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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Twitter Thursdays: News from MBA Programs

Welcome to another Twitter Thursdays post, in which we recount some of
the latest “tweets” from the top MBA programs on Twitter! If you want
your Twitter feed filled with Clear Admit’s updates, special prizes,
admissions tips and breaking news, be sure to follow us on Twitter.
You can also check out the list of MBA programs we’ve compiled to ease
your daily access to breaking news from the top MBA programs, as
reported by admissions committee members themselves.
The Assistant Dean of UCLA Anderson MBA Admissions & Financial Aid,
Mae Jennifer Shores, doled out interview invitations as well as
interview tips. Jim Dean, the Dean of UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business
School, headed to New York City to meet with alums. Meanwhile, the
Dean of Darden School of Business, Bob Bruner, enjoyed Darden follies
and shared a video of the hilarity. Across the pond, MBA Admissions
Coordinator at Judge Business School, James Barker, kept busy
reviewing Round 5 applications and is looking forward to “gig night”
with La Roux.

The Tuck School shared tips directly from their Director of Admissions
and will also be hosting an admissions event – Coffee & Donuts with
Tuck – in New York City. Meanwhile, London Business School spread some
advice from a rising second-year student. The Kellogg School plugged
its professors’ latest research and insight on a range of topics –
from volcanic ash on the airline economy to NBA flubs and fouls. At
World Café Live in Philadelphia, faculty from The Wharton School
rocked out in Battle of the Bands. Chicago Booth set the stage abroad,
announcing that the University of Chicago will be opening new
facilities in Beijing.
Thanks for checking out Twitter Thursdays this week! If you’re on
Twitter or want to suggest someone else to follow, let us know; e-mail
wiki@clearadmit.com with your user name and status as an MBA
applicant, student or admissions officer so we can add you to the
appropriate Twitter list. Happy tweeting and we’ll see you next week
with some more updates!

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 4:07 pm in Twitter Thursdays

Volcanic Ash Disrupts Attendance at European EMBA Programs
Business schools throughout Europe have felt the impact of Iceland’s
Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption as its ash has interrupted the
flight plans of students travelling to and from executive MBA (EMBA)
programs from France to Switzerland to the United Kingdom, the
Financial Times reports.

Last week, France’s INSEAD had to cancel two short enrollment programs
because not enough participants were able to make it, according to the
FT report. “The worst thing for us is students that don’t show up,”
INSEAD Dean Miklos Sarvary told the paper with an eye on his bottom
line. But because most of those managers will participate in a future
version of the program, Sarvary believes the school’s revenues will
only be affected in the short term.
Ash from the Icelandic volcano also prevented international
participants from reaching EMBA programs at IMD in Switzerland,
according to the FT report. About 10 percent of students – most from
Japan and the U.K. – failed to make it for last week’s programs, IMD
Dean of External Relations Sean Meeham told the FT. Most have signed
up for a later program, though, Meeham added.

Other business schools, such as the U.K.’s Ashridge, also reported
decreased student numbers as well as “misplaced” faculty – professors
who were stuck in one place when they were needed in another. “I have
faculty in Dubai, Geneva, Istanbul . . .,” Kai Peters, Ashridge chief
executive, told the FT. “I have a customized program beginning in
Brazil, but the faculty can’t get there, and open enrollment programs
are running in the U.K. but the students can’t get here,” he said.
Student numbers at the school were down 30 percent last week and 10
percent for the month, he continued.
In Spain, where airports mostly remained open, business schools were
less affected, the FT reported. IESE in Barcelona did not cancel any
programs, although a customized program for Banco Santander was
missing participants from the U.K. who couldn’t get there.

U.S. business schools also have faced fewer problems. At Harvard
Business School, faculty was unaffected and only a small number of
executive students failed to make it for EMBA programs. Likewise at
the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in Philadelphia, EMBA
programs continued as scheduled, with about a dozen students unable to
make it. Wharton did, though, postpone three week-long custom programs
in Europe because of the air traffic restrictions, Jason Wingard, vice
dean for executive education, told the FT.
For more on this story, click here.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 2:51 pm in EMBA, School: Harvard,
School: IESE, School: IMD, School: INSEAD, School: Penn / Wharton

Campus Chronicles: The Stern Opportunity
In this week’s Campus Chronicles post, we’ll travel to the Big Apple
and see what’s been going on at NYU Stern’s campus by sharing with you
the top stories from the b-school’s student newspaper, The Stern
Opportunity.

Earlier this month, Stern students had the opportunity to attend the
first annual NYU Stern Latin America Business Association (LABA)
Summit, titled “Latin America Rising: Risks in Opportunities in a
Dynamic Region.” Approximately 70 students, alumni, and guests
attended the variety of speeches and forums that touched on the
region’s economic, political, and business environment, including a
keynote speech given by Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, the former
President of Bolivia. Spotlight speakers included a UNDP Chief
Economist for Latin America and Chemonics International’s Senior Vice
President for Latin America & the Carribean.
Stern students contributed to the non-profit Minds Matter through the
recent Fourth Annual Association of Hispanic and Black Business
Students Charity Auction. The auction, which included preliminary
cocktails, appetizers, and music, commenced with comments from the
co-hosts, who then auctioned off 24 Stern students. Many student bids
attempted to prove their worth through impressive demonstrations,
including a beat box free-style as well as dressing up as a fireman
and bringing along a bulldog. Ultimately the auction raise $6,000, all
of which will go towards Minds Matter’s mission of inspiring and
supporting low-income high schools students to go to college.

