Harvard Students Give Advice for International Students
Harvard Business School MBA students Esme O’Neill-Dean and Ibraheem Fahal recently shared some advice for international students who are looking to apply for the MBA program at Harvard. The two students shared several pieces of advice for applying to the MBA program at the Harvard Business School as an international applicant. Harvard welcomes students from all different nationalities and prides itself on its diverse group of students enrolled in its programs.
Out of the 936 students enrolled in the Full-Time MBA program, 324 of those students are considered international students in the class of 2016. Out of those 324 students, there are 64 different countries represented. Fourteen percent of international students in the class of 2016 are from Asia, 9 percent from Europe, 3 percent from Central and South America and 1 percent is from Africa.
The first bit of advice that O’Neill-Dean and Fahal share is in regards to getting a visa for your stay as a student in the United States. Fahal states that unlike in the past, getting a student visa is not complicated. “Most U.S. embassies publish the procedure for getting a visa and provide assistance for people who have more questions,” he explains. “Visa-related issues can feel like a headache, but HBS’s Prematriculation Checklist laid out exactly what I needed to do so it was actually a pretty stress-free process in the end,” O’Neill-Dean said.
The two students also shared advice for financial aid. O’Neill-Dean explains that receiving financial aid does not have to be a scary task to complete. “If you start early enough and follow the instructions, you should be fine,” she said. She also tells applicants to look in to the Harvard Business School’s Pre-matriculation Checklist.
You can read all of Esme and Ibraheem’s advice, here. Find more information on the Harvard Business School’s Full-Time MBA program as well as other top-ranked MBA programs in the Boston area, visit metromba.com.
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