-year programs to attract a different type of student, the Financial Times reports. Though one-year programs have been standard at most European business schools for some time, some industry experts worry about their limitations in the United States, the FT continued.
“European programs for the most part require significant pre-enrolment work experience,” John Fernandes, president and chief executive of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business AACSB), told the FT. “With this, a one-year program may be fine for some students who are mostly interested in returning to and advancing within their current company. For students with little or no professional experience, it is a stretch to get all they need in one year.” » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on February 11, 2012, at 1:30 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: Cornell / Johnson , School: Cornell / Johnson Take a peek at the latest addition to the Clear Admit Wiki, a free online resource for MBA applicants to share their experiences with the admissions process! This Round 2 candidate for Cornell / Johnson faced the following queries from an adcom member:
“I interviewed on-campus February 5, 2012 with a member of the adcom. Along with the adcom member was a 2nd year student who was training to learn the interview process. The interview lasted about 45 minutes. The interviewer said that it was blind, but mentioned that she had “reviewed notes about my application” from the people who had read it previously.
The interview wasn’t more or less formal than interviews at other schools, but the overall atmosphere was very different. In previous interviews I was allowed to craft my own story via the guidance and direction of the interviewer’s questions, but at Johnson the prompts were very direct and many sub-questions came out of each of the general ones (below).
Questions:
- Walk me through your resume.
- What did you achieve at [penultimate job]? How?
- What have you done to change the organization where you currently work? How?
- Name and explain one difficult professional decision you were forced to make.
- Why Johnson? » Continue reading
The QS World MBA Tour, which gives prospective applicants to top MBA programs an opportunity to meet with leading business school admissions directors and GMAT test prep firms, will be touching down in several major North American cities next month. Beginning February 7th, tour stops include DC, Boston, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The world’s largest MBA fair, the QS World MBA Tour will feature more than $1.2 million worth of available scholarships, panel discussions addressing hot MBA topics and trends, free GMAT information seminars and presentations from local and international school representatives. B-school alumni, entrepreneurial groups and career development organizations will also be in attendance, giving prospective applicants valuable networking opportunities. The fair also features a dedicated section for Executive MBAs as well as a special “Women in Leadership” forum. » Continue reading
Welcome back to Wiki Wednesdays, in which we feature MBA interview reports that have recently been added to the Clear Admit Wiki! This week we’ve received a stream of new interview reports for schools such as Northwestern / Kellogg, Dartmouth / Tuck, and Duke / Fuqua. Also, a Round 1 applicant to Cornell / Johnson shared this interview experience:
“I interviewed on campus in conjunction with the Johnson Women in Business event, a two day women’s recruiting event. I received an invitation to interview prior to the event but all attendees were invited to interview regardless of if an invitation had been extended yet. The interviews were the first part of the event followed by two days of class visits and speaker events. My interview was with a member of the admissions staff and the interview was relatively formal with structured questions. I had met the person with whom I interviewed at a prior open house in my area so because we had met before and had kept in touch over email, the interview felt a bit more informal than it would have likely otherwise.
The interview was largely based off information in my resume. I had already submitted my application but I do not know if that information was used to ask specific questions.
Interview questions:
- Walk me through your resume
- What led you to this career path and why
- What are your short and long term career goals » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on January 9, 2012, at 2:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Cornell / Johnson The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University today announced that it has appointed an INSEAD professor to serve as its new dean, becoming the first major U.S. business school to hire a dean from a school outside the country.
Soumitra Dutta, a business and technology professor and director of the new media and technology innovation lab at France’s INSEAD, will become Johnson’s 11th dean effective July 1, 2012, Cornell President David Skorton announced. In addition to his tenure at INSEAD, Dutta has served as a visiting professor at UC Berkeley’s Haas School, the Oxford Internet Institute at University of Oxford and Cambridge University’s Judge School. He has also advised several governments concerning their national information and innovation policies and consulted with leading international organizations. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on December 13, 2011, at 3:00 am
Posted in: School Guides , School: Cornell / Johnson , Trivia Tuesday This week’s Trivia Tuesday post spotlights the academic honor code at Cornell University’s Johnson School, as detailed by the Clear Admit School Guide to the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management.
