Rose Martinelli, director of admissions and financial aid at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, in her blog, updated on school's progress in securing a loan for our international students without a cosigner.
Rose said," A few facts first: Since October, we have been working very closely as part of the University-wide effort to find a solution for our international students who do not have access to a U.S. cosigner. We have explored traditional options such as banks as well as non-conventional sources of funding. Our goal has been to secure a "guaranteed" loan for our international students at competitive market rates with favorable terms."
She said further she had some good news to share about the status of international student loans at the school,"We are in active discussions with a number of organizations at this time and are close to reaching agreement with the first of these lenders. While conversations are ongoing, we fully expect that Chicago Booth will have at least one viable loan program for our international MBA students well in advance of fall 2009."
Read in detail here: International Student Loan Update
February 3, 2009
Tuck School of Business: Informs about its Waitlist Procedure
Karen Marks, Tuck associate director of admissions informed on Tuck admissions blog that this friday, on February 6th, Tuck will release November Round decisions.
She further explained How Tuck decides to waitlist someone. She said, "Candidates are placed on the waitlist for a variety of reasons. Sometimes we need more information about an applicant, but see many positive qualities and are interested enough to seek additional data. Sometimes we have questions about English or quantitative proficiency, so we will encourage the candidate to retake their GMAT or Toefl or to complete additional coursework. In other cases there are no particular areas of concern but we are unable to offer admission at that point in our cycle."
"So, how do you know which category you fall into? Consistent with our admissions philosophy, we are happy to communicate with you about ways to strengthen your candidacy. Once waitlisted you will be given the option of withdrawing or staying on the waitlist. If you decide to remain on the roster you will be contacted individually by an admissions officer. One of us (your designated contact) will then be available to discuss your application. However, it is important to make sure that you are communicating with us in a way that reflects well on you. It is great(in fact a good idea) to tell us that you are still very interested in Tuck, and to discuss ways to improve your profile.", said Marks
Answering the big question," how do you know if you have a reasonable chance of admission? Unfortunately, there is no reliable way for us to help you assess your chances. Historically, we have admitted people from the waitlist every year - but the number varies, as does the profile of those admitted off the waitlist.", said Marks.
Read in detail: http://tuckschool.blogspot.com/2009/02/waitlist.html
She further explained How Tuck decides to waitlist someone. She said, "Candidates are placed on the waitlist for a variety of reasons. Sometimes we need more information about an applicant, but see many positive qualities and are interested enough to seek additional data. Sometimes we have questions about English or quantitative proficiency, so we will encourage the candidate to retake their GMAT or Toefl or to complete additional coursework. In other cases there are no particular areas of concern but we are unable to offer admission at that point in our cycle."
"So, how do you know which category you fall into? Consistent with our admissions philosophy, we are happy to communicate with you about ways to strengthen your candidacy. Once waitlisted you will be given the option of withdrawing or staying on the waitlist. If you decide to remain on the roster you will be contacted individually by an admissions officer. One of us (your designated contact) will then be available to discuss your application. However, it is important to make sure that you are communicating with us in a way that reflects well on you. It is great(in fact a good idea) to tell us that you are still very interested in Tuck, and to discuss ways to improve your profile.", said Marks
Answering the big question," how do you know if you have a reasonable chance of admission? Unfortunately, there is no reliable way for us to help you assess your chances. Historically, we have admitted people from the waitlist every year - but the number varies, as does the profile of those admitted off the waitlist.", said Marks.
Read in detail: http://tuckschool.blogspot.com/2009/02/waitlist.html
January 30, 2009
MBA Recruiting Q&A : Fuqua School of Business
Fuqua's Associate Dean for Career Management Sheryle Dirks addressed some of the concerns/ questions most commonly asked about the recruiting environment for current students.
For details visit their website : http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/news_events/releases1/90342/
For details visit their website : http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/news_events/releases1/90342/
HBS: Round 2 Interview Invitations
Harvard Business School (HBS) Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Dee Leopold informed on her blog about the plan for the Roound 2 Interview Invitations.
Quoting Dee from the blog, "On February 9 we will send out invitations to interview. The invitation will come in an email from HBS MBA Admissions and will contain detailed instuctions about how to sign up for interviews both on campus and in hub cities. Please be assured that if we see you haven't signed up for an intervew by the end of the week, we will contact you by phone...thus there's no reason to be anxious about lost emails, etc."
