[Personal Branding]G 750, 兩年半經驗轉職,低GPA, top 20?

A:
前三年看过许多相似案例

有人上了前二十，甚至有人上了西北哈佛斯坦福

但大多还是落在二十名边上的学校

Georgetown或Emory就听过好几个

严格说两年半经验在前面牛校算是弱势

虽说今年全球经济衰退估计涌入大批申请人

但根本还是出在申请人的why now

初步条件来看主要有三大挑战

一是还不具备足够质量的经验

leadership能够发挥有限

二是除了为什么现在最根本的还是why mba

需要以长程策略考量来解释

重点不是在为何要换

而是要看why thy timing

第三是大幅度的GPA与GMAT差距会让adcom有两个反应

一是大学时候怎么了

二是这GMAT分数是怎么得到的

committee原则上都是相信人的

但必须要有很合理的逻辑

本科没念好 时间都用哪去了


在年资不够的状况下

只剩这些逻辑点可以解释

需要特别多花心思刻画动机

[Personal Branding]多少年经验对career changer能有多大用处呢？

Q:
多少年经验对career changer能有多大用处呢？MBA不只是general management。

A:
Everything is relevant

even if you switch career, you still need to leverage your experience to the maximum

or you did waste your life

mba is not just a pass

it's a life advancement process

or at least adcoms look it this way

US NEWS2008排名表,另选校问题请教各路牛人,尤其davidlee0222请进

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Q:
US NEWS2008排名表,另选校问题请教各路牛人,尤其davidlee0222请进

另,路过的朋友请帮忙支招
小弟概况:
本科大陆Top15经济学(xx大学,其实都不知道现在还有没有top15),GPA 79/100
5年政府部门工作经验,从事对外招商引资方面,有一定国际交流经验
Gmat760,Toefl 99
推荐信准备请同级别同事写,因为领导们外语不好不愿意
职业规划是希望毕业进入大公司直接投资部门,5年后回国做Private equity投资(目前essay是这么写的)
目前人在北美明州,准备申请09fall full time MBA

请大家帮我看看职业规划,选校计划可行不?
12月R1, U of minnesota Carlson, Emory(听说去年钱多)
1月R2,U of michigan(梦校), Rice U(Huston气候好), Cornell(博一下)

打算投6-9间选校,可是现在只选了5间,其他不知道如何是好,请指教
首要条件是奖学金,家里条件没有奖明年是读不起了只能再推一年,其次是职业出路和气候环境等等

p.s.明大暂时是首选,可是这里冬天太冷了,现在已经开始下雪了,对我这个南方人真是要命了

谢谢!

