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Published: November 1, 2022

Real Humans of Toronto Rotman’s MBA Class of 2024

We head to Canada to meet some new members of the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management’s MBA Class of 2024 in this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students. 275 students matriculated at Rotman in the fall of 2022. Women comprise 45 percent of the class and 65 percent are international. Nine percent identify as Black or indigenous. During their undergraduate years, Toronto Rotman MBAs averaged a GPA of 3.6. The most common undergraduate degree was in business/commerce at 31 percent. A quarter hold degrees in engineering and 11 percent had studied economics. Read more

Published: October 31, 2022

Real Humans of SMU Cox’s MBA Class of 2024

For this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we meet some new members of the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business Class of 2024 in Dallas, Texas. Fifty-three students matriculated there in the fall of 2022. Forty-three percent are women and 32 percent are international. U.S. minority students represent 23 percent of the class. During their undergraduate years, the SMU Cox students averaged a 3.37 GPA. When it came time to take the GMAT, they averaged a score of 682. For those who took the GRE, their average Quant score landed Read more

Published: October 30, 2022

CBS Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alumnus / Zoom

The interview went pretty nicely. The school matched me with someone in the VC industry. I was nervous because I thought the wildly different background would work against me – quite the opposite. Questions asked were: Walk me through your background +a few follow ups from that. Why CBS? Why now? Why do you want to move back to NY? Where (location wise) would you want to be in a few years? What if in 5 years, something happens and the industry doesn’t end up where you think it will end up (I was talking about Google’s new privacy policies), Read more

Published: October 30, 2022

Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus

Second-year student interviewed me. Was not the friendliest. Duke Students community and other students were very friendly and engaging. Duke interview questions I got: Walk me through your career path starting from undergrad. Why an MBA/ Why an MBA if you have a master’s degree already? What is your short- & long-term goals? Tell me about an achievement as a leader. Tell me about a time you had conflict in a team. Tell me about a time you failed. Why Duke? What will you contribute to Duke Community? What would you do if you were in a Team and Read more

Published: October 30, 2022

Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

The interview was with a second-year student who was not from my target industry or my current industry. The interviewer was very friendly and made the interview enjoyable. The interview started with the interviewer presenting themselves. They asked the following questions: – Introduce yourself. (Quick two-minute introduction) – Why MBA? Why Booth specifically? – What are your short-term and long-term goals? – What would a successful MBA experience mean for you? – Tell me how what type of leader you are. – How has living and working abroad shaped who you are as a Read more

Published: October 30, 2022

Wire Taps 259—Military candidate, dings at Harvard and Wharton. Waitlisted last season, waiting this season. Stanford or bust?

Happy Halloween! This week’s podcast starts off with a truly spooky tale about the “Infamous HBS 119″…a story that didn’t end well for MBA applicants back in 2005. On more of an upbeat note, Alex and Graham congratulated Stanford GSB alum, Rishi Sunak, on his new role of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Activity on MBA LiveWire was very busy last week with many candidates reporting interview invites including UPenn / Wharton and MIT / Sloan candidates – Alex and Graham mentioned that they anticipate the same for this upcoming week. Graham then highlighted the new Real Humans pieces Read more

Published: October 30, 2022

Round 2 MBA Application Deadlines 2022-2023

To help you stay organized, we’ve compiled all of the Round 2 MBA application deadlines (and some Round 3 ones) all in one place. You’ll find links to our corresponding Essay Topic Analysis in the “Essay Analysis” column. School Deadline Decision Essay Analysis Application Live? INSEAD (R2 August Intake) 11/15/2022 1/20/2023 Yes Yes Indian School of Business 11/27/2022 2/2023 Yes Yes Dartmouth / Tuck 1/4/2023 3/16/2023 Yes Yes Harvard Business School 1/4/2023 3/29/2023 Read more

Published: October 27, 2022

Webinar: Why Experiential Learning is Essential to Your MBA Experience – Video Recap

“What is Experiential Learning?” Experiential learning is an engaged learning process whereby students “learn by doing” and by reflecting on the experience. Within an MBA program, experiential learning can be a vital piece of the curriculum for both career switchers and career boosters alike, as both sets of students can bring more real-life experiences into the MBA curriculum while still in school. Clear Admit partnered with the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business to discuss this topic and more in a recent webinar event. We spoke about different ways the Terry MBA program helps students apply academic theory Read more

