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Published: December 11, 2016

Sitting Down With “Superbosses” Author, Tuck Professor Sydney Finkelstein

Bosses who are older or more experienced aren't necessarily better, according to Sydney Finkelstein, author, management professor and faculty director at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. And he should know. His latest book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, takes a painstakingly deep look into the the characteristics of exceptional leaders, and he shared some of his key findings in a recent interview with Clear Admit. Tuck Professor Sydney Finkelstein "I feel like the single most important thing is the mindset,” he says, casting off the idea that any specific degree of experience matters more. “You can start your career, even as a student, with this mindset. Sometimes helping other people is the best way you can help yourself. You have to be willing to make the effort.” As an example of someone willing to make that extra effort, Finkelstein points to revered NFL Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh, whose San Francisco 49ers teams in the 1980s revolutionized the game, earning three Super Bowl titles between 1982 and 1989. Frequently emphasizing Walsh’s exceptional mindset in the book, Finkelstein highlights how he would help his staff get jobs outside of the 49ers organization. Read more

Published: December 1, 2016

Fridays from the Frontline: How Did I Get Here? The Road from Science to an MBA

Just how did Chilean native Ignacio Cabrera—with an education in molecular biotechnology engineering and bacteriology and work experience first as research scientist at BioAmber and later as a microbial applications scientist at Kerry Inc.—find his way into an MBA program at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business? Lucky for us, he candidly shared his journey—including the fact that making the choice to leave his scientific career for business school was far from easy—as part of a recent blog post on the Tuck 360 MBA blog. Luckier still, he’s given permission for that blog post to be republished here for all the Clear Admit audience to read. Read more

Published: November 30, 2016

Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year Student / On Campus

The following Dartmouth / Tuck MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a November Round Applicant. Good luck to them! Very casual/friendly interview. Spent 75% of the time walking through my résumé, asking for more detail on projects I mentioned, why I chose the extracurriculars I did, etc. Last 25% were more behavioral based (time I worked on a project that did not go as planned and what I learned, any recent and meaningful leadership experience, anything interesting about me not listed on my résumé). Overall, it was a pleasant, conversational interview meant to more fully understand my experiences and how Read more

Published: November 29, 2016

Sydney Finkelstein’s “Superbosses” Named Among Amazon’s Best of 2016

Twenty books into Sydney Finkelstein’s career, to call him an expert in leadership is something of an understatement. Finkelstein, management professor and faculty director at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, has earned wide acclaim for his most recently published book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which Amazon named one of the 20 best business and leadership books of 2016. Read more

Published: November 28, 2016

Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Action / Second-Year Student / Campus

The following Dartmouth / Tuck interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Action Round Applicant. Good luck to them! After waiting in a common area with other applicants, an admissions team member came in, called my name, and walked me to our interview room. The room is a nondescript meeting room with a small table that both you and the interviewer sit at. There is a small amount of time for ice-breaking conversation as you make your way to the room and take your seat. The interviewer I had was a very composed, quiet individual who was very warm Read more

Published: November 15, 2016

Amid Roller Coaster Rides for Some, HBS Stays Put atop Bloomberg BusinessWeek Ranking

For the second consecutive year, Harvard Business School (HBS) tops the Bloomberg BusinessWeek annual ranking of MBA programs—released today—making it one of the few leading schools that didn’t experience shifts in a list that holds lots of changes this year over last. Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) shot up to second, from its seventh spot last year, and Duke’s Fuqua School followed right on its heels, moving from eighth last year to number three. Together, they knocked the University of Chicago Booth School of Business down from second to fourth. Read more

Published: November 14, 2016

MBA Students, Faculty, Administrators React to a Trump Presidency

In the wake of an American presidential election that has left a country divided and the rest of the world looking on with reactions ranging from surprise to disbelief, issues of racism, sexism, nativism and homophobia have erupted at the surface of national discourse. President-elect Donald Trump ran on a campaign that included promises to ban Muslims from entering the country, build a wall between the United States and Mexico and deport millions of undocumented immigrants. Trump’s own comments, endorsements from outspoken individuals with ties to racist organizations and pledges to nullify executive orders issued by President Barack Obama have caused millions to question his commitment to protecting the rights of women, minorities and members of the LGBTQ community. Read more

Published: October 24, 2016

Impending MBA Interview? Latest Clear Admit Interview Guides Have All You Need to Prepare

