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Published: April 11, 2019

Fridays from the Frontline: Cornell Johnson Park Perspectives, From Internship to Mentorship

There has been much digital ink spilled on these pages about the value of MBA networks, post-graduation. However, one of the most crucial aspects of the business school experience has to do with peer networks that emerge during MBA programs. Peer mentorship relationships between first- and second-year students can make the first year of business school slightly less of a shock to the system for new MBA candidates. They can also help first-years lay the groundwork to get the most out of their business school experience. Second-year MBA student and Park Leadership Fellow Bryan Tannenbaum, who prior to business school served as Citi Community Capital’s Assistant VP, took to the Cornell / Johnson blog to discuss his experiences as both a mentor and mentee. The following piece has been republished in its entirety from its original source, the Cornell Johnson Business Feed. Read more

Published: March 25, 2019

DecisionWire Spotlight: Cornell / Johnson, Michigan / Ross, NYU Stern, or UVA / Darden for Investment Banking

In this MBA DecisionWire Spotlight, which highlights MBA candidates’ choices as shared in Clear Admit’s DecisionWire, we take a closer look at a candidate accepted to Cornell / Johnson, Michigan / Ross, NYU Stern, and UVA / Darden. The candidate is planning a post-MBA career in investment banking and received scholarship offers from Johnson and Ross. Initial feedback was clearer for some more than others: Read more

Published: March 10, 2019

Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / AdCom / Ithaca

Cornell Johnson MBA Interview: I came before classes started so I didn’t see many applicants in the waiting room. Chatted with friendly admissions receptionist before being picked up by AdCom. I was with AdCom member and a student interviewer in training so total of two people in the private office of that AdCom member. Questions Asked: “Walk me through your resume” Asked to justify why I had switched companies/job progression Long term and short term goals Why Cornell How would I take advantage of career management center What activities would I take advantage of outside classroom ie, extracirriculuars Asked if Read more

Published: March 10, 2019

Q&A with Student Interviewers at Cornell / Johnson

As Cornell / Johnson wraps up initial notifications for its January Round this week, we caught up with a few student interviewers to provide insights into their admissions interview. At Johnson, the MBA admissions interview may be conducted by an adcom member or a trained second-year student member of the Johnson Admissions Group (JAG). Two JAG members, Lauren Keithahn and Corey Minerva, shed light on why they became interviewers, what stands out to them in an admissions interview, what advice they have for new candidates and more. Read more

Published: March 7, 2019

International Women’s Day in the Business School Community

Each year, the business school community takes extra time on International Women’s Day to promote gender parity and celebrate women. Given the plethora of events and related research, we’re rounding up what the top business schools are doing as shared on Twitter. A picture from Cornell / Johnson summarized International Women’s Day in 1,000 words: https://twitter.com/CornellMBA/status/1103999121868886017 Cambridge Judge and Yale SOM held events: Read more

Published: March 4, 2019

MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Waitlisted and Waiting to Hear

In this MBA DecisionWire Spotlight, which highlights MBA candidates’ choices as shared in Clear Admit’s DecisionWire, we take a closer look at a couple of candidates either on the waitlist or waiting to hear from other schools before making a decision. If you’re on the waitlist in Round 1, check out our latest podcast about what you can do to improve your odds. The first candidate we highlight was accepted to UNC Kenan-Flagler and on the waitlist at Duke / Fuqua. They are also getting ready to interview at Georgetown / McDonough, and waiting to hear from NYU Stern. Clear Admit’s resident admissions expert, Alex Brown, opened the conversation: Read more

Published: February 14, 2019

Fridays From The Frontline: Park Perspectives: 3 Tips for Maintaining Long-distance Relationships during Business School

In the spirit of Valentine's Day, this week's Fridays from the Frontline highlights advice on relationships during b-school. While candy hearts and teddy bears are sweet signs of love, it takes more than tokens to maintain a long-distance relationship—particularly with the added stress and time consumption of a full-time MBA. Fear not, lovers! Cornell Johnson MBA Taylor Fox ’19 took to the Johnson Experience Blog to offer some tips for prospective b-schoolers on how to make long-distance partnerships work. The following piece has been republished in its entirety from its original source, the Johnson Experience Blog. Read more

Published: February 11, 2019

MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Carolina Connection

In this MBA DecisionWire Spotlight, which highlights MBA candidates’ choices as shared in Clear Admit’s DecisionWire, we highlight a few posts in which several future MBAs seem to be leaning to North Carolina’s most prominent business schools—Duke / Fuqua and UNC Kenan-Flager. Our first candidate, located in Washington DC, gained acceptance to Duke / Fuqua and NYU Stern, but was curious to know more about each school’s social impact career tracks: The original poster notes that they hope to transition from a background in Read more