A:
严重感谢LZ抬举点名小弟

小弟两肋差刀前来相助


商学院排名原则上以BusinessWeek为主

美国名校与企业一致推崇，并以商业面向本位分析是他们家饭碗

US NEWS的排名主要是一般本科或研究所排名

以及各领域下细分的专业比BusinessWeek精致的多

但因商学院特例，学术质量只是其中一项指标

US NEWS其排名一般研究所学术质量的标准，

对商学院要求工作资历与未来出路的评核较难鉴定

FT的排名有参考价值

但在商学院以美国市场为主流的前提下

FT排名仍无法动摇BW的全球主导地位

虽说BW的排名也有不少面向让人诟病

各主修领域下的细节分析几乎空白

只有粗略四大归类 营销 财务 管顧 创业

各校特性几乎无法体现

只能由文字报导来函盖各校情势

又各校报导多出自学校自发新闻，各说各话

学生前程的自主选择与最核心的课程资源编排，却反而被排名迷思所盖过

但就小弟实地走访十多所top20名校的心得

排名的确高度影响学生竞争力与天才素质

排名越高的学校学生越聪明 资历与领导力越强





GMAT大牛分已经足以盖过GPA

充分证明学术能力与思考智能

又位居政府招引外资要职

五年资历正当中国经济起飞

会有众多惊人故事可以写

并且必定有一些史无前例的创举

找出其中的创新领导故事做小说式的深入视觉化体现

绝对可以挑战前十名校

唯一问题将出在需详细解释为何要往大公司投资部门发展

跟个人的三项生涯动力：Enthusiasm, Personal Characteristics, Professional Capabilities

有何深刻的个人化结合

建议LZ先不用将生涯目标完全限制在投资或PE

回头仔细检视三项生涯动力

由以往资历与三项动能总结后是否仍指向投资

总结内容将会是essay的核心



推荐信需要找目前直属主管或先前直属主管

越级或同级都不具参考效力

因为越级主管对申请人的了解程度并不深入
无法讲出申请人执行项目时的细节故事

而同级并没有对申请人正式进行过专业评核

只会褒不会贬

并且非出自管理角度

权力结构上并不是监督者与任用者角色



LZ还有非常多学校可以挑战,不用限制在明州

若真要走PE

靠LZ的政府要职资历

NYU甚至哥大都可以直申

Fuqua Ross也绝对在挑战名单

明大是综合管理学校,今年掉出三十名外

Emory注重领导力训练

从去年着重的软式领导力训练课程

转为今年的大众化多主修,符合各家口味

还有其他综合财务强校如UCLA，Cornell， UT Austin，Darden，U of Rochester

至于终极强校 芝大,华顿,哈,史,西北,MIT

则需要更强力的综合竞争力与领导力展现

甚至是长期的财务资历积累与热诚

[Personal Branding]請問關於政府背景的申請人(v)

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請問關於政府背景的申請人
申請時提政令見解有用嗎?
推薦人找高官好嗎?
特殊名校招收政府背景的考量與偏好如何?

1 。有的 重点是要强调您在政策上的见解是否有前瞻性

而又能在这类思考的过程中 能够展现多少领导潜质

又能展现多少creativity

重点是在看思考的“过程” 而不只是看政策总结

2 。 adcom所要看的是推荐人对您长时间而密集的观察

要能够描述出您的细部个性与性格特质

并且需要大量证据支持

因此只有直属主管能有这样的角色与地位

找大官是没有帮助的 反而会让内容精细度降低

3 。原则上各名校都有政要背景出身的入学生

每年都有

华顿甚至有白宫经验的入学生

学校原则上不会有特别理由偏好政府背景

而是要看申请人的生涯规划有多完整

未来有何规划而为何需要MBA课程

有多少证据证明对特别学校MBA课程的fit

学校审核是以holistic evaluation为主
從intellectual capability, proven leadership potential, 及personal quality來審核申請人資格

[Personal Branding]Maryland Essay question

Q:
讨论 请问达人，maryland里有一道
How will you contribute to the legacy of the Robert H Smith School of Business?
legacy of the Robert H Smith School of Business是什么意思啊？跟whay this school是一个意思还是问你的diversity‘啊？

百思不得其解，求指点，谢谢~~



A:
legacy是讲前人遗留下的资产

这道题的意思是，当您未来加入这间学校成为Smith的一份子

您要如何贡献并传承Smith的校园精神

因此首先要了解Smith的校风

数码与创新

自身有哪些共通点能够先与学校产生共鸣

再将您身上学校所没有的特质做加强贡献

因此确实是school fit与value contribution的结合题

贡献可从各种面向

从您的出身背景，语言与市场文化

到您的独特生涯经历

以及最重要的您的人格特质与行事风格

将您的灵魂与学校精神作结合

[Personal Branding]Essay strategy and tips 81110

Whys: Why MBA, Why Now, Why this school
Long-Term and Short-Term Goals
and Persoanl Uniqueness

-You need to go much deeper on your whys

and be analytical, not just emotional expressions with adjectives

use fuctional and skill terms such as "advanced market forcast skills, sharpen negotiation skills, learn pricing strategy and fundamental finance analysis, also quality control on supply chain."

-More specific on your goals, and more details on what you needs

"to thrive my career to senior supply chain manager in 3 years after my mba, I need more strategic mindset on external partnership management, while supervise and motivate my team on efficiency control, also delegate subordinate on bahalf of senior executives, I need xxx MBA's 'Competing Through Supply Chain Logistics,' 'Procurement and Sourcing Strategies,' also 'Leading The Strategic Change Process.'"


-your long-term career aspiration needs to come our from your personality and soul

and supported by anecdotal stories and track evidence

"when I was in college club running xx charity event, my classmate Nancy accidentally notified that I was good at logistic details, and I was always good on interpersonal communications. Since then, I focused my career on supply chain management and have been constantly promoted 3 times in 4 years to a department supervisor."