The MBA interview—the nail-biting, stomach-churning, sleep-robbing, suit-demanding component of the MBA application process that ties some applicants up in knots—is upon us. But there’s no reason to fret: not with Clear Admit’s in-depth Interview Guide Series as part of your arsenal. Providing expert advice and insider tips on what to expect and how to prepare, these guides are ready and waiting to help you conquer your jitters and ace your interview. Maybe you’re among the lucky ones who has already received an interview invite from your top choice business school (Harvard Business School and U. Chicago Booth to name a couple)? We’ve also heard—via the MBA LiveWire—that invites are rolling out from places like Columbia Business School (CBS), Cambridge’s Judge School, Duke’s Fuqua School and INSEAD. Of course, with more candidates set to receive Round 1 decisions in the coming weeks, the interview invitation madness has just begun. Read more

Published: October 13, 2016

Chicago Booth Remains Atop Economist Ranking Amid Drastic Fluctuations by Other Schools

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business claimed bragging rights for the fifth year in a row as it was once again crowned the top full-time MBA program in the world by the Economist, which published its annual global ranking of MBA programs yesterday. Other schools, though, took wild rides up and down the ranks—a trend that has caused many industry insiders to question the validity of the British publication's "Which MBA?" list. Read more

Published: October 13, 2016

Fridays from the Frontline: Catching the Political Bug at Tuck

Sure, climate factors into how some people decide which business school to attend. But usually it has to do with warm temperatures and sunshine, not elections. Not for Justen Nestico. A second-year MBA student at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, Nestico chose Tuck in part because of its location at the heart of what has proven to be one of the wildest presidential races in the nation’s history. In the post that follows, Nestico shares how he and other Tuck students who’ve caught the political bug are ideally positioned to watch the electoral process unfold first hand. Our Read more

Published: October 10, 2016

Dartmouth / Tuck Interview Questions: Early Action / Second-Year Student / On-Campus

The following Dartmouth / Tuck interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Action Round Applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was with a second year student who was very polite and nice. She set the stage at the beginning of the interview, noting that it was going to be about 30 minutes and she will ask me a series of questions about my past experiences. The questions were fairly straight forward: Walk me through your résumé. Why an MBA? Why Tuck? What would you get involved in at Tuck? Tell me about a time when you failed After Read more

Published: October 5, 2016

Dartmouth / Tuck Interview Report: Early Action / Second-year Student / On-Campus

The following Dartmouth / Tuck interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Action Round Applicant. Good luck to them! The total culture is supportive. For the class visits, there will be current students to escort you, and the professor might be ask you to introduce yourself as well. The school is beautiful (but a little bit cold at night). It takes around 3 hours to drive from Boston and 5 hours to drive from NYC, really far. But save for that, everything was perfect! The admission director even dropped by to say hello to us. The interviewer was nice. The interview was more Read more

Published: October 3, 2016

Tuck’s New Mission Statement Looks Toward Future

“Wisdom encompasses the essential aptitudes of confident humility,” reads the introduction to the new mission statement for Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, defining a new vision for the future of the New Hampshire business school. Speaking to the Tuck community, Dean Matthew J. Slaughter broke down the school’s newly refined outlook into a concise ten-word statement: “Tuck educates wise leaders to better the world of business.” “It has been an invigorating and affirming process,” Slaughter said in a letter released last week, “the results of which I am excited to share with you today." Read more

Published: October 2, 2016

Dartmouth / Tuck Interview Report: Early Action / Second-year Student / On-campus

The following Dartmouth / Tuck interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Action Round Applicant. I interviewed at Tuck two weeks before officially submitting my application. I flew to Boston from the West Coast and took the Dartmouth coach up to campus. I arrived late so I went to bed after grabbing a bite to eat. The following morning, I hopped on the hotel shuttle to campus and went to the admissions office to sign in. I received a name-badge and I was shown to the waiting room. Right on schedule a second-year student arrived – we introduced ourselves Read more

Published: September 15, 2016

Chicago’s McGowan Charitable Fund Announces 7th Class of Fellows

Since 2010, the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund has been naming 10 outstanding second-year MBA students as members of its annual class of McGowan Fellows. The fund was created and named in honor of William G. McGowan, an American business leader and founder of MCI Communications, following his passing in 1992. The selected fellows join a prestigious group of alumni from some of the best business schools around the United States. One fellow is chosen annually from each of 10 partner business schools. Each receives full tuition for the second year of his or her MBA studies. Read more

Published: September 6, 2016

Tuck Shines a Spotlight on Its Many Joint/Dual Degree Programs

Students can take multiple paths with an MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, but they can also combine the degree in creative and powerful ways thanks to a range of joint- and dual-degree programs that draw on the strengths of Dartmouth’s other postgraduate schools. This array of opportunities gives students at Tuck even more refined ways to direct their burgeoning careers. Tuck’s three joint-degree programs with Dartmouth are the MD/MBA, MPH(Master of Public Health)/MBA, and a PhD/MBA. The MD/MBA joint degree, offered in partnership with Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, can be completed within five to six years. By preparing them to practice both medicine and management, this degree can lead students toward careers in biotech, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and a multitude of similar industries. Read more