Published: February 6, 2019

MBA News You Need: Kellogg Announces New Dean, Cornell Johnson Talks Super Bowl Ads, and More

Published: January 22, 2019

MBA News You Need: More MBAs Head Into Tech, LBS Alumna Talks Humanitarian Investing, and More

Published: January 14, 2019

MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Cornell / Johnson or Dartmouth / Tuck for Investment Banking

In this MBA DecisionWire Spotlight, which highlights MBA candidates’ choices as shared in Clear Admit’s DecisionWire, we take a closer look at a candidate accepted to Cornell / Johnson and Dartmouth / Tuck. They also received scholarship offers from both institutions--$100k from Johnson and $60k from Tuck, which seemed to influence their decision making: A community member kicked off the conversation: Read more

Published: January 9, 2019

Admissions Director Q&A: Judi Byers of Cornell University’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management

Clear Admit is delighted to share admissions insights from Judi Byers, the Executive Director of Admissions & Financial Aid at Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. This past summer, Clear Admit’s Jeanette Brown had an enlightening conversation with Byers. Read on for more about the ins and outs of admissions at Johnson, the application and interview processes, and more. CA: Can you tell us when you came to Johnson, where you have been before, and how you got into the career of MBA Admissions? JB: I have been with Cornell Johnson now for about three and a half years. Prior Read more

Published: December 27, 2018

Getting the Most Out of Your MBA Networking at Cornell Johnson

Sponsored Content If you want to get the most out of your Cornell SC Johnson Graduate School of Management MBA program, then networking needs to play a key role in your experience. The good news is that the school offers a range of opportunities and advice for making the making the most of every person you meet. From attending multi-school events to participating in partner organizations, there are a multitude of ways to network with a highly diverse group of people. Judi Byers, the Executive Director of Admissions & Financial Aid, talks about how Cornell Johnson Read more

Published: December 20, 2018

Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: R1 / Admissions / Skype

A Cornell Johnson MBA interview report with questions was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant through Skype. Applied for 1 year MBA program in R1, and interviewed by the end of Oct, already received school offer. The interview is conversational and took about 35mins. Questions 1. Walk me through your resume/tell me about yourself. 2. Why MBA, Cornell One-Yr. 3. Post MBA career goal? Target companies. and what’s your backup plan? 4. Tell me about a challenging team experience. 5. What immersion program are you interested in? Why? 6. How do you Read more

Published: December 19, 2018

Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / 2nd Year Student / On-Campus

A Cornell Johnson MBA interview report with questions was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant on-campus. I interviewed during Johnson’s Round 1 LEAD event, but the interview process is similar to all of their MBA interviews. My interview was with a 2nd year student and it was pretty brief and conversational. Compared to all of my previous interviews, I was surprised that I wasn’t asked any behavioral type questions during the interview – it was mostly focused on “Why Johnson” and what my post-MBA goals are. Overall, interview only lasted about 30 minutes. Questions Walk me through Read more

Published: December 19, 2018

Duke Fuqua Talks MBA Networking that Actually Works

Sponsored Content We love to meet new people and expand our personal network, but we know it’s not always easy. That’s why we talked to Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business to determine how the school can help. Whether it’s by attending a multi-school event or meeting a diverse set of students in the classroom, Duke Fuqua is all about helping you build an MBA network that actually works for you now and in the future. Read what Allison Jamison, the Assistant Dean of Admissions, has to say about taking advantage of your MBA network. Allison Jamison, Duke Fuqua’s Read more

Published: December 17, 2018

Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year student / On-campus

A Cornell Johnson MBA interview report with questions was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant on-campus. Interviewed in late Nov on campus with a second-year student. The interview was very conversational and the second-year student was very friendly and even gave me some really good advice at the end. All questions were very similar to the questions posted on Clear Admit. There were no tricky questions. Questions: 1. tell me about your professional experience 2. short-term/long-term goals 3. why MBA 4. why Johnson 5. what can you contribute to Johnson 6. what clubs are you interested in 7. advice received from current students/alumni 8. how will you prepare yourself for the intensive course load 9. leadership example 10. example of dealing with difficult people 11. what questions do you have Read more

Published: December 16, 2018

Using Social Media to Help Your B-School Application: Advice from Admissions Directors

