Posted by Clear Admit on December 20, 2011, at 3:00 am
Posted in:  School Selection Guides , School: Duke / Fuqua , Trivia Tuesday Hello and welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday, in which we examine individual program elements that differentiate the leading MBA programs from their peers. Today, we’re digging into the Clear Admit School Guide to Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in order to share with you some insights about the program’s Entrepreneurship program.
“Fuqua established the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation for students interested in pursuing careers in entrepreneurial or private equity endeavors. The Center works to incorporate the practices and ideas associated with entrepreneurship into Fuqua’s curriculum.
“The teaching style of the school’s entrepreneurship electives varies, with both lecture-based and experiential offerings. The more traditional, lecture-based classes include Entrepreneurial Strategy, and Venture Capital & Private Equity, while the experiential options include the New Ventures Clinic and the Mentored Study in Entrepreneurship.
Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, Columbia Business School (CBS), Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and Spain’s IE Business School are among top MBA programs that are introducing a combined admissions process in which students who get rejected from a full-time MBA program can more easily be offered admission to a part-time or executive MBA offering instead, the Financial Times reports.
Through combined admissions, schools can look for applicants whose profiles may not be strong enough to secure a spot in the full-time MBA program but who might be well suited for the part-time or executive MBA programs. For example, students with low GMAT scores but valuable work experience could be admitted to the EMBA cohort at certain programs instead of the full-time MBA program, admissions officials told the FT.
Posted by Clear Admit on October 24, 2011, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Duke / Fuqua More students from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business are securing jobs faster than in past years, even amid troubled economic times, the school reported last week. According to a report from Fuqua’s Career Management Center (CMC), 93 percent of full-time MBA students from the class of 2011 received job offers within three months of graduation, up 11 percent form 2010 and 14 percent from 2009.
Sheryl Dirks, association dean for career management at Fuqua, attributed the rising employment figures to collaboration across Fuqua between the CMC, student clubs, regional offices, alumni engagement teams and the MBA Association. “But far more than Fuqua’s efforts as an organization, these terrific results reflect the hard work by the students themselves,” she continued. “While we have an obligation to put in place the right resources, it is ultimately students’ efforts that dictate these numbers and this class excelled in that regard.”
Posted by Clear Admit on October 21, 2011, at 4:09 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Duke / Fuqua , Uncategorized The MBA Health Sector Management (HSM) program at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business this week launched a joint initiative with Verizon to develop health information technology designed to drive better care, expanded access and lower costs, the Durham school announced.
Fuqua’s HSM program, the oldest and largest health management concentration among top U.S. business schools, enrolls 400 MBA students in its full-time and executive programs each year. Through this new partnership, HSM and Verizon Connected Healthcare Solutions, the company’s healthcare practice group, will combine technical resources and personnel to focus on projects that can harness advanced communications technology to improve healthcare services and offerings. Initial potential projects include mobile health applications and consumer health care education.
Posted by Clear Admit on September 27, 2011, at 9:50 am
Posted in: School Guides , School: Duke / Fuqua , Trivia Tuesday Welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday, in which we examine individual program elements that differentiate the leading MBA programs from their peers. Today, we’re taking a look into the Clear Admit School Guide to Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in order to share with you some insights about the program’s teaching methods.
“Most classes at Fuqua meet twice a week, either on Mondays and Thursdays or on Tuesdays and Fridays. No classes are held on Wednesdays, a system designed to give students a mid-week break that can be used to schedule job interviews, attend campus events or catch up on assignments from earlier in the week.
Posted by Clear Admit on August 29, 2011, at 3:00 am
Posted in: Admissions Tips , School: Berkeley / Haas , School: Chicago , School: Columbia , School: Dartmouth / Tuck , School: Duke / Fuqua , School: Harvard , School: IESE , School: IMD , School: INSEAD , School: London Business School , School: Michigan / Ross , School: NYU Stern , School: Penn / Wharton , School: Stanford , School: UCLA / Anderson , School: UNC / Kenan Flagler , School: Virginia / Darden , School: Yale 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:
Posted by Clear Admit on July 26, 2011, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Duke / Fuqua , Uncategorized Blair Sheppard, dean of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, will step down, according to reports yesterday in the Financial Times and Economist. Sheppard has been asked instead to oversee fundraising and development for Duke’s new Chinese University in Kunshan, near Shanghai.
According to the Economist report, this news overrides a recent announcement that Sheppard had been appointed to a second five-year term as Fuqua dean. William Boulding, Fuqua’s deputy dean, will serve as interim dean for a two-year term beginning August 1st, according to the FT. Fuqua will begin an international search for a new dean during Boulding’s second year.
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2011-2012 Clear Admit School Guides to Anderson, Fuqua, Haas, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Tuck and Yale SOM! As previously announced earlier this month, the updated versions of the Clear Admit School Guides to Chicago Booth, Columbia, Harvard, Kellogg, Ross, Stanford and Wharton 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.
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. Our guides are available for immediate download in PDF format to help you meet your tight time constraints.
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2011-2012 versions of the remaining School Guide titles and new titles for international MBA programs are slated for release later this summer, so stay tuned for more details!
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Posted by Clear Admit on July 7, 2011, at 8:00 am
Posted in: Essay Topic Analysis , School: Duke / Fuqua Fuqua’s essay topics for the 2011-2012 admissions season remain identical to last year’s, retaining a strong interest in applicants’ interest in and potential contribution to the Duke MBA program and broader community. Moreover, the preamble/introduction that has prefaced the program’s essays for the past several years suggests that the program is seeking students who are both natural leaders and collaborators, able to work with diverse teams of people, and who hope to make a lasting impact through their post-MBA career pursuits. Further, Duke values students who can express themselves in a personable manner through their essays, so applicants should also strive to infuse their writing with personality and passion.
