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Published: April 3, 2014

Stanford Graduate School of Business: MBA vs MSx

You know about the two-year, full-time MBA program at Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB). But did you know the school also offers a second masters degree focused on general management? Stanford’s MSx Program offers a Master of Science in Management degree, a one-year, full-time program geared toward experienced professionals with at least eight years in the work force. So if it's a Stanford MBA vs MSx, which should you choose? Which program is right for you depends on a range of factors. Both are full-time and focus on general management, and both are taught by Stanford GSB faculty and feature a range of elective course offerings. Students in either program have full access to Stanford’s GSB centers, courses throughout Stanford University, university-wide institutes and student clubs, events and social activities. Read more

Published: April 3, 2014

Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype

The interviewer was very nice. The interview took place over a Skype call. The interviewer began by introducing herself and explaining her role at Kellogg. 1. Tell me about your education. Why did you choose your majors? 2. Can you tell me about one class from your past that really made you learn how to critically think? 3. Walk me through your resume (employment only). 4. Why do you want an MBA? What are your career goals after your MBA? 5. Can you provide me reasons for why you want to go into this particular field Read more

Published: April 3, 2014

Fridays From the Frontline

Hello and welcome to Fridays From the Frontline, Clear Admit's weekly ramble through the ruminations of the b-school blogosphere. This week, our stalwart applicants are continuing to filter their impressions of the application process, while contemplating what comes next. Current students are likewise contemplating how their lives have changed since starting business school, whether this year or last, and are looking forward to welcoming the class of 2016. MBAReapplicant continued his streak of good news with admits from both Tepper and Darden. With a successful end to the reapplication process, MBAReapplicant can finally chose between several exciting options for next year. Timbob, another class of '16 successful applicant to Harvard Business School, took a brief moment away from preparing from his upcoming wedding to share a post-decision publication timeline of events. Much of it involved giddy celebration, and skillful procrastination. Another across-the-pond blogger, Sara'sMBAJourney, continued to share impressions of her trip to the States, including her enjoyable visit to Duke, as well as the terrible state of American roads and the terrible drivers on them. Domontron continued his series on elements of an MBA application by addressing ways to research target schools. He highlights students blogs as an excellent way to get a more direct and unfiltered sense of the school's community and opportunities. Your Fridays From the Frontline editor could not agree more! Read more

Published: April 2, 2014

Choosy MBA Students at Top Schools Reject Job Offers, Hold Out for Dream Jobs

Some students at top MBA programs are rejecting employment offers and choosing to graduate without a job in hand, holding out for positions at technology firms and startups, which hire later than more traditional finance and consulting companies, according to a Wall Street Journal report yesterday. “I'm not nervous,” Ellen Cory, a second-year student at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business who has turned down several job offers, told the Journal. "I'm not behind for the type of position I'm trying to get. I've seen classmates get a lot of great jobs. And I have confidence that I will be able to find a job that satisfies me," she said. Read more

Published: April 1, 2014

April Campus Visit Dates Available at Yale School of Management

Yale School of Management (SOM) welcomes prospective applicants to come visit its New Haven campus this spring as part of its Campus Visit Program, according to a recent Admissions Corner blog post by Associate Director Kristen Shockley. “Our globe-trotting students have just returned to campus from their International Experience trips and Global Network Weeks and our campus visit program is poised to host visitors from near and far in their search for the right business school,” she writes. Read more

Published: April 1, 2014

Conducting a Career Self-Assessment – for New MBA Admits (Part 1 of 3)

MBAs are often told that a new job search should begin with a process of introspection known as “self-assessment,” yet that advice is not always accompanied by a prescriptive guide for what that process should entail … the words themselves are deemed sufficiently self-explanatory. At the same time, a good career self-assessment is not rocket science. It involves focusing on three time periods – past, present, and future – and it can benefit from use of a small handful of exercises and instruments, the most prevalent (and useful) of which are the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), whose intellectual antecedent is the philosophy of Carl Jung, and the CareerLeader assessment, developed by Drs. Tim Butler and Jim Waldroop at Harvard Business School. For a rising MBA, the need to conduct a critical self-assessment is acute because the cost of having to reverse course or of simply “getting it wrong” – for example, by chasing after “your roommate’s dream job” rather than your own, or by discovering that your dream career path lies in private wealth management one week after deadlines for private wealth management internships have passed – is high. Read more

Published: March 31, 2014

Columbia Business School Students to Volunteer as Part of Inaugural Day of Impact

