Deadline
Round 1
Application Deadline: October 7, 2010
Decision Notification: December 16, 2010
Round 2
Application Deadline: January 6, 2011
Decision Notification: March 25, 2011
Round 3
Application Deadline: March 17, 2011
Decision Notification: May 12, 2011
Short Answers
Please answer each of the four questions below with a short
paragraph of no more than 150 words. This is an opportunity to distill
your core ideas, values, goals and motivations into a set of snapshots
that help tell us who you are, where you are headed, and why. (150 words
maximum per question)
1. What are your professional goals
immediately after you receive your MBA?
2. What are your long-term career aspirations?
3. Why are you choosing to pursue an MBA and why now? (If you plan to
use your MBA experience to make a significant change in the field or
nature of your career, please tell us what you have done to prepare for
this transition.)
4. What attracts you specifically to the Yale School of Management’s MBA
program?
Personal Statements
Choose two (2) of the following topics and answer them in essay form.
Please indicate the topic numbers at the beginning of your essays. (500
words maximum per essay)
1. What achievement are you most proud of
and why?
2. What is the most difficult feedback you have received from another
person or the most significant weakness you have perceived in yourself?
What steps have you taken to address it and how will business school
contribute to this process?
3. Describe an accomplishment that exhibits your leadership style. The
description should include evidence of your leadership skills, the
actions you took, and the impact you had on your organization.
4. An effective leader for business and society is one who is able to
hear, understand and communicate with people from all segments of
society. In order to educate such leaders, Yale SOM is committed to
promoting diversity and creating a community that cultivates a wealth of
perspectives. In this spirit, describe an instance when, as part of a
team, you played a role in bringing together individuals with different
values or viewpoints to achieve a common goal.
5. For Reapplicants (answer this topic plus one (1) of the other
topics): What steps have you taken to improve your candidacy since your
last application?
Additional Information (Optional)
If any aspect of your candidacy needs further explanation, please
provide any additional information that you would like the Admissions
Committee to consider. (250 words maximum)
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Essays:
- Describe your vision for your career and your inspiration for
pursuing this career path.
- How will your background, values, and non-work activities enhance
the experience of other Duke MBA students and add value to Fuqua's
diverse culture?
- Why Duke? (If you are interested in a specific concentration, joint
degree, clubs or activities, please discuss how you would contribute to
these in this essay.)
Optional Essay (not
required)
If you feel there are extenuating circumstances of which the
Admissions Committee should be aware, please explain them here (e.g.,
unexplained gaps in work, choice of recommenders, inconsistent or
questionable academic performance, significant weakness in your
application).
Re-applicant Essay
All re-applicants are required to complete the Re-applicant Essay.
Please limit your response to two pages. Write an essay describing how
you are now a stronger candidate for admission compared to the
application you submitted the previous year.
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Below
are the key dates for the upcoming application season
of HBS:
Round 1
Application deadline - Friday, October 1, 2010 at 12:00 noon EST
Decision notification - Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Round 2
Application deadline - Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 12:00 noon EST
Decision notification - Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Round 3
Application deadline - TBD
Decision notification - TBD
Essay Questions:
What are your three most substantial accomplishments and why do you
view them as such? (600-word limit)
What have you learned from a mistake? (400-word limit)
Please respond to two of the following (400-word limit each): - What would you like the MBA Admissions Board to know about your
undergraduate academic experience?
- What is your career vision and why is this choice meaningful to you?
- Tell us about a time in your professional experience when you were
frustrated or disappointed.
- When you join the HBS Class of 2013, how will you introduce yourself
to your new classmates?
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Deadlines
Columbia Business School using a rolling admissions process.
Applications are reviewed in the order in which they are received, and
decisions can be rendered at any time. All decisions are final. It is
always to your benefit to apply before the posted deadline (11:59pm of
the posted date).