Finally, first-years had a chance to represent their blocks and
compete against each other in the Block Olympics. Approximately 100
students from the six blocks arrived to compete in the 12 events
including basketball, chess, jump rope, volleyball, Twister, Taboo,
rock-paper-scissors, and a special “Snuggie-Skill” relay, which
included a race to consume half of a blueberry pie. Block 5 ultimately
claimed victory as well as the $1,000 prize.
That wraps up the news from Stern! Check in next week to learn the
student news from another b-school campus.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 3:00 am in Campus Chronicles

Wednesday, April 28, 2010
GMAT Tip: 1 Minus the Probability I Won’t Ace the GMAT…

Today’s GMAT tip comes from our friends at Kaplan. In this article,
Kaplan GMAT instructor Adam Grey presents information on what to
remember about probability:
Probability is a perennial dreaded GMAT topic by students of all
scoring levels. It’s hard enough to master concepts that you haven’t
seen since high school, such as triangles and exponents, but
probability is a topic that many test takers have never seen before,
unless you did a little research before your last trip to the casino
(in which case you may have decided to stay home instead!).

There are three tenets of probability theory that underlie every
probability question on the GMAT, each of which follows from the last.
You’ll still have to put some practice in on your own to really get
the concepts down, but these are a good start:
1) The Definition of Probability
At its most basic, the probability of a desired event is equal to
(Number of Desired Outcomes) / (Number of Total Possible Outcomes).
So, if you want to know the chances of randomly picking a red grape
from a bowl with 10 grapes, 3 of which are red, your probability is
3/10, or 30%.

2) The Range of Probabilities
Since the number of desired outcomes can’t be greater than the number
of total possible outcomes—for example, you can’t have 11 red grapes
in a bowl of only 10 grapes—all probabilities lie between 0 and 1.
Also, the sum of all possible outcomes will always add up to 1. To
extend the example from Rule 1, (Probability of picking a red grape) +
(Probability of NOT picking a red grape) = 1, and so, manipulating
algebraically, (Probability of picking a red grape) = 1 – (Probability
of NOT picking a red grape). Realizing this tenet can help
dramatically with time-consuming advanced probability questions on the
GMAT.
3) Combining and Manipulating Probabilities
The toughest probability questions will have lots of events bouncing
around and require you to deal with them in combination. In performing
these, follow this rule of thumb, which is a consequence of all
probabilities being numbers between 0 and 1: if the combination of two
probabilities will result in a smaller number, like finding the
probability of heads on two consecutive coin flips, then multiply the
probabilities; if the combination should result in a larger number,
then add them.

So, to answer the question of this post’s title, 1 – (Probability You
Won’t Ace the GMAT) = (Probability You Will Ace the GMAT), which will
definitely go up with the confidence and skill that comes with a
little time spent studying probability.
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Tips

GMAC Reports Unparalleled Growth among Asian Citizens Taking the GMAT
Asia is hot as far as the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT)
is concerned, according to a recent report from the Graduate
Management Admissions Council (GMAC), which owns the exam.

The number of Asian citizens taking the GMAT each year rose a whopping
75 percent from 2005 to 2009 – more than double the global increase in
testing volume over the same period. The number of scores sent by GMAT
test takers to Asian schools also soared. Business schools in Asia
today receive three times as many score reports as they did five years
ago. Schools worldwide, meanwhile, have seen a 41 percent increase in
score reports received. “Asia plays a leading role in the global
economy, and the strong GMAT activity we are seeing is a sure sign of
the high value people in this region place on quality management
education,” Julia Tyler, GMAC executive vice president of member
services and marketing, said in a statement announcing the most recent
test taking figures.
According to GMAT, citizens of India and China accounted for nearly 70
percent of GMAT exams taken by Asians during testing year 2009, which
runs from July 2008 through June 2009. Overall, Asians represented 30
percent of the received 265,613 GMAT exams taken in testing year 2009,
up from 23 percent of the worldwide total in 2005.

For more details about GMAT testing and score-sending trends in Asian,
consult GMAC’s latest Asian Geographic Trend Report for GMAT Examinees.
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# posted by Clear Admit @ 4:08 pm in GMAT News, MBA News,
Uncategorized
Submit a Report for Cornell / Johnson or UCLA / Anderson to Win an
Amazon.com Gift Card!

Welcome back to Wiki Wednesdays, in which we take a closer look at the
most recently posted interview reports in the Clear Admit Wiki, an
online repository for MBA applicants to share their experiences
regarding the admissions process. Before getting into contest details,
let’s take a peek at the latest contribution!
A Round 2 applicant to NYU / Stern shared the following questions, as
posed by a member of the adcom:

1.  Can you tell me about your previous work experience?
2.  What’s the most challenge you face at your work?

3.  What’s the main difference between your current position and
  your goals?
4.  Why do you want to pursue an MBA?

5.  What programs and activities attract you at NYU? And what clubs
  will you participate?
6.  If you are admitted to other programs, what criteria your
  decision will be based on?