Hundreds of MBA students, faculty and staff at Columbia Business School (CBS) will fan out into the communities surrounding the school this Friday for an inaugural student-led volunteering initiative called Day of Impact. As part of the day-long event, members of the CBS community will give back to their larger community by beautifying city parks, delivering meals to home-ridden residents, preparing food for a food bank, caring for animals in need and more. “Making an impact on society — however large or small — is a huge part of who we are at Columbia Business School,” Sheila Lalani ’14, vice president of community service for the school’s Graduate Business Association, said in a statement. “The idea behind Day of Impact is to demonstrate our community’s commitment to not only bettering the business world once we graduate, but also working to improve the community in which we live.” Read more

Published: March 31, 2014

Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus

The interview took place on campus. Many other applicants were there for interviews that day. I also participated in a full day of activities (tour, class, lunch, panels, etc.). Overall, the students and staff at Kellogg were extremely welcoming. The interviewer launched straight into the interview without much small talk and without introducing herself (beyond her name), so I actually didn’t know what her relationship to the school was when I was responding to her questions (based on her age, I assumed she was on the Adcom, but I had heard that alumni interviewed as well). – Tell me about Read more

Published: March 31, 2014

NYU Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus

My interview was on-campus, and I arrived one hour before my scheduled time as I was worried about getting late. There were other students too who came there for the interview. The interview atmosphere was not as tense as I thought it would be and the interviewer talked nicely and professionally. The interview went pretty fine and it took almost half an hour. I was asked these questions: * I was asked to tell briefly about my educational history. * Then I was asked why am I going for NYU Stern. * Then he asked if I considered Read more

Published: March 30, 2014

NYU Stern School of Business Appoints Alumnus as New Dean of MBA Students

Conor Grennan, an alumnus of New York University’s Stern School of Business, will become the school’s dean of students for the MBA program effective tomorrow, the school announced today. In his new role, Grennan will serve as a liaison between the Stern’s administration and its more than 2,500 full-time and Langone MBA students. Before attending Stern’s full-time MBA program, Grennan founded non-governmental organization (NGO) Next Generation Nepal, which has rescued approximately 500 trafficked children in post-war Nepal and reconnected them with their families. While at Stern, he wrote Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal, a New York Times best-selling book chronicling motivations for and experiences with his NGO. Grennan earned his MBA from Stern in 2010 and served as president of the student body during his second year there. Read more

Published: March 27, 2014

NYU Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub

I reached the interview site early and was ushered in 10 minutes before the scheduled interview time as I was the first candidate being interviewed. The interview lasted 30 minutes and was pretty informal–more of a conversation than an interview. The interviewer seemed to know about my goals and was looking to gain greater perception about my motivations/interests. 1. How did you come about securing a job just after graduation (undergrad)? Tell me a bit about your education. 2. How did you come to know of your second job? What factors made you take it up? 3. Why do Read more

Published: March 27, 2014

UC Berkeley Draws Record Number of Entrants to Startup Competition

More than 200 teams from UC Berkeley and UCSF have entered this year’s startup competition, including 18-Haas affiliated teams, competing for $60,000 in prizes. The contest, previously known as Bplan, sports a new name this year, LAUNCH, which is intended to reflect the continued move away from long-form business plans to the one-page business model canvas and 10-slide presentation used by today’s startups. “We thought about what this competition is really trying to do: It’s now much more about catapulting and launching companies from ideas to viable businesses over the course of the competition,” says Moses Lo, MBA ’15, one of the co-chairs of the competition. “LAUNCH exactly describes our aim.” Read more

Published: March 27, 2014

Fridays from the Frontline

Hello and welcome to Fridays from the Frontline, Clear Admit’s weekly confabulation with correspondents in the b-school blogosphere. Our 2016 applicants continue to receive status updates from schools, while current students are taking the opportunity afforded by spring break to travel and update their blogs. Domotron finally heard from Kellogg, with news of a ding that confirmed a Class of 2017 matriculation at Tuck. CoffeeBeansandTeaLeaves also received a ding from Kellogg, and updates readers with a final tally of dings from this year's application season. Although the season ends with an offer to join the Ross weekend MBA program, Ellie is taking advantage of this time to do some self-reflection and prepare for next year's challenges. We wish her all the best! Finally a bit of good news from MBA Reapplicant, who posted a detailed and glowing account of visiting Darden and the interview process. Read more