She further added, "Shortly afterward, I'll update you here as to how many invitations have been issued and how many we expect will go out between February 10 and the April 2 notification date."
Link: http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog.html
Quoting Dee from the blog, "On February 9 we will send out invitations to interview. The invitation will come in an email from HBS MBA Admissions and will contain detailed instuctions about how to sign up for interviews both on campus and in hub cities. Please be assured that if we see you haven't signed up for an intervew by the end of the week, we will contact you by phone...thus there's no reason to be anxious about lost emails, etc."
She further added, "Shortly afterward, I'll update you here as to how many invitations have been issued and how many we expect will go out between February 10 and the April 2 notification date."
Link: http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog.html
January 19, 2009
HBS Round 1 Notifications!
On January 21 HBS will notify its decision to all first round applicants.
HBS Admissions Director Deo Leopold in her blog stated, " Some time on Wednesday - most likely before noon - you will receive an email from HBS MBA Admissions indicating that your decision is available. You then log in to your account and there it is."
"We don't make phone calls in advance of this. Really. None. Admits will start to receive congratulatory calls later in the day, but notification is always online. So if you're waiting to hear from Harvard, no need to jump when the phone rings or worry when it doesn't", she said.
From the blog: Applicants invited to join the waitlist on January 21 will receive a follow-up email later in the day on Wednesday from Eileen Chang, waitlist manager. The waitlist will be comprised of a mix of candidates who have been interviewed already and those who haven't.
For those candidates who are not admitted, we are unable to offer personal feedback about your application. Even if we had the staff capacity to do this during the application season, it probably wouldn't be as helpful as you wish. The vast majority of applicants are certainly academically qualified to be here and would bring something interesting to the classroom. The challenge of selection is different from the process of evaluation - in our effort to bring together a diverse and textured class, we make many very tough calls.
HBS Blog Link: Round 1 Decision Day
HBS Admissions Director Deo Leopold in her blog stated, " Some time on Wednesday - most likely before noon - you will receive an email from HBS MBA Admissions indicating that your decision is available. You then log in to your account and there it is."
"We don't make phone calls in advance of this. Really. None. Admits will start to receive congratulatory calls later in the day, but notification is always online. So if you're waiting to hear from Harvard, no need to jump when the phone rings or worry when it doesn't", she said.
From the blog: Applicants invited to join the waitlist on January 21 will receive a follow-up email later in the day on Wednesday from Eileen Chang, waitlist manager. The waitlist will be comprised of a mix of candidates who have been interviewed already and those who haven't.
For those candidates who are not admitted, we are unable to offer personal feedback about your application. Even if we had the staff capacity to do this during the application season, it probably wouldn't be as helpful as you wish. The vast majority of applicants are certainly academically qualified to be here and would bring something interesting to the classroom. The challenge of selection is different from the process of evaluation - in our effort to bring together a diverse and textured class, we make many very tough calls.
HBS Blog Link: Round 1 Decision Day
January 13, 2009
Harvard Business School 2+2 Program
Harvard Business School is opening the doors on an innovative new program HBS 2+2. That is two years of work, then two years of immersion in the Harvard Business School MBA Program.
Graduate college > Work 2 years > HBS 2 years > Earn MBA
To learn more about 2+2 Program, click on the link below:
http://www.hbs.edu/mba/2%2b2/index.html
"This year we will be accepting results from both the GMAT and GRE for 2+2 applicants", said HBS Admissions Director Dee Leopold on her blog. More detailed information about this will be on the website soon.
This year's essay questions for 2+2 Program are as follows:
Required Questions: 1) What are your three most substantial accomplishments and why do Please also respond to one of the following (400-word limit each) 1) Discuss how you have engaged with a community or organization.
you view them as such? (600-word limit)
2) What would you like us to know about your undergraduate academic
experience? (400-word limit)
3) What have you learned from a mistake? (400-word limit)
2) What area of the world are you most curious about and why?
3) What is your career vision and why is this choice meaningful to you?
Application Submission: 7/1/09 (5 p.m. EST)
Admissions Notification: 9/15/09
HBS Website: http://www.hbs.edu/mba/2%2b2/HowToApply.html#
January 1, 2009
HBS answers questions w.r to round 2 applications
In the post Approaching the Round 2 Deadline, HBS answers some questions of Round 2 Applicants.
Kindly click on the link below to view the same:
http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog.html#post-2008-12-30
Kindly click on the link below to view the same:
http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog.html#post-2008-12-30
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