January 2011 entry
Application deadline: October 6, 2010
September 2011 entry
Early Decision application deadline: October 6, 2010
Merit fellowship consideration deadline: January 5, 2011
Regular Decision application deadline: April 13, 2011
Essays:
Essay 1: What are your short-term and long-term professional goals?
How will Columbia Business School help you achieve these goals? (Maximum
of 750 words)
Essay 2: Please tell us about yourself and your personal interests.
The goal of this essay is to get a sense of who you are rather than what
you have achieved professionally. (Maximum of 500 words)
Note: An optional third essay will enable you to discuss any issues
that do not fall within the purview of the required essays. Applicants
who are reapplying within 12 months of a previous application for
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For
2011 Intake MBA application deadlines, please click: http://mba.insead.edu/admissions/dates_deadlines.cfm
Essays:
1. Give a candid description of yourself, stressing the personal
characteristics you feel to be your strengths and weaknesses and the
main factors, which have influenced your personal development, giving
examples when necessary. (400 words approx.)
2. Describe what you believe to be your two most substantial
accomplishments to date, explaining why you view them as such. (400
words approx.)
3. Describe a situation taken from school, business, civil or military
life, where you did not meet your personal objectives, and discuss
briefly the effect. (250 words approx.)
4. Discuss your career goals. What skills do you expect to gain from
studying at INSEAD and how will they contribute to your professional
career. (500 words approx.)
5. Please choose one of the following two essay topics:
a) Have you ever experienced culture shock? What did it mean to you?
(250 words approx.), or
b) What would you say to a foreigner moving to your home country? (250
words approx.)
6. Is there anything that you have not mentioned in the above essays
that you would like the Admissions Committee to know? (200 words
approx.) This essay is optional.
7. In case of reapplication, please use this page. Your essay should
state any new aspects of professional, international, academic, or
personal development since your last application. We would also like you
to explain your motivation for re-applying to INSEAD. This essay should
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On
23rd, April, 2010 AKAD held its first Career Workshop in Renmin
University of China in which more than 60 students participated in the
workshop.
In the workshop, the two Wharton alumini illustrated the concepts of
career goal, career choice, career planning and the relations between
career and overseas study. The students listened to the lecture
attentively and raised questions in Q&A session in which the two
generously shared their experience and insights.
The whole workshop was a happy and rewarding experience for both
sides. We firmly believe AKAD will go to Renmin University to conduct
another workshop in the near future! |
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On
22th, April, AKAD's founding partners, Alex Grove and Adam Cheng
visited Beijing Foreign Studies Universtiy and conducted a lecture on
"Career" there.
In the lecture, the two Wharton alumini shared with the students
their career experiences in Consulting field and Investment Banking
industry. In the mean time, they also provided them with their insights
into career planning.
The lecture received very positive response and we are really looking
forward to giving our next lecture in BFSU!
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On
20th, April, AKAD held its first lecture focusing on "Resume Writing"
in Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
AKAD's co-founders, Alex Grove and Adam Cheng shared with the
students resume writing skills and techniques and answered question from
students about job search, career planning and exchanged with the
students their insights in the hottest industries like Investment
Banking and Consulting.
The lecture was ended with success and let us look forward to AKAD's
next lecture in SJTU! |
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On
16th, April, AKAD attracted more than 150 students to its first "Resume
Writing" lecture in Zhejiang University.
In the lecture, AKAD's co-founders, Alex Grove and Adam Cheng shared
with students resume writing skills and techniques, their insights into
job search, career planning as well as their industry experience in
consulting companies and investment banks.
In Q&A session, the two partners of AKAD answered questions from
the audience with regards to their concern about career choice, how to
land a good job and so on.
The whole lecture lasted for over two hours and it was a big success! |
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With many of the nation’s most selective
colleges and universities scheduled to inform applicants of their
decisions on Thursday, one trend already appears to be emerging:
Applications to elite private colleges rose again this academic year,
despite the economic constraints on many families.
For more info, please visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/education/01colleges.html?sudsredirect=true |
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