It gives me great pleasure to have for the first time on AST, Judi Byers, the Executive Director of Admissions & Financial Aid at Johnson School of Management at Cornell University. Judi earned her bachelors degree and masters degrees from American University in Washington DC. She also worked for American University’s Kogod School of Business…
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Leadership Immersion at Cornell Johnson
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Mitch Brummer, second year MBA student at Cornell Johnson… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study…
Cornell Johnson Straight Out of College: A Young Entrepreneur’s Story [Episode 144]
Are you an aspiring entrepreneur? Considering an MBA at Cornell Johnson? Or are you thinking of applying to MBA programs with less-than-average work experience? If this is you, you’ll want to listen to this week’s show! Introducing our guest [0:44] Meet Jonathan Hua, a first year MBA student at Cornell Johnson and Editor in Chief of the…
EMBA Life, EMBA Support: A Talk with Sam from Cornell
Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? Sam: My family is originally from South India. I was born in Cincinnati, OH, spent part of my childhood in Denver, CO and went to high school and college in Tennessee, where I earned…
Consulting at Top MBA Programs
Entrepreneurship is the sexy post-MBA job, but the reality is that less than 5% of grads from top MBA programs start a business at graduation. Per GMAC’s just released Prospective Students Survey Report, 34% of all graduate business students seek consulting positions after they earn their degree. My suspicion is that the figure is even…
A Groundbreaking $100 Million Gift For Cornell Tech
At a groundbreaking ceremony on June 16, Cornell Tech announced a $100 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies that will help fund the construction of the campus. The first academic building on the new campus will be named the Bloomberg Center, honoring Emma and Georgina Bloomberg, the daughters of former NY mayor Michael Bloomberg. Cornell Tech…
Cornell Johnson Admissions Director Interview Available Online
We hope you enjoyed our recent Q&A with Cornell Johnson‘s Christine Sneva, Director of Admissions & Financial Aid, and Ann Richards, Associate Director of Admissions & Director of Financial Aid – we know we did! The following excerpt offers applicants advice on how to approach the MBA application essays, particularly those that may ask applicants…
Cornell Tech Receives $50 Million Gift from Verizon
Cornell Tech will open its new 12-acre Roosevelt Island campus in summer 2017, in part due to a recent $50 million gift from Verizon which will go towards developing the innovative Verizon Executive Education Center. According to the Cornell Tech press release, “The center will be a place for the entire tech community to gather,…
Cornell Tech Student Interview: Where CS Meets the MBA
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Will Hester, an M. Eng. Cornell Tech student in NYC. Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did…
What’s an MBA Really Worth?
This is the question tackled in a recent Poets & Quants article in which John Byrne presents PayScale data provided exclusively for P&Q. In the analysis, PayScale calculates the estimated median pay and bonuses (not including stock-based compensation, retirement benefits, or non-cash benefits like healthcare) of graduates from the top 50 U.S. MBA programs from…
Honing in On the Cornell Johnson MBA
There is no place like Ithaca. And if you don’t know why, you are about to find out. Listen to the recording of our conversation with Ann Richards, Interim Director of Admissions and Director of Financial Aid at Johnson at Cornell University to learn more. 00:02:06 – A run-down of the Johnson MBA programs. 00:06:34…
Why Johnson? An Admitted Student Shares her Journey
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a follow up interview with Debra Yoo, who was recently accepted to Johnson at Cornell University. (We first met Debra last year – you can read our first interview with…
Introducing Johnson at Cornell University’s New LinkedIn-Enhanced MBA Application
According to an Inside Higher Ed article, “LinkedIn to M.B.A. Admissions,” Cornell Johnson MBA applicants can now fill out parts of their application with information drawn from their LinkedIn profiles. Cornell officials say they are breaking ground with this system of incorporating LI features into their application process. While using LinkedIn isn’t required for admissions,…
Leadership, Tech, & Forte: IV with a Cornell MBA Student
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now, introducing Sarah Markels Maynard, a second year student at Cornell Johnson… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an…
Cornell Johnson: A Visit
I recently had the opportunity to visit the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University . A few elements in my visit really stand out, and I want to share them with you. Class visit I attended a Managing and Leading in Organizations class taught by Dr. Kathleen O’Connor. She led with wit…
Cornell MBA Student IV: Career Change, China, and Campus Culture
In this interview, Cornell Johnson student, Sam Griffiths, tells us about the Johnson culture, his likes and dislikes about the program, and a number of important tips for applicants and incoming students. Thank you Sam for sharing your story with us! This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current…
Cornell Introduces New Joint Program With Israel’s Technion
Cornell Innovation Institute at Cornell Tech and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are introducing a new joint program: an M.S. in Information Systems with a specialization in Connective Media. Students will receive degrees from both institutions. According to the Cornell Tech website, the program will meet “the growing demand for trained technologists and entrepreneurs in…
Cornell Johnson 2013 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
The 2014 Cornell Johnson tips are now available. Click here to check them out! Cornell Johnson has released its 2013 MBA Application Essay Questions. My tips are in blue below. As it did last year, Cornell Johnson asks you to respond to three questions. It dumped last year’s “legacy” question and this year gives applicants…
A Cornell Conversation: Johnson MBA Q&A
Guest: Christine E. Sneva, Dir. Admissions & Financial Aid Date: Wed., Oct. 24, 2012 Time: 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM GMT Register Now A Cornell Conversation: Johnson MBA Admissions Q&A Join us for an in-depth conversation about Cornell Johnson with Christine E. Sneva, Director of Admissions & Financial Aid, on…
Dr. Douglas Stayman Shares the Scoop on Cornell Tech NYC
Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York wanted to create a high tech center in the good, old Big Apple. He asked for bids to develop this center on Roosevelt Island, a small island in the East River. Cornell University in partnership with the Technion of Israel won the competition last year. As a first step…
