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FROM CMU Tepper MBA Admission Blog: Round Four Application Deadline |
I hope this post will get the attention of those of you who have been diligently working over the past months to be ready to submit your application for the final round of admissions at the Tepper School. Planning to submit your application by April 23? If so, we will make sure you will receive an email on May 24 with the Admission Committee’s admission decision. While we may offer rolling admission through early summer, Round Four is our last, guaranteed application round, so you won’t want to wait! A tip to get you started: Begin by reading the application instructions. Of special note is our move to one essay this year. What makes it interesting is that it is a fairly open-ended essay and we can’t wait to see what you tell us about yourselves! Also, Carnegie Mellon was one of a number of schools that worked directly with the Graduate Management Admissions Council over the last year and a half to develop a Common Letter of Recommendation. We join a number of other top MBA programs in adopting the common questions in an effort to help lessen the burden for you and those you seek to write your recommendation for B-School. Shortly after the application deadline, we will begin the first of several waves of interview invitations. Don’t sweat it if you aren’t among those who receive an early invitation. We need to start somewhere with the process, and literally conduct interviews up through a few days prior to the decision notification date. Keep checking your email! Good luck with your applications! |
FROM CMU Tepper MBA Admission Blog: Round Four Admissions Decisions Are Out! |
This is a quick post to let you know that our round four admissions decisions have been released. If you are a round four applicant or a waitlisted candidate from an earlier round, you’ll find an email from us telling you to log into your account to view your decision letter. Congratulations to all who have been admitted to the Tepper School’s MBA program! There is a lot of good information in your admission letter and on the Countdown site (our admitted MBA student portal) that you won’t want to miss. We are excited to welcome you to the Tepper School! |
FROM CMU Tepper MBA Admission Blog: Fall 2018 Application to Go Live Mid-August |
We know you’ve been waiting to learn when our Fall 2018 application is live. We’re almost there! The Admissions team will be working hard over the next few weeks to make sure the application is in tip-top shape for the Fall 2018 cycle. We want it to be easy to navigate, informative and even a little bit fun for you to complete – all in hopes of learning as much as we can about you and your background. Be on the lookout for our application to go live in mid-August and spend the next few weeks getting excited to take this next step! |
FROM CMU Tepper MBA Admission Blog: Live From the Tepper School, it’s our Fall 2018 Application! |
Today is an exciting day! Not only have our first year students arrived and settled into the Tepper School, but our Fall 2018 application is live. We love that the halls of the Tepper School are filling with students again. We also love the anticipation that a new application cycle brings. Whether you know in what round you will apply or you are still thinking about your next steps, I’d like to encourage you to do a few things: 1. Visit the Tepper School. Our campus visit registration for Mini 1 is now available, so take some time to come and get to know us! If you are interested in our online hybrid format and would like to "attend’ a class," you can sign up to virtually attend as well. 2. Check out our class profiles. Wondering if there is a “typical” Tepper student profile we’d like to see? Take a look at an overview of our current students and you'll see that, for us, there is no such thing as typical! 3. Use our website as a resource. We’ve loaded the website with application tips – from providing the one required essay prompt to detailing more about the interview invitation process and providing detailed application instructions, our goal is to keep you informed! As we continue to welcome new and returning Tepper students to campus, we also look forward to getting to know you over the next year. Keep in touch with our office and stay tuned for more blog updates throughout the year. Happy applying! |
FROM CMU Tepper MBA Admission Blog: Fall 2018 Application to Go Live Mid-August |
We know you’ve been waiting to learn when our Fall 2018 application is live. We’re almost there! The Admissions team will be working hard over the next few weeks to make sure the application is in tip-top shape for the Fall 2018 cycle. We want it to be easy to navigate, informative and even a little bit fun for you to complete – all in hopes of learning as much as we can about you and your background. Be on the lookout for our application to go live in mid-August and spend the next few weeks getting excited to take this next step! |
FROM CMU Tepper MBA Admission Blog: Live From the Tepper School, it’s our Fall 2018 Application! |
