HKUST - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2012 Applicant Thread If you are applying to HKUST, please add this school in your profile to show up on the roll call below Rankings (GMAT Club International Ranking and Clusters) Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2011 #6 International Experience & Students #9 International Faculty #4 Research Rank #14 HKUST: QS Asia University Rankings 2011 #1 Kellogg-HKUST EMBA: Financial Times Global EMBA Rankings 2010 #1 Historical GMAT Club Applicant Threads Fall 2011 - Calling All HKUST Applicants Popular Links Programs Offered at HKUST HKUST MBA 2011 Employment Report HKUST MBA Guide: hkust-mba-guide-118050.html Intake 2012 Application Instructions Phase 1 Deadline: 15 November 2011 | Decision Date: 10 February 2012 Phase 2 Deadline: 15 December 2011 | Decision Date: 9 March 2012 Phase 3 Deadline: 15 March 2012| Decision Date: 8 June 2012 Your application should include: Completed online application form, including essays Three online work reference forms Academic transcripts GMAT score report TOEFL/IELTS score report (if applicable) HK$1,560 application fee (approximately US $200) Essays Application for intake 2012 will be open in late September this year. Essay 1: Please tell us the motivations to pursue an MBA program, and why is now the best timing to do one. (~200 words) Essay 2: Please elaborate on your career goals. How will your academic training, professional experience coupled with an MBA education at HKUST help you achieve your goals? (~200 words) Essay 3: If admitted, how could your participation at HKUST MBA enrich fellow students’ experience inside or outside classroom? (~200 words) Essay 4: Please pick and answer ONE of the two topics in the space below. State either 4a or 4b at the beginning of your essay. (~300 words) 4a. Describe a situation where your initial attempt to solve a problem failed. Tell us how you get around to finally solve the problem. 4b. Describe a situation where you created opportunities for yourself and led to a favorite outcome. Essay 5: Please pick and answer ONE of the two topics in the space below. State either 5a or 5b at the beginning of your essay. (~300 words) 5a. Tell us a situation when you experienced challenges in team setting, and what you have done to help the team achieve its goals. 5b. Describe a situation when you got frustrated over differences in culture or work style. What have you learnt from that experience? Essay 6: Please tell us a situation where you faced an ethical dilemma. How did you handle the situation? (~200 words) Essay 7: What do you want the Admissions Committee to know about you as a person? (~200 words) HKUST Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake (Class of 2013) Real Time App Tracker Feed Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add HKUST to your profile) GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Add Your Profile to This List Questions about this Roll Call ? https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=12794 https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=12795 https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=12796 https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=12797

If you want to be in APAC and into finance, HKUST is clearly a winner....I guess, it's time for you listen to that little aviroop inside you....Best of luck!!!

Aviroop- Let me put it this way for you. You can get all the opportunities that you would from HKUST even from UCLA but not vice versa. talk2vj- HKUST is a great school to break into finance in APAC but coming to APAC with a UCLA MBA will be a different ball game. HKUST does have a strong presence in Asia but the salaries and profiles offered to HKUST graduates are not at par with what is offered to UCLA, Duke, Chicago, NYU etc. If I get into Duke, NYU or Chicago- I would not even consider HKUST for these reasons.

karan - good to know. Your take on this matter is quite true. The only challenge for me is that, post MBA (3 months after graduation), it will be quite difficult for me to come back to Asia and find a job as the market is well saturated and priority goes to the H/W/S guys. At least if I am in Asia already, I can find something through networking and hkust's career services. I spoke to UCLA alumni based in Asia and they told me that I have to put in extra effort to secure the Asian internship/job, which in these days is not a cake walk. The other caveat is the $$. UCLA's expenses are a whopping 150K. The school told me I need to fork out 40K on my own. That is a boatload of money. I don't have that much so it means taking loans in India as well as USA. I will be spending a good 10 years of my life paying off loans, which will be a stiff burden. In the long run UCLA can pay off more. It is an American degree, but then again, in the long run, the MBA degree pays off less while it is more of my experience, the people I know and what I do that matters.

I am sure you will make the right decision. 10 years to pay a $150k loan after you join financial services post MBA- Man you must be one spendthrift Congrats again on all your admits. PS: Do not let money stop you from being where you see yourself.

karan - long gone are the days when i could get a banking job and pay off a 150k loan in 2 years...and as an international student, the interest rates are much higher for me. Update- sent my deposit to hkust.

Congrats again man! I can imagine how difficult a decision it must have been for you. Good Work!

Thanks man. It was difficult but I am looking forward to going to hk and work in Asia. Did u hear from the school?

Not yet. The activity should pick up now after the CNY.(hopefully)

Hello Everyone.. This is Rajiv..Am a R1 applicant, recd. intw invite on 13th Jan and completed my interview yesterday.. Now the wait begins... ATB to all R1 & R2 applicants who are waiting for their respective results..