7.  How will your friends describe you?
Thank you to everyone who has shared their interview experiences this
season and helped fellow applicants! If you’re interested in sharing
your interview experience, we’ll be awarding a $10 Amazon gift
certificate to applicants who submit interview reports for Cornell /
Johnson or UCLA / Anderson through next Tuesday, May 4th! All you have
to do is send us your interview field report for the selected schools
for inclusion in the Wiki and we’ll send you a $10 Amazon gift
certificate. You must send your interview report to
wiki@clearadmit.com to be eligible; we’ll post it to the Wiki and
notify the winners by e-mail (Limit: one gift card per person).

The most helpful and informative reports usually include the following
information:
1.  Date/Admissions Round

2.  Description of visit and/or interview atmosphere
3.  Type of interview (alum vs. adcom, blind vs. application-based)

4.  List of interview questions
5.  Commentary (What did you think of the interview? What surprised
  you? What didn’t surprise you? What might you conclude about the
  school based on this experience?)

Applicants who would like to supplement the information available on
the Wiki can check out our Clear Admit Interview Guides, which provide
school-specific insight about admissions interviews. Best of luck to
those wrapping up the admissions season with interviews!
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# posted by Clear Admit @ 3:32 pm in Interview Guides, Wiki
Wednesdays
INSEAD Deadlines 2010-2011

The INSEAD deadlines for the 2010-2011 application season are now
online. The deadlines for both the September 2011 intake, as well as
the January 2012 intake, are listed below:
September 2011 Intake:

Round 1
Deadline: September 29, 2010
Interview Decision Notification: November 5, 2010
Final Decision Notification: December 17, 2010
Round 2
Deadline: December 1, 2010
Interview Decision Notification: January 14, 2011
Final Decision Notification: February 25, 2011

Round 3
Deadline: March 9, 2011
Interview Decision Notification: April 15, 2011
Final Decision Notification: May 27, 2011
January 2012 Intake:

Round 1
Deadline: March 30, 2011
Interview Decision Notification: May 13, 2011
Final Decision Notification: June 24, 2011
Round 2
Deadline: June 15, 2011
Interview Decision Notification: July 22, 2011
Final Decision Notification: September 2, 2011

Round 3
Deadline: August 3, 2011
Interview Decision Notification: September 9, 2011
Final Decision Notification: October 14, 2011
Applicants should know that while INSEAD had four deadlines for
candidates applying for the September 2010 intake, there will only be
three deadlines during the upcoming season.

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Jeff Skoll to Be Stanford Graduate School of Business First-Ever Guest
Graduation Speaker
Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) will feature a guest
speaker as part of its graduation ceremony for the first time ever
this spring. Philanthropist and entrepreneur Jeff Skoll, the first
president of eBay, will address the Class of 2010 in what is expected
to be the beginning of a new tradition for the annual business school
degree ceremony. “Our students asked us for an inspirational speaker
on this important day to help them envision the roles they may
undertake to change lives, change organizations, and change the world
through managed organizations of all kinds,” Stanford GSB Dean Garth
Saloner said in a statement announcing the news. “I can’t think of
anyone better to model the life of meaning and impact we want our
students to pursue than Jeff Skoll. He built a remarkable organization
at eBay, and now has gone on to have an enormous impact on social
issues through both his film and his philanthropic work,” Saloner
continued.

Skoll, a 1995 graduate of the Stanford GSB, went to work as the first
employee and president of online auction powerhouse eBay. From there
he went on to found the Skoll Foundation in 1999, which quickly became
the world’s largest foundation for social entrepreneurship, supporting
more than 60 organizations around the globe that work to improve
environmental sustainability, public health and conflict resolution.
Skoll also founded Participant Media in 2004, which has created a
number of documentary films focused on social issues. Its
award-winning productions include An Inconvenient Truth, Food Inc.,
Charlie Wilson’s War, Good Night and Good Luck, Syriana, the Soloist,
the Kite Runner and the Cove, which won an Oscar in 2010 for best
documentary film.
And in his most recent endeavor, Skoll launched the Skoll Global
Threats Fund in 2009, which seeks solutions to issues of climate
change, water scarcity, pandemics, nuclear proliferation and Middle
East conflict. Skoll will deliver the inaugural guest commencement
speech at Stanford GSB’s graduation ceremony on June 12, 2010.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 11:15 am in Events, MBA News, School:
Stanford

Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Trivia Tuesday: Innovation and Independent Activities at MIT Sloan

Welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday, where we examine
differences in the programs, resources, and opportunities offered by
the leading business schools. Today we’re turning our attention to two
unique aspects of the academic year at MIT Sloan: the mid-semester
Sloan Innovation Periods and the mid-year Independent Activities
Period.
The Sloan Innovation Period, or SIP, takes place for a week at the
midpoint of each semester. The SIP was introduced to the curriculum to
provide an opportunity for all Sloan students and faculty members to
explore interests in ways not possible within the standard framework
of courses. All classes and activities stop for the week while faculty
members organize seminars and other activities designed to provide
students with opportunities for hands-on leadership experiences and
exposure to the latest research of Sloan professors. Past areas of
study include explorations of individual learning styles, social
network analysis for managers, value chain roadmapping, and
globalization, development & standards. Participation in SIP is
required of both first- and second-year students as part of the MBA
graduation requirements and most Sloan students report that they
appreciate the opportunity to step back and reflect on their learning
while exploring topics outside the curriculum.

