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20 Mar 2011, 09:58
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thank you for the information. I guess I'll have ample time to make a decision and get the money in place. As for the reason for your waitlist, I think you summed it up nicely. Like people say, the interview is a way to reinforce your application. It can hurt you more than it can help you and you seemed to get on to the controversial side of things while they really want to hear 1. why you are a good fit for the school 2. what you bring to the school 3. why china/ceibs
@bterwilliger - I believe it will be via email.
thank you for the information. I guess I'll have ample time to make a decision and get the money in place. As for the reason for your waitlist, I think you summed it up nicely. Like people say, the interview is a way to reinforce your application. It can hurt you more than it can help you and you seemed to get on to the controversial side of things while they really want to hear 1. why you are a good fit for the school 2. what you bring to the school 3. why china/ceibs
@bterwilliger - I believe it will be via email.
21 Mar 2011, 01:24
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Pac2Atl: I do agree with your points but the interviewers did ask "What do you think of China" in a very open-ended manner. The interviewers didn't seem to challenge the last point I made in response to this query, which has very real implications for future economic development and managerial practice in China, so can't and shouldn't assume that such comments would have been negatively interpreted by the school's representatives.
Nonetheless, my underlying observation was - and still remains - that given largely unabated and consistent increases in domestic inflation, policymakers over there would need to significantly raise interest rates to stifle accelerating monetary velocity or else the country would face competitive disadvantages in terms of export-oriented production due to the astronomical labor, real estate, food, and industrial commodity/input prices that would ensue. Rising costs would shift production to other emerging markets and this would definitely impact managerial decision-making and business planning.
I sure hope controversy and dissenting opinions are welcome in b-school, especially since these exact ideas are regularly debated in Chinese print and broadcast media. I'd sure hope b-schools appreciated candidates who follow the issues and can give opinionated arguments in support of particular viewpoints as opposed to the alternative of enrolling peeps who simply regurgitate the content of the lectures.
Analagous to the point I'm attempting to highlight are some of Mark Twain's comments in reference to the U.S. system of trial by jury, in which he basically pointed out that the jury system puts a premium upon being judged by a body of one's peers which is composed of men who are deemd sufficiently ignorant and unaware of recent events so as to be permitted to serve on a jury.
That's why the notion of "playing it conservative" during an interview doesn't hold much appeal for me, especially since there are so many other conservative, straight-laced candidates out there who are probably more than willing to tell an AdCom what they believe it wants to hear. I'm if asked questions about China, I'll certainly provide relevant answers that I feel are pertinent. But let's not get too caught up on focusing on this particular issue since there are so many factors that an AdCom analyzes in making its admissions decisions. But I hope you see the merits of my conceptual approach to interviewing with b-schools. Feel free to comment on any portion of the above to your heart's content...
Nonetheless, my underlying observation was - and still remains - that given largely unabated and consistent increases in domestic inflation, policymakers over there would need to significantly raise interest rates to stifle accelerating monetary velocity or else the country would face competitive disadvantages in terms of export-oriented production due to the astronomical labor, real estate, food, and industrial commodity/input prices that would ensue. Rising costs would shift production to other emerging markets and this would definitely impact managerial decision-making and business planning.
I sure hope controversy and dissenting opinions are welcome in b-school, especially since these exact ideas are regularly debated in Chinese print and broadcast media. I'd sure hope b-schools appreciated candidates who follow the issues and can give opinionated arguments in support of particular viewpoints as opposed to the alternative of enrolling peeps who simply regurgitate the content of the lectures.
Analagous to the point I'm attempting to highlight are some of Mark Twain's comments in reference to the U.S. system of trial by jury, in which he basically pointed out that the jury system puts a premium upon being judged by a body of one's peers which is composed of men who are deemd sufficiently ignorant and unaware of recent events so as to be permitted to serve on a jury.
That's why the notion of "playing it conservative" during an interview doesn't hold much appeal for me, especially since there are so many other conservative, straight-laced candidates out there who are probably more than willing to tell an AdCom what they believe it wants to hear. I'm if asked questions about China, I'll certainly provide relevant answers that I feel are pertinent. But let's not get too caught up on focusing on this particular issue since there are so many factors that an AdCom analyzes in making its admissions decisions. But I hope you see the merits of my conceptual approach to interviewing with b-schools. Feel free to comment on any portion of the above to your heart's content...
