Rice Jones community assessment experiences
* My colleague just did a community assessment today with Rice (Applied R2) - The interviewer was a second-year student (Got the zoom invite 2 days before so were able to identify who and did some research to prep)
The interview was very conversational, 30 minutes, and standard questions - same with those that were posted on the interview debrief. Overall it is a good experience. Next step, she’s visiting rice for Women Leadership Weekend
* Same Qs as the debrief posted. However, 1 question to add (that honestly made me a little uneasy): "what’s your alternative plan if MBA doesn’t work out?" (not just short term alternative plan, but the degree altogether itself). Did anyone get asked this question before? Everything else - the interviewer was informative and conversational.
* I had my interview (CA) yesterday. 25 min interview. I consider was the most friendly and easy interview at the moment. It was a 2nd year student from India, and he went for the typical questions.
1. Tell me about yourself
2. Why Mba
3. Why Rice
4. What factor will drive your decision if you need to decide between XYZ B-school (Location? Ranking? Professors? Community? Scolarship?
5. Tell me about your experience you had with diversity and how you would contribute to promote the diversity in the Rice community?
6. If selected What will you bring or contribute to the Rice community?
7. Anything you would like to add or tell to the Adcom team that was not addressed previously?
7. Any question for me?
* I just finished my CA! it was great, super conversational with a 2 year student
1. Tell me about yourself
2. Why MBA, why now?
3. Why Rice?
4. Short-term and long-term goals
5. Tell me about your experience with diversity, working in diverse groups
6. How will you decide which business school to attend
7. What would you do if someone from your core team were not participating or doing their part
8. Is there anything you would like to tell the admissions team that I haven’t asked you?
9. Questions for me