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Posted by Clear Admit on August 30, 2010, at 3:00 am
For all those applicants who have recently opened a calendar to plot out the next few months only to realize they can’t possibly fit in campus visits on top of full time jobs and essay writing, never fear! It’s true that traveling to a school’s campus is the ideal way to learn about their MBA program, but visiting is often not a viable option for applicants who are located remotely or unsure of their level of interest in a given school. The good news is that business schools might very well come to them. Many b-schools are getting ready to hit the road and embark on worldwide tours to dispense information and recruit qualified applicants. Such events offer a great opportunity for interested students to meet with admissions staff (and sometimes with current students and/or alumni), learn about the program and ask specific questions.
Some of the top schools are already on the road, so we recommend looking into the travel schedules for programs of interest and planning accordingly. Keeping in mind that these schedules are updated and amended throughout the fall, here are some of the top programs’ itineraries for the months ahead: » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 24, 2010, at 3:00 am
Welcome back to Trivia Tuesday, our weekly exploration of the details, distinctions and developments of the leading MBA programs.
Over the last decade, most business schools have sought ways to provide relevant, hands-on international business exposure within the confines of a two-year degree. The solution that many schools have arrived at is study trips, which allow students to spend a few weeks exploring the business environment of another country over the summer or during a mid-semester break. Depending on the school, these trips may be organized through an elective course, by an administrative office, or through a campus student group. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 18, 2010, at 1:00 pm
According to a Columbia Business School (CBS) spokesperson, long-time admissions director Linda Meehan is retiring from her post this week. Meehan joined the CBS staff in 1993 and served as director of admissions through fall 2009, when CBS appointed Mary Miller as the school’s new admissions director as part of a move to combine admissions for the MBA and EMBA programs. Meehan stayed on for the past year, focusing more of her attention on alumni affairs, but she has now decided to retire.
The news comes on the heels of several other changes among the staff at top MBA programs around the country. At the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, veteran Admissions Director Rose Martinelli announced her own departure last month. She left to become assistant vice president of enrollment for the University of Chicago, and Kurt Ahlm from the admissions office has taken over as director of admissions and financial aid. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 17, 2010, at 3:00 pm
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2010-2011 Clear Admit MBA School Guides to Darden, INSEAD, Johnson, Kenan-Flagler, London Business School and Tepper! As previously announced in this space, also available are the updated versions of the Clear Admit MBA School Guides to Chicago Booth, Columbia, Fuqua, Haas, Harvard, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Ross, Stanford, Tuck, UCLA Anderson, Wharton and Yale, which were released earlier this summer.
All twenty of the 2010-2011 Clear Admit MBA School Guide titles 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.
Applauded by admissions officers and applicants alike, the Clear Admit MBA School Guides are informative and detailed profiles of leading business schools that combine the views of faculty, students, alumni and the popular press. They are available electronically (in PDF format) to help you meet your tight time constraints.
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Posted by Clear Admit on August 11, 2010, at 1:00 pm
Columbia Business School (CBS) this week announced that it will launch a new networking initiative this fall designed to better connect MBA and EMBA students with complete the CBS network, including alumni, faculty, staff, executives-in-residence and more.
Called the Columbia Career Network (CCN), the new program is designed to capture every opportunity for students to interact with alumni and other industry leaders in a single place, creating a one-stop networking shop for the entire school. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 3, 2010, at 11:59 am
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2010-2011 Clear Admit School Guides to Fuqua, Haas, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Tuck, UCLA Anderson and Yale! As previously announced in this space, also available are the updated versions of the Clear Admit School Guides to Chicago Booth, Columbia, Harvard, Kellogg, Ross, Stanford and Wharton, which were released earlier this summer. All of the 2010-2011 titles feature the most current . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 2, 2010, at 1:43 pm
At least six top business schools have added courses focused on internet marketing and social media to their MBA curricula in the past year as part of an effort to help students stand out to employers in a tight job market, a recent Bloomberg BusinessWeek article reports.
Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School and the Carroll School of Management at Boston College each will offer one or more social networking courses this fall, according to the report. And in Europe, INSEAD, London Business School and the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC Paris) also have added or soon will add related course offerings of their own. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 26, 2010, at 1:00 pm
Columbia Business School (CBS) this year will identify and develop new cross-disciplinary areas (CDAs) that combine research, collaboration and teaching disciplines from across multiple divisions within the school. This new initiative, designed to reflect the cross-functional operations students will confront in the real business world, will include a number of new courses co-taught by experts from several different fields.
