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2015-2016 Stanford MBA Recommendation Questions
The Stanford GSB online application for 2016 is live, which means that the Stanford MBA recommendation questions are now available for those supporting applicants who are targeting the Class of 2018. This recommendation asks for brief information about the nature of the recommender’s relationship with the applicant, as well as some longer essay-style questions about the candidate’s salient strengths and important feedback. Rather than a grid-based ranking system of the applicant’s skills and abilities, Stanford presents recommenders with abilities and tailored multiple choice response options for each.
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Entrepreneurs and the MBA Application Process
Entrepreneurship is a subject of increasing focus at many business school graduate programs. For instance, the entrepreneurship MBA is growing in popularity, and many MBA entrepreneurship centers are reaching out to more and more students. Continue reading…
How To Make Sure Your Job Enhances Your MBA Application
MBA candidates most often apply to business school because they are seeking more rapid career advancement, or they want to dramatically change their career path. However, for many full-time MBA candidates, job dissatisfaction is just as likely of a reason—otherwise they wouldn’t be applying for an MBA. But no matter the reason behind the MBA, every applicant should remember that their application is a chance to sell their skills and demonstrate the value that they will add to the program. To do this, it’s important to learn how to spin your work experience.
We reached out to Julie R. Barefoot, the Associate Dean of MBA Admissions at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School for her advice on making the most out your job experience. Here’s what she had to say:
Letters of Recommendation: When You Can’t Ask Your Boss
Letters of Recommendation for Graduate School
Applying for an MBA program is stressful. For many applicants, seeing the dreaded application step, 3 Letters of Recommendation required, compounds the stress exponentially. For those individuals with understanding supervisors who work for open-minded companies, this step is a breeze. But what happens when you can’t ask your employer without risking your job?
You’re not alone. Many MBA applicants are in your very same position. At Georgia Institute of Technology’s Scheller College of Business, the MBA information sessions always discuss the issues associated with letters of recommendation. Scheller advises that you should never put your job at risk for a recommendation. Period. It’s possible to provide the needed recommendations without speaking to a direct supervisor. Continue reading…
2015-2016 Chicago Booth MBA Essay Topics
For applicants applying to the University of Chicago Booth School of Business here are the 2015-2016 Booth MBA Essay Topics.
Both the new prompt and the guidelines for responding to it provide applicants with a great deal of latitude. There is also a required essay for re-applicants, with a 300-word limit. Without further ado, here are the Booth MBA essay topics.
CEO of Cigna Corporation to Speak at Mays on September 18
David Cordani, the president and CEO of Cigna Corporation, will speak at Mays Business School at Texas A&M University on September 18. David Cordani received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas A&M University. The speech will take place in Wehner 113 from 12:40 to 1:30 pm. Continue reading…
2015-2016 NYU / Stern Essay Topics and Deadlines
The 2015-2016 NYU Stern essay topics and deadlines have been released for applicants targeting the NYU MBA Class of 2018. Stern conducts its application process in four rounds. The school notes that candidates can expect one of three outcomes on the initial notification date: an invitation to interview, a waitlist offer, or denial of admission. All application materials are due by 11:59pm Eastern Time on the date of the deadline.
Tips for Creating the Best Admission Essay
Business school admissions offices look at more than just GMAT scores and transcripts when considering admission for students in MBA programs. The essay portion of the admissions process is also an important way to show why you belong in business school. The essay is a great way to show who you are as an individual and gives you the opportunity to stand out as an applicant. The Princeton Review says, “The essays are your best chance to sell the person behind the resume. They should tie all the pieces of your application together and create a comprehensive picture of who you are.”
Creating a great admission essay takes a lot more than discussing your positive qualities and why you believe you should be admitted to the school. Admissions staff want to make sure that you are a good fit for the school and for the program, so that you are able to succeed. Many admissions essays prompt you to answer a very broad questions such as, “describe a time when you tried to reach a goal that was challenging and frustrating.” Questions like this are really open to whatever experience that you have had.
Financing Your MBA, Part IV
This post has been republished in its entirety from original source clearadmit.com.
In our previous post on financing your MBA, we covered loan programs for MBA students from the United States. Today, we’ll take a look at loans through the lens of international students, who face some different restrictions but who are also eligible for special programs tailored to their unique requirements.
By law, federal loans can only be distributed to U.S. citizens or permanent residents. This means that international students must put extra work into finding financial aid and loan programs to support their education if they choose to pursue a U.S. MBA program. Continue reading…
Bauer Participates in White House Convening for Women in Business
Latha Ramchand, the dean of the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston, committed the school to a set of best practices to help women in business succeed in school and throughout their careers during a convening at the White House. Ramchand also committed the school to develop an experience that prepares business school students for future work environments. Continue reading…
Financing Your MBA, Part III
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Moving right along in our multi-part series on financing your MBA, we’ll take a look today at some of the options prospective MBA students have for obtaining loans to finance their time at business school. For the purposes of this post, we will focus primarily on loan programs for U.S. students. International students, stay tuned for subsequent posts that will go into greater detail about loan programs tailored for your needs.
