Posted by Clear Admit on November 22, 2011, at 2:00 pm
Posted in:  Admissions Tips , General , School: Harvard , School: Stanford Clear Admit co-founder Graham Richmond weighed in recently as part of a Forbes article on the importance of humility in the MBA admissions process. “While many applicants take the ‘Look at me, I’m great!’ approach – and think they are doing themselves a favor – the truth is that striking this sort of tone rarely pays dividends,” Richmond cautioned. “There is not a single top MBA program where the admissions team responds favorably to a candidate who aggressively self-promotes,” he continued, adding that there is a fine line between confidence and cockiness and applicants want to avoid crossing it.
Admissions directors at top programs concur, stressing that applicants should strive to be honest, clear and self-reflective without becoming too self-promotional. “Humility is the magic word, and it is a quality that is not diametrically opposed to confidence,” Dee Leopold, director of admissions at Harvard Business School, told Forbes. Applicants should certainly share their achievements, she continues, but in a way that is honest and clear.
Posted by Clear Admit on November 16, 2011, at 3:00 pm
Posted in: General , Interview Guides , School Guides , Strategy Series , Videos For a limited time, we are offering a free copy of “Navigating the MBA Admissions Process” – a complete video course on how to get into business school created by Clear Admit and Beat The GMAT – to customers who purchase four or more Clear Admit Guides in a single transaction.
Whether you’re seeking guidance on polishing your resume, submitting an application in Round 2, practicing for an admissions interview or considering what MBA programs are the strongest in your area of interest, Clear Admit has a guide for you! To supplement the school-specific information found across our suite of publications and the strategic guidance offered in our Strategy Series and Interview Guides, watch all nine sessions of this MBA admissions course narrated by seasoned Clear Admit consultants. Over the course of the video series, you’ll learn everything from how to market yourself in your applications and write effective essays to preparing for admissions interviews and making a final decision about where to attend.
To take advantage of this offer, visit the Clear Admit Shop and purchase four guides from our School Guide, Interview Guide, School Selection Guide and Strategy Series lines. All four guides must be purchased in the same transaction. While you’re welcome to download our free guides, they do not count towards the four publications that must be purchased. Within one business day of your guide order being filled, a member of the Clear Admit team will send a discount code for the video course to the email used to purchase the guides. It’s that easy! To receive free access to “Navigating the MBA Admissions Process,” which is currently retailing for $99, you must make your purchase in the Clear Admit Shop by December 1, 2011 at 11:59pm EST.
Please note that if you make your purchase during the Thanksgiving holiday (Thursday, November 24 – Sunday, November 27), you may not receive the email with the discount code until Monday, November 28.
For MBA applicants who are on the go, Clear Admit now offers seven of our highly acclaimed School Guides in App form for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch!
Prospective applicants to Chicago Booth, Columbia, Harvard, INSEAD, Kellogg, Stanford and Wharton need to look no further for a comprehensive, at your fingertips resource that is helpful at all stages of the MBA admissions process. Whether you are just beginning to research target schools, crafting application essays, preparing for an admissions interview or making a final decision about where you attend, the Clear Admit MBA Guide Apps are a valuable and time-saving resource.
Each of the seven MBA Guide Apps includes 30+ pages of objective information covering student demographics, academics, special programs, student life, career services, admission and financial aid among other things. The convenient “Notes” feature allows you to record your thoughts as you peruse each page of the guide.
If you’re an MBA applicant who wants the benefits of the Clear Admit School Guides with the convince of being able to read them anywhere, the School Guide Apps are for you!
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Posted by Clear Admit on July 6, 2011, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: General , School: Penn / Wharton Knowledge@Wharton, the online business journal of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, recently featured a video interview with Clear Admit admissions advisor Alex Brown discussing his new book, Greatness and Goodness: Barbaro and His Legacy. Brown worked for more than seven years in admissions at Wharton before joining the Clear Admit team. In 2006, he turned his energies toward raising awareness of horse welfare issues, though he continues to serve as an advisor to Clear Admit.
