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Yale SOM 2010 Application Deadlines and Questions Yale just released its 2010 MBA application deadlines and questions. I'll post my tips on in a later post. I APPLICATION DEADLINES Round 1 Application Deadline -- October 8, 2009 Decisions Due--December 18, 2009 Round 2 Application Deadline -- January 7, 2010 Decisions Due--April 2, 2010 Round 3 Application Deadline -- March 10, 2010 Decisions Due--May 7, 2010   ESSAY QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS Please answer each of the four questions below with a short paragraph of no more than 150 words. This is an opportunity to distill your core ideas, values, goals and motivations into a set of snapshots that help tell us who you are, where you are headed, and why. (600 words maximum) 1. What are your professional goals immediately after you receive your MBA? 2. What are your long-term career aspirations? 3. Why are you choosing to pursue an MBA and why now? (If you plan to use your MBA experience to make a significant change in the field or nature of your career, please tell us what you have done to prepare for this transition.) 4. What attracts you specifically to the Yale School of Management’s MBA program? PERSONAL STATEMENT 1 Describe an accomplishment that exhibits your leadership style. The description should include evidence of your leadership skills, the actions you took, and the impact you had on your organization. (500 words maximum)   PERSONAL STATEMENT 2 Choose one of the following topics and answer it in essay form. Please indicate the topic number at the beginning of your essay. (500 words maximum) 1. A central premise of our teaching about leadership at the Yale School of Management is that true leadership—leadership that helps to address a significant problem in a new way—is necessarily personal. It is only when personal passion aligns with meaningful aspirations that individuals are able to inspire others to act in support of an important goal or cause. What are you most passionate about, and how have you demonstrated a commitment to this passion? 2. What achievement are you most proud of and why? 3. What is the most difficult feedback you have received from another person or the most significant weakness you have perceived in yourself? What steps have you taken to address it and how will business school contribute to this process? 4. Describe a situation in which you devised and implemented a creative or unique solution to a difficult problem. What obstacles did you face and how did you overcome them? 5. Required for reapplicants: What steps have you taken to improve your candidacy since your last application?   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (OPTIONAL) If any aspect of your candidacy needs further explanation, please provide any additional information that you would like the Admissions Committee to consider. (250 words maximum) Posted by Linda Abraham on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:19:17 +0000 | Permalink | Post a comment

Report From AIGAC Conference: Buzz vs.Substance The AIGAC conference this year was fantastic. The first day consisted of presentations from Pete Johnson of Haas, Christie St. John of Tuck, Cassandra Pittman of INSEAD, Wendy Huber of Darden, Soojin Kwon Koh of Ross, and Bruce Delmonico of Yale's SOM. During the second day AIGAC was hosted by NYU Stern and Columbia Business Schools. Thanks to Anna Ivey of Anna Ivey Consulting and Jeremy Sheinwald of MBA Mission for all their efforts in organizing the event. Thanks also to Manhattan GMAT for hosting AIGAC on the first day and to Columbia and Stern for hosting us on Day 2. Finally, thanks to Graham Richmond of Clear Admit who spearheaded AIGAC's survey. More on that another day. The entire event was simply outstanding. Certain terms came up in almost every presentation. Co-author with me of MBA BlastOff: 45 Terrific Tips to Launch Your MBA Application to Acceptance and MBA I.V.: Mainline to Top MBA Programs MBA Interview Questions and Tips, Maxx Duffy, has a useful term for words that tend to be overused in admissions because they represent important values: "umbrella words." As a consequence of this overuse, qualities like leadership are best broken down and demonstrated than talked about in their umbrella form. Similar treatment is appropriate for umbrella-words-in-training -- the terms that came up over and over again in connection with almost every school at the conference. It's important for you to know how to relate to the latest and greatest buzz on the MBA scene. Merely parroting it won't do. Like the school representatives, you need to go deeper. Let's examine the most common of these terms: Experiential learning. Almost every school touts its experiential learning opportunities. So don't write or talk about "experiential learning." Discuss how each school's particular experiential program is right for you. Reveal how Haas@Work will help you achieve your goals in your Haas application; or why Stern's Industry Mentoring Initiative is the perfect program for you because you are a career changer committed to a particular direction; or how Columbia's Master Classes represent the ideal opportunity to put theory into practice, a process you have enjoyed on a previous, specific occasion. Understand the nuances and points of difference between these programs to show that you have done your homework and really belong at your target schools. Sustainability. Green is the color of the day, and I'm not just talking about Twitter avatars in sympathy with Iranian demonstrators. Don't write vaguely about "sustainability." Will you participate in INDEAVOR, The Energy Club, The Africa Initiative, or all the above at INSEAD to further your interest in renewable energy and entrepreneurship? Which of the almost twenty courses that study sustainability at Darden are you most interested in? How will you take advantage of the Batten Institute's resources as you dive into sustainable development in emerging markets? Global. Global everything was everywhere at the conference. Ross sends roughly 50% of its MAP projects outside the US to roughly 30 countries. Yale has a required International Experience in its core and hosts a Global Leadership in Healthcare Conference with other professional schools at Yale. Which aspects of your target schools' global offerings are relevant to your goals and interests? If they are relevant, don't talk about study abroad or international projects; talk about the particular programs that are attractive to you, and why they appeal. Flexibility. Several programs emphasized the increased flexibility of their programs. Both Tuck and Columbia have decreased the number of required courses and introduced mini-courses or seminars. Stern gives you a wide range of options in terms of designing your program. Yale allows you to take almost all second-year electives outside of SOM. How does your school's flexibility assist you in reaching your MBA goals? What level of flexibility is important to you? These terms reflect important concepts in graduate business education today, but if you write about them superficially, you will appear .... superficial. Don't reflect merely the shallow buzz in your application. Study and understand the points of difference by scouring school web sites and attending presentations. Just as the AIGAC presentations went beyond the superficial to the substantive, so will your receptions and presentations.   Ensure your applications reveal a profound grasp of the distinctive currents among outstanding MBA programs, like those that presented to and hosted AIGAC last week.  Posted by Linda Abraham on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:00:58 +0000 | Permalink | Post a comment

Average 2008 GMAT: 718
Average 2008 Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average 2008 GPA: 3.5
Class Size: 193
2009 Application Deadlines: Oct. 22, 2008, Jan. 7, 2009, Mar. 18, 2009
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