「ソフィア」?の「悩める乙女」さんの向上記録を興味深く読ませてもらっているフアンとして、天岩戸ではないですが、久々のご登場まぶしく・・・ ともあれ"アイビーでないとやだ"が満たされそうなのは嬉しい限り。 アイビーって、ただの野球のリーグ戦なんす。XX六大学みたいなもんだということはご存知のはず。 互いに同格と認め合って結束するとか、そんなものはありません。 London School of Economyの連中は冷ややかに、ライバルとして認め難いというしね。 でもコロンビアだといいですね。5月の末に行きましたがあのへんも変わりました。治安が良くなったもの。 第何森ビルの駐車場からポルシェで飛び出してくる、某お姉さまも、無名校のMBAです。 CFAには最後のエッセーで落ちつづけ、お払い箱かと噂されてます。 外資系の金融ならご存知かもしれないのでこのぐらいに・・・。 ぞくぞく次のwana beに脅かされる厳しい世界っスね。
昨日、ビジネススクールのアドミの人間と会って話す機会があった。 著名校だが学校名を出さないことを条件に、以下を語ってくれた。悩める乙女女史も、ご存知のことばかりだろうとは思うが、そのときの私のメモでお伝えしたい。 (あえて翻訳というフィルターも避けた。特に日本人にという前提では聞いてないし、向こうもプロ、日本人を意識して答えてない。 順序は聞き手である私が受け取った、話者の強調印象順であり時系列ではない) (1) Resume: Include a strong resume of your work experience that stresses your management abilities. (2) Essay: Formulate several different ideas for your personal statement. Emphasize leadership abilities, maturity, integrity and teamwork. (3) Recommendations: Cultivate your recommenders in advance. Avoid choosing a "celebrity" recommender and asking your top sawyer write the letter. Admission officers easily recognize a letter from someone who knows you only superficially. You want to people who can write meaningfully about your candidacy. (4) Visiting: Start visiting a variety of schools. Talk to admissions officers, professors and a variety of students. (5) Theme: Come up with a theme for your application that will give it coherence and make it stand out from the pack. (6) Preparation: Familiarized yourself with GMAT. Your score often weights the same as your GPA. (7) Planning: Register for an early GMAT registration, so you can take it again if need be. (8) Financing: Complete financing-aid applications early. Send them in on the day the school begin accepting applications. (9) Timing: Start sending for catalogs and applications early. 以下はQ&Aの一部。質問者は私。 Q: What makes terrific interview? A; Individually, sincerity and an ability to communicate well. Also, candidates who've done their research and know what they are looking for and why our school fits them perfectly. I'm also interested to learn their insights into why they've made various choices. We like to learn what make them tick. Q: What are some common mistakes? A; Some people rambles and offer a lot of unnecessary information. Others don't answer our questions or are not prepared and haven't done their research. You're left wondering what they are looking for in a business-school education and why they selected our school. Remember, we're reviewing between 2,000 and 3,000 applicants every year. (この後は希望があれば載せるが、とりあえずここまででいいでしょ)
>>52 祈ってくれてありがとう。確かにあんさんのおっしゃるとおりでおま。 "悩める乙女"女史は、すべて対応できているとは一言もいうてへん。 しかし52さん、いちいち人脈やなんておもて茶のみ話しまっかいな、飛躍されたらかなわんて。 英語も最低限でけんかったらマスター取れへんのんやし。いまだに苦労してると白状してまんがな。 それにやね、受験なんて目新しいことあるわけやなし。誰がどないぃうても、ありきたりのことちゃいますの? 忘備リストで正解でんがな。 >>47 Q: Is an M.B.A. increasingly necessary in today's business world? A: Yes, as business are downsizing and technology is changing, businesses are becoming more Global. Successful managers require even broader skills in so many different areas. We also find that about 40 percent of our graduates acquire or start their own businesses. A general management education is relevant to entrepreneurial careers.
