The Wharton Adcom blog in a recent post neatly set out the processing, interview, and decision schedule that Wharton anticipates for round 1 applicants. The plans of mice and adcoms. I received an email last night that Wharton’s server was down. This morning my source wrote me that many applicants could not access their application…
Cornell Johnson Admissions Chat Oct. 11
Cornell Chatter Oct. 11 with Ann Richards Join us for Cornell Chatter, an Accepted.com online chat, on Tuesday October 11, 2005 at 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM GMT when Ann Richards, Director of Admissions; Laurie Sedgwick, Asst. Director., International Career Advising; and Lisa Patrick, Financial Aid Counselor, will answer your…
Rankings: Controversy and Magazine Sales
The rankings sell magazines, provide data, corrupt our youth (or at least their education), and provide me with material for blog posts. Probably all the above is true, but the bit about corrupting our youth is exaggerated. There are much more powerful forces corrupting them than the rankings. In the past, the following posts discussed…
College Admissions as Brand Management
The New Yorker presents a historical look at college admissions, specifically elite college admissions, since the early twentieth century. Focus: Harvard. A few short detours to Yale, Princeton, and the law school scene. It isn’t pretty, but it is thought- provoking.
Change Comes to GRE
Lots of changes in the testing world, and ETS didn’t want to leave out the GRE. In addition to the changes discussed on the ETS site, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the GRE will change in the following ways: The GRE will be longer: Currently 2.5 hours; it will be at least four…
Multiple LSAT Scores in Law School Admissions
Blawg Wisdom posts a question about the way multiple LSAT scores are handled. Yes. Most law schools average them, but if you want to be sure contact the schools individually. I wouldn’t trust the boards with this questions. The best situation is to prepare, take the LSAT once and ace it the first time, but…
Chicago GSB Opens Forums
Chicago GSB recently launched a new message board where applicants can post questions about admissions, Chicago’s program, and student life. If you are applying to Chicago, take advantage of this wonderful resource. Thanks to Dave of Journey to My MBA for alerting me to this new forum.
USC Marshall Admissions Chat
Please join us on Thursday October 6, 2005 at 10:00 AM ET / 1:00 PM PT / 5:00 PM GMT , for an online admissions chat devoted to the USC Marshall MBA program. Kellee Scott, Associate Director MBA Admissions; Sylvia Leong, Associate Director of MBA Admissions; Nikki Soares, Associate Director, Career Resource Center; Stephanie Roth,…
Letter of Recommendation: You-Write-It-I’ll-Sign-It Dilemma
Your boss, mentor, and good friend has agreed to write letters of recommendation to three business schools on your behalf. You shrewdly have prepared a package of information for her: your resume, a summary of each program’s values, excellent quotes from reviews, the questions she will respond to for each school, and the deadlines for…
MBA Admission Interview Resource
If you want to prepare for your interview, check out the MBA Interview Feedback Database. It’s free, and you will find there feedback organized by school from thousands of MBA interviews. Also, after you interview, please take a minute to fill out a questionnaire and share your interview experience. Finally, if you are interested in…
WSJ’s Take on MBA Job Market
"MBA Job Market is Poised for Recovery" presents good news to you, MBA wannabes, especially if you have relevant experience. Recruiter responses to questions about the importance of experience in our recent recruiter chat and the emphasis on experience in the WSJ survey, as reflected in this article, make me question the wisdom of applying…
New TOEFL Exam
ETS announced the first administrations of the new TOEFL. You can read the details, by clicking through, but here are a few big ones: The test will be administered via the Internet at ETS testing centers around the world. Test-takers will choose from 30-40 administration dates. The test includes a recorded speaking section. It attempts…
MBA Admissions Chats: Haas and Forte
Reminder: Accepted.com is hosting two chats this week: Forte Foundation: The MBA Value Proposition for Women with alumni of leading business schools currently working for top firms like Citicorp. Wednesday Sept. 28 at 5:00 PM PT/8:00 PM ET/12:00 AM GMT Haas Happenings with Pete Johnson and Jett Pihakis, plus current Haas students. Thursday Sept. 29,…
PowerYogi on Non-Grade Disclosure
PowerYogi has an excellent post on grade non-disclosure. Currently a first year student at Chicago GSB (which has GND) and an insightful blogger on the MBA scene for a couple of years, he clearly disagrees with my earlier post on GND and makes several thoughtful points. We basically agree that recruiter views of this issue…
Leadership Element: Responsibility
All programs value leadership. In admissions, where so much is "It depends…" and I can imagine exceptions to almost every rule, leadership is universally recognized as a desired quality (Yes, if you click through to the other posts, I qualified that statement, but on further thought, I don’t think I need to. Just habit.) But…
GMAT Volume through August 2005
GMAT volume through August 31 continues in the groove reported earlier: Insignificant decline (.93%) domestically. Healthy, increase (7.6%) overseas. The element to note in these figures is the trend. The domestic decline is steadily shrinking month-to-month and the overseas increase is increasing month-to-month, but not dramatically in either case. GMAC did not reveal GMAT registration…
More on the New Computerized MCAT
The computerized MCAT is coming! The computerized MCAT is coming! (In 2007) In the meantime, according to a Kaplan survey and several articles, the change is increasing pre-med anxiety levels. Medical Schol Exam Goes Digital Computerized MCAT Stresses Pre-Meds Premeds Prep for Computerized MCAT
Wharton Grade Non-Disclosure
This seems to be Wharton’s morning. In any case, there have been a couple of additional pieces on the non-disclosure controversy at Wharton: MBA Changes May Increase Competition , an article from The Daily Pennsylvanian. JP Holland’s post on the Wharton grade non-disclosure. A current student at Wharton, JP argues for disclosure.
Visiting Schools: Myths and Realities
This post was triggered by the most recent Wharton Adcom blog post "Inside Wharton MBA Admissions: Top 10 Applicant Myths We Encounter," specifically myth #9, "I have a better chance of being admitted if I visit or interview on-campus." I am not disputing the adcom when it says Wharton doesn’t award brownie points for visiting…
HLS 1L
Pia Owens reports on cynicism, the work load, and being a 1L at Harvard Law School .
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