From MBA admissions to horse racing and horse welfare may seem a strange jump, but not if you know Brown. While working as the senior associate director of admissions at Wharton, and later as an admissions counselor here at Clear Admit, Brown was waking before the sun to put in several hours every week at a track in Maryland galloping horses before heading into the office in Philadelphia. In fact, Brown came to the United States 20 years ago from his native United Kingdom as a horse racer. His MBA – at the University of Delaware – and subsequent work in MBA admissions and as an internet marketing professor – were initially all mere sidelines to galloping horses.
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Posted by Clear Admit on June 21, 2011, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: General The Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), owner of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), will host its annual conference this week in Boston, drawing top admissions staff from schools around the globe that use the GMAT as an entrance requirement for admission. Clear Admit’s own Graham Richmond will moderate one of the conference sessions, sharing data from the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC) about prospective applicants to the most competitive MBA programs in the world.
The conference, which will take place June 22nd through 24th, brings together graduate management admission professionals of all levels working in admissions, marketing and MBA program management to share successes and best practices in the field of MBA admissions and to look at their own programs from different perspectives. Session topics range from the future of the MBA in Asia to implementing a social media plan at the graduate management admissions level.
Harvard Business School Takes Credit for Egyptian Revolution
Boston, MA (Reuters) – While many pundits and political scientists have labeled social media services like Facebook and Twitter as key enablers in promoting democratic change in Egypt, one of the world’s most prestigious business schools has recently issued a press release offering a different take on the matter. The release, which comes from Harvard Business School, indicates that a group of HBS students from the Class of 2011 spent their Christmas break on a field project in Cairo, and that this trip sowed the seeds of democratic change in the country. While limited details on the nature of the project were given, sources within the university claim that this small cadre of students shipped thousands of copies of books like Capitalism and Freedom and The Coming of Managerial Capitalism for distribution among Egyptian citizens just weeks before the gatherings began taking place in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Harvard Business School Publishing promised that a forthcoming case study will provide further details.
ETS Unveils New Strategy (and Name) for Graduate Record Exam
Princeton, NJ (Knight-Ridder) – ETS, the makers of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), have announced a new approach with regards to their marketing and administration of the test. Starting on June 1st, 2011, the GRE will be renamed the Graduate Masters Admissions Test Two (GMATT). While ETS claims that this change is designed to reflect the broad applicability of their exam and it’s wholly redesigned approach, senior leadership at rival test provider GMAC (makers of the Graduate Management Admissions Test – the GMAT) are crying foul. GMAC’s David Wilson offered the following: “We’ve filed a cease and desist letter with our counsel that calls for ETS to abandon their use of the new exam’s name”, Wilson said. “ETS is merely taking a cheap shot to gain traction in the MBA applicant market and are still smarting from their loss of the contract to produce our exam.” Officials at ETS could not be reached for comment.
Background Checks Conducted by Admissions Offices To Include Social Media Sites Like Facebook
Palo Alto, CA (Bloomberg) – In a somewhat controversial move, leading graduate business schools like Stanford, Columbia and Kellogg are including Facebook, mySpace and Twitter profiles in their routine background checks of admitted applicants. The schools, working in conjunction with Kroll Background Screening, have determined that data mined from applicant accounts with social media outlets can offer valuable insight into one’s readiness to join the MBA community. Leading MBA programs will explore photos, status postings and group memberships that candidates include in their social media profiles. Clayton Davis, a student planning to matriculate at Kellogg, expressed his concern: “On Facebook, my username is ‘Mr. Destruktor’ because that’s the handle I use in the online role-playing games I play. Now I’m concerned that this could seem inappropriate to the team-friendly Kellogg community.”
Wharton Leadership Trek Gets Lost
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Posted by Clear Admit on March 30, 2011, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: General , School: NYU Stern New York University earlier this week announced plans to open a new Shanghai campus that could ultimately be home to as many as 3,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. NYU Shanghai will welcome its first class of undergraduate students in September 2013, becoming NYU’s second international campus and the first in China with independent legal status.
Posted by Clear Admit on March 30, 2011, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: General , School: Penn / Wharton The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania has expanded its online journal network, Knowledge@Wharton, to incude a new publication aimed at high school students and their teachers, the school announced earlier this month.
Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS) (http://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu) features articles, videos, podcasts, interviews with high school students, a dictionary of business terms and even an interactive stock market/portfolio management game. There is also a Teachers’ Room where high school teachers can share lesson plans and other teaching resources with one another. Content will be completely free, although users will be required to register.
Posted by Clear Admit on March 15, 2011, at 8:00 am
Posted in: Events , General Last week we launched our survey of people interested in pursuing an MBA. Many so far have participated, but we still need to hear from you. We would greatly appreciate it if you would share your thoughts with us.
Our survey should take about 10 minutes to complete. Please complete the survey by Wednesday, March 30th. For completing the survey, you may enter to win an iPod Touch or one of two new iPod Shuffles. We’ll also be sharing the results of the survey this spring to help candidates better understand the nature of today’s applicant pool.
To begin, simply click here.
Posted by Clear Admit on March 9, 2011, at 8:00 am
Posted in: General , MBA News Applicants turn to the Clear Admit blog as a source of reliable information and valuable advice on the MBA admissions process. As a member of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants, we are conducting a survey to help us better understand our readers’ goals and needs. We’d like to invite all of our readers to share their school selection priorities and views on the MBA application process.
This online survey should take just 10 minutes to complete. We would love to receive as many responses as possible before the closing date of Wednesday, March 30th – and will be giving away an iPod Touch and two iPod Shuffles as a token of our gratitude! We’ll also be sharing the results of the survey this spring to help candidates better understand the nature of today’s applicant pool.
Thanks in advance for your participation!
To begin the survey, simply click here.
Posted by Clear Admit on January 20, 2011, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: General , MBA News The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), owner of the GMAT exam, yesterday announced the winners of its global Ideas to Innovation (i2i) Challenge, part of an initiative to advance business education around the world. Twenty-one winners will share more than $260,000 in prize money for their ideas on how to creatively change management education.
The winners were selected from more than 650 people representing 60 countries who entered ideas into the competition, which ran from July to October 2010. Half of the ideas were submitted by business school alumni and current and prospective students, though the competition was open to anyone. The 21 winners represented nine countries and included current business school students, university faculty members and corporate teams.
Posted by Clear Admit on December 20, 2010, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: Admissions Tips , General An article last week in U.S. News & World Report featured an in-depth interview with Clear Admit co-founder Graham Richmond answering a host of questions about the importance of work experience to the MBA application process.
Richmond fielded questions ranging from how much work experience an applicant should have before applying to an MBA program to how highly top schools value internships as compared to full-time jobs to what kinds of prior jobs are of little value in the application process.
Posted by Clear Admit on November 4, 2010, at 4:00 pm
Posted in: General , GMAT - Quantitative , GMAT - Verbal , GMAT News Earlier this week, Beat The GMAT launched their new and improved GMAT prep software, Beat The GMAT Practice Questions. This online product provides users with access to over 700 sample GMAT questions, accompanied by instant explanations and performance reporting data. Last week, our friends at BTG gave us a sneak peek of this product, and we want to share our thoughts on it with our readers.
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Posted by Clear Admit on October 29, 2010, at 4:30 pm
Posted in: General , Rankings This post is authored by Carolyn C. Wise, Vault.com’s Senior Education Editor. She oversees the production of 10 annual guides covering undergraduate and graduate admissions, top internships, and career advice compilations for entry-level law and MBA job seekers. Her team is responsible for all educational content on Vault.com, including law school profiles, admissions advice, GMAT prep and business school industry trends articles. Carolyn reminds students that, “studying is important, but it isn’t everything. Volunteer, or join a club or sports team. This will make you happier overall—and more attractive to potential employers.”
Of the almost 2,000 banking professionals we surveyed this summer, only 8.8 percent said location was a major factor in their decision to join their firm. For prospective MBAs, location plays a much bigger role–not only when choosing a business school, but also when considering prospective employers at graduation. A whopping 79 percent of business school students we surveyed in May told us that location influenced their decision to attend a particular school. And if you want to pursue a career in finance, location should play a major role in your business school decision, too.
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