Published: October 27, 2022

Real Humans of the UMD Smith MBA Class of 2024

In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we meet some new members of the University of Maryland R.H. Smith School of Business MBA Class of 2024. 30 students matriculated to the Maryland-based business school program. Eighteen percent are women and half are international. Fourteen percent identify as U.S. minorities. Nine percent had served in the military. During their undergraduate years, Smith MBAs averaged a GPA of 3.10. Roughly 13 percent had majored in business administration during their undergraduate years. 10 percent had studied mechanical engineering. A couple of Smith MBAs had studied English Read more

Published: October 27, 2022

Emory Goizueta MBA Employment Report: Class of 2022 Achieves Impressive Placement

See the Emory Goizueta MBA employment report for the Class of 2023 here. Ninety-eight percent of the 145 graduating members of the Emory Goizueta Business School MBA Class of 2022 earned job offers and claimed them within three months of graduation, according to the new employment report. The median base salary increased roughly $30,000 over last year’s class to $165,000. Median base salary plus signing bonus jumps to $193,000 for the recent two-year MBA graduates. Industry Choice The top industry for the Emory Goizueta Two-Year MBA Class of 2022 is consulting, Read more

Published: October 26, 2022

CBS Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alumnus / Off-Campus

I was paired up with my interviewer via the Columbia portal. We set a date and time, but not a location until the day before. The interviewer was an active corporate executive in my area and I was flexible with the scheduling process. Interview was slated for 45 minutes ended up going 75. We met at a shop in town. 1. The interview started off with them telling me about their career progression and how they got where they are now. 2. Then the interview began with what questions I had for them or about CBS. 3. Why Read more

Published: October 26, 2022

Berkeley Haas Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Virtual

The overall environment of the interview was very conversational and relaxed. It lasted 45 minutes. In the beginning, the interviewer presented himself and explained how the interview would go. He did not ask for a personal or professional presentation, he mentioned that he already had read my resume. 1. Why Haas? 2. How will you foster DEI? 3. Tell me about a time you had a creative solution to a problem. 4. Tell me about a time you worked with a challenging team. + Additional space to ask questions to the interviewer. Even though there were Read more

Published: October 26, 2022

Real Humans of the UGA Terry MBA Class of 2024

We welcome some new students of the University of Georgia Terry College of Business MBA Class of 2024 to this installment of Real Humans: MBA Students. Sixty-nine students matriculated into the Georgia Terry MBA program in the fall of 2022. Thirty-five percent are women and 22 percent are international. Seventeen percent identify as U.S. minorities. During their undergraduate years, Georgia Terry MBA students had an average GPA of 3.55. Twenty-eight percent had earned degrees in sciences and a quarter had studied business/economics. Twenty-six percent had majored in engineering/computer science. Thirteen percent pursued degrees in Read more

Published: October 25, 2022

UCLA Anderson Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

Interview with a 2nd-Year Anderson student. The vibe of the interview was really casual – the interviewer tried to make me feel less nervous and introduced himself first. Interviewer only had my resume in front, not my application. Questions asked: Walk me through your resume. Why now for your MBA? Why Anderson? How would you contribute to Anderson? Tell me about a time you failed. Read more

Published: October 25, 2022

Admissions Director Q&A: Melissa Rapp of Emory Goizueta

In this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A, Melissa Rapp, Associate Dean of Graduate Admissions for Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, digs into MBA admissions, how to approach the application essays and much more. Melissa leads the teams responsible for the recruitment, evaluation, and matriculation of students across the portfolio of Graduate Business programs including MBA programs, MS in Business Analytics program, and Master of Analytical Finance program. A longtime higher education professional with over 18 years of experience, Melissa has worked at both small and large institutions helping to form and implement successful admissions Read more

Published: October 24, 2022

Real Humans of the IMD MBA Class of 2022

We head to Lausanne, Switzerland, for this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series to meet some new members of the MBA Class of 2022 at IMD. 104 students matriculated in January 2022 for the one-year IMD MBA. Thirty-five percent are women. The class represents 39 different countries with a fifth coming from Western Europe and 18 percent from South Asia. Fourteen percent hail from East and Central Asia while another 12 percent came from Latin America. Ten percent each joined from Africa/Middle East or North America. Eight percent came from South East Read more

Published: October 23, 2022

HBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom

Don’t let the HBS Interview information online scare you! I interviewed virtually this morning and had a really pleasant conversation! It just felt like I was talking to someone who shared a passion for my industry and wanted to discuss it in depth. The time flew by and I was generally at ease. 90% of the questions were very specific to my industry. At the end of the conversation I was asked something about one of my ECs and the final question was surrounding what more that I would like to share. Good luck out there! If you know yourself Read more

