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Posted by Clear Admit on May 17, 2012, at 4:00 pm
Posted in:  Twitter , Twitter Thursdays Welcome to this week’s Twitter Thursdays, our weekly roundup of “tweets” posted by top MBA programs on Twitter. If you want to stay on top of Clear Admit’s updates, special prizes, admissions tips and breaking news, be sure to check us out on Twitter. We’ve also created a list of MBA programs to ease your daily access to breaking news from the top MBA programs, as reported by admissions committee members themselves.
The Head of Cambridge MBA Admissions and Marketing, Conrad Chua, announced the MBA application deadlines for the 2012-2013 admissions season. Rich Lyons, the Dean of the Haas School of Business, welcomed the ’07 alumni to campus for a reunion. UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Dean, Jim Dean, posted a few photos from commencement last weekend. In addition to meeting alumni in Shanghai and London, the Dean of the Darden School of Business, Bob Bruner, also stopped by Oxford Saïd during his travels. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 17, 2012, at 2:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Stanford In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) Dean Garth Saloner explains how he thinks innovation is a skill that can be taught. His thinking is informed by several years he took off from teaching at Stanford to serve as an advisor to Silicon Valley startups. It’s a belief he feels fervently enough to have overhauled the school’s curriculum to include more teaching of innovation in core classes.
According to Saloner, who took over as Stanford GSB dean in 2009, innovation requires people to be “change agents” who use a mix of leadership, analytical and management skills – all of which he believes can be taught. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 17, 2012, at 3:00 am
Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: Harvard Welcome, readers, to today’s Campus Chronicles, where we at Clear Admit offer up the news that MBA students are writing about. We are opening up The Harbus this time for news and insights from MBA students matriculating at Harvard Business School.
A new HBS-initiated course called Training the Valley, or TTV, is about the pass the beta stage and open for formal enrollment. Conceived of during FIELD 3, TTV is a “day-long crash course” that shows MBA students how to most effectively work with web developers and includes a case question so as to offer a more interactive learning experience. The aim is to help both entrepreneurially minded students and those seeking work at technology firms, such as Google, to succeed in web- and technology-based environments. The beta class was extended to 12 HBS students in April, and the first formal TTV will likely be open for students throughout the Boston area later this week.
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Posted by Clear Admit on May 16, 2012, at 8:00 pm
Posted in: GMAT Tips Today’s GMAT tip comes to us from Veritas Prep. In today’s blog post, they explain how to use Relative Math to answer questions on the new Integrated Reasoning section of the GMAT. Read on to see what they have to say!
Like high school seniors across the country, we at Veritas Prep are already well within our countdown-to-June period as we anxiously await the unveiling of the GMAT’s new Integrated Reasoning (IR) section. If you are similarly-minded and thinking about the IR section already, the following should help you set your mathematical mind to the right frequency. Remember this: while the numbers in many IR problems might be large and specific, the math is all relative.
On the IR section, you will face 12 “problems”, each with more than one “question”, in 30 minutes. Using Relative Math, you can determine that you are looking at around a minute or so per question… which is not all that much time to interpret the question, perform lengthy calculations, and double-check your answer. Even with the use of the relatively-primitive IR calculator — one that does not recognize order-of-operations, so you will need to keep track of values by hand — these calculations will take time and leave potential for error. In most situations, you will want to avoid technical calculations unless they are absolutely necessary. Instead, you will want to employ Relative Math: » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 16, 2012, at 3:00 pm
Posted in: Financial Aid , School: NYU Stern The New York University Stern School of Business this week announced the creation of a Loan Assistance Program for full-time, part-time and Executive MBA graduates. That’s right. The financial burden of business school just lessened.
Indeed, with support from its Social Enterprise Association MBA Club, NYU Stern aims to reduce the financial burden of repaying business school loans for graduates who pursue career paths in social enterprise. Recognizing that careers in this field often don’t bring in the big bucks associated with tracks like financial services, consulting and marketing, this new initiative aims to help support leaders committed to creating value for business and society. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 16, 2012, at 11:24 am
Posted in: Deadlines , School: Cambridge The Cambridge/Judge deadlines for the 2012-2013 admissions cycle are now available online.
The program’s five deadlines are as follows:
Round 1
Deadline: September 21, 2012
Interview Day: November 9, 2012
Decision Release Date: November 12, 2012
Round 2
Deadline: November 16, 2012
Interview Day: January 18, 2013
Decision Release Date: January 21, 2013
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Posted by Clear Admit on May 16, 2012, at 3:07 am
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Posted by Clear Admit on May 15, 2012, at 10:00 am
Posted in: School: Berkeley / Haas , Trivia Tuesday It’s Tuesday and time again for our weekly in-depth look at the specific programs which differentiate the leading MBA programs from their peers. This week we’re taking a peak into the Clear Admit School Guide to Berkeley / Haas to get a better understanding of its International Business Development course.
“International Business Development (IBD) is one of the most popular electives at Haas. Limited to an enrollment of 120 students per year, the course sends small teams of students to consult at client sites around the world for three weeks each summer. The program is open only to rising second-year students, who must apply during Spring Semester of their first year.
