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nachobioteck
20 Mar 2015, 11:26
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I am in the same boat, applying this year to the consortium. You touched on the school visits, pretty much everywhere you read they say you should go visit, but really for me is impossible as there is just not enough money and time. How would you suggest one could decide or prioritize what schools to visit? How did you decide?
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20 Mar 2015, 11:33
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I did. Got dinged. No interview.
Maybe they don't like being ranked 5th? I have read that they are sensitive. SOM too. They were my 4th.
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Maybe they don't like being ranked 5th? I have read that they are sensitive. SOM too. They were my 4th.
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20 Mar 2015, 12:51
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@nachobiotek I hear ya on the expenses, my funds are running fairly low these days, but Lord willing I'll make it back.
But to answer your question, either angelfire213, bml, or amj made a good point: Most of the schools will host events either in your town, or in towns nearby. Often, you can meet many of the schools' admissions people at once. For instance, Cornell, Michigan, NYU and a few others traveled around the northeast, and hosted events together. There are MBA conferences that you can attend as well. After a certain point for me, it became less about learning about the school, and more about seeing the admissions people over and over, and getting them to remember me.
In terms of putting together my list, I just worked backwards. What do I want to do? Which companies offer this role? Then which schools do those companies recruit from. The schools typically post this, but be careful! It's one thing to say BCG hired three people from school A, but what if those people were hired for a role you didn't want? My advice, call admissions, ask to be put in contact with career services. Speak to them and ask for the name of a current student as well, get a few different perspectives. Also remmeber their names for interviews. I also spent a lot of time speaking with students and career services about what happens to people that strike out, and don't get the summer internship they want. Is that game over for them in that career? Were they able to leverage other outlets and back channel their way in? What ever you decide, I think you should have a solid back up plan, and at least understand that nothing is guranteed.
But after that, it was fit for me. I loved NYU's diversity weekend, and sorta knew that was where I wanted to be. I stayed in touch with the current students and admissions throughout the process, and fortunately was invited to interview. Again, had a great time at those events as well. I applied to some other schools that would still let me acheive my goals if NYU didn't work out, but those were more of a just in case. That's really all there was to it for me. I'm happy to answer any other questions if you have them, and best of luck going forward. I think the most important thing to remember is what angelfire said in response to someone else's post, find out what you want out of the experience, and which schools are offering that to you.
But to answer your question, either angelfire213, bml, or amj made a good point: Most of the schools will host events either in your town, or in towns nearby. Often, you can meet many of the schools' admissions people at once. For instance, Cornell, Michigan, NYU and a few others traveled around the northeast, and hosted events together. There are MBA conferences that you can attend as well. After a certain point for me, it became less about learning about the school, and more about seeing the admissions people over and over, and getting them to remember me.
In terms of putting together my list, I just worked backwards. What do I want to do? Which companies offer this role? Then which schools do those companies recruit from. The schools typically post this, but be careful! It's one thing to say BCG hired three people from school A, but what if those people were hired for a role you didn't want? My advice, call admissions, ask to be put in contact with career services. Speak to them and ask for the name of a current student as well, get a few different perspectives. Also remmeber their names for interviews. I also spent a lot of time speaking with students and career services about what happens to people that strike out, and don't get the summer internship they want. Is that game over for them in that career? Were they able to leverage other outlets and back channel their way in? What ever you decide, I think you should have a solid back up plan, and at least understand that nothing is guranteed.
But after that, it was fit for me. I loved NYU's diversity weekend, and sorta knew that was where I wanted to be. I stayed in touch with the current students and admissions throughout the process, and fortunately was invited to interview. Again, had a great time at those events as well. I applied to some other schools that would still let me acheive my goals if NYU didn't work out, but those were more of a just in case. That's really all there was to it for me. I'm happy to answer any other questions if you have them, and best of luck going forward. I think the most important thing to remember is what angelfire said in response to someone else's post, find out what you want out of the experience, and which schools are offering that to you.
I'm more hopeful for Booth that Kellogg though since bc they interview everyone, you can't tell if there was positive interest or not...at least Booth CHOSE to interview me.