Published: March 26, 2014

Columbia Business School to Host Annual Odyssey Global MBA Competition

Columbia Business School (CBS) is preparing to welcome top MBA students from around the world beginning tomorrow as part of the sixth annual Odyssey Global MBA Competition and Symposium. The two-day, student-organized event will feature a three-part management competition in which students from leading global business schools will compete in pitching, case presentation and negotiation skills before a panel of industry leaders. This year’s event will also include a symposium in which industry leaders will address the theme “Disrupt or Be Disrupted,” speaking to the need for companies to remain agile in the face of disruptive forces and manage innovation to stay ahead of any accompanying challenges. Keynote speakers include Frank Eliason, director of global social media at Citi; Neal Goldman, founder and CEO of Relationship Science; David Kidder, co-founder and CEO of Bionic; Bruce Greenwald, CBS Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management; and Craig Hatkoff, founder of Victor Capital Group and co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival and the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards. Read more

Published: March 25, 2014

Georgetown / McDonough MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus

The interview was a fairly relaxed, one-on-one conversation. It was a blind interview and some questions my interviewer asked were: 1) Walk me through your resume 2) Tell me about a challenge at work 3) Tell me about a time you failed at work 4) Why an MBA, Why now? 5) Tell me about a time you worked in a team setting and what you would bring to the learning community I thoroughly enjoyed my interview. It was very conversational and she seemed genuinely interested in getting to know me. Accepted in Dec 2013 Read more

Published: March 25, 2014

Georgetown / McDonough MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus

My interview, which was blind, felt pretty relaxed and conversational. It was much more of a conversation about my resume and interests. My interviewer asked standard questions such as: 1. Why business school / why now? 2. Talk about a challenge at work. 3. Talk about a time I failed at work. 4. Talk about a time I worked as part of a team. Status: Admitted Read more

Published: March 25, 2014

Long-Standing Tuck School of Business Dean to Step Down Next Year

Paul Danos, who has led Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business for the past 19 years, will not seek reappointment for a sixth term and will instead step down in June 2015 when his current term ends, the school announced this week. Danos, Tuck’s ninth dean, has served for longer than any other in the school’s history and is one of the longest-serving deans in management education. When he steps down, almost half of Tuck’s 10,000-plus living alumni will have graduated under his deanship, the school notes. Read more

Published: March 25, 2014

Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus

My interview took place at a very casual site during breakfast. The interviewer was an alumni and currently works as a management consultant (like me). Apparently, the interviewer did not have access to my full application, but only to the résumé that I brought with me. Main questions asked: – Walk me through your resume/stories/decisions. – What are you most proud of? What was the largest challenge you had to overcome and how has that changed you? – Tell me about a failure and how you coped with it. – What attracts you about Kellogg? Overall, Read more

Published: March 24, 2014

Clear Admit Bullish on New Wharton Dean

As we reported last week, Geoffrey Garrett has been named to replace outgoing Dean Tom Robertson and will take the helm on July 1st. So what’s Clear Admit’s take on this new dean? We welcome what we believe to be a strong candidate and wish him well in his new role. A political economist with a Pacific Rim orientation but clear U.S. interests as well, we think Garrett will make a good fit for Wharton on several levels. He brings an understanding of the intersection between business and politics that will lend itself well to Wharton’s focus on globalization and on preparing its graduates to understand how business is done internationally. Read more

Published: March 23, 2014

Duke / Fuqua MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Second-year Student / On-Campus

The interviewer put me at ease quickly. She had lived in the same city as I do prior to attending Fuqua, so we started off chatting about that. Then we launched into the interview. She took copious notes but maintained a conversational tone at the same time. 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why an MBA? 3. Why Fuqua? 4. Describe your greatest failure. 5. Describe 5 attributes of an ideal teammate. 6. Now describe a situation when you were on a team and showed at least three of those attributes. 7. Personal Read more

Published: March 23, 2014

Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype

The interviewer was professional and friendly. 1. Talk about your educational background / decisions 2. Went through my work experience 3. What does my current company do? 4. Post-MBA goals (naturally led to answering why Kellogg) 5. How would I contribute to Kellogg? 6. How would your coworkers describe you (strengths & weaknesses)? 7. Time when I had to tell a co-worker that he/she was wrong 8. Time when I was on a team when things weren’t going well and how I handled it. 9. Tell me about your hobbies / how you Read more

Published: March 23, 2014

Fewer Grads from European MBA Programs Are Heading Into Finance

Far fewer MBA students from Europe’s top business schools are choosing careers in finance than they have in the past, opting instead for jobs at Facebook, Amazon and other tech firms, according to a recent report in the Financial News. London Business School (LBS), Cambridge’s Judge Business School, Oxford’s Saïd Business School, INSEAD and HEC Paris all report significant drops in the number of MBAs who have accepted full-time roles and internships at finance firms as the heaviest portion of the annual recruiting season comes to an end. Read more

