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MBA Admissions Round-up

Let's look at a few MBA items:

• Accepted and Manhattan GMAT are teaming up for a free MBA admissions information session. on  Thursday June 26 from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at MGMAT's Santa Monica Center.
  

  During the first part of the session, I will explore the purpose of the MBA application essays, suggest an effective structure, and recommend writing tools you can use to craft distinctive, engaging essays that will personalize you and take you well beyond the boxes and numbers contained in other parts of your application.

  Then, one of ManhattanGMAT’s expert instructors will separate fact from fiction with respect to the grueling GMAT exam – you’ll walk out knowing how the GMAT works, what it tests, how business schools interpret scores, and why short-cuts and tricks will only get you so far. Sign up today!

  Remember, if you purchase an MGMAT prep course or tutoring and enter  the coupon code  AACMG, you will get 10% off your GMAT prep.

• Beautiful B-School Photo Contest Winners.

And the winners are...

1. Eric Nie for a delightful Darden shot.
2. Melanie Kanter for  a stellar Stanford photo.
3. Brian Kindle for a spectacular picture of the Chicago skyline.

Thanks again to our judges:

• Graham Richmond – Co-Founder and CEO of Clear Admit; Co-founder of AIGAC
• Iday (Chicago) - Author of etc, etc.
• Necromonger  Author of Let me wear a Suit. Please!
• Achilles - Author of Experiences- My Life
• MBA Runner Girl - Author of MBA Runner Girl
• Christof Meyer - Author of Square Method Design

• Wondering about Chicago's Powerpoint question? BW's Alison Damast interviewed Rose Martinelli, associate dean for student recruitment at The University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business, about that very question in the new BW Getting In blog.  Here is an excerpt:
  
  
  The [powerpoint slides] that stood out were from the students who showed a side of themselves that wasn't in the rest of their application, Martinelli said. "You could tell when someone figured out how to work with the ambiguity and really embraced that, rather than saying, 'I'm going to play it safe and regurgitate what is in my application already.'"
  
  Hint: Every essay -- not just the powerpoint or creative ones -- should show "a side of [you] that wasn't in the rest of their application."
• Social Networking and MBA Admissions. The Wall St. Journal surveys the MBA social networking scene in "Internet Gives MBA Schools Global Reach." MBA forums, chats, Facebook, blogs all provide you with great ways to learn about the different schools. There is no shortage of information. Perhaps there's even a glut.

Beautiful B-School Photo Contest Judges Announced

We have asked those MBA bloggers on Clear Admit's Best of Blogging nominee list for both applicants and students to be judges for the Beautiful B-School Photo contest, provided we could find contact information for them and they accepted our invitation to judge.

The judges are: 

1. Graham Richmond – Co-Founder and CEO of Clear Admit; Co-founder of AIGAC
2. Iday (Chicago) - Author of etc, etc. and currently an MBA student at the University of Chicago.
3. Necromonger  Author of Let me wear a Suit. Please! and an MBA student at INSEAD. 
4. Achilles - Author of Experiences- My Life and an MBA applicant. 
5. MBA Runner Girl - Author of MBA Runner Girl and  an MBA applicant joining Columbia's class of '08.
6. Christof Meyer - Author of Square Method Design and an MBA student at Darden

All the students and applicant judges were winners or nominees in Clear Admit's 07-08 Best of Blogging contest. Congratulations to you all and thanks for volunteering to judge the photo contest.

We will announce the winners as soon as the Accepted staff  receives the responses and tallies them. Stay tuned.

MBA Jargon Dictionary

Do you speak the MBA lingo? MBA Dictionary is out and as of 2/27/2008 it is taking user vote counts and contributions. (Hat tip to Seattle PI). The page is decorated with screenshots from Office Space and includes such examples as (though many are serious or maybe I just did not catch the humor):

bring to the table (v. phrase)

Refers to what one offers or provides, especially in negotiations. Personally, I bring a fork.

dialogue (v.)

It's true that Shakespeare used "dialogue" as a verb ("Dost Dialogue with thy shadow?"). But I've got news for ya, buddy: You ain't no Shakespeare. Resist the temptation to use this utterly superfluous verb as a substitute for "talk" or "speak." Usage example: “Let’s dialogue telephonically via land line," meaning "call me at the office." Sigh.

Value proposition (n.)

The unique set of benefits that you offer to customers to sucker them into  buying your product or service. Sometimes shortened to "value prop," as in "What's your value prop?" Word.

Dictionary Link: http://www.johnsmurf.com/jargon.htm

some music

Inspired by the poetry Aejaz has posted, and by his permission to post stupid things, I decided to publish some recordings I'm making from time to time. I love the guitar, and I hope some day I'll have time to learn it properly :) Perhaps when GMAT Club fires me :)

Another Blues
Another Something

posted by gravedigger