In addition, while other MBA students are home in January, resting up
for the second half of the school year, students at MIT Sloan use the
winter break to explore new topics and make new connections on campus.
Every winter break at MIT, students, faculty, staff and alumni across
the Institute are able to use the special four-week January term to
organize or participate in a wide range of activities. Included as
part of tuition, the Independent Activities Period, or IAP, offerings
typically include workshops, lectures, tours, recitals, athletic
events, forums and films. Since members of the MIT community are
responsible for proposing and organizing IAP events, the available
activities change depending on the interests of the MIT campus at
large.
Because the IAP is open to all members of the MIT community, the
month-long session gives Sloan students an opportunity to form
connections with students and faculty outside of the business school.
This kind of extended opportunity for campus-wide interaction is
unique to MIT Sloan among the leading business schools. These
connections may help create many of the business/science partnerships
that underlie MIT Sloan’s reputation as a center for the
commercialization of new technologies.

For more information on unusual academic opportunities available to
MBA students, be sure to check out the special programs featured in
the Clear Admit School Guides!
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# posted by Clear Admit @ 3:00 am in School Guides, School: MIT
/ Sloan, Trivia Tuesday

Monday, April 26, 2010
UCLA Anderson Joins Consortium for Graduate Study in Management

The Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los
Angeles (UCLA) is the latest business school to join the Consortium
for Graduate Study in Management, a national nonprofit organization
that works to promote diversity and inclusion on American business
school campuses and in American business in general.
Becoming the Consortium’s sixteenth member school earlier this month,
UCLA Anderson joins several other top business schools in a shared
commitment to help increase opportunities for MBA candidates of all
backgrounds to attend top-ranked institutions. The Consortium awards
merit-based, full-tuition fellowships to promising candidates at each
of its member schools. Beginning in the fall of 2010, the Consortium
will begin recruiting prospective MBA students for UCLA Anderson, with
the first class graduating in the spring of 2013.

“We’ll be enriching the learning experiences of our students through a
student body that reflects a diverse set of perspectives, backgrounds
and life experiences, and that’s a strategic priority for our school,”
Anderson Dean Judy Olian said in a statement announcing the school’s
membership. “As our students prepare for global leadership roles, they
must be exposed to a range of perspectives, cultures, and world views.
Through the diverse pipeline of students who participate in the
Consortium, that preparation will be enhanced,” she continued.
As a Consortium member, UCLA Anderson joins the University of
California Berkeley, which also joined the organization this year.
Other Consortium members include Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell
University, Dartmouth College, Emory University, Indiana University –
Bloomington, University of Michigan, New York University, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Rochester, University
of Southern California, The University of Texas at Austin, University
of Virginia, Washington University in St. Louis, University of
Wisconsin – Madison and Yale University.

For more information on the Consortium for Graduate Management Study,
click here.
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School: UCLA / Anderson

Admissions Tip: Considering the Campus
Continuing our series of admissions tips geared towards those
individuals who are just beginning to think about their MBA
applications, we wanted to offer some advice on factors to consider
with respect to a school’s facilities and location. Whether speaking
with current students or touring the campus for oneself, it’s helpful
to approach these information-gathering experiences with as clear a
sense of what matters to you as possible. Here are a few broad
categories to consider:

1) Facilities - Are state of the art classrooms and impressive new
architecture a priority for you? Would you prefer a school that is
headquartered in a single building to one spread over a larger campus?
What about wireless access and use of technology in teaching? If any
of these factors are of significant importance and could tip the
balance between schools on your list of target programs, you’ll want
to do this sort of research up front. If visiting yourself, we’d
recommend that you take pictures or write up your thoughts after the
fact while your impression is still fresh in your mind.
2) Surroundings – In addition to the campus itself, you’ll want to
allow yourself some time to ask about and explore the larger city,
town or rural location. Where do students live, eat and socialize?
What is the cost of living? How do they get from place to place
(parking or public transit may be an issue)? Are you interested in an
active night life, or a wholesome place to raise a family? While
considerations of academics and post-graduation career prospects
generally take priority, you will be spending two years of your life
in business school and these more subtle factors can often tip the
balance in favor of a certain program when all other elements are more
or less equal.

3) Atmosphere – Along with the campus and its location comes a certain
culture or climate. Are students generally competitive or
collaborative? Do students tend to socialize before or after class, or
do they go their separate ways? How closely knit are learning teams,
sections, clusters and cohorts, and what are the relationships among
them? How strong are the bonds among classmates, and the ties between
past and present students? This questions point to the often elusive
issue of “fit.” The pervasive atmosphere that informs interactions
among your peers will undoubtedly make a significant impact on your
business school experience, so it’s important to get a sense of this
by speaking with current students and/or visiting the school.
To learn more about your ideal business schools, be sure to check out
the Clear Admit School Guides. These guides offer detailed information
about the leading business schools, and include a section that
specifically describes the school’s campus as well as its integration
in the surrounding community. These guides are available for immediate
download here.
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
GMAT Tip: The Ups and Downs of your Practice Test Scores

Today’s GMAT tip comes from our friends at Kaplan. In this article,
Kaplan GMAT instructor Jen Kedrowski addresses possible reasons your
scores may fluctuate on practice tests:
You’ve been studying religiously for the GMAT, learning all of the
content and formulas you need, practicing under timed conditions…and
suddenly, your practice test scores went down! How is that possible,
you wonder? Is all the work that you’re doing pointless? Are you
doomed to stay at this low score level no matter what?