Today is an exciting day! Not only have our first year students arrived and settled into the Tepper School, but our Fall 2018 application is live. We love that the halls of the Tepper School are filling with students again. We also love the anticipation that a new application cycle brings. Whether you know in what round you will apply or you are still thinking about your next steps, I’d like to encourage you to do a few things: 1. Visit the Tepper School. Our campus visit registration for Mini 1 is now available, so take some time to come and get to know us! If you are interested in our online hybrid format and would like to "attend’ a class," you can sign up to virtually attend as well. 2. Check out our class profiles. Wondering if there is a “typical” Tepper student profile we’d like to see? Take a look at an overview of our current students and you'll see that, for us, there is no such thing as typical! 3. Use our website as a resource. We’ve loaded the website with application tips – from providing the one required essay prompt to detailing more about the interview invitation process and providing detailed application instructions, our goal is to keep you informed! As we continue to welcome new and returning Tepper students to campus, we also look forward to getting to know you over the next year. Keep in touch with our office and stay tuned for more blog updates throughout the year. Happy applying! |
FROM CMU Tepper MBA Admission Blog: The Round One Application Deadline Is Almost Here! |
Hello from India! While I am currently traveling to MBA Fairs, my mind is also on the next few months. My favorite season is here! The weather gets cooler (except, as I write this, it is currently 84 degrees in Pittsburgh) and football season has returned. Really, though, I love this time of year because it’s almost round one. There is nothing like the buzz in the office about newly submitted applications and the sounds of our team interviewing and meeting prospective students. If you are planning to submit your application by October 4 for the round one deadline, make sure you’ve done these few things:
Good luck and we look forward to reading your application. |
FROM CMU Tepper MBA Admission Blog: Beyond the Class Profile |
Every year, after our team has read applications, interviewed candidates, connected candidates with current students and welcomed admitted folks to campus, I get the great task of greeting the incoming class and telling them a little more about themselves! It’s fun to see not only the diversity of academic and professional backgrounds, but the interesting tidbits, too. We collect these from conversations with applicants and information from applications. A few of my favorites from this year include:
I share these fun facts to show that we really love getting to know our students. (We’ll keep you posted if any of those aspiring chefs cook us up something delicious this year!) It is exciting to see the diverse backgrounds of our students. I always marvel that there are students from 30 different countries and across the United States in the incoming class. The culture, traditions and heritage that our students bring with them really does enrich the experience. In fact, this past weekend, the class hosted a Tepper Cross Culture Potluck. Rumor has it there was a lot of amazing food eaten and friendships forged at the event. Every year, I am truly impressed by the academic and professional achievements of our incoming class. That’s why we love digging deeper and learning more about our applicants. Would you like to get to know our students better? Use the Contact a Current Student feature on our website. They look forward to connecting with you and sharing their insights about the Tepper School and how they navigated the admissions process. You can also check out the profiles of each incoming group: Full-Time, Part-Time On-Campus and Part-Time Online Hybrid students. Learn more about Tepper School students and ask yourself if you can see yourself being a part of next year’s dynamic class! I hope you enjoy them as much as we do. |
FROM CMU Tepper MBA Admission Blog: Diversity Weekend is Quickly Approaching! |
I can hardly believe I just wrote that sentence! Maybe it’s because I was away in India or because we had a busy summer, but suddenly it’s fall in Pittsburgh. If you’ve had a chance to speak with any of us here in Admissions or any of our current students, I hope we’ve been able to share with you what a diverse community we are at the Tepper School. We truly believe that a diverse student body, staff, and faculty all help to create a richer, more valuable experience for you. As planning is in full swing for our highly anticipated Diversity Weekend taking place November 3-5, I want to highlight some of what you can expect during these exciting few days. During Diversity Weekend, we'll provide you with:
Registration for Diversity Weekend is still open and we are adding more folks to the list each day. We are excited to see everyone who will be attending. I encourage you to consider spending the first weekend in November with us! |
FROM CMU Tepper MBA Admission Blog: Diversity Weekend is Quickly Approaching! |
I am excited to introduce to everyone a new series of blog posts that we’ll be starting this year! Tuesday Tips will be posted on certain Tuesdays throughout the year (go figure, right?!) and I’ll be sharing with you a wide range of tips. From navigating the application process to acclimating to life in a new city and preparing to start an MBA program, Tuesday Tips will hopefully help calm some of your nerves, prepare you for a new chapter and get you excited for a potential life at the Tepper School. This post of the inaugural Tuesday Tips is pretty relevant for where we are right now – interviewing! If you’ve applied in Round One or know someone who has, know that we extend invitations to interview all throughout the round – even up until a week or so before we release decisions. So, if you are invited to interview, here are some tips:
I’m excited to share moreTuesday Tips and look forward to sharing again soon! |
FROM CMU Tepper MBA Admission Blog: Tuesday Tips: Interviewing Successfully! |
