Great Posts
Some excellent stuff today from the League of MBA Bloggers:
Brit-Chick posted a link to an article on the Graduate Management Admission Council website that deals with the "hits" and "misses" that MBA admissions officers make.
My favorite paragraph:
Another characteristic of unsuccessful admits that can be detected in the admissions process is arrogance. Is an applicant rude to admissions office staff? Does he think his grades or GMAT® scores make his acceptance a sure bet? Watch out, said some symposium participants. People who exhibit arrogance as applicants rarely change. They may be unable to work as part of a team, may have unrealistic expectations about their job prospects, may have a sense of entitlement when it comes to student and career services, and may put off recruiters with their self-centered attitudes.
Sense of entitlement? Unrealistic expectations when it comes to . . . career services? Sounds like half the posters on BW!
Keven gives a good synopsis of the article here.
iwhoElse also posted a link to an article. This was a full-blown attack on business schools, with Wharton the primary target. The reporter's conclusions were nothing new: "The Man has no soul. An MBA will turn you into The Man. You will have no soul." Yawn. Still, the article was worth reading for some of its descriptions. For example:
The reporter's account of the "Succeeding in Business Today" seminar led by a woman named Madison. "'It may also be a test,' Madison had warned earlier, 'if a senior executive lights up and offers us a cigarette when we happen to smoke. "It's not corporate."'"
So true. Always decline his/her cigarette and light up one of your own. That way, you look prepared.
I also enjoyed reading, in the same article, about the "Identity Is Destiny" seminar. The consultant asks, "How, to use MBA lingo, do you differentiate yourselves?" Everyone (who is quoted) answers "quant" skills.
The fact that other people gave the same answer would suggest that quantitative reasoning skills are not much of a differentiator. I would have said, "I make a great martini" or "I'm psychic." Neither is true, but with the proper delivery/timing, it could have been funny. Judging from the article, it sounds like some Wharton-ites could do with a little more humor in their lives. I guess that's true for everybody, though, isn't it?
Brit-Chick posted a link to an article on the Graduate Management Admission Council website that deals with the "hits" and "misses" that MBA admissions officers make.
My favorite paragraph:
Another characteristic of unsuccessful admits that can be detected in the admissions process is arrogance. Is an applicant rude to admissions office staff? Does he think his grades or GMAT® scores make his acceptance a sure bet? Watch out, said some symposium participants. People who exhibit arrogance as applicants rarely change. They may be unable to work as part of a team, may have unrealistic expectations about their job prospects, may have a sense of entitlement when it comes to student and career services, and may put off recruiters with their self-centered attitudes.
Sense of entitlement? Unrealistic expectations when it comes to . . . career services? Sounds like half the posters on BW!
Keven gives a good synopsis of the article here.
iwhoElse also posted a link to an article. This was a full-blown attack on business schools, with Wharton the primary target. The reporter's conclusions were nothing new: "The Man has no soul. An MBA will turn you into The Man. You will have no soul." Yawn. Still, the article was worth reading for some of its descriptions. For example:
The reporter's account of the "Succeeding in Business Today" seminar led by a woman named Madison. "'It may also be a test,' Madison had warned earlier, 'if a senior executive lights up and offers us a cigarette when we happen to smoke. "It's not corporate."'"
So true. Always decline his/her cigarette and light up one of your own. That way, you look prepared.
I also enjoyed reading, in the same article, about the "Identity Is Destiny" seminar. The consultant asks, "How, to use MBA lingo, do you differentiate yourselves?" Everyone (who is quoted) answers "quant" skills.
The fact that other people gave the same answer would suggest that quantitative reasoning skills are not much of a differentiator. I would have said, "I make a great martini" or "I'm psychic." Neither is true, but with the proper delivery/timing, it could have been funny. Judging from the article, it sounds like some Wharton-ites could do with a little more humor in their lives. I guess that's true for everybody, though, isn't it?
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