Published: July 4, 2016

Dartmouth / Tuck Interview Report: Round 2 / Second-year Student / Skype

The following Dartmouth / Tuck interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 Applicant who was waitlisted. Interviewed in February by a second year student. It was a very routine and relaxed interview. 30 mins of questions from the interviewer and 15 minutes afterwards spent answering my questions to him about Tuck and his experience. Here’s the order: 1. Walk me through your résumé. 2. Why do you want an MBA? 3. Why do you need an MBA to get to your short-term goal? 4. Why do you want an MBA from Tuck? (Interrupted me Read more

Published: June 23, 2016

Friday from the Frontline: First-Year Project for PayPal France

This week’s post comes to us from Tuck rising second-year Ashley Cahill, a Connecticut native who spent the five years before business school working in Shanghai, China, in public relations roles for the American Chamber of Commerce, Weber Shandwick and a sustainable agriculture startup. As you’ll read, her international experiences have extended right into the MBA program thanks to Tuck’s First-Year Project, which Cahill completed in Paris as part of an assignment for PayPal France. Our thanks to her for agreeing to share her experience with Clear Admit’s audience. This post has been republished in its entirety from its Read more

Published: June 14, 2016

Stress Around Standardized Tests, Tuition Costs Looms Large for Current MBA Applicants

Entrance exams generate more angst than any other part of the MBA admissions process for the majority of applicants to business schools, according to a survey released today by the Association of Independent Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC). Sixty-one percent of respondents cited standardized tests as the most challenging application component, while 46 percent pointed to written essays and 20 percent indicated interviews. Interestingly, newer additions to the application process—such as videos and group exercises implemented in recent years by schools like Kellogg and Wharton—seem to incite less anxiety, with only 19 percent of applicants saying these were especially challenging. In fact, Read more

Published: June 8, 2016

Consortium Alumna’s Parents Establish $1 Million Endowment in Daughter’s Memory

It takes a special family to turn tragedy into hope and opportunity for others, but that’s exactly the kind of family Leslie Elise Adkins had. Adkins, an MBA student at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and a fellow of the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, died on May 5, 2015, due to complications from chronic diabetes. Last week, her parents, Lynette and Kedrick Adkins, established a $1 million scholarship endowment through the Consortium in her memory. Read more

Published: June 6, 2016

Why McKinsey and Company Loves to Hire MBAs

When it comes to careers MBAs are likely to land, working for a management consulting firm like tops the list. McKinsey and Company is one such firm that conducts qualitative and quantitative analysis for companies around the world in order to evaluate management decisions across the public and private sectors. McKinsey is considered one of the most prestigious management consultancy firms globally and the firm’s clientele includes 80 percent of the world’s largest corporations, along with an extensive list of governments and non-profit organisations. More current and former Fortune 500 CEOs are actually alumni of McKinsey than of any Read more

Published: June 2, 2016

Friday from the Frontlines: Tuck’s Global First-Year Project

This week’s Friday from the Frontlines comes to us from Nicholas Ritter, a second-year MBA student at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business who is spending the summer interning with IBM Watson’s Life Sciences team in New York. Prior to business school he worked as an electrical and product engineer for Nabsys, a biotech startup developing genomic sequencing technology. In his free time he is a Tripod Hockey Captain, a Revers Energy Fellow, an admissions associate and hard at work to form a Tuck Toboggan Club. In the post that follows, Ritter shares about his global first-year project with scaffolding manufacturing firm Read more

Published: May 16, 2016

Push-Up Throw Down Sweeps Business Schools, Raising Awareness of Veteran Suicide

Veteran organizations at leading business schools are getting in on the latest challenge to sweep the internet—this time to raise awareness of the incidence of suicide among veterans. The #22PushupChallenge is so named to reflect statistics that suggest that 22 veterans, on average, commit suicide each day. Untreated or inadequately treated mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress (PTS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) are often to blame. Christopher Molaro, co-director of alumni relations for the Wharton Veterans Club at the University of Pennsylvania and formerly a captain in the U.S. Army, acknowledges that some have questioned the accuracy of this number. “The 22 number is not substantiated and is debated, but the cause is less about the specific number, 22, and more about building momentum to change the perception of mental health,” he says. “Whether it’s 22 or one per day, it needs to be addressed.” Read more