One such course, “The Psychology and Economics of Consumer Finance,” is built around helping students understand how household decisions impact the macroeconomy and what drives consumer financial behavior. Co-taught by Professor Eric Johnson, an expert in consumer behavior, and Professor Stephen Zeldes, a finance and economics expert, the course will debut this fall. It is the first course at CBS to ever focus . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 7, 2010, at 2:30 pm
Available for immediate purchase and download are the 2010-2011 versions of the Clear Admit School Guides to Chicago Booth, Columbia, Harvard, Kellogg, Ross, Stanford and Wharton. These titles 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.
Applauded by admissions officers and applicants alike, the Clear Admit School Guides are informative and detailed profiles of leading business schools that combine the views of faculty, students, alumni and the popular press. They are available electronically (in PDF . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 26, 2010, at 1:26 pm
Graduates from top MBA programs in the United States can expect to earn $2.5 million, on average, in base pay and bonuses over the course of a 20-year career, with graduates from the very top programs earning even more, according to recent research commissioned by Bloomberg Businessweek.
For the second year, Bloomberg BusinessWeek asked PayScale, a salary data collection company, to calculate median cash compensation for graduates from top business school upon graduation and again after 5, 10, 15 and 20 years of work. PayScale, which uses online pay comparison tools to collect individual salary data, has a database of 23,000 MBA grads at the top 45 U.S. business schools.
According to PayScale’s data, Harvard Business School graduates can expect to earn the . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 25, 2010, at 2:00 pm
After sticking with the same three essays for the past two years, this year Columbia has made a significant change. Although the first essay on career goals remains the same, Columbia has reduced the amount of essays to two and has adopted a new second essay topic that focuses on applicants’ personalities. With one question on work goals and the other on personal interests, this set of topics suggests a dual focus on one’s professional and personal interests, experiences, and plans. Bearing this in mind, feel free to contact us for a free consultation, in which one of our Admissions Consultants will help you evaluate the elements of your profile and spread them across each of these essays. . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 24, 2010, at 1:00 pm
The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund will partner with 10 top MBA programs across the United States as part of a new fellowship program designed to support promising students who demonstrate academic excellence and social leadership during their first year of MBA studies.
The fellowships, which will be presented to one student from each of the ten partner schools, will cover the full cost of tuition for the second year of MBA studies. Partner schools include Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business, Columbia University Graduate School of Business, Duke University Fuqua School of Business, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, MIT Sloan School of Business, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago Booth School . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 17, 2010, at 10:09 am
The Columbia Business School essay topics for the 2010-2011 admissions season have recently been announced. While the first required essay is same as last year’s prompt, the second marks a significant change in Columbia’s application. The essay topics are below:
Essay 1
What are your short-term and long-term post-MBA goals? How will Columbia Business School help you achieve these goals? (Recommended 750 word limit)
Essay 2
Please tell us about yourself and your personal interests. The goal of this essay is to get a sense of who you are, rather than what you have achieved professionally. (Recommended 500 word limit)
Optional Essay
Is there any further information that you wish to provide to the Admissions Committee? (Please use this space to provide an explanation of any . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on April 22, 2010, at 1:00 pm
Outgoing and incoming student government presidents of seven major business schools convened earlier this week at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School for a three-day President’s Summit, where they announced the formation of a new MBA Peer School Forum.
The forum, a student government coalition with representatives from the Wharton School, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Columbia Business School, Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, Harvard Business School, MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Stanford Graduate School of Business, was developed to help create inter-school cohesion and collaboration and support student-led initiatives designed to positively impact business and society. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on April 21, 2010, at 10:03 am
Columbia Business School has announced its deadlines for this upcoming admissions season! The list of deadlines is as follows:
January 2011 Accelerated Program
Application Review Period Begins: May 2010
Decision Period: Within 8 weeks
Application Deadline: October 6th, 2010
September 2011 Early Decision
Application Review Period Begins: August 16th, 2010
Decision Period: Within 10 weeks
Application Deadline: October 6th, 2010
September 2011 Regular Decision (International Applicants)
Application Review Period Begins: January 5th, 2011
Decision Period: Within 12 weeks
Application Deadline: March 2rd, 2011
September 2011 Regular Decision (U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents)
Application Review Period Begins: January 5th, 2011
Decision Period: Within 12 weeks
Application Deadline: April . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on April 15, 2010, at 1:00 pm
Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) have once again tied for first in the 2011 U.S. News & World Report MBA rankings, released late yesterday. While the major players in the top 15 remain largely unchanged from previous years, there were some notable shifts up and down the ranks.
