Loans for International Students

Top schools are working and committed to find alternative funding for international students.

Stanford: Will the economy impact my ability to secure student loans?
http://www.stanford.edu/group/mba/blog/

GSB Admissions Blog: Loans for International Students
http://forums.prospero.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=GSBRoseBlog
https://sla.uchicago.edu/finaid/FAQs_LoanChange.html

Berkeley Haas: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/mba/finaid/ScholarshipEnter.htm

Citibank had cancelled the CitiAssist loans to MIT Sloan

According to the N.Y. Times, an e-mail message was sent on Monday to students at the MIT Sloan School of Management:

Dear Sloan M.B.A. student,

As a result of the nationwide credit crisis we regret that we must now notify all Sloan Master’s students that late last week MIT was notified that Citibank has exercised its 30-day option to cancel the CitiAssist custom student loan program with MIT Sloan, effective Nov. 2, 2008.

Students who have already had their loans processed and approved by Citibank appear to be safe, but those who were still securing financing may be in trouble. The school is now helping students scramble to find alternate financing.

Clear Admit informs that program ended at Cornell's Johnson, and this would also impact other schools (HBS and Wharton) that offer CitiAssist loans to international students without a co-signer.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/ ... -students/
http://www.bus.umich.edu/admissions/fin ... rivate.htm

B-School Ranking - The Economist

Rank	School
1	IMD(Switzerland)
2	IESE(Spain)
3	Chicago
4	Stanford
5	Dartmouth(Tuck)
6	Berkeley(Haas)
7	Cambridge(Judge)(U.K.)
8	NYU(Stern)
9	LBS(U.K)
10	IE Business School(Spain)
11	HKUST Business School(Hong Kong)
12	Harvard
13	Cranfield School of Management(U.K)
14	Vlerick Leuven Gent(Belgium)
15	Schulich School of Business
16	Northwestern(Kellogg)
17	Penn(Wharton)
18	MIT(Sloan)
19	INSEAD(France;Singapore)
20	Henley Management College(U.K)
21	Columbia
22	Michigan(Ross)
23	Warwick Business School(U.K)
24	Ashridge(U.K)
25	UVA(Darden)

Link: http://mba.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=2008rankings

B-School Ranking - Financial Times

Rank	Financial Times 2008 Rankings
1	Penn(Wharton)
2	LBS(U.K)
3	Columbia
4	Stanford
5	Harvard
6	INSEAD(France;Singapore)
7	MIT(Sloan)
8	InstitutodeEmpresa(Spain)
9	Chicago
10	Cambridge(Judge)(U.K.)
11	CEIBS(China)
12	IESE(Spain)
13	NYU(Stern)
14	IMD(Switzerland)
15	Dartmouth(Tuck)
16	Yale
17	HKUST Business School
18	HECParis(France)
19	Oxford(Saïd)(U.K.)
20	ISB(India)
21	ESADE(Spain)
22	LUMS(U.K)
22	Manchester(U.K.)
24	Northwestern(Kellogg)
25	UCLA(Anderson)

Link: http://rankings.ft.com/global-mba-rankings

HBS: Online Appointment Scheduler for prospective students to plan class visits

Harvard Business School's has disclosed its new Online Appointment Scheduler for prospective students. This is to help prospective students to plan class visits and get the full case method experience
https://www.appointmentquest.com/provider/2010181226

From the director on Official HBS blog: http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog. ... 2008-09-16
"Starting on October 6, we will offer information sessions, campus tours, and lunch with student hosts most days. Unlike class visits, these do not need to be scheduled in advance — just come to Dillon House and we will direct you".

For complete list of prospective student offerings, check out campus activities calendar at the link below:
http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/visit.html

Georgetown/ McDonough School of Business Essays/ deadlines 2008-09

Application Deadlines:

Round 1: November 7, 2008
Decision Notification: January 12, 2009

Round 2: January 16, 2009*
Decision Notification: March 23, 2009

Round 3: April 3, 2009
Decision Notification: May 18, 2009

* International applicants are encouraged to apply by the Second Round deadline. If you do not meet this deadline, apply as soon as possible thereafter.

NOTE: Scholarship Deadline: Jan. 16, 2009

URL:http://msb.georgetown.edu/prospective/graduate/mba/admissions/deadlines/

Essay Topics:

All materials are to be word-processed. Please double-space your responses. Prepare each attachment offline in
separate document files and upload them individually in the appropriate spaces below. Please follow the instructions
regarding the length of each attachment and label each page with your name.

ESSAY ONE (Required)
Limit: 750 words

A) In one or two sentences, please state your short-term and long-term career objective(s).
B) How have your prior professional, academic, and personal experiences influenced your career plans?
C) Specifically, how will your participation in Georgetown’s MBA Full-Time Program contribute to your career
objectives?

ESSAY TWO (Required)
Limit: 750 words

In your own words, how do you define leadership? Please provide a specific example (professional or personal) of a
time when you embodied the characteristics of a leader. Be sure to highlight the challenges you faced and the
results you achieved. What areas do you wish to develop in order to become a more effective leader?

ESSAY THREE (Required)
Limit: 750 words

What is the most significant change you have made to any organization with which you have been recently affiliated?
Please describe how you identified the need for change and how you managed the process of implementing change.
What were the results?

ESSAY FOUR - COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS, PERSONAL INTERESTS, AND AFFILIATIONS (Required)
Limit: 1 Page

List in order of importance all community and professional organizations and extracurricular activities in which you
have been involved during or after university studies. Indicate the nature of the activity or organization, dates of
involvement, offices held, and average number of hours spent per month.

OPTIONAL ESSAY
Limit: 500 words

Please feel free to provide a statement concerning any information you would like to add to your application that you
have not addressed elsewhere. For example, you may comment on your academic record as an indication of your
potential for graduate management education, or you may explain any gaps in your work history. If you are not
submitting a letter of recommendation from your current supervisor, use this space to explain why. Similarly, if you
are not currently employed full-time, use this space to provide information about your current activities.

RE-APPLICANT ESSAY – To be completed by all re-applicants
Limit: 500 words

How have you strengthened your candidacy since you last applied? We are particularly interested in hearing about
how you have grown professionally and personally. In addition, please update the Admissions Committee on your
career goals and your reasons for wishing to pursue an MBA at Georgetown.

URL:
http://msb.georgetown.edu/files/pdf/2007/07/essays.pdf
http://msb.georgetown.edu/prospective/graduate/mba/admissions/

GMAC Sanctions 84 in 'Scoretop' cheating scandal

GMAC Issues Final 'Scoretop' Tally:

Of 6,000 test takers probed for alleged GMAT violations, 84 are sanctioned. Some have already enrolled or graduated

Few top business schools were spared. At No. 1-ranked University of Chicago, two students enrolled for fall admission were among those whose scores were canceled.

In all it found 72 test-takers who had access to live questions on Scoretop, and another 12 who posted questions to the site from memory after taking the test. The 72 who accessed live questions will be permitted to retake the exam immediately; the 12 who posted questions will not be permitted to retake the exam for a minimum of three years. In all, GMAC canceled 569 score reports sent to business schools on behalf of the 84 individuals.

Read more: GMAC Issues Final 'Scoretop' Tally