If you’re an MBA candidate, you should know that there’s more to an MBA application than the forms you fill out and the essays you write. In this age of social media, what you post online can have repercussions in the admissions process and on your future career. Admissions offices at leading business schools know that most applicants maintain an online presence and will sometimes check to see what they’re posting. We recently discussed this very issue in our article, Social Media in MBA Admissions: Can Your Twitter Feed Derail Your B-School Dreams?, which focused on the results of a Kaplan Test Prep survey that reported that 40 percent of admissions officers have visited an applicant’s social media page. So, the question becomes: “How can I make sure that my social media works for me and not against me?” We put this question to admissions officers at some of top b-schools around the country including Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business, University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, and Emory’s Goizueta Business School. While this is a re-post from one year ago, these tips hold true today. Find out what they had to say to MBA candidates with regard to their social media presence: Read more

Published: December 11, 2018

New Top Business School Ranking Skews Results & Misses Top MBA Programs Worldwide

What are the best business schools in the world whether you’re looking to earn your MBA, MIM, or MIF? That’s what Times Higher Education and the Wall Street Journal set to find out in their recent analysis of business schools worldwide. In total, they measured their choices based on 20 individual performance indicators at each program and school. This included talking to more than 23,000 alumni from 2012, 2013, and 2015. Read more

Published: November 26, 2018

How to Build and Take Advantage of Your MBA Network: Advice from 7 Top-Tier Schools

Sponsored Content There’s no doubt that networking is a vital piece of the MBA experience. When done correctly, it can offer a range of benefits from sourcing information to salary growth, building stronger relationships, improving job satisfaction, and more. In fact, research reveals that the more you network and grow your list of diverse contacts, the better you’ll be able to generate ideas. Unfortunately, many MBA students and applicants decide not to start networking until they’re on campus. And, even then, research reveals that while 95 percent of Read more

Published: November 26, 2018

MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Cornell / Johnson or UVA / Darden for MBB

In this MBA DecisionWire Spotlight, which highlights MBA candidates’ choices as shared in Clear Admit’s DecisionWire, we take a closer look at a candidate considering Cornell / Johnson or UVA / Darden in the hopes of joining a top consulting firm. The candidate summarized their plans in the initial post: Clear Admit’s Eliot Ingram kicked off the conversation: Read more

Published: November 8, 2018

Stanford GSB Tops Bloomberg Businessweek Ranking for First Time

The Stanford Graduate School of Business is no stranger to a top spot, but this is their first time claiming #1 on the Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-School list for U.S. programs. There are more familiar faces in the lead, with Wharton holding steady in second and Harvard Business School placing third. MIT / Sloan and Chicago Booth round out the top five, and then some greater shake-ups hit the standings, such as Berkeley / Haas jumping five spots and UVA / Darden a whopping eight positions. This can be attributed to Bloomberg Businessweek’s change in methodology—which was such a departure from last year’s approach, that they did not even include prior rankings for comparison. Before we dig into our key takeaways, here is a quick glance at this year’s top 10 (with the addition of 2017 rankings in parentheses): Read more

Published: November 1, 2018

Top B-School Deans Gaze into Their Crystal Balls to Foretell the MBA’s Future

A conference last month at Rutgers Business School drew top names in graduate management education to discuss how today’s digital revolution is reshaping the ways business schools teach their students—both in the classroom and beyond. Keynote speakers included deans from Stanford Graduate School of Business, Columbia Business School, the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, and Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, among others. The Innovations in Graduate Business Education (IGBE) Conference, hosted every two years Read more

Published: October 31, 2018

MBA News You Need: HBS Celebrates Alumni Entrepreneurs, H1-B Visa Lottery Changes, Cornell Research on Endorsements, and More

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and provide a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top business schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of November 1, 2018. Rock 100 Summit Showcases Successful HBS Alumni Entrepreneurs According to a new survey of Harvard Business School alumni interviewed 10 to 15 years after graduation, 50 percent characterize themselves as entrepreneurs. To celebrate the many successful alumni who have launched or are launching a newly minted enterprise, HBS gathered 100 of Read more

Published: October 28, 2018

What Makes Cornell Johnson’s MBA One of a Kind?

Sponsored Content U.S. News and World Report ranks Cornell University’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management the #15 Best Business School in the U.S. while the Financial Times and The Economist rank the school as #17 in the world, and Forbes ranks the school #10. Cornell Johnson was able achieve such high rankings due to its expert professors, hands-on immersions, and team-focused approach. The school offers multiple MBA program options including a: Two-Year MBA: This 21-month program is located in Read more

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Cornell / Johnson

TWO-YEAR CLASS SIZE: 282

Women: 41%

MEDIAN GMAT: 710

MEDIAN GPA: 3.4

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November 30, 2024 3:11am ET

Applying: Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Banking and Fintech: top fintech unicorn, Citi, and Local bank

Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking Companies: Citibank , Deutsche Bank , Goldman Sachs

GRE: 314

GPA: 3.75

Years of Work Experience: 4.5

Location: Lusaka Zambia

Post MBA Location: