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Published: April 25, 2018

MBA News You Need: Columbia Offers Scholarships to Syrians, Michigan Ross Awards $10k During Inaugural Datathon, Haas Talks Benefits of an MBA, and More

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and provide a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of April 25, 2018. Two Future HBS Students Receive Soros Fellowships for New Americans Seul Ku As notoriously pricey as a Harvard Business School (HBS) education can be, two students’ wallets just got $90,000 lighter. The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans honors exceptional immigrants and children of immigrants with a $90,000 grant Read more

Published: April 18, 2018

MBA News You Need: Demand Increases for Data-Driven Degrees, Wharton Launches New Health Initiative, Yale SOM MBA Students Study Ethics in the Holocaust, and More

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of April 19, 2018. MBA Students Demand Data Science Degrees At one point it was common knowledge that an MBA was the most surefire path to a premier corporate job. The tides have begun to turn. These days, companies actively seek out business professionals with a different skill: the ability to understand and speak to software engineers. This need has Read more

Published: April 16, 2018

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub

The following UPenn / Wharton MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Went to the Wharton center in the hub city in the country I’m based for the first interview slot of 3 days. Adcom ended up being the Director of Admissions, which I did not realize until after. Group interview: 3 others, perfectly rounding out the group at 4 people. I got there early and got to chat with them all. While there was a little big of tension, we worked together well when it came down Read more

Published: April 12, 2018

Harvard, Wharton, and NYU Stern Announce Graduation Speakers

As spring fully arrives, so do the business school announcements for commencement day. Already, we’ve talked about the graduation speakers you can expect at Michigan Ross and Stanford GSB. Now, Harvard Business School, Wharton, and NYU Stern have also announced their graduation speakers. Read more

Published: April 12, 2018

Fuqua Hosts ClimateCAP Global MBA Summit to Discuss Climate Change and Business

Many businesses have begun to question how climate change will affect them in the not-too-distant future, and with good reason: By 2030, global climate change impacts are projected to reach $700 billion annually. This figure has inspired investors to constantly monitor climate risk, and plenty of businesses have started to take action. Some 42 percent of Fortune 500 companies have set goals for carbon reduction. “Climate change is having a real impact in many parts of the global economy right now—affecting food production, investment decisions, insurance premiums, supply chains, and operational assets,” explains Daniel Vermeer, an associate professor of the practice of energy and environment and executive director of the Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment (EDGE) at Duke University. “Over time, we expect that these impacts will increase in scale and frequency," Vermeer adds. These business challenges, questions, and more were front and center at the most recent ClimateCAP: The Global MBA Summit on Climate, Capital, and Business, an annual event held last month at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. Read more

Published: April 11, 2018

MBA News You Need: Yale SOM Doubles Student-Led Conferences, HBS Professors Discuss U.S./China Trade War, Cryptocurrency Curriculum Explosion, and More

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of April 12, 2018. Yale SOM Student-Led Conferences More Than Double in Five Years Over the last five years, Yale SOM students have been on a conference-hosting blitz. Five years ago, students hosted five conferences over the course of the year. This year that number has more than doubled, to 12. The success of these conferences is due in part Read more

Published: April 4, 2018

MBA News You Need: Haas MBAs Practice Extreme Leadership, UVA Darden Tackles Global Water Crises, Georgetown Hosts Blockchain Summit, and More

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of April 5, 2018. Financial Times Examines Business School Donors’ Motives Donations to business schools are booming. Just compare the $41.3 million INSEAD raised in 2016-2017 to the paltry-by-comparison $7.2 million that the school raised in 2011-2012. The University of Illinois recently received $150 million from Larry Gies, the CEO of Madison Industries—the largest gift in the school’s history. Lonely Read more

Published: March 30, 2018

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / off-campus hub

The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! About the room setting / Seating: There is a whiteboard, a clock on the board and a small alarm clock on the table. The seating is pre-set, the nameplate was on the table and the order was alphabetical ( first name base) The admission person sat a bit far from the applicants. The flow of the interview: The admission person first asked each one of us to briefly introduce ourselves. Everyone shared his Read more

