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Published: January 27, 2020
UCLA Anderson Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Skype
Interview was very conversational and it was quicker than I thought (30 min). The questions were: Walk me through your resume. Why MBA? Why Anderson? What will you do instead if your post-MBA plan doesn’t work out? What triggered you to follow your post-MBA goal? (I said I wanted to switch from brand management to social impact consulting, so she wanted me to elaborate on my motivation and how this career goal developed for me over time.) 5 minutes were left for my questions, so I asked 2 questions. Overall, I can say that my experience is really positive and Read more
Published: January 26, 2020
Toronto / Rotman Interview Questions & Report: R2 / Adcom / Skype
I had the interview through Skype with an Adcom member. The interview was quite relaxed and the adcom member was very friendly. He’s someone I am familiar with. I had a conversation with him through Skype in September 2019 when I was researching schools to apply to, and I interacted with him again briefly during the MBA Tour. Here are some of the questions that he asked which I remember; What can you tell me about your resume after undergraduate? When did you develop an interest in Rotman, and why Canada? Which other schools are you applying to? What is Read more
Published: January 26, 2020
Harvard Reclaims Top Spot in Financial Times 2020 Global MBA Rankings
The Financial Times released their 2020 Global MBA rankings this week. Harvard Business School reclaimed the #1 position—after a four-year absence from the top spot. Wharton also surpassed last year’s top seed (Stanford GSB) to land in second place. Stanford GSB, which has held the top position for several years, fell to third in the Global MBA rankings. INSEAD maintained its position as the leading international school, landing fourth overall, while CEIBS rounds out the top five. Here are the Top 10 of the Financial Times 2020 Global MBA Read more
Published: January 26, 2020
Episode 77: Wire Taps—MBA Profiles with 680 GMAT, 3.65 GPA; no GMAT/GRE Yet; and Choosing a Business School on DecisionWire
Clear Admit’s admissions experts, Graham Richmond and Alex Brown, provide applicants and accepted candidates with advice on how to approach the MBA admissions and decision-making process in another podcast episode of Wire Taps. This week, they review profiles from MBA ApplyWire and MBA DecisionWire, including a candidate who has earned a 680 GMAT and 3.65 GPA. They also advise an MBA hopeful who has yet to take the GMAT or GRE.  From DecisionWire, they offer perspective to a candidate interested in venture capital, trying to decide where to attend. If you want Read more
Published: January 23, 2020
Inside the Updates to Dartmouth Tuck MBA Core Curriculum
The new refined curriculum at Dartmouth Tuck began in earnest last summer with the arrival of the Class of 2021. The goal was to improve the core curriculum with more integrated courses and programs to lay a better foundation for future learning. The update began after a multi-year review conducted by students, faculty, recruiters, alumni, and staff. The result: a “refined core curriculum” focused intentionally on the career journey of students. Read on for details about the enhancements and their impact. Read more
Published: January 23, 2020
Fridays from the Frontline: Diving into the Bustling MIT Ecosystem – Reflections from the Core Semester
During the first semester of business school, students are thrown into the deep end of diverse opportunities to explore their interests. At MIT Sloan in particular, the sheer number of clubs, groups, conferences, and activities tailored to various professional interests are so vast it’s referred to as an “ecosystem.” Current student, energy industry enthusiast, and “Texan at heart and in mind,” Pervez Agwan, took to the MIT Sloan blog to reflect on how the Sloan ecosystem informed his first semester.  Read on for his rich account about business school life at MIT Read more
Published: January 21, 2020
Meet the Students of IU Kelley’s #1 Ranked Online MBA Program
What’s it like to attend the #1-ranked online MBA program in the U.S.? It’s interactive, engaging, and welcoming. Don’t let the word “online” fool you. The Kelley Direct Online MBA includes live case studies within every in-residence week, global and domestic immersions, an extensive curriculum, and quality student experiences. It’s an extremely customizable MBA experience that offers the flexibility of being online. To get an inside look at this experience, we caught up with two current IU Kelley students who are preparing to graduate in 2020: Courtney Tam and Jenica Acome. Read more
Published: January 21, 2020
MBA News You Need: GMAC CEO on Graduate Management Education, Inside the HBS PRIDE Community, Stanford GSB on Networking, Social Impact at Wharton, and More from UCLA Anderson
