HKUST 2012 - Calling All Applicants

This was posted by one of the HKUST representative:




So there is little hope for those still waiting.

got my invite 11 minutes back-- Finally!

Thanks all and Aviroop for the updates and help.

Also, I do not have a top profile. So, my chances are touch and go-
I work in Shanghai, so going to HK for me is a $400 trip. Do you guys think that going all the way for the interview is a good idea?

Congrats on the invite. You do not have to go to HKUST for an in-person interview to score brownie points. If you have not visited the campus before, then its a good idea but just for the interview it makes no difference.

I do not know your whole profile, but given the fact that you are an Indian applicant and working in Shanghai, you already have a different profile from other Indian applicants and that should help you. Do emphasize on your experience in Shanghai, your Chinese language skills and your post mba plans in the interview. Definitely stress upon your love for HKUST and why you chose the school.

Feel free to pm me for any further details.

Hi!
Just got an interview notification yesterday, still don't have the date but they say around end of february or begining of march

Good luck to all others for today !

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Honestly, I wouldn't look at salary as a key criteria in ranking.
[*] Taxation is different from country to country (in Hong Kong, you only need to earn around 70-80% of a US Metro City salary to have comparative living standards and cash in hand)
[*] If you're chasing salary, then you will lose the job to people who are passionate about the role
[*] Rankings that have salary increase as a factor are ready to be gamed by admitting only students on lower salaries.. this also affects the power of the network. Generally speaking, higher earning admits are more likely to have more experience and to be better networked providing everyone with more opportunity.



yes they are very different, in fact there is an anti-mainland 'backlash' happening in Hong Kong. See - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_2012 ... ertisement
This has a lot to do with cultural differences, and partly xenophobia.

congrats to all those who got calls....
hope you guys make it.

so did u make it?

What's the usual TAT for decisions after the interview's done? A month? Or are all decisions announced on d-day?

Most of the people who got in seemed to hear back from the adcom within a week... I got my ding a little later though on the 10th of Feb which was almost about a month after my interview

Hmm... no further news from any other R1 applicants. The R2 decision deadline is fast approaching.

Btw, vgr, what plans now? I see you're waitlisted at Erasmus. Is a re-app to HKUST on your mind, or are looking for other options this season?

well it's pretty messed up right now.... I'm not sure if re-applying to HK-UST would work, as well they didn't exactly tell me what they didn't like about me
I applied to NTU in their 2nd round and am waiting to hear back from them.
Apart from that, I've started exploring alternatives to the MBA which would possibly get me right to the area I want to specialize in while saving me a ****-load of cash
How about you rasta? what've u been upto?

Can anybody suggest me how good/helpful is HKUST program for a career in IT post mba?

well it'd be pretty tough to figure out w/o knowing what you've been doing!
Being the best B-school in Asia, it should typically be able to help improve your managerial/leadership skills and knowledge on a broad range of topic. You could alternatively learn all of this with experience but it may take a lot longer...
So yea what you need to do is find out what u need, and compare it with what they have to offer by going through their curriculum, events, etc...

VGR - you should re-apply. I think given that you got interviewed/waitlisted at schools, this means that your profile is definitely interesting and warrants the attention of school adcom but probably needs a bit of more oomph to push past the should i admit the candidate dilemma.

Maybe a review of your essays, or a better picking of schools can help you. I would be glad to help you out.

I have been in such a similar situation when I first started applying to schools. I took a step back, re-examined what I was doing wrong, what I wanted out of life and then re-applied again. Often we do MBA applications as a knee-jerk exercise rather than a cold calculating analysis.

All the best ....

ditto with VGR. The school is very good, but then again HK is not renowned for being known as an IT hub.

It all depends on what you get out of the program and how good you are at building your own career.

Thanks for your reply. I've been into IT for 6.5 years and currently working as a team lead. I'm looking for general management and strategy roles in IT post my mba. I had asked my earlier question 'cz I do not see a lot of activities going on, atleast on HKUST website, with IT being the focal point. That's ofcourse understandable 'cz HK being a financial hub, HKUST is more finance and consulting dominated. I did not even see any elective listed in HKUST website with specialization in IT.

Would be great if I can get more information on mba & post mba opportunities in IT (in-line with my aspirations).

prakhag - get in touch with togafoot a member of this forum, and an alumni of HKUST, or the much loved kryzak who is now in the IT sector and an alumni of Haas. Both can guide you in the right direction about post mba plans in IT.


On a separate note - I dont think I have seen IT specialization courses in any B school curriculum. There are however courses about strategy/management addressing the tech sector in general.