{"id":35802,"date":"2017-02-07T13:48:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T20:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/international-mba-students-react-to-executive-order\/"},"modified":"2017-02-07T13:48:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T20:48:19","slug":"international-mba-students-react-to-executive-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/international-mba-students-react-to-executive-order\/","title":{"rendered":"International MBA Students React to Executive Order"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Read about Harvard Business School\u2019s phenomenal fundraising goals, the do\u2019s and don\u2019ts of group interviewing, and why international MBA students are worrying over Trump\u2019s recent executive order. Here\u2019s the latest on the management education landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvard Business School surpasses $1B in fundraising <\/span><\/h2>\n

You\u2019ve got to give it to Harvard Business School. In additional to being a top destination for aspiring MBAs and typically landing towards the top of every major MBA rankings lists, it\u2019s also a fundraising juggernaut. The school announced last week that it\u2019s raising an additional $300M before its fundraising campaign ends next year\u2014after it already raised $1B a year early! HBS has the largest endowment of any business school, standing at $3.3B, more than twice the amount of Stanford University\u2019s Graduate School of Management\u2019s $1.4B, which is not small change either. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs we look to the next two years, we have identified an additional goal of $300 million we seek to raise, reflecting the importance of sustaining the initiatives we have launched, providing future flexibility, and strengthening the core,\u201d says HBS Dean Nitin Nohria. The money will go to support priorities such as financial aid, faculty research and sprucing up the residential campus. (<\/span>Poets & Quants<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

The group interview<\/span><\/h2>\n

As any MBA student will tell you, business school experience includes a lot of group work and collaborative projects. It makes sense, considering that you will have to work with many different people with diverging backgrounds and interests once you enter the business world. This explains why, naturally, business school admissions officers want to see how you operate in a group. That\u2019s where the group interview comes in. Keep in mind there are some real difference between the group interview and the solo interview. Here are some pointers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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