Published: March 20, 2014

Online Here We Come, Says Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School (HBS) today announced that it is joining some of its peer business schools in launching an online learning program. Called HBX, the online initiative is one the school hopes will successfully convey its signature case method digitally. HBX’s initial offering, called CORe (Credentials of Readiness), will provide participants with a primer on the fundamentals of business. “The HBX launch marks an important milestone in our ongoing efforts to educate leaders who make a difference in the world,” HBS Dean Nitin Nohria said in a statement. The program embodies the school’s hallmark highly engaged, interactive learning and will provide an important means of engaging with new and wider audiences, he added. Read more

Published: March 20, 2014

MIT Sloan MBA Admissions Interview Questions: R2 / Adcom / Skype

The interview was straightforward and pleasant. It focused a lot on what I had written in my essays. 1) Question about mentoring experience I described in one of my essays. 2) Question about progress with success of an initiative I promoted at work. 3) Follow-up question about how I persuaded someone for that initiative. 4) Question about an example when I delegated work to someone or a group. 5) Follow-up question about the result of that experience. 6) Question about what I like to do outside of work. 7) Question about my goals Read more

Published: March 20, 2014

Fridays From the Frontline

Hello and welcome to Fridays From the Frontline, Clear Admit’s weekly summation of the musings of the b-school applicant and student blogosphere. With most of our 2016 blogging applicants having gone through the R1 or R2 process, this week has been a time to dwell on the experience and give a fuller account of their impressions, whether positive or negative. Current MBA students have also taken some time to share their impressions of classes, travel experience, or life as an MBA mom. MBAtheNonprofitWay has continued a streak of good news with an admit to Ross and a waitlist at Fuqua. However, Johnson still remains the best option, out of a successful application process. Nevertheless, MBAtheNonprofitWay takes some time to review the Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda of the experience. SarahsMBAJourney expands on her impressions of Boston, rating everything from burgers to the HBS Case Method, from her recent journey across the Pond to the USA. Read more

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MBA Applywire

November 27, 2024 9:07am ET

Applying: Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Finance Manager

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Accenture , AT Kearney , Bain , BCG , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , McKinsey , PWC

GMAT: 690

GPA: 3.79

Years of Work Experience: 2

November 27, 2024 9:07am ET

Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Notre Dame / Mendoza, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Banking

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Commercial Banking Companies: Accenture , AT Kearney , Bain , PWC , Bank of America

GRE: 306

GPA: 3.64

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: Africa

Notes:

Recently wrote the GRE. It's not a super score but I will probably apply with it anyway. I am still considering retaking the test, as the next time I can take it is around the Round 2 deadline.

My educational background is in social sciences, so wasn't very quant-heavy. Looking at taking an additional quant course to back up my GRE score as the exam fee is about 10x the minimum wage in my country. Any suggestion is welcomed.

November 27, 2024 6:51am ET

Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Program Manager, Humanitarian INGO

Post-MBA Target Industry: Entrepreneurship, Non Profit/SI

GMAT: 685

GPA: 3.27

Years of Work Experience: 4

Location: US Citizen (positioned abroad)

Notes:

Long time listener first time caller. Love the podcast! Adding my profile just because I want to be part of the community.

R2 applicant for Fall 2025 entry.

Background: mid-to-late 20s US citizen, lower-income single parent upbringing.

Work experience: currently a manager at a humanitarian INGO in active / post-conflict settings (think Afghanistan, Yemen, etc.) with several million in project budget under management and overseeing multiple teams. Will have been in emergency aid for 2 years upon matriculation, career before that was 1 year quantitative analyst ---> 1 year teaching English abroad. High impact job, recently promoted.

Academics: 3.27 cumulative. Small state school for first year with a 4.0. Transferred to an Ivy, but had to work full time to support family, had just above a 3.0 at the Ivy. I've also done a masters since at a top 5 UK (shout-out to Alex!) with distinction (3.9+ equivalent). Additionally, took Calculus this year (got an A-) to give schools a bit more reassurance on quant abilities since my quant record in college had its ups and downs, and to demonstrate respect for the rigors of the Y1 MBA curriculum.

Test: took the GMAT only once, 685 (86V 82Q 84D). First mock exam was a 625 with a terrible quant score, but brought quant up to 76th percentile with a couple months of study. Internet is too slow to take online, so only had one chance to do it in-person while I was on leave -- retake physically impossible even if I wanted to.