Each week we collect news from the MBA space to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics. In this week’s MBA News You Need digest, the GMAC CEO looks back at the state of graduate management education throughout 2019; HBS interviews three students from the PRIDE community; a Stanford GSB alumna offers networking advice; Wharton discusses seven opportunities for social impact; and UCLA Anderson offers MBA interview tips. Read more
Published: January 19, 2020
New STEM Track in Michigan Ross Full-Time MBA Program
Starting in the Fall of 2020, Michigan Ross will offer its Full-Time MBA students a new STEM-designated track. The new track focuses on quantitative management and business analytics across industries and is ideal for students interested in pursuing STEM-related business careers. “Our new STEM track will leverage the world-renowned general management curriculum at Ross to prepare students from a variety of backgrounds to be leaders in the business world of today and tomorrow,” explained Dean Scott DeRue. Read more
Published: January 19, 2020
Episode 76: Wire Taps—MBA Applicants with 670 GMAT, 3.1 GPA; 670 GMAT, 3.78 GPA; and Choosing Between Scholarship Offers from DecisionWire
While there are a few Round 2 deadlines left, some applicants are already considering applying next year while other successful candidates are weighing their options.  Clear Admit’s admissions experts, Graham Richmond and Alex Brown, cover these admissions issues and more in another podcast episode of Wire Taps. This week, they review profiles from MBA ApplyWire and MBA DecisionWire, including an early bird candidate who should retake the GMAT. They also advise an applicant who bootstrapped into private equity, but who may need Read more
Published: January 16, 2020
HBS Breaks Down 7 Skills for Managing Teams
What does it take to manage a team effectively? In one of Harvard Business School's most recent Business Insights blog posts, they breaks down the seven key skills needed to rally your employees and work toward common goals. Whether you’re a newly elected leader or a seasoned executive, you can benefit from developing these management tools, which are crucial to success. Read more
Published: January 16, 2020
Fridays from the Frontline: Sell Day – Chicago Booth Talks What Happens After the Offer
At some point, all of those sleepless nights agonizing over GMAT/GRE prep, admissions essays, and campus visits eventually yield the moment a company extends an offer to recruit you. This part of the MBA process is arguably one of the reasons you may have entertained the idea of applying to business school in the first place. When the time comes, companies often employ a variety of tactics to entice MBA students from elite schools like Booth Chicago to come work for them. Current Booth second-year student Nicole Newman ’20 took to the Read more
Published: January 15, 2020
Cornell Johnson MBA Class of 2019 Employment Report
The Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management recently shared the employment report for their Two-Year MBA Class of 2019.  Of the 282 graduates, 264 sought full-time employment post-MBA. Of those individuals seeking job opportunities, 94 percent received offers within three months of graduation, and 93 percent accepted. According to David B. Capaldi, the director of the Career Management Center, these impressive stats, in part, have to do with the strength of career services and support at Johnson. He said, “One of the strengths of our team is the fact that the industry advisors all have work experience Read more
Published: January 15, 2020
HBS Announces Timing of Round 2 Interview Invitations
Harvard Business School’s managing director of MBA admissions and financial aid, Chad Losee, posted to the Direct from the Director blog to update Round 2 applicants about next steps—in particular interview invitations. He wrote, “On our end, we are a week into reading your applications and have been enjoying getting to know you better.  Here are the next steps in the process, so you know when you’ll hear from us again: Tuesday, February 4, at 12 p.m. eastern time: all Round 2 applications will either be invited to interview Read more
Published: January 15, 2020
Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Skype
Standard interview questions asked. Nothing out of the blue. Tell me about yourself Why MBA? Why Tuck? Questions from CV – about my experience on one of the consulting project I did. Three key factors that make me successful at my job (strengths). How would your coworkers describe you? What are you passionate about? Anything you would like to add? Anything you would like to ask me? Read more
Published: January 14, 2020
MBA News You Need: HBS Professor Examines Availability of H-1B Visas, Yale SOM Hosts Affinity Week, and More from Columbia Business School, Chicago Booth, and Georgetown McDonough