Published: May 2, 2016

MBA DecisionWire Data Analysis Reveals Trends Among Harvard, Tuck, Anderson Applicants

Welcome back for the third in our series of posts offering analysis of the data we are receiving on MBA DecisionWire. MBA DecisionWire is a resource that allows candidates to share where they’ve decided to attend business school based on the offers they received. In this, its inaugural season, the rate of entries is ramping up as students make their final choices for the next academic year. In the first two posts in this series, we dug into the MBA DecisionWire data to examine popular school pairings—that is, pairs of schools in which applicants who applied Read more

Published: April 18, 2016

Why MBAs Still Flock to Morgan Stanley

This post has been republished in its entirety from its original source, metromba.com. Joining an elite investment bank such as JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley or Goldman Sachs is the ultimate goal for many MBA graduates. The good news is that these elite institutions are hiring more MBAs than ever, despite ongoing job cuts and restructuring across the investment bank industry. In 2014, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) revealed that 26 percent of MBAs landed a job in finance/accounting—more than any other industry. And in 2015, overall employment within the financial services sector rose from 35 percent to nearly 37 percent. Read more

Dartmouth / Tuck

CLASS SIZE: 296

FEMALE: 44%

MEAN GMAT: 727

MEAN GPA: 3.6

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December 18, 2024 2:57am ET

Applying: IESE, INSEAD, MIT Sloan, U. Chicago Booth

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Engineering

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Undecided Companies: Amazon

GMAT: 690

GPA: 3.26

Years of Work Experience: 4

Location: Chile

December 17, 2024 6:19am ET

Applying: Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Georgetown / McDonough, Harvard Business School, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, UT Austin / McCombs

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Registered Nurse

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey

GRE: 326

GPA: 3.5

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: Colorado

Post MBA Location: Chicago/NYC

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Education: Bachelor's degree in Nursing (GPA: 3.5) from a top 2 nursing school
Work Experience: 3 years as a high-risk OB Registered Nurse at a major hospital, with leadership roles in various healthcare initiatives and patient care management.
Additional Experience: Currently working as a GP
Operations Specialist at an early-stage healthcare/tech-focused venture capital firm, where I optimize operational processes and support investment decisions in the healthcare sector.
I understand my background is somewhat non-traditional for an MBA program and that my stats are about average for these schools, but I believe my experience in healthcare and VC provides a unique perspective and skill set. Which M7 or T15 schools do you think I should realistically target, especially those known for strong consulting programs? With my stats and experience do I realistically have a shot at admission to a top program? I have a particular interest in Kellogg and Booth, as I'm planning on pursuing a career in healthcare consulting.
Additionally, I would love any guidance on how to present myself as a competitive candidate and effectively showcase my strengths and experiences in healthcart and venture capital. Thank you for your help!

December 17, 2024 12:03am ET

Applying: Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, NYU Stern, UCLA Anderson, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Worked in Tech vertical at Barclays

Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking Companies: Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan , Merrill Lynch , Morgan Stanley

GRE: 335

GPA: 3.2

Years of Work Experience: 2.5

Location: India

Notes:

With an experience of 2.5 years and a promotion to mid-managerial level as a data analyst, I look forward to MBA for a broader global exposure and be in the decision making position to see how my work brings a real time impact for the organisation.

December 16, 2024 6:24am ET

Applying: Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Georgetown / McDonough, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Risk management security services/operations

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting

GRE: 320

GPA: 3.75

Years of Work Experience: 4

December 15, 2024 6:03pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, UCLA Anderson, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Finance

Post-MBA Target Industry: Venture Capital

GRE: 325

GPA: 3.2

Years of Work Experience: 4

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December 18, 2024 10:25am ET

Accepted to Babson / Olin

Round: Round 1

Received via email December 18, 2024

GPA: 3.12

Program Type: One Year Program

Target Career: Entrepreneurship

Application Location: paris

December 18, 2024 8:18am ET

Accepted to Babson / Olin

Round: Round 1

Received via email December 18, 2024

GPA: 3.72

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

December 18, 2024 7:13am ET

Accepted to UVA / Darden

Round: Round 1

Received via email on December 09, 2024

GPA: 3.7

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Entrepreneurship

Application Location: Pakistan

December 18, 2024 7:12am ET

Accepted to Dartmouth / Tuck

Round: Round 1

Received via phone on December 11, 2024

GPA: 3.7

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Entrepreneurship

Application Location: Pakistan

December 18, 2024 6:09am ET

Accepted to UT Austin / McCombs

Round: Round 1

Received via phone on December 16, 2024

GRE: 332

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: India

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