-For your why now, you need to explain clearer about the urgency

"When my VP promoted me to this position and expected me to take bigger responsibility on executive level in 3 to 4 years, I felt empty on corporate strategy and cross-business negotiation, and I don't see the systemetic training in company to prepare me for senior position in short run, so studying an MBA now is a better opportunity cost for me."


-Need to show your uniqueness through your diverse background and personal experiences

and you need to walk adcom through the details with stories, at least 2 to 3 levels down

or you can see most people say the same thing as your statement

it should be like this: "coping with 6 countries across Europe, Asia, and South America shaped my unique personality. The enthusiasm from Brazil partner, the strictness from Japan supplier,and the emotional Euperean-style negotiation experience taught me how to manage unpredictable schedule. One time when I led the outsourcing project with Japanese partner, I....."


-For long-term aspiration, it needs to be realistic and feasible through specific short-term steps.

"When I discussed the outsourcing strategy with my CEO, I felt I could see through his vision with more systemetic on risk management, and also more strategic on competition...To be a supply chain executive focusing on East Europe strategic alignment, I know I'm lack of turing vision into corporate policies, and also I need more social skills on both networking with senior business partners and also time management. Also on capital raising and finance optimization, I need to improve those skills from my short-term goal "senior supply chain manager in Asia regional market first."

It needs to be much deeper from the "invisible motivation," "underlying reasoning," and your "seasoned personality"

[Personal Branding]How about 32+ years old applicants?

Q:
How about 32+ years old applicants? Do I have a chance for top MBA?

A:
Don't worry

32 is very normall age in b-schools

about 1/4 of MBA students in the States are at this age

in the States

the more experienced, the more contribution you can give

and also the deeper you'll learn

also bigger chance to find job (except some consulting jobs require young graduates)

since you're more prepared in career

just try to focus more on your seasoned experiences in application

[MUST READ] Honor from NSHMBA!!! (v)

主旨: Thank you
寄件者: "Rose Mary Bombela-Tobias"
日期: Sat, 十一月 8, 2008 9:36 pm
收件者: davidl@mbacareerfitter.com
副本:
重要性: 普通
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November 8, 2008

David Hsin-Hung Lee
MBA Career Consultant
David's MBA Career Management


Dear David:

It was an honor and privilege working with you at the National Society
of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) 2008 Career Conference and Expo. Your
commitment, passion and professionalism made the Resume and Interview Clinic an unqualified success. We assisted nearly 500 job seekers over
2 days with your help.

The evaluations returned to the Clinic reported that recommendations
and advice given by the professionals made a significant difference in
their presentations and job search. You were mentioned specifically in
one evaluation with the following comment, "David Lee was great. He
really helped me remove all the technical jargon from my resume.
Thanks!"

NSHMBA leadership and staff have praised our program as exceeding
their expectations and a testament to the highest standards of the
career services industry.

We thank you for sharing your talent with us. We hope you enjoyed the
experience as much as we did.



Warm regards,


Murray and Rose Mary


Murray A. Mann and Rose Mary Bombela-Tobias
NSHMBA Resume and Interview Clinic
Coordinators
Authors, Barron The Complete Job Search Guide for
Latinos
Principals, Global Diversity Solutions Group- Building High
performance Multi-Cultural
Workplaces
www.jobsearchguideforlatinos.com

[Personal Branding]How to show "why now?"

A:

you need to explain that in your career progress, you have a major bottleneck now that cannot be broken through on your current position in short future

to explain this

the best way is through opportunity cost analysis

you need to show that in short future

the opportunity cost of staying in status quo is higher than studying an MBA

then you'll have a why now


while you'll need to dig deep into your career evolution and future projection

find out what will happen if you keep the current position in short future

and if you choose to study MBA now, what impact will it give you in immediate future

then the why now will emerge by itself

请问下合资金融公司背景申请MBA的问题

Q:
请问下合资金融公司背景申请MBA的问题

A:
it's about what skill set do you possess now

and what skill set you want to learn from MBA

where are you going, and why

even top schools don't limit your background

and there's no rule saying bigger company names are better

since adcoms all know and will assume in your preliminary experience

you'll only execute task in limited scope

the application is all about your self-awareness

and the clarity of your career path

no need to worry what job function can get better chance in admission

since it simply doesn't work that way

as long as you can elaborate your clear needs for specific mba learnings

and show your leadership potential by career track record

adcom will hand pick the true leaders and train them well