Published: October 23, 2022

Rice Jones Interview Questions & Report: Round 1/ Pre-Recorded / Kira

4 questions. 1. Name and ID (3min) 2. Why an MBA and what comes after? (1.5min) 3. Tell me about a time you made the “right” decision, but it was challenging. (1.5min) 4. What would you do if you had several difficult tests coming up with limited time to study? (1.5min) Read more

Published: October 23, 2022

CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alum / Virtual

My interview was an alum who graduated in 2002 and he has been interviewing candidates for a long time. I was nervous going in to the interview, but it was very casual conversation. I was only asked standard questions. Questions I was asked: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Why MBA? Why now? 3. Why CBS and why NYC? This took 12 mins and we spent the next 18 mins talking about him and his advice to me. I had scheduled the call for 45 mins and was surprised how soon we were done. No behavioral questions Read more

Published: October 23, 2022

CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alumnus / Virtual

I had a virtual interview with an almunus. It was an hour long conversation, discussing: 1. Introduction (he asked a lot of questions here on Why selected particular major, about my work projects, what did I recommend, he tried to understand my background in depth) 2. Why MBA? Why not a PhD/other masters? (He again asked follow-up questions on my motivation) 3. Why Columbia? 4. A leadership role I have taken 5. Questions for him The interview had basic questions but there were a lot of follow-up questions which threw me off my flow but I Read more

Published: October 23, 2022

Wire Taps 258—Columbia ED ding, what now? Sports management in London. Economics faculty in India.

This week’s episode of the Clear Admit MBA Admissions podcast kicks off with a review of the upcoming admissions deadlines, including R1 interview invites for UPenn / Wharton and Duke / Fuqua. Your hosts also discuss the wave of Early Action decisions out of Darden and Fuqua. Graham then highlighted the Real Humans pieces for Vanderbilt / Owen and Ohio State / Fisher as well as a recent adcom Q&A with Fuqua’ Shari Hubert, noting that half their incoming class receives some form of merit-based scholarship. Graham also presented NYU / Stern’s recently released employment report, Read more

Published: October 20, 2022

Webinar: To Test or Not to Test: An Open Conversation About the Role of a GMAT Waiver in MBA Admissions

“Should I request a GMAT waiver?” A common question in today’s MBA Admissions environment along with “Can I get admitted if I request a test waiver?” and “Can I still get a job if I have an MBA without GMAT?” Clear Admit partnered with Carnegie Mellon Tepper to discuss these topics and more in an open conversation about the role of test waivers in MBA Admissions. J.R. McGrath, the Executive Director of Masters Admissions at Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business and Mike Tarantino from the Clear Admit team led the conversation and took plenty of questions from Read more

Published: October 20, 2022

MIT Sloan MBA Class of 2024 Profile: Boost in Domestic Diversity

The MIT Sloan MBA Class of 2024 profile reflects students’ diversity of skills and experience that Sloan sees as critical to the MBA program. 408 matriculated in the fall of 2022, representing a smaller class size of the year prior, 450, and two years ago, 484. Here are some key elements of the profile: MIT Sloan MBA Class Profile: Undergraduate Background Median Undergraduate GPA 3.62 Percent majoring in engineering 29% Percent majoring in business 23% Percent majoring in economics 17% Percent majoring in science & math 15% Percent majoring in humanities, social sciences 12% MIT MBA Read more

Published: October 20, 2022

Real Humans of the UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA Class of 2024

Meet some new members of the MBA Class of 2024 at UNC Kenan-Flagler in this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students. Kenan-Flagler welcomed 242 students to the full-time MBA Class of 2024. Thirty-eight percent are women and 35 percent are international. Twenty-three percent identify as U.S. minorities and 15 percent as U.S. underrepresented minorities. During their undergraduate years, the class earned an average GPA of 3.43 at U.S. schools. They averaged an age of 28 and five years of work experience upon matriculating at Kenan-Flagler. Nine percent have a background in the military, while Read more

Published: October 19, 2022

UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Virtual

A vast majority of the interview was me telling my story. Very casual, and a great opportunity to hit on the things I wanted to highlight. The interviewer had not seen any part of my profile, to include resume. I went step by step from where I grew up, to college, all the way through where I am now, highlighting why I made the choices I did and what some of my key challenges and accomplishments were. We then went through the standard Why career change, Why MBA, and Why Darden, and I was able to tie various points of Read more

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MBA Applywire

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

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.

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MBA LiveWire

November 27, 2024 8:22pm ET

Accepted to Cornell / Johnson

Round: Round 1

Received via email November 27, 2024

GRE: 327

Program Type: One Year Program

Target Career: Technology

Application Location: San Francisco

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

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