Although there is no specified word limit, Duke does require that all essays be no more than two pages in length, written with 1.5 line spacing and a minimum 10 point font size. Let’s take a closer look at each essay:
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Posted by Clear Admit on July 1, 2011, at 9:23 am
Posted in: Essay Topics , School: Duke / Fuqua The Fuqua admissions office released the 2011-2012 deadlines and essay topics before the holiday weekend. The three prompts for first time applicants are as follows:
Essay 1: Describe your vision for your career and your inspiration for pursuing this career path.
Essay 2: How will your background, values, and non-work activities enhance the experience of other Duke MBA students and add value to Fuqua’s diverse culture?
Essay 3: Why Duke? (If you are interested in a specific concentration, joint degree, clubs or activities, please discuss how you would contribute to these in this essay.)
The Duke admissions committee states that applicants should respond to each question in no more than 2 pages using 1.5 line spacing and font size that is at least 10 point.
The school also released this year’s optional essay question and re-applicant essay topic:
Optional Essay: If you feel there are extenuating circumstances of which the Admissions Committee should be aware, please explain them here (e.g., unexplained gaps in work, choice of recommenders, inconsistent or questionable academic performance, significant weakness in your application).
Re-applicant Essay: All re-applicants are required to complete the Re-applicant Essay. Please limit your response to two pages. Write an essay describing how you are now a stronger candidate for admission compared to the application you submitted the previous year.
For more information about how to apply to the Duke MBA class of 2014, visit the Fuqua admissions website.
Posted by Clear Admit on June 30, 2011, at 4:40 pm
Posted in: Deadlines , School: Duke / Fuqua The Fuqua deadlines for the Class of 2014 are now available online. The four rounds are as follows:
Early Action: Application Deadline – September 29, 2011 Interview Invitations Sent – October 24, 2011 Interview Dates (expect Durham) – November 11-12, 2011 Decision Notification – December 5, 2011 Tuition Deposit ($3,000) – December 20, 2011
Round 1: Application Deadline – November 1, 2011 Interview Invitations Sent – December 16, 2011 Interview Dates (expect Durham) – January 7-8 & 14-15, 2012 Decision Notification – February 1, 2012 Tuition Deposit ($1,500) – May 1, 2012
Round 2: Application Deadline – January 4, 2012 Interview Invitations Sent – February 8, 2012 Interview Dates (expect Durham) – February 17 – 18 & 24-25, 2012 Decision Notification – March 20, 2012 Tuition Deposit ($1,500) – May 1, 2012
Round 3: Application Deadline – March 8, 2012 Interview Invitations Sent – March 30, 2012 Interview Dates (expect Durham) – April 17-21, 2012 Decision Notification – May 4, 2012 Tuition Deposit ($1,500) – May 15, 2012
For more information, visit the Fuqua admissions website.
Posted by Clear Admit on May 24, 2011, at 3:00 am
Posted in: School Guides , School: Duke / Fuqua , Trivia Tuesday It’s time again for Clear Admit’s weekly Trivia Tuesday column! Today, we’re taking a look into the Clear Admit School Guide to Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in order to share with you some insights about the school’s globally oriented GATE program.
For those who are interested in gaining international exposure but who are unwilling or unable to spend a full term abroad, Fuqua’s Global Academic Travel Experience, or GATE, offers a strong alternative. Through GATE, participating students examine the business environment, politics, economics and culture of a particular country or region for six weeks, following this study with a 12- to 14-day trip to the region. During these trips, students visit local businesses, government agencies, and any alumni or exchange partner schools in the area.
Posted by Clear Admit on April 9, 2011, at 1:05 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: Duke / Fuqua , School: Duke / Fuqua If you are preparing for an MBA admissions interview, be sure to check out the Clear Admit Wiki! It’s chock full of firsthand accounts of interviews, as reported by MBA applicants themselves. This Round 2 applicant to Duke / Fuqua shared the following interview experience with a second-year student:
“I had my interview with a 2nd year on campus doing one of their recruitment weekends. Most of the other students interviewed had 2nd years as well and I had been told that the interview was very laid back and a lot like a conversation. I did not feel that way. I will say that after the interviews, a lot of other prospectives felt like theirs was very laid back but this was not the case for my interview. He seemed to just go down a list of questions and wrote down my answers. All of the questions except for one (the last one listed) were exactly like you will get at any other business school. Some of my questions were:
Tell me about yourself/walk through the resume Why an MBA? Why now? Why Duke? What are your future career aspirations?
Posted by Clear Admit on February 24, 2011, at 1:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Duke / Fuqua , School: Indiana / Kelley The healthcare industry is attracting increased interest from today’s business school students, especially as more traditional sectors such as finance are still recovering from the credit crisis and the recession and as healthcare reform factors prominently on political agendas in the United States and the United Kingdom, the Financial Times reports.
The idea of working toward the public good in a stable career with substantial pay is also a draw for MBAs, career counselors from top MBA programs told the FT. “Healthcare reform is one of the catalysts but [MBA interest] started before that,” George Telthorst, director of the Center for the Business of Life Sciences at Indiana’s Kelley School of Business, said. “Healthcare is a social good and I think a lot of young MBAs realize they can do good but also have a more stable career in the future.”
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