ECs: Very focused on social entrepreneurship. Have also been helping teach / support one of the foreign language programs at the state school I originally went to and transferred out of. Community service award as well, and mountain climber.

Post-MBA goal is social entrepreneurship that can help people in crisis contexts.

I've listened to enough Wire Taps to guess exactly what the advice will be: "You might want to cast a wider net due to the lower GPA, right now you're only targeting top schools." -- Absolutely fair call. However, what I want to do is extremely difficult and will require a ton of resources. I've selected the programs I think best fit my goals / have a strong social and entrepreneurial mission. I don't particularly mind getting dinged everywhere and reapplying next year if need be.

Long post, thanks for reading! Have a great holiday!

November 27, 2024 3:06am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Harvard Business School

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Technology

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Entrepreneurship Companies: Amazon , Apple , Microsoft

GMAT: 675

GPA: 3.2

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: India

Post MBA Location: Bay Area / New York

Notes:

I wanted to get your thoughts on my R2 Strategy.

I've 2.5 years of work in Deloitte Strategy Consulting (promoted)
Worked at a unicorn tech startup for a year in a strategy team
Founded my own startup, after multiple side projects for an year
Currently working at another early-tech startup as a program manager

In the long and short term, I'm looking at entrepreneurship. with short-term flexible to be PM in Business Technology companies

I'm interviewed at Columbia MBAxMS, Cornell Tech MBA, USC Marshall
Waitlisted at NYU Tech MBA.

What should be my R2 strategy. Thinking to go optimistic and target dream schools.

November 26, 2024 6:49pm ET

Applying: UCLA Anderson, USC / Marshall

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Sales

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology Companies: Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Microsoft , Twitter , Uber

GMAT: 655

GPA: 3.44

Years of Work Experience: 6

Location: Los Angeles

Post MBA Location: Los Angeles

Notes:

Professional Experience:
- Founding sales member in 3 startups at Series A/B stages. Each startup grew to 7-15B valuation during my tenure. All three companies are brand name startups, in the CNBC Disruptor 50.
- Strong track record of working cross-functionally to drive product innovation, consistently over-performed with 7 performance-based awards and 5 promotions.
- Led a team of 10 representatives for about a year, and was able to turn a struggling vertical into one that accounted for 30% of all new business revenue
- Worked directly with CRO/Senior management to overhaul sales methodologies and created account ranking with sales operations leadership.
- Multiple internships in the financial services sector

Education:
- Top 40 Unversity (UC School), graduated with a 3.44 in Economics
- Employed by the school to tutor calculus, statistics, and economics
- Leadership positions in the school's investment fund and marketing association

ECs
- Worked with women and children's shelter non-profit for the last 18 months or so to assist with community outreach and charity events.
- Amateur cycling, surfing, hiking, and volleyball

Post-MBA Goals
- Short term- Gain skills in financial modeling and leadership to work in tech as a Sales Operations Manager. Applying to LA-based programs to open up opportunities for working in tech in LA.
- Long-term- Work in senior management in Sales Strategy and Operations at a larger tech firm.

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November 27, 2024 1:46pm ET

Rejected at Washington U. / Olin

Round: Round 1

Received via portal November 27, 2024

GPA: 3.9

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Operations Management

Application Location: Asia

November 27, 2024 12:44pm ET

Accepted to Washington U. / Olin

Round: Round 2

Received via phone November 27, 2024

GPA: 3.75

GRE: 330

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: Phoenix

Note:

Consortium and received a full-ride plus a stipend. Interviewed on November 10th and received offer today, November 27th.
I feel very optimistic for Booth and Yale results next week.

November 27, 2024 12:29pm ET

Accepted to Cornell / Johnson

Round: Round 1

Received via portal November 27, 2024

GPA: 3.94

Program Type: One Year Program

Target Career: Technology

Application Location: India

Note:

Interviewed for Cornell Tech MBA program on 13th Nov. GMAT/GRE test waiver.

November 27, 2024 10:41am ET

Accepted to NYU Stern

Round: Round 1

Received via email on November 25, 2024

GMAT: 715

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: India

Note:

Interview on 7/11. Received email regarding a status update. No scholarship

November 27, 2024 10:38am ET

Accepted to Cornell / Johnson

Round: Round 1

Received via email November 27, 2024

GPA: 3.65

Program Type: One Year Program

Target Career: Entrepreneurship

Application Location: New York City

Note:

Interviewed on November 11th. Received admissions offer on November 27th. Applied for Cornell Tech MBA.

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