How does Tippie use social media in the application process?

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Graduate Management Admission Council

Lydia Fine
Associate Director, Recruiting & Admissions

Tippie Full-time MBA at The University of Iowa

You’re getting ready to apply to your chosen list of top business schools. Is this the time to lock down your Facebook profile? To protect your Tweets? Maybe.  If your social media “presence” was applying to B-school, what would it say about you? If you don’t know the answer to that question, you have some work to do.

Googling candidates and visiting their social media profiles is hardly rare; 27% of B-school admissions officers admit to Googling and 22% fess up to checking Facebook and other networks.
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Why is the GMAT an Important Admissions Requirement for Executive MBA Programs?

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Graduate Management Admission Council


bishop lanePeggy Bishop Lane
Vice Dean,Wharton MBA Program for Executives
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School

The GMAT is an important admissions requirement for several reasons.

At Wharton, EMBA students receive the same education as our full-time MBA students. This has been a principle of parity between our full-time and EMBA program since our EMBA program began 37 years ago.  They are taught the same classes by the same professors for the same number of hours.   Likewise, since we insist on the highest academic caliber of the students we admit, they are held to the same standards of performance and intellectual rigor.  They must have the same profile as our full-time MBA students with respect to admissions criteria and academic preparedness.
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I am considering who to approach for letters of recommendation and wonder…what are some of the things I should think about?

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Graduate Management Admission Council

Provided by Pat Harrison, Associate Director of Admissions at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Dartmouth University, Tuck School of Businesshttp://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/

Letters of recommendation provide the committee insight into your career success/potential, as well as your personal and professional strengths and weaknesses. It is the only part of the application not completed by the applicant – but that doesn’t mean that you can’t influence the letter. By picking the best recommenders to make your case and giving them some guidance, you can have a lot of impact on your recommendations.

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What do you look for in MBA candidates for your program?

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Graduate Management Admission Council

Wendy Flynn, Director of MBA Admissions, Texas A&M University

The Three Things We Seek In Every MBA Applicant

In the MBA Admissions Office, we’re often asked, “What do you look for in MBA candidates for your program?” Here’s the basis of what we seek.

Ability to be successful academically in our program.

The good news about our 16-month MBA structure is that our students complete 50% more coursework (as compared to traditional programs) in the first nine months of the program. It’s also a lot of work to complete 36 credit hours in 9 months. We screen academics closely to ensure that we admit only those candidates who can be successful academically.

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