Published: March 29, 2018

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year student / On-Campus

The following UPenn / Wharton admissions interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I applied Round 2 and interviewed on-campus with a second-year student on February 19th, 2018. 1. How did you feel you performed in the TBD? 2. Is the role that you took in the TBD the role you usually take within teams? 3. Why are you interested in the Wharton MBA program? 4. Do you have any questions for me? Very straightforward interview with a second-year student. He was calm and easy to Read more

Published: March 28, 2018

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year student / On-Campus

The following UPenn / Wharton MBA admissions interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was Wharton’s standard Team-Based Discussion (TBD). I interviewed on campus in mid-February (R2) and scheduled my interview for the end of the day. Leading up to it, there were opportunities to sit in on classes and have lunch with other prospectives. Fifteen minutes or so before your interview, you wait with 4-5 others to begin. Use this time to get to know your fellow group members and take the edge off. My group Read more

Published: March 28, 2018

MBA News You Need: Alumni Gifts at Chicago Booth and Wharton, Cryptocurrencies at IE Business School, and More.

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of March 29, 2018. HBS Announces NVC Semifinalists in Student Business Track Harvard Business School announced the 31 semi-finalist teams from the first round of its New Venture Competition. 84 judges sifted through an initial pool of 140 student-led startup teams. The competition invites entrepreneurial-minded students to pitch their business ideas either on Business or Social Enterprise tracks for a Read more

Published: March 28, 2018

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub

The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The adcom first explain the whole process for us and ask us to briefly introduce ourselves. Then we start the clock and begin by introducing our new GMC proposals. For 1-on-1 interview, questions I got: 1. Self intro 2. Biggest achievement 3. why MBA, why Wharton 4. Q&A I was surprised that I wasn’t asked about TBD reflection. Clear Admit Resources Preparing for your Wharton MBA admissions interview? Check out Clear Admit’s Read more

Published: March 27, 2018

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / AdCom / off Campus

The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed with a career services officer from Wharton in Mumbai. We had our interview in the McK office. There were 3 slots with 5-6 candidates each , on a particular day. My TBD had a total of 5 members. We all reached the venue almost 30 min in advance and chatted a bit. It helped a lot in knowing each other and what their backgrounds were. We all got very comfortable with each other, which I believe Read more

Published: March 24, 2018

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub

The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I was invited for a team-based discussion (TBD) at a local off-campus location at McKinsey office. I made sure to arrive 30 minutes early so that I could blend in and break the ice with my team. We had a nice chat for about 15 mins before we were approached by the adcom member who briefed us on the TBD format and what to expect. Soon after we were invited into a spacious conference room where we got seated Read more

Published: March 21, 2018

MBA News You Need: UNC and Duke Unite on Entrepreneurship, Yale Announces Two African MBA Scholarships, and More

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of March 22, 2018. UNC and Duke Unite to Sponsor Residencies for Entrepreneurship Thought Leaders The University of North Carolina and Duke have always been fierce rivals. But when it comes to supporting students, the schools are on the same page. Most recently, the schools came together to sponsor residencies for four thought leaders in entrepreneurship. “We are Read more

Published: March 20, 2018

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub

The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I arrived at the location 20 minutes earlier and had the opportunity to chat with 2 of the 4 other candidates that were to participate to the interview. The admission representative was also in the lobby where we were waiting – though indeed we did not who she was… My TBD team was quite diverse: a US trader, a UK consultant , a German portfolio manager and an Indian eutrepreneur . I felt pretty relaxed during the Read more

Published: March 20, 2018

8 Key Takeaways from the 2019 U.S. News MBA Ranking

As reported here this morning, Chicago Booth has claimed its first-ever No. 1 rank in the U.S. News & World Report MBA Ranking, released today. It tied for first with Harvard Business School (HBS), which has held or shared the No. 1 spot for four years running. The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, which tied HBS for first last year, slipped to third. Stanford Graduate School of Business, meanwhile, remained constant in fourth place for a second year. Last year, the California school was in a three-way tie Read more