Of course, because loans must ultimately be repaid—unlike scholarship or fellowship aid—deciding how much you should borrow is as important as understanding how much you can borrow. To make an informed decision about the amount of student loan debt you can take on and reasonably expect to repay, you’ll need to consider your current finances and any loans or other debt you may already have, program costs, other potential sources of funding (scholarships, savings, etc.) and your anticipated salary increase upon graduation, as well as estimated loan repayments and interest and fees. (The Department of Education’s website for repayment plans features a range of online calculators to help you calculate loan payments based on the amount you plan to borrow and how quickly you are able to repay.) Continue reading…
George Washington Dean Discusses Women in Business at White House Event
Linda A. Livingstone, dean of the George Washington University School of Business, participated in a panel presentation hosted by the White House Council on Women and Girls and the Council of Economic Advisers. The panel, made up of leaders from the business and business school communities as well as other stakeholders, focused on opportunities for the business community and business schools to work together to adapt to the changing needs of the workforce by expanding opportunity for women in business.
According to a press release on the GWSB website, Livingstone joined representatives from more than 40 business schools in “committing to a set of best practices to build a business school experience that prepares women for the workforce of tomorrow.” Continue reading…
4 Tips to Reduce GMAT or GRE Test Prep Stress
Studying for and taking the GMAT or GRE can seem like an impossible task, leading to many students putting it off as long as possible or in some cases avoiding it entirely. While not every MBA program requires that their applicants complete the GMAT or GRE test, the vast majority do, and if you are planning on pursuing an MBA you will most likely take at one of them. It wouldn’t be fair to the tests or those who have passed them to suggest that either is easy, but there are a number of measures that students can take to make the process as painless as possible. We listed four here: Continue reading…
Quinlan’s New Dean Kevin Stevens Discusses Plans For School’s Future
Last month the Quinlan School of Business introduced Kevin T. Stevens as the school’s newest dean. Stevens returns to Loyola from DePaul University where he served as professor of accounting, director of the School of Accountancy and Management Information Systems, and director of global initiatives in the College of Business.
“Returning to Loyola as dean is an honor. The broad-based Jesuit education I received was instrumental in whatever success I have had in my career, and I am delighted to join a faculty and staff committed to the values-based leadership that business today is demanding,” said Stevens. Continue reading…
Haas-Accenture Partnership Creates New Big Data Curriculum
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From financial services to retail to utilities, companies in an ever-increasing range of industries are exploring and implementing big data and analytics. To equip its MBAs with the tools they need to understand how data science stands to transform business, the Haas School at the University of California at Berkeley has forged a new partnership with global management consulting, technology and outsourcing company Accenture. Together, they have launched a multi-phase initiative designed to position big data squarely within the Haas curriculum.
“Today, every company is a technology company, every company is a software company, every company is a data company,” says Gregory La Blanc, a finance and technology lecturer at Haas. “To be successful, our students need to know how to navigate the strategic landscape in a world filled with all this data.” Continue reading…
UT Dallas Startups Enter the Marketplace
Alumni of the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas who received grants from the school recently presented their companies for Texas Instruments (TI) executives. Alejandro Jacobo (MS’13) and Matt Hinson (MBA’13 MS’15) presented their company Rollout, a product for accessing portable blueprints, and Nicole Mossman MS’15 presented EverThread, a company that allows users to design custom fabrics. The alumni received the grants from UT Dallas while they were still students at Jindal. Continue reading…
Smith School Faculty Reveals This Year’s Top-10 Summer Reading List for Business Leaders
The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business recently put together a list of faculty-favorite books in the school’s “12th Annual Top-10 Summer Reading List for Business Leaders” for 2015. These reads are perfect for prospective MBA heading off to business school as well as those who are already climbing up the corporate ladder.
Below is a selection from the list. You can check out the full selection here. Continue reading…
Goizueta Alumna Named CMO of NYC & Company
NYC & Company, the official marketing, tourism, and partnership organization for New York City, has appointed Abby Spatz, an evening MBA alumna of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, to the position of chief marketing officer (CMO). As CMO, Spatz will lead NYC & Company’s marketing group and direct and implement the company’s strategic marketing plans. She will also oversee NYC & Company’s in-house creative, digital, editorial, photography, and video teams. Spatz reports to Fred Dixon the President and CEO of NYC & Company. Continue reading…