Stanford, for its part, showed a slight rebound. After a slip to number two last year, the Palo Alto school this year once again forced HBS to share the number one spot, as it had in 2009. MIT’s Sloan School of Management also gained some ground to come in at number three, advancing from the number five spot.
MIT Sloan displaced the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on March 31, 2010, at 3:10 pm
Welcome back to another installment of Wiki Wednesdays, a weekly column in which we set the spotlight on some of the latest interview reports added to the Clear Admit Wiki. We’ve received a number of great interview reports this past week, namely for: London Business School, MIT / Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB and Wharton. Let’s take a closer look at a couple of the newest reports before covering the contest…
A Round 3 candidate for Northwestern / Kellogg shared the following questions from an interview with an alumnus:
Why do you want to make this particular career transition? What attracts you to the field? (not exact words, but that . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on March 29, 2010, at 1:02 pm
An expert in carbon finance who formerly headed the world’s largest carbon credit company is the newest addition to the Executives in Residence Program at Columbia Business School (CBS), the school announced late last week.
Bruce Usher, who served as CEO of EcoSecurities Group from 2002 to 2009, will share his expertise in carbon finance with CBS students through guest lectures, collaboration with student groups and brown bag lunches in his new role as executive in residence. EcoSecurities, which was sold to JP Morgan in December 2009, became the world’s largest public carbon credit company under Usher’s leadership, developing more than 400 projects around the world, or approximately 10 percent of all projects approved by the United Nations under the Kyoto Protocol.
Usher . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on March 24, 2010, at 4:04 pm
Welcome back to Wiki Wednesdays, a weekly column in which we highlight some of the latest interview reports added to the Clear Admit Wiki. We’ve received a handful of great interview reports this past week, namely for: Chicago Booth, Cornell / Johnson, Harvard Business School, Northwestern / Kellogg and Wharton. We’d like to thank everyone for continuing to share their experiences in the Clear Admit Wiki!
Let’s take look at a couple of the newest reports before covering the contest. A Round 2 candidate for Harvard Business School shared the following questions from an interview with an adcom member:
Since last year, you got promoted. How did your leadership style evolve to deserve that promotion?
How are . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on March 17, 2010, at 2:28 pm
Welcome back to another edition of Wiki Wednesdays, in which we highlight some of the latest interview reports added to the Clear Admit Wiki, an online repository for MBA applicants to share their experiences with admissions interviews. We’ve received a number of great interview reports this past week, namely for: Duke / Fuqua, Georgetown / McDonough, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UT / McCombs, UVA / Darden and Wharton. We’d like to thank everyone for continuing to share their experiences in the Clear Admit Wiki!
Let’s take look at a couple of the newest reports before digging into contest details. A Round 2 candidate for . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on March 16, 2010, at 2:00 am
Welcome back to Trivia Tuesday, our regular examination of the offerings and opportunities at the leading business schools.
Today we turn our attention to options for studying healthcare in business school, with a particular emphasis on Wharton’s Health Care Management Major and Duke’s Health Sector Management Program, the two oldest and best known healthcare programs among U.S. business schools.
Wharton’s major draws its faculty from the business, medical and nursing schools, as well as from practicing healthcare professionals, ensuring an interdisciplinary approach to the issues in the field. The Health Care Management major differs from other majors at Wharton in that students must choose the major in their initial application to the school instead of in their second year. Health Care Management further . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on March 10, 2010, at 3:19 pm
Welcome to Wiki Wednesdays, in which we pull samples from the latest interview reports added to the Clear Admit Wiki, an online repository for MBA applicants to share their experiences with admissions interviews. We’ve received a number of great interview reports this past week, namely for: INSEAD, Northwestern / Kellogg, London Business School, UVA / Darden and Yale School of Management. We’d like to thank everyone for continuing to share their experiences in the Clear Admit Wiki!
Before getting into contest details, let’s take look at a couple of the newest reports. An accepted applicant to INSEAD shared the following questions from an alumnus:
Why entrepreneurship? Do you think INSEAD will . . . → Continue Reading
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