Each week we collect MBA news from leading business schools to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics. In this week’s MBA News You Need digest, an HBS professor examines the availability of the H-1B visa, Yale SOM discusses its Affinity Week events, CBS announces new home for its Leadership Essentials program, Chicago Booth highlights its Civic Scholars program, and Georgetown McDonough names its 2019-2020 Poland Real Estate Fellows. Read more
Published: January 13, 2020
LiveWire Insights: Round 2 at the M7 MBA Programs
MBA applicants who are eagerly awaiting news on interview invitations and admissions decisions – and the exact timing of such things – you’re going to want to keep reading.  Clear Admit is excited to release a second edition of M7 LiveWire Insights.  While the first edition delivers information about Round 1 and Early Decisions, the latest version delves into Round 2 and Rolling Admissions. This report includes proprietary data from our archive of thousands of LiveWire admissions updates. Remember, the M7 MBA programs include: Chicago Booth School of Business, Columbia Read more
Published: January 12, 2020
Episode 75: Wire Taps—MBA Profiles with 740 GMAT, 3.61 GPA, Marketing; 324 GRE, 3.23 GPA, Consulting Post-MBA; and More from DecisionWire
If you need advice on your MBA admissions profile, tune into another podcast episode of Wire Taps.  Clear Admit’s admissions experts, Graham Richmond and Alex Brown, provide applicants and accepted candidates with tips on how to make the most of MBA admissions. Read more
Published: January 9, 2020
Certificate in Sustainable Business Launched at Georgetown McDonough
Georgetown McDonough MBA students interested in embracing environmental, social, and governance programs now have the option of a new MBA Certificate in Sustainable Business. The Certificate, available to both Full-Time and Flex MBA students starting this season, will prepare graduates to address the social and environmental challenges facing the business world. They’ll understand how to integrate sustainability into all business functions and continually respond to shifts in consumer demand, employee interest, industry volatility, and more. Earning the Certificate Students who choose to enroll in the Sustainable Business certificate program will be required to take 10.5 Read more
Published: January 9, 2020
Fridays from the Frontline: How Cornell MBAs Pitched Three Stocks in 13 Hours
Hard quant skills are essential to the careers of any future consultants, analysts, and financial managers, but one aspect of the business school experience that often goes unsung is its role as a concentrated period to help young MBA students develop their intuition as investors. The annual MBA Stock Pitch Challenge is an excellent platform for outstanding finance students from top MBA programs, including Cornell Johnson, to “prepare and present buy/hold/sell recommendations and vigorously defend them [before] a panel of investment industry experts.” Current Cornell Johnson MBA students Alex Hess ’21 and Ronald Song ’21 took Read more
Published: January 8, 2020
Fuqua / Duke MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Action / Second-Year Student / On-campus
The interview was with a second-year student. It was blind, he had only my curriculum. He first introduced himself and asked me to do the same. Then he asked me some questions: why Fuqua? How can I contribute to Fuqua? Why diversity was important for me (I mentioned it)? Mention a situation where you had a conflict with your boss and how you handle it? He also made me choose a point of my curriculum and talk about it and made me some questions about what I said. And finally, he asked me if I had questions for him Read more
Published: January 8, 2020
Wharton Director of Admissions Debunks 10 Myths About the MBA Program
If you’ve considered applying to Wharton’s MBA program, you’ve probably been inundated with information—not all of it true. To clarify fact from fiction, Blair Mannix, the Wharton MBA Director of Admissions, recently wrote a blog debunking the 10 most common myths about the application process. Read on for a summary of what she had to say. Myth 1:  A Background in Finance or Consulting Is Necessary Wharton students come from a wide range of backgrounds, including non-profit, military, government, energy, and technology. They are an increasingly diverse community. Myth 2: Round Read more
Published: January 7, 2020
MBA News You Need: NYU Stern Expands Alumni Learning Resources, and 2019 in Review with Stanford GSB, HBS, Berkeley Haas, & Washington Foster