Published: March 20, 2018

MBA Programs Promote Men as Allies for Gender Equity

On March 17, UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business hosted its 22nd annual Women in Leadership (WiL) Conference, which Clear Admit covered in depth here. The event was a rousing success that attracted more than 400 students, alumni, and professionals to campus to talk about women leaders and advance the conversation on gender quality and social justice. One of the keys to its success: allyship. Read more

Published: March 19, 2018

Anticipating Round 2 Decisions via Clear Admit’s LiveWire and MBA Chats

Throughout the rest of March, leading business schools will be rolling out their decisions to Round 2 MBA applicants. While many are eager for the gift of admission via phone, email or portal, waiting for a decision can push anxiety levels to full tilt for the Class of 2020 hopefuls. But, fear not, anxious applicants! At Clear Admit, we have two resources that are designed to help you navigate the next couple weeks: Clear Admit LiveWire and Clear Admit MBA Chats. Reports from Real Candidates on MBA LiveWire Keep your finger on the pulse of MBA Read more

Published: March 19, 2018

Chicago Booth Tops U.S. News 2019 MBA Ranking for First Time, Tied with HBS

They’re out, and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business can pop the bubbly this year. We’re talking, of course, about this year’s U.S. News & World Report ranking of the nation’s best MBA programs, released today. Chicago Booth has claimed its first-ever No. 1 rank. It tied for first with Harvard Business School (HBS), which has held or shared the No. 1 spot for four years running. The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, which tied HBS for first last year, slipped to third. Read more

Published: March 14, 2018

UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / AdCom / Off-Campus Hub

The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I can’t stress enough on the importance of reaching the venue early. Take the time to bond with your team and understand their personalities to gauge what role you would possibly play in your team. The TBD is very casual. Each team gets a total 35 minutes to discuss their plan and present to the observer. Be sure to limit the initial introduction of your idea to a minute or less. DO NOT RAMBLE. Practice this. Your idea Read more

Published: March 11, 2018

Three Reasons to Apply to MBA Programs in Round 3

As we move through March, the Round 3 deadlines of leading MBA Programs are drawing near. Conventional wisdom in the MBA admissions world suggests it’s best to avoid the final rounds when applying to top business schools, but sometimes circumstances dictate otherwise. One thing to keep in mind is that all indications suggest that this year could actually be a good one in which to apply in R3. This is because a strong global economy and job market (particularly in the US and Europe) have led to declines in MBA application volume at many business schools. As such, several top programs will likely Read more

Published: March 7, 2018

MBA News You Need: The Gender Pay Gap Post-MBA, Kellogg Professor Talks NRA Boycott, Case Centre Award Winners Announced, and More

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of March 8, 2018. Research Finds a Wider Gender Pay Gap Post-MBA Could the gender pay gap widen after an MBA? According to research by the Financial Times, women earn on average 9 percent less than men before an MBA and 14 percent less post-MBA. But the good news is that awareness of the gender pay gap is growing, and Read more

Published: March 5, 2018

Financial Times Reveals New Ranking of Top MBAs for Women

For years, there’s been a growing push for women to enter business and business school, and some change has occurred. In 2017, four in 10 applicants to two-year, full-time MBA programs were women, up from 33 percent in 2013 according to the Graduate Management Admissions Council. Unfortunately, that increase in applications has not been reflected within MBA cohorts. Women still only account for a third of the students accepted into the top 100 MBA programs, the same as it was five years ago. And there’s another issue as well: cost. Women, on average, earn around 91 percent of their Read more

