Calling all Boston University School of Management Fall 2011 Applicants busmg.JPG Application Deadlines Completed application received by: November 1 January 5 March 14 Admission decision sent by: December 10 February 11 April 15 https://management.bu.edu/admissions/index.html Essays Essay Topics for all Master's Degree in Business Administration Applicants. The following four essays are required: 1. Describe your decision to pursue an MBA degree, highlighting the following (750) words: a. Your motivation for pursuing an MBA degree at this point in your career; b. Your reason for choosing to apply to Boston University and the specific program that you have chosen, i.e. MS•MBA, Health Sector Management,or Public and Nonprofit Management, or International MBA; c. Your plan to leverage your professional and academic experiences to achieve your post-MBA career goals 2. Describe a formative or significant event in your life and then explain how this event has influenced your subsequent thoughts and actions. (500 words) 3. Tell the Admission Committee about a time when it cost you to maintain your integrity and what you learned from the experience. Who was affected besides yourself? Was there anything you might have done differently? Would you make the same decision again if given the chance? (500 words) 4. Other than national identity, describe a uniqueness you will bring to the Boston University community that will impact your classmates - both inside and outside the classroom. (500 words) Optional Essay: 5. Provide any additional information, not addressed elsewhere in your application materials, which will help the Admission Committee learn more your candidacy. Please address any employment gaps, strengths or weaknesses. (500 words) Two-Year MBA & MS·MBA Class Profile August 2010 Entering Class Enrolled students 158 Applications Received 1,387 Selectivity / Acceptance Rate 28% Male / Female 62% / 38% International 35% AHANA 25% Mean (Mid 80% Range) GMAT 681 (620 - 740) TOEFL 108 (101-115) UG GPA (4.0 scale) 3.35 (2.8 - 3.9) Work Experience 4.7 yrs (2 - 7 yrs) Age 28 (25 - 31) Rankings No. 31 US News & World Report 2010 No. 21 The Economist 2009 No. 16 in North America QS Global 200 Business Schools Report No. 29 in the U.S. Financial Times 2009 No. 31-50 Business Week, 2010 R1 - NOVEMBER ROUND: Total Applicants: 2 uprightcitizen BeautifulMind2011 R2 - JANUARY ROUND: Total Applicants: 13 widerangeinput tusharmsvv lencheto18 yyee11 bkwrm24 mhla82 sangjo raghavakumar85 rodivu ram85 smidgett16 BeautifulMind2011 coolidgeg R3 - MARCH ROUND: Total Applicants:

Had my interview today...it lasted less than 20 mins!!! and about half of that time was spent me asking her qs!!!!! Anybody else who got interviewed??

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Yeah..i received the interview invite too.

mhla82: what program did you apply for? and what interview option did you choose?

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Had my interview today...it lasted less than 20 mins!!! :cry:

and about half of that time was spent me asking her qs!!!!! :cry:

Anybody else who got interviewed??

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Had my interview today...it lasted less than 20 mins!!! :cry:

and about half of that time was spent me asking her qs!!!!! :cry:

Anybody else who got interviewed??

mine was pretty straightforward- around 30-35 mins. phone interview.

why mba?
goals?
leadership?
teamwork?
also the ethics question (briefly went over the essay...)

and my questions-

nothing out of ordinary, quite fun to talk to she was-

all the best-

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hey e1,

I am in R2 too.... got an interview invite couple of days after i submitted my app

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14 Jan 2011, 12:16

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Just got mine this Tuesday. Scheduled interview next week before I leave Boston... perfect timing! I got the last seat before next Friday. As some you can see in their system, BU really has a lot of interviews...

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BU is my last hope....seeing so many invites after my disappointing performance is kinda heart wrecking.....neways all the best fr ur interviews....

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yeah they do- that's one of the best parts of being a small-sized program. they have the chance to get to know almost every applicant in an utmost unbiased fashion...

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BU is my last hope....seeing so many invites after my disappointing performance is kinda heart wrecking.....neways all the best fr ur interviews....

buddy, you never know how your performance was unless you get to see the other 100s of interviews. every applicant is a single case and it really might not matter in the end if your performance was disappointing- I have heard a lot of people who got rejected with perfect/fun interviews and people who got in with awful experiences...

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BU is my last hope....seeing so many invites after my disappointing performance is kinda heart wrecking.....neways all the best fr ur interviews....

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BU is my last hope....seeing so many invites after my disappointing performance is kinda heart wrecking.....neways all the best fr ur interviews....

maybe while sending him/her a thank you note, you can reiterate/mention a few points that you haven't been able to talk about or have not even come up during the interview- i.e. make up for the other 15 minutes! very briefly of course, not like an essay needless to say! just my 2 cents...

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Hmmm...one thng surprises me though...my answers were nt earth shattering but they wr pretty ok...standard answers for expected qs...but the interviewer said she's done after like 15 mins...I dono wat changed coz at the begining she said the interview might go on for 30 mins....[/quote]

maybe while sending him/her a thank you note, you can reiterate/mention a few points that you haven't been able to talk about or have not even come up during the interview- i.e. make up for the other 15 minutes! very briefly of course, not like an essay needless to say! just my 2 cents...[/quote]
I did exactly that! lets just hope n pray it wrks out to smthng...

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I got an interview invite and decided to do a phone interview. Does anyone know if it would be better if I did an off-campus interview? Also, for those who have applied, what kind of questions should I prepare for.

Thanks

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re-quoting myself from above:
mine was pretty straightforward- around 30-35 mins. phone interview.

why mba?
goals?
leadership?
teamwork?
also the ethics question (briefly went over the essay...)

and my questions-

nothing out of ordinary, quite fun to talk to she was-

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roll call updated-

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I was interviewed on 14th Jan by Johanna for my international mba application. I feel i did my best except a few hiccups in between.

When can we expect the results to be out? Has anyone who applied for 2nd round received their admits??

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21 Jan 2011, 13:17

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Well just my 2 cents ... depends on how serious you are about BU ... you should do a in person interview. just shows more interest. this is all taking into account on how easy it is to for you to take a in person interview. If it is very difficult definitely the school will not take that as a bad point.

It was quite difficult for me - I live in south Dakota but I decided to do a on campus interview for round 1.I got accepted with $$ in round 1. I will mostly be attending BU this fall.

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I live in San Diego, California and flying to do an on-campus interview would be difficult. Additionally, I have already visited campus and talked to current students and adcom at two MBA events. They had off-campus interviews in LA this week, but I could not make it.

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Had my interview over Skype this evening. Wasn't bad, but lasted less than twenty minutes, which is sorta freaking me out. :-|

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Had my interview over Skype this evening. Wasn't bad, but lasted less than twenty minutes, which is sorta freaking me out. :-|

Not sure whether our shallow BU page here is enough evidence yet BU admissions seems to tend towards keeping the interviews a little bit short (<30 mins.) this year-

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Had my interview over Skype this evening. Wasn't bad, but lasted less than twenty minutes, which is sorta freaking me out. :-|

Not sure whether our shallow BU page here is enough evidence yet BU admissions seems to tend towards keeping the interviews a little bit short (<30 mins.) this year-

I am from India too & my interview was also less than 20 mins...the interviewer spent most of the time head down taking notes & asked me only standard qs (why mba, why boston etc)...
Stark contrast to CMU tepper where I had a lengthy discussion on topics like obama's visit to india, naxals in india etc etc....another matter that they still waitlisted me!!