Each week we collect MBA news from leading business schools to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics. In your first MBA News You Need digest for 2020, we delve into the new lifelong learning resources provided to NYU Stern alumni, 2019 in review at Berkeley Haas, the top ten research papers of the decade at Washington Foster, and the top articles and research papers of 2019 at Stanford GSB and HBS. Read more
Published: January 5, 2020
Episode 74: Wire Taps—Making a Career Change, Choosing a Business School While on the Waitlist and More
Clear Admit’s admissions experts, Graham Richmond and Alex Brown, are here with another podcast episode of Wire Taps to provide applicants and accepted candidates with tips on how to make the most of MBA admissions. This week, they dig into posts to MBA ApplyWire and MBA DecisionWire to offer strategic advice to business school hopefuls.  Graham and Alex review a request from a candidate looking to break into VC. They also advise an applicant looking for a career in healthcare or education and another accepted, but also waitlisted, candidate trying to decide where to Read more
Published: January 2, 2020
Fridays from the Frontline: Moving to the States with My Daughter to Pursue an MBA at HBS and Switch Careers
The MBA is a vehicle for change, especially for those looking to switch careers and refine their professional trajectory.  The transition to business school comes with its own changes, such as location, lifestyle and more. For Yaping Wang, current Harvard MBA student and former product innovation researcher at Mars Foods, it seemed as though everything had to change in order to pursue her dream.  She took to the HBS blog to discuss the reflections that led to her choice of an MBA, all the way through to her experience uprooting from Beijing Read more

MBA Applywire

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November 29, 2024 6:18am ET
Applying: Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton
Pre-MBA Career: Investment Analyst Endowment
Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking, Asset Management, inc. HF Companies: JP Morgan , Morgan Stanley , Blackrock , Goldman Sachs
GMAT: 760
GPA: 3.44
Years of Work Experience: 3.5
Location: Chicago
Post MBA Location: Chicago/NYC
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I currently do direct startup investments and M&A for a healthcare system, and lead coverage of equities in their endowment $15B AUM. I want to peruse an MBA to do a PE secondaries or emerging market research. I have a CFA level 2 so I feel like the former is more doable than the latter.
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November 28, 2024 10:49pm ET
Applying: Arizona State / W.P. Carey
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Accountant
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Booz Allen Hamilton , Ernst & Young
GRE: 311
GPA: 3.22
Years of Work Experience: 2.5
Location: Ghana
Post MBA Location: Accountant/Public
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November 28, 2024 8:12am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology
GMAT: 645
GPA: 84%
Years of Work Experience: 3
Location: Brazil
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November 27, 2024 5:44pm ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Duke / Fuqua, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton
Pre-MBA Career: Corporate Communication Specialist
Post-MBA Target Industry: Other
GPA: 3.9
Years of Work Experience: 6
Location: Indonesia
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November 27, 2024 12:00pm ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, London Business School, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Eingeneer
Post-MBA Target Industry: Other
GMAT: 675
GPA: 3,5
Years of Work Experience: 4.8
Location: Chile
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MBA LiveWire

November 29, 2024 1:53pm ET
Accepted to London Business School
Round: Round 1
Received via email on November 25, 2024
GPA: 3.8
GRE: 333
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: New York
November 29, 2024 9:05am ET
Accepted to Cornell / Johnson
Round: Round 1
Received via phone on November 25, 2024
GPA: 3.52
GMAT: 635
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: Northeast
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Received a call on Nov. 26. Prior background is work in communications/marketing.
November 29, 2024 5:15am ET
Accepted to UVA / Darden
Round: Early Decision
Received via phone on October 15, 2024
GPA: 67%
GMAT: 705
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: India
November 29, 2024 2:45am ET
Accepted to Cornell / Johnson
Round: Round 1
Received via email on November 26, 2024
GMAT: 740
Program Type: One Year Program
Target Career: Entrepreneurship
Application Location: India
November 28, 2024 4:55pm ET
Applied to Emory / Goizueta
Round: Round 2
Received via email
GPA: 3.19
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: Nigeria
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