Relax, and know that it is NORMAL for your practice test scores to
fluctuate. There are many reasons for this, including:
• Learning new approaches can slow you down initially
Any good test prep material will provide you with strategic,
methodical approaches to each type of GMAT question. Having a
step-by-step approach that you take for every question type ensures
that you are never just sitting there on test day, staring blankly at
the screen. Learning these methods, though, takes time and practice,
and you may even SLOW DOWN for a period as you master the strategic
approach. Think about learning how to type properly—at first you may
type slower than your own practiced method, but eventually, typing
appropriately by touch will be faster than any method you had used.

As part of Kaplan’s GMAT team, I’ve seen first-hand how test prep
companies and publishers invest in extensive research and development
to ensure that the approach they teach for each question type is the
most effective and efficient. And the companies update their materials
regularly with the latest research, which Kaplan is doing this month
with our new GMAT course. These approaches advocated by test prep
companies are PROVEN to be effective, while your own “just-wing-it”
approach is not. Keep practicing the proven methods– just know that it
will take some time until you see results.
• It’s not test day yet—you’re still learning and improving
Unless your test is tomorrow, you have not completed your course of
study yet, and hence there are pieces of the GMAT puzzle that you
invariably have not devoted as much time to at this point. Maybe it is
work formula questions, drilling on parallelism, learning how to
attack permutations …but your practice tests will help you identify
those pieces that you still need to work on, ensuring that by test day
you’ve done all that you can in practicing each topic and question
type of the test.

• You can have an “off” day
Did you take the practice test at home? Was the TV on, the phone
ringing, dinner cooking? Were you tired, or hungry, or just not
focused? Some test-takers find that when they know a test is just
practice, they can’t always take it as seriously, and might find their
minds wandering during reading passages for example. They will often
see an increase between their last practice test score and their real
exam, since they are focused and ready on test-day. Other test-takers
might find that some days they are less determined and focused due to
personal or environmental factors, which might bring down a given
day’s practice test score. This also underscores the importance of
being well-rested and eating a good breakfast on test day!
Staying positive after practice test score fluctuations
There are always going to be fluctuations in your performance on any
given day. Even the real GMAT has a margin of error. And along the
way, if you take 6-10 practice tests, which Kaplan and other test prep
companies recommend, you are more than likely to see variability as
well. The most important thing to do is to remember than no one
practice test score is necessarily indicative of your exact score on
test day—use the practice tests as a crucial learning tool instead of
thinking of them solely as score indicators. After each practice test,
set up another study session where you review the exam in its
entirety, including all of the explanations. Learning to improve from
mistakes that you made under timed, test-like conditions is one of the
best things you can do for your real GMAT score.

Stay positive, and keep up the studying!
For more information on Kaplan, download Clear Admit’s independent
guide to the leading test preparation companies here. This FREE guide
includes coupons for discounts on test prep services at ten different
firms!
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Friday, April 23, 2010
Progress on New Stanford Graduate School of Business Campus Continues
“Fast and Furious”

Construction is underway on a new eight-building campus for the
Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), and progress remains “fast
and furious”, according to a recent post on the Stanford GSB Admission
Blog.
Originally slated to open in 2010, the Knight Management Center is now
on track for an April 2011 completion date, according to Stanford
Admissions. The new campus, all 360,000 square feet of it, features a
flexible design intended to support a wide variety of teaching and
learning methods and more collaboration and engagement with the
Stanford campus at large.

The new campus will encompass 100,000 square feet more than the
existing GSB facilities and will include more flexible teaching spaces
for both larger and smaller class configurations. It will also include
creative workspace for faculty to encourage collaboration,
custom-designed space for the school’s executive education programs
and new space for the school’s centers and related activities. The
design of the new campus also incorporates smart building practices
that use water and energy responsibly to dramatically and affordably
reduce environmental impacts.
The new Knight Management Center was made possible by an unprecedented
$105 million gift in 2006 by Nike Inc. founder and chairman Philip H.
Knight ’62. The remaining funds needed for the $275 million project
were to be raised before ground was broken in 2008.

For more details about Stanford GSB’s new Knight Management Center,
click here.
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Fridays From the Frontline
Hello there, and thanks for returning to Fridays From the Frontline!
Applicants were a talkative bunch this week, recounting admitted
student weekends, disappointing zings, and everything in between.
Current students were a bit more quiet, probably trying to savor each
last moment of their b-school experience before summer internships, or
full-time jobs, become the new reality.