“Upon matriculation at Cornell University, all Johnson students must pledge to abide by the Cornell University Code of Academic Integrity, which mandates honesty, integrity and tolerance in and out of the classroom. An additional Johnson Honor Code stipulates appropriate professional behavior when interacting with recruiters and employers, while also putting forth strict guidelines for academic interactions among students. For example, when completing team assignments, students are not to discuss specific cases or problems with anyone outside their assigned teams; if the assignment is not specifically designated as team work, students are not to discuss case details with any classmates. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on October 19, 2011, at 1:00 am
Posted in: MBA News , School: Cornell / Johnson In an effort spearheaded by its Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University it taking steps to increase the number of female MBA students it enrolls and to provide ongoing support to its female students and alumnae, the school reported this week.
According to a study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women earn an average of $4,600 less than men at their initial post-MBA jobs, and the gap grows from there. But more women than ever are pursuing MBAs right now, and Johnson hopes through a range of female-specific events, initiatives and resources to help address the earnings gap and keep women interested in management education.
“Our program offerings are designed to give women the tools and resources necessary to achieve a successful career in business,” Nsombi B. Ricketts, director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Johnson, said in a statement. “Women face specific challenges in the workplace, but the value they provide in all areas of the business world is critical so we must continue to grow their presence in this turbulent economy.” » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on September 26, 2011, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , Rankings , School: Berkeley / Haas , School: Cornell / Johnson , School: IE , School: Michigan / Ross , School: Northwestern / Kellogg , School: Stanford , School: UNC / Kenan Flagler , School: Yale Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) last week reclaimed the number one spot in the Aspen Institute’s biennial Beyond Grey Pinstripes rankings, an alternative ranking that compares business schools according to how well they teach MBA students to look at the social, environmental and ethical impacts of business decisions. This year’s rankings were released on September 21st.
“In all scoring categories used to determine the ranking, business schools have raised the bar,” Judith Samuelson, executive director of the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program, which conducted Beyond Grey Pinstripes, said in a statement. She noted that there are more courses than ever before featuring content on social, ethical and environmental issues, more courses about the role of business as a positive agent for change and more research published by faculty on relevant topics. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on September 13, 2011, at 3:00 am
Posted in: School Guides , School: Cornell / Johnson , Trivia Tuesday It’s time for Trivia Tuesday, in which we dedicate a weekly post to the components that differentiate leading MBA programs from their peers. Today, we’re taking a look into the Clear Admit School Guide to the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management to explore the Johnson’s focus on entrepreneurship.
“Both Johnson and Cornell University itself provide a wealth of academic and experiential opportunities for MBA students interested in entrepreneurship.
The school’s Entrepreneurship & Private Equity immersion program is designed for students who plan to start new ventures or become principals in venture capital or private equity firms. Its foundation course provides an in-depth exploration of business plan creation, valuation and management of high-growth businesses, and leveraged buyouts, among other topics. Students in this immersion work together as a cohort to support each other both academically and professionally; many spend the subsequent summer creating or implementing their own business plans, often collaborating with faculty and fellow students to hone their ideas and generate funding. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 5, 2011, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , Rankings , School: Chicago , School: Columbia , School: Cornell / Johnson , School: Dartmouth / Tuck , School: Harvard , School: MIT / Sloan , School: Northwestern / Kellogg , School: Penn / Wharton , School: Stanford , School: Virginia / Darden Harvard Business School (HBS) came out on top this year for the first time since 2003 in the Forbes Best U.S. Business Schools ranking, released this week. Stanford, the former No. 1, dropped to second.
The Forbes ranking, which focuses on the return on investment graduates achieve from attending business school, found that graduates in Harvard’s Class of 2006 saw their median salaries rise from $79,000 pre-MBA to $230,000 in 2010, the highest jump among U.S. schools. » Continue reading
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2011-2012 Clear Admit School Guides to Darden, INSEAD, Johnson, Kenan-Flagler, LBS, McCombs and Tepper! As previously announced earlier this summer, the updated versions of the Clear Admit School Guides to Chicago Booth, Columbia, Harvard, Kellogg, Ross, Stanford, Wharton, Anderson, Fuqua, Haas, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Tuck and Yale SOM also available for immediate download in our shop.
All of the 2011-2012 editions feature the most current information from the programs, including the latest admissions guidelines, class demographics and placement statistics, and offer insight into year-over-year trends. This year, our guides include more student quotes, new content about school-specific special programs, exclusive Q&As with admissions directors and career services directors, and Clear Admit’s analysis of essay topics. » Continue reading
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