>>1 >>to distressed maiden Both federal and state law (at least in California) prohibit age discrimination in university admissions. In addition, all three of the schools you mention proclaim in their admissions materials that they do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, etc. Imagine if the adcom person you referred to said that they were concerned about how you would look to recruiters because you were Black or Hispanic. The school would have no defense to a lawsuit claiming unlawful discrimination and the same principles apply to age discrimination. The fact that companies recruiting may discriminate against older students is no defense. Indeed, a business school that permits companies who discriminate against students age forty or older to use their facilities to recruit would itself be guilty of discrimination (under a different set of laws prohibiting age discrimination in employment). Nor is the suggestion that you go to an EMBA program any defense. The law does not permit segregating students on the basis of age any more than it does on the basis of race. If you want more information, contact the Office of Civil Rights of the United States Department of Education. You also should consider contacting a lawyer knowledgeable about civil rights matters.
こういうやり取りも見つけた。参考になるといいのですが。 I would like your opinion on whether being accepted to a top 10 business school at 41 years old is achievable. In the past two years I have applied to 3 top schools. My applications were not that good the first time around but they were solid last year. My background is: 3.9/4.0 BS Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon 3.9/4.0 MS Engineering, Stanford GMAT 720 Strong engineering and project mgmt experience in a non-traditional industry (spacecraft, defense industry) Good extracurriculars I've been turned down by Stanford, Kellogg and Tuck. I was surprised by feedback I received from one of the schools. I was told I had great academics, solid references and work experience, great essays and good extracurriculars. Sounds good? The major concern was how I would look to recruiters after graduation. I took that to mean that the school was concerned about placing someone at my age. The AdCom member suggested an EMBA but I told her I want a career change and I felt a full-time program with a summer internship in a different industry was critical. Given this experience, should I even consider an MBA? Do I have an age problem both with admissions and on the exit side with employers? -------------------- Unbelievable. I can't believe they ALL turned it down, especially with your stats. They make it sound like the only reason someone would want to get an MBA is to get a job with some company after graduation. I guess they are worried about messing up their placement stats. What if you wanted to get an MBA because you want to manage your business better? What if you want to get an MBA because that's something you always wanted to do? -------------------- Try Wharton! -------------------- why do u say wharton? any past experience ?pls elaborate I was really shocked to read sateng's comments-is it so bad with 40 year olds? -------------------- Unlike Stanford or HBS , Wharton believes that having students with signigficant work experience is a key success factors in building insightful case discusions. -------------------- I would also try European schools such as INSEAD and LBS if you don't mind location. Europeans are much more likely to go to an MBA at that age. In fact if you read the stats their average age is higher as compared to US programs. --------------------
昨日の情報交換会で僕が配ったもの。 Despite the dismal economy, we have entered the age of professional entrepreneurs, largely because the nation's top business schools, prompted by the Internet startup craze, formalized programs along those lines.
As Internet businesses flourished, M.B.A. programs questioned the wisdom of training primarily bankers, consultants and corporate managers. For instance, Harvard Business School(HBS) launched its Business Plan Contest in 1996. Likewise, Stanford University's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies was founded the same year. One school where entrepreneurship has long been a way of life is MIT (Sloan). Its $50,000 Business Plan contest has served as a model for others.
Michael Berton, a Sloan School of Management student, symbolizes the new breed of professional entrepreneur. "I'd rather have half the money and twice the impact," he wrote on the exclusive forum for MBA students. Berton is unwilling to take investors' money until he's had the training in school and seasoning with the other one's company. This sentiment is prevalent among Parduhn's peers. In one entrepreneurship class, a mere 10 percent to 15 percent are planning to jump into startups right after graduation, compared with 30 percent a year ago.
We can thank the B2B and B2C boom for that. And today, it's B2B and B2C of a different sort (i.g. 40 on this thread)--back to banking and back to consulting (credit for the pun goes to Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Rob Austin, is it correct?). Entrepreneurship programs have put down roots that codify company building.
"This year's [Sloan] graduates are genuflecting before big companies and are very nervous about startups," said Howard Anderson, who teaches an entrepreneurship class at Sloan and is founder of The Yankee Group. "Amateur night is over."