Steve prepared for his last few days of bachelorhood and compared
himself to a flying mime (the similarities are eery). Beautiful Mind
took a look back on his MBA journey thus far, and provided links to a
few posts he felt were particularly helpful. XLick partied hard at
Johnson’s accepted student weekend, but remained on NYU’s waitlist.
Nistha illustrated the relief that many of her friends and family were
now feeling as a result of her decision to attend NYU Stern. HBS Dork
discussed the Harvard oath of ethical conduct, and expressed
appreciation towards Clear Admit. Braveheart was sad to hear of the
death of CK Prahlad and began drafting his ‘why MBA’ and ‘career
progression’ essays. Madalogue chose to decline Olin’s offer of
admission in favor of Tepper’s, but wouldn’t be able to attend the
Tepper admit weekend due to work responsibilities. MBA Dreamz was also
saddened by Prahlad’s passing, and recounted his own experiences with
the man. A conversation with a former Goldman Sachs executive, and a
deluge of resumes for a recent position at his company, gave LBiggs
the ability to see a “silver lining” in taking another year before
attending b-school. Procrastinator shared his Tepper and Ross waitlist
experiences and hoped for a good result from Tepper. His BoB
nomination inspired Rocky to look back at the MBA research he started
doing in 2005, and each step of his application process. The Dreamer
sadly reported that her time on the Ross waitlist was over, but
announced the likelihood that she will join W.P. Carey’s class of 2012.
Ellipsis discussed his GMAT class choice.
McDonough ‘11 Part-Timer recounted an interesting panel discussion in
his entrepreneurship course. Goizueta ‘11 Ahembeea talked about
nailing down the best summer internship and encouraged students to get
involved as soon as they can. Kellogg ‘11 Orlandao offered advice to
current applicants about how to tackle essays. Foster ‘11 Helen
recounted the trials and tribulations she encountered through her
running club.
Darden ‘10 Oren live blogged a festive day on-campus, which included
Mexican food, martinis, octopus balls and a potential dip into a pool.
IIMB ‘10 Happy Libran graduated, congratulations! Darden ‘10 July
Dream explained that she will be starting her new job only two days
after graduation, and expressed excitement over her move to Chicago
(as she should, it’s a great town). McCombs ‘10 Metal responded to
countless emails asking him whether his MBA experience was ‘worth it.’
Fuqua ‘10 Randy reflected on the differences between American and
Chinese culture when it comes to mourning, noting that US television
channels never shut down their offerings.

And that concludes this week’s Fridays From the Frontline! We can’t
wait to hear more about the final days for the class of 2010, and to
meet those who will begin their application journey in the coming
months. Until then, have a great weekend!
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Best of Blogging Celebrity Judges

Earlier this month Clear Admit’s Best of Blogging (BoB) nominees were
announced, and with only seven more days before the 2009-2010 BoB
polls close, it is time to turn our attention to this year’s panel of
celebrity judges. Each year Clear Admit reaches out to the greater
business school community to develop a top notch panel of b-school
insiders. This year bloggers will be judged not only by their peers
and the Clear Admit staff, but also three unique individuals with
great MBA ‘pedigrees.’ Without any further ado, our celebrity judges!
Brad Garrison (AKA hella): Lending his thoughts on the BoBs for a
sixth consecutive year, Brad is a veteran of the MBA blogging space.
He blogged his way through his own Wharton MBA (he graduated in 2006),
and continues to host aggregated lists of the latest posts by MBA
applicant, student and alum bloggers on his site.

Soojin Kwoh Koh: Having gone through the application and enrollment
process of b-schools herself, first as an applicant and then as a Ross
student, Soojin has been in the shoes that many BoB nominees are
currently wearing. As the Director of Admissions at Ross School of
Business, Soojin is no stranger to the application cycle’s highs and
lows, and maintains her own blog to keep Ross applicants informed and
engaged.
Peter Johnson: Peter has been the Executive Director of Haas’
Full-Time MBA Program Admissions Committee for over ten years. He,
too, has an online presence, which was cultivated to provide
applicants up-to-date answers to their most pressing questions.

The years of experience these three have guarantees us a dynamic group
of celebrity judges for this year’s competition. We’re looking forward
to learning what they think of this year’s stellar group of nominees
and seeing how their thoughts, combined with those of the nominee pool
and Clear Admit Staff, impact the rankings! Stay tuned for the
announcement on May 4th!
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Twitter Thursdays: News from MBA Programs

Welcome to another edition of Twitter Thursdays, a column in which we
highlight some of the latest updates from the top MBA programs on
Twitter! If you want your Twitter feed filled with Clear Admit’s
updates, special prizes, admissions tips and breaking news, be sure to
follow us on Twitter. You can also check out the list of MBA programs
we’ve compiled to ease your daily access to breaking news from the top
MBA programs, as reported by admissions committee members themselves.
While The Assistant Dean of UCLA Anderson MBA Admissions & Financial
Aid, Mae Jennifer Shores, has been stuck in London due to the
Icelandic eruption, Anderson students excelled in the annual Challenge
for Charity Competition – tying for first place with USC Marshall.
Rich Lyons, the Dean of the Haas School of Business, noted U.S. News’
ranking of Haas’s part-time program. Jim Dean, the Dean of UNC’s
Kenan-Flagler Business School, attended the Global Innovations in
Energy Conference on campus. Across the pond, MBA Admissions
Coordinator at Judge Business School, James Barker, will be welcoming
dozens of Round 4 candidates to campus for interviews next week – and
hopefully the numerous students stranded abroad due to the volcanic
eruption.

Chicago Booth linked to some application tips as well as how to save
for grad school. Meanwhile, The Tuck School lightened things up with a
comedy show and sharing funny videos about Life at Tuck. London
Business School will pass its last deadline for the 2012 MBA program.
The Kellogg School plugged its professors’ latest research and insight
on a range of topics – from fraud during the financial crises to
curiosity about the iPad. The Wharton School shared some photos from
the recent summit of MBA student government leaders and celebrated
Earth Day by conducting a comprehensive waste audit.
Thanks for checking out Twitter Thursdays this week! If you’re on
Twitter or want to suggest someone else to follow, let us know; e-mail
wiki@clearadmit.com with your user name and status as an MBA
applicant, student or admissions officer so we can add you to the
appropriate Twitter list. Happy tweeting and we’ll see you next week
with some more updates!
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# posted by Clear Admit @ 3:10 pm in Twitter Thursdays

Student Government Presidents from Seven Top Schools Launch MBA Peer
School Forum
Outgoing and incoming student government presidents of seven major
business schools convened earlier this week at the University of
Pennsylvania’s Wharton School for a three-day President’s Summit,
where they announced the formation of a new MBA Peer School Forum.

The forum, a student government coalition with representatives from
the Wharton School, the University of Chicago Booth School of
Business, Columbia Business School, Northwestern’s Kellogg School of
Management, Harvard Business School, MIT’s Sloan School of Management
and Stanford Graduate School of Business, was developed to help create
inter-school cohesion and collaboration and support student-led
initiatives designed to positively impact business and society.
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# posted by Clear Admit @ 1:00 pm in MBA News, School: Chicago,
School: Columbia, School: Harvard, School: MIT / Sloan, School:
Northwestern / Kellogg, School: Penn / Wharton, School: Stanford
Participate in the Graduate Admissions Virtual Summit

On Wednesday, April 28th, 2010, the Association of International
Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC) will host a free online global
event – “Discover how you can position your application for Success,”
– aimed at prospective graduate program applicants.
Two of Clear Admit’s knowledgeable admissions counselors, Stacey Oyler
and Brett Haber, will each be hosting a 55-minute webinar focused on
MBA application strategies, both of which are described in detail
below:

“6 To-Do’s in the Next 6 Months: A Checklist for Round 1 Applications”
The first of the two events, led by Ms. Oyler, is scheduled to be held
from 10:00 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. PST on the day of the summit. In this
webinar focused on Round 1 application strategy, she will cover such
topics as:

• Preparing for and scheduling the GMAT
• Selecting and working with recommenders
• Defining career goals
• Resume preparation
• Making the most of a campus visit
• Contacting “those in the know”
To reserve your spot today, or to learn more about this seminar, click
here.

“Are you applying to Harvard, Wharton or Stanford?”
The second of the two webinars hosted by Clear Admit admissions
counselors will be led by Brett Haber from 3:00 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. PST.
Aspiring b-school applicants who attend this webinar will learn more
about each school’s philosophy and how to best approach each school’s
essay questions. By the end of this webinar, participants should have
a clearer understanding of what strengths each program looks for in
applicants.

To register for this free webinar click here. Space is limited so be
sure that you sign up early!
For more information about the webinars and chats hosted during the
AIGAC Graduate Admissions Virtual Summit visit the AIGAC website.

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Campus Chronicles: The Cornell Business
Welcome back to Campus Chronicles! This week we’ll take a look at
Cornell Johnson’s student newspaper, the Cornell Business, to see
what’s been going on for Johnson students.

Earlier this month a team of first- and second-year Johnson students
won the IDEAcorps challenge in New Orleans, a competition in which MBA
student teams work with local entrepreneurs to create solutions for
business challenges faced by the entrepreneur’s start-ups. The eight
Johnson students and two faculty advisors from Johnson worked with
Chris Laibe, the founder of a medical software services company. The
IDEAcorps challenge ran concurrently with New Orleans Entrepreneur
week, through which the participating students had the chance to hear
from guest speakers, including the owner of the Dallas Mavericks. In
addition to the IDEAcorps challenge and Entrepreneur Week, Johnson
students had the chance to rebuilt homes in areas recovering from
Hurricane Katrina.
In addition, on a recent Sustainable Global Experience Immersion trek
to Washington D.C., Johnson students learned about cap and trade and
renewable energy from diverse parties including the government,
DuPont, USAID, National Geographic, and SustainAbility, a boutique
consulting firm, as well as Honest Tea, a startup organic food
company. Johnson students came away with knowledge from sustainability
leaders and entrepreneurs about the newest actions in energy use,
policy, media, and business approaches.

Finally, Johnson students have created a Top 10 list for newly
admitted students, aimed at informing them about the business school.
With humorous advice about the most popular campus social events, hot
spots in Ithaca, and must-have professors, incoming Johnson students
should be ready to attend Sage Socials, compete in a Jell-o eating
contest, see the Taughannock waterfalls, and take a class from
Professor Vishal Gaur.
That’s it for Campus Chronicles this week. Be sure to check back next
Thursday to see the recent events on another business school campus!
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
GMAT Tip: Think Like the Testmaker Series, Volume 12

Today’s GMAT tip comes from our friends at Veritas Prep. In today’s
article, they present the twelfth installment of their “Think Like the
Testmaker Series”:
Brian Galvin is the Director of Academic Programs at Veritas Prep,
where he oversees all of the company’s GMAT prep courses.

Ask any MBA student – past, present, or prospective – about Data
Sufficiency questions, and you’re sure to get a reaction. More often
than not that reaction will be negative – “I hate Data Sufficiency!” –
and even when it’s positive – “those are tough questions, but I
figured them out and learned to appreciate them – the reaction will be
one of reluctant praise for the complexity of these unique questions.
This is with good reason – Data Sufficiency questions tend to carry a
significant degree of difficulty on the GMAT (as quant scores have
risen, the GMAT has begun to feature more Data Sufficiency questions
than its traditional 15 out of 37), and because they require a new
thought process for most, they offer a greater study challenge than
perhaps any other question type on the GMAT.
All of this is intriguing, however, when you look at the Data
Sufficiency format closely, because if you break down the question
type, it’s remarkably clear-cut and honest: “Do you have enough
information to answer the question?”. Seems fair enough, right?
Obviously, the authors of the GMAT can take this seemingly-simple
premise and add difficulty to it, but if you focus only on what the
question is asking, the testmakers really only have two ways to trick
you:

1) Get you to think that you have enough information when you really
don’t
2) Get you to think that you don’t have enough information when you
really do

The simplicity of the question type – asking when you have enough
information to answer the question – lends itself to these two
possibilities for you to answer incorrectly.
With this in mind, you can better think of ways that a question will
disguise the sufficiency of the information provided:
You think you have enough information, but you really don’t
To make this mistake, you’re likely making assumptions about the
question that are telling you things about the data that aren’t
necessarily true. Are you only thinking in terms of integers, or
positive numbers? Have you considered the possibility that 0 is a
potential value? Ultimately, to avoid this pitfall, you need to get in
the habit of looking for the “catch”: “I think this is enough
information, but what type of situation would give me a different
answer?”

You think you don’t have enough information, but you really do
These can be even trickier, as the GMAT provides you with statements
that don’t quite seem like enough information, but if you work through
the statement you’ll find that it’s just enough. When you suspect that
this is the case – one major clue is that a particular answer choice
seems almost too obvious – work through each statement to glean as
much information as you can. Often this comes from taking a statement
and manipulating the algebra to rephrase the information in a more
useful form. Other times, the GMAT will provide you with a valuable
clue in the form of the other statement. Consider the question:
A rental car agency purchases fleet vehicles in two sizes: a full-size
car costs $10,000, and a compact costs $9,000. How many compact cars
does the agency own?

(1) The agency owns 7 total cars
(2) The agency paid $66,000 for its cars

Here, answer choice C seems to be a fairly easy choice – the first
statement tells us that the number of full-size cars plus the number
of compacts equals 7 (F + C = 7), and the second tells us that the
total value is $66,000, or that 10,000F + 9000C = 66000. Having both
equations, we know that, with two equations and two variables, we’ll
be able to solve for the number of compact cars.
Here, the GMAT is likely trying to get us to think that we have less
information than we really do – it’s not too likely that they would
make choice C as easy to get to as it is. To counteract that, we can
ask ourselves whether one of the statements is necessary. Statement 1
tells us that the agency has 7 total cars – is that necessary for us
to know, or could we derive that from statement 2?

If we assess the information in statement 2 – that the cars cost
$66,000 total – let’s see if it’s even possible that the agency could
have bought anything other than 7 cars. If not, then statement 1 is
unnecessary. If we try to purchase 8 cars, it stands to reason that if
8 of the cheapest cars cost more than $66,000, it’s not possible to
purchase 8. 8 of the cheaper cars would be 8  9000, or a total of
$72,000. Because 8 of even the cheapest cars – substituting any of the
cheaper cars with a more expensive one would only increase the total
value above $72,000 – costs too much for us to reach the $66,000 total
price paid, then it’s not possible to purchase 8 cars (or more).
Similarly, if we test the price of 6 of the full-size cars, we may be
able to eliminate that possibility. 610000 is $60,000, which is not
enough for us to reach the $66,000 total price. If we were to
substitute a cheaper car for any of the more expensive cars in our set
of 6, it would only decrease that total to below $60,000, so we can
prove that the agency cannot purchase 6 cars for $66,000.

Because, based on the information in statement 2, the only number of
cars that could be purchased is 7, the information in statement 1
doesn’t need to be stated explicitly – we already know that from our
interpretation of statement 2. Therefore, the correct answer is B.
More important than this question itself is the takeaway, which is
that the GMAT likes to cleverly hide information from you so that you
don’t think you have it. One great way to test for that is to take the
given information from the other statement and test to see if you
really need it. The authors of the test know that we’d all prefer the
security of too much information, but will reward us for being able to
answer the question with just enough data. If you test the given
information to see if you could do without it, you can stay one step
ahead of the authors on these tricky questions.

Overall, keep in mind that, as devilishly clever as these Data
Sufficiency questions can be, the authors have only two ways to get
you to make a mistake – they can make you think you have enough
information when you don’t, or make you think you don’t have enough
information when you actually do. Sure, there are several smaller
devices that they can employ to get you to make these mistakes, but if
you keep these major factors in mind as you study and take the exam,
you’ll better be able to anticipate where the trap may lie.
For more information on Veritas Prep, download Clear Admit’s
independent guide to the leading test preparation companies here. This
FREE guide includes coupons for discounts on test prep services at ten
different firms!
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