Tag Archive | "Duke Fuqua"
MBA
It’s late February, already in the ebb of the current MBA admissions season. As such, it’s the perfect time for people considering applying next season to break out of hibernation and start tackling a part of the process that is often shortchanged: school selection.
In ten-plus years of MBA admissions consulting I have found that a [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
Duke University is once again expanding its global footprint, by forging two new partnerships in China. The new cooperative will create new educational and research opportunities.
According to a press release by Duke University’s Office of News & Communications, a groundbreaking ceremony was held last Friday in China along with a formal announcement of the partnership [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
The Financial Times published today its 2010 ranking of global MBA programs. Its ranking attempts to “assess the effect of the MBA on … subsequent career progression and salary growth.” Consequently it draws its data from the schools themselves and from surveys of graduates at least three years after earning their MBA degree. In [...]
Blog, Bschool Life, Fun Stuff, MBA, Other
B-School Humor – a collection of humerous posts about B-School life and the application process
Debrief from a first year at Duke – a current Fuqua student shares his experience
GMATClub Class of 2010 – where are they going after B-School?
Ask a PhD Grad - ask someone on a PhD admissions committee questions about PhD entrance
Bschool Life, Career, Current, Interviews, MBA
While deferrals used to be more freely granted, this year b-schools are buckling down and saying “no,” reports BusinessWeek’s Anne VanderMay .
VanderMay provides a few reasons why top b-schools are moving in this direction. First, she says, the volume of deferrals was getting weightier. Financial problems were the most common causes of deferral requests because [...]
Bschool Life, Current, MBA
Reaching out to countries like India and China is old news already. The recent trend, according to BusinessWeek in “In Hunt for Students, Business Schools Go Global” is to recruit from economically developing countries like Chile, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam. The number of U.S. B-school attendants from these emerging markets is up since last [...]
Bschool Life, Current, MBA
I received the following message from Duke Fuqua about its new MBA Application Fee Reduction Program:
A Special Offer from The Duke MBA
Clearly, the world is facing many economic challenges today. At The Duke MBA, we recognize that the MBA application process is an investment of time and money, which can both be in short [...]
Career, Current, MBA
Yes those MBA deadlines are approaching. Rapidly. Kind of like a train roaring through a dark tunnel. Do you see the headlight peering through the gloom, growing brighter and brighter?
So what are my thoughts at the end of a hectic week?
Accepted’s editors have noted a rash of bloopers in applicant essays. While these malapropisms (and [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, GMAT, Interviews, MBA
Duke Fuqua 2010 MBA Essay Questions
My comments are in red.
Three essay questions must be completed before submitting your application. Prepare your essays carefully. The Admissions Committee considers your responses to the following questions important in the selection process. Please respond fully and concisely using 1.5 line spacing. Your response to each question should be no [...]
Bschool Life, Current, Interviews, MBA
Duke has streamlined its application process and is asking three questions this year as opposed to last year’s four. I’ll post comments in the next few days.
Duke Fuqua Essays for Fall 2010 Entry
Three essay questions must be completed before submitting your application. Prepare your essays carefully. The Admissions Committee considers your responses to the following [...]