Published: March 5, 2018

Our Five Favorite MBA Podcasts Right Now

Many business schools and MBA students have recently begun to produce podcasts, discussing the diverse range of student and graduate experiences as well as current trends and relevant topics in business. These podcasts are unique in that they provide a candid, first-person look at business school from those currently enrolled, allowing for an open platform to discuss business topics outside of the confines of the university. While this is a fairly new trend, there are several different podcasts out there for those who might be interested to learn more. We’ve assembled our five favorite MBA podcasts right now, and we’ll Read more

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CLASS SIZE: 866

Women: 47%

MEAN GMAT: 732

MEAN GPA: 3.7

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November 14, 2024 8:16pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Cambridge / Judge, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, emlyon, IESE, Imperial, INSEAD, London Business School, Manchester / AMBS, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Hospitality

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Consumer Goods, Other Companies: Amazon , Apple , Google , Coca Cola , LVMH , Nestle , Nike

GRE: 326

GPA: 3.46

Years of Work Experience: 6

Post MBA Location: Consultancy

November 14, 2024 6:29am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Georgetown / McDonough, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Consulting, Capital Project Development (Renewable Energy/CCS)

Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Commercial Banking, Family Business, Entrepreneurship

GMAT: 664

GPA: 2.9

Years of Work Experience: 7

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Pakistani male, looking to get into the financial services industry short term, and long-term make a significant contribution to the family business or pursue entrepreneurship. Studied engineering from UT Austin for undergrad followed by three jobs (roughly 2 years each) and a nine month break in between job 2 and 3. Planning to take the GMAT again in 3 weeks to offset GPA. Goal score is 695. Mitigating circumstances around GPA are just illness and general family/self issues but doubt they will be very convincing.

November 13, 2024 11:52am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Georgetown / McDonough, Michigan / Ross, UNC Kenan-Flagler, USC / Marshall

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Real Estate Development Analyst and Acquisitions Project Manager

Post-MBA Target Industry: Private Equity, Family Business, Entrepreneurship Companies: Other

GPA: 3.44

Years of Work Experience: 3

November 13, 2024 3:41am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Cambridge / Judge, Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Oxford / Saïd, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UCLA Anderson, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Pharmaceutical

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Pharmaceutical Companies: AT Kearney , Bain , BCG , McKinsey , Other , Amgen , Astra Zeneca , Johnson & Johnson , Merck , Novartis , Pfizer , Roche

GRE: 329

GPA: 3.1

Years of Work Experience: 4

Location: Tokyo

Post MBA Location: US

November 12, 2024 5:15pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Investment Banking

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Consumer Goods, Entrepreneurship Companies: Amazon , Google , IBM , Microsoft , 3M , Anheuser Busch InBev , LVMH , Mondelez

GPA: 3.6

Years of Work Experience: 2

Location: New York

Post MBA Location: New York

Notes:

I would like to attend a top business school to launch my career as a strong business leader. I am a senior dual major in Information Technology and Business Analytics. I'm involved in greek life at my school and also have founded and quickly grown my school's Finance Club. I will begin my career in investment banking but would like to gain admission to a deferred admission MBA track before I join the workforce.

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November 15, 2024 12:47am ET

Accepted to NYU Stern

Round: Round 1

Received via phone November 14, 2024

GMAT: 760

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Note:

Interviewed at 10/22 and got offer call today. Offical offer letter and scholarship information will be updated through portal tomorrow(11/15).

November 15, 2024 12:41am ET

Interview Invite to Berkeley / Haas

Round: Round 1

Received via email on November 12, 2024

GRE: 318

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Technology

November 15, 2024 12:19am ET

Waitlisted at NYU Stern

Round: Round 1

Received via portal November 14, 2024

GPA: 3.85

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: Southeast Asia

November 14, 2024 11:52pm ET

Waitlisted at NYU Stern

Round: Round 1

Received via portal November 14, 2024

GRE: 331

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Healthcare

Note:

Waitlisted after interview

November 14, 2024 10:03pm ET

Accepted to NYU Stern

Round: Round 1

Received via phone November 14, 2024

Program Type: One Year Program

Target Career: Technology

Application Location: United States

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