“Students selected for participation in IBD are assigned to project teams in January of the first year and work with their teams in the spring semester to conduct background research and analysis. Following the end of first-year classes in mid-May, each team spends a dedicated three-week period on-site with the client, completing such projects as preparing business plans, conducting market analyses, developing marketing or entry strategies and recommending operational changes. The sponsor organizations are largely regional companies, government agencies and non-profits, including the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Rapa Nui Heritage Foundation, Andean Health and Development, the Government of Macedonia and Vietnam National University.
“Although each IBD project should ideally be completed and delivered to the clients by the end of the three weeks on-site, teams may in practice need to conduct follow-up work during Fall Semester. To provide students with an opportunity to share their findings and discuss their experiences, IBD participants convene at a dedicated conference held during the fall semester to present their projects to the full class in case format. Upon successful completion of the Spring Semester preparation sequence, the in-country project and the Fall Semester presentations, students receive three elective credits towards their Haas degrees.”
For more information on the international and study abroad programs at Haas, as well as in-depth curriculum information, be sure to check out the Clear Admit School Guide to Berkeley / Haas. All 27 Clear Admit School Guides are available for immediate purchase and download on the Clear Admit shop.
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Posted by Clear Admit on May 14, 2012, at 2:00 pm
Posted in: School: Duke / Fuqua In a recent post to a Fuqua Admissions blog, Kim Lambert, Admissions Fellow at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, offered some advice to prospective students, both in the Fuqua daytime MBA program and in the Master of Management Studies (MMS) program.
Basically, it’s important to understand the difference between an MBA student and an MMS student, writes Lambert, and then apply the difference to your advantage. MMS students typically matriculate directly from undergraduate studies, compared to daytime MBA students, who usually have about five years of work experience when they apply, Lambert says. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 14, 2012, at 12:21 pm
Posted in: Deadlines , School: UT Austin / McCombs The 2012-2013 deadlines for the full-time MBA program at UT Austin / McCombs have been announced! The four rounds of deadlines are as follows:
Round 1
Deadline: October 16, 2012
Notification: December 14, 2012
Round 2
Deadline: December 4, 2012
Notification: February 15, 2013
Round 3
Deadline: January 23, 2013
Notification: March 29, 2013
Round 4
Deadline: March 26, 2013
Notification: May 10, 2013
For more information, visit McCombs’s admissions website.
Posted by Clear Admit on May 14, 2012, at 8:08 am
Posted in: Deadlines , Essay Topics , School: ISB The Indian School of Business (ISB) deadlines and essay topics for this fall’s admissions season have been released. The deadlines are as follows:
For Indian Passport Holders:
Cycle 1
Deadline: September 15, 2012
Notification on or before: November 15, 2012
Cycle 2
Deadline: November 30, 2012
Notification on or before: February 15, 2013
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Posted by Clear Admit on May 14, 2012, at 3:00 am
Posted in: Admissions Tips , Essay Topics With essay topics for the coming year soon to be released by some schools, there are applicants who are eager to get started on their written applications. Though essay questions tend to vary year to year, the two things that nearly every prospective student can count on being asked are “What are your short-term and long-term post-MBA goals?” and “How will Business School X help you achieve these goals?”
These are the fundamental questions of the entire application process; identifying clear answers will help in everything from creating a list of target schools to communicating effectively with recommenders and interviewers down the line. As such, it’s a great idea to begin drafting answers to the Career Goals essay early and often! To help you get started, here are some general pointers: » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 11, 2012, at 2:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Harvard With discussion of same-sex partnerships very much in the news this week, Harvard Business School (HBS) yesterday tweeted a video from its Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Student Association (LGBTSA).
Entitled “It Gets Better,” the six-minute clip features several gay HBS students sharing openly about their experiences of coming out – the isolation of keeping their sexual orientation a secret, their fears of rejection and judgment and the sense of relief, acceptance, and freedom they felt upon disclosing who they really are. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 11, 2012, at 3:00 am
Posted in: Fridays from the Frontline Hello there and welcome to Fridays From the Frontline, Clear Admit’s weekly trek through the b-school blogosphere. As May continues, many students were finishing up classwork and prepping for exams, while applicants announced their final choices for schools.
MRI was accepted by IESE’s Young Talent Program, which allowed him a spot in the school once he completes two years of full-time work experience. Motown laid out her reasons for joining Wharton’s Class of 2014 while Ms. HR reviewed Clear Admit’s free School Snapshot guides. MBAfome jumped happily off of Fuqua’s waitlist and became an admit! Unfathomable expressed his humble thanks for his top three finish in Clear Admit’s 2012 Best of Blogging competition. The Applicationist sent in his deposit for his spot at Columbia, but also held out hope for a last minute reprieve from Chicago Booth’s waitlist. Str1der also reviewed Clear Admit’s new line of Snapshot guides.
HBS ’13 Parker encouraged her readers to use her new business product for Mother’s Day. Tepper ’13 Julianne completed her pro-bono consulting project and took a moment to reflect on how it evolved.
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