I am excited to introduce to everyone a new series of blog posts that we’ll be starting this year! Tuesday Tips will be posted on certain Tuesdays throughout the year (go figure, right?!) and I’ll be sharing with you a wide range of tips. From navigating the application process to acclimating to life in a new city and preparing to start an MBA program, Tuesday Tips will hopefully help calm some of your nerves, prepare you for a new chapter and get you excited for a potential life at the Tepper School. This post of the inaugural Tuesday Tips is pretty relevant for where we are right now – interviewing! If you’ve applied in Round One or know someone who has, know that we extend invitations to interview all throughout the round – even up until a week or so before we release decisions. So, if you are invited to interview, here are some tips:
I’m excited to share moreTuesday Tips and look forward to sharing again soon! |
FROM CMU Tepper MBA Admission Blog: Tepper Women Make Their Mark in the Tech Industry |
Life at the Tepper School is starting to get very busy! While our Admissions team is fully focused on reviewing round one applications, our career counselors are busy supporting students who are completely immersed in the recruiting season. Whether it is first-year students just beginning the search for summer internships or second-year students considering full-time offers, the halls of Posner are abuzz with talk of recruitment – and lots of sharply-dressed MBA students! As I think about where we are in the year, I’m reminded of an exciting Poets & Quants article that highlights the growing number of Tepper School women who pursue full-time employment in the tech industry. If you have a few minutes, I’d highly recommend this read! Don’t have a few minutes to read the article? I’ll summarize some of the key points. These are the highlights related to the Tepper School:
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FROM CMU Tepper MBA Admission Blog: Tepper Talks: Coming to a city near you |
Our fall recruitment travel is beginning to slow down, but one of my favorite events is still to come! In just a few short weeks (November 14, 15 and 16 to be exact), we will be hosting Tepper Talks in several major cities around the United States. I hope you have had the chance to learn about these events through our website or from an admissions officer you met on the road, but I’d also like to tell you more. So, what are Tepper Talks? These intimate evenings provide you with a unique opportunity to learn more about the Tepper School’s dynamic community and curriculum. You’ll hear not just from admissions, but also our colleagues in our Career Opportunities Center and (what I suspect may be your favorite part) you’ll have the chance to learn about the experiences of and network with some of our dynamic alumni! We try to visit all of the major geographic locations in the United States. This year we are headed to Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco — all on Tuesday, November 14. On Wednesday, November 15, we’ll be in New York, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. We will round out our travels in Boston on Thursday, November 16. Registration is currently still open (and is no cost to you!). Whether you live in or near the region or happen to be traveling there for the evening, we’d love to see you! You may have attended an MBA fair in the past or spoken with an admissions officer, but these nights are a time when you will have the opportunity to hear about the program, speak about recruiting and connect all of the dots by meeting alumni, all at once! We hope you take this opportunity to engage in the Tepper School experience. |
FROM CMU Tepper MBA Admission Blog: Tuesday Tips: Have a Good Plan B for Your Post-MBA Career Goals |
Today’s tip has its origin in several conversations I’ve had with MBA candidates over the last few weeks. As I travel to recruiting events and speak to many of you here on campus, I’m asked, “What is a tip you can give me when applying?” I really appreciate this question and am happy to provide some insight into how I normally respond. Be flexible! We are pretty transparent in our application process. We want to know your immediate post-MBA goal as well as your Plan B. Why do we ask this? Not because we are testing you but because we want to know that you have thought through an optional path to career success. We know you are excited about your Plan A and we want to help you achieve it; however, we also know that things happen outside of our control (think 2008 financial crisis), plans change and interests evolve. Recruiting starts on campus and suddenly you may be thinking, “I want to pursue a different path than I originally thought!” Don’t spend so much time perfecting your immediate goals that you forget about the importance of a well-rounded Plan B. What goes into a good Plan B? Think through other functional areas or industries; if your Plan A is a bit of a reach, what might be an interim step to getting there? You’ll want to connect the dots to this alternative as well. Having both an immediate post-MBA goal and a solid Plan B will make the admission committee say, “Those both seem achievable and well thought out.” And that will never be a bad thing. Part of what we are looking for in your application is a little flexibility and a sense of what is realistic, given your background. Help us see that you’ve thought through your plan and that you also realize that a lot can happen in two years – especially at a place like Carnegie Mellon where you will be exposed to many new things you may have not yet imagined. Remember, you will have career resources and leadership opportunities available that will, inevitably, shape your post-MBA plans a little differently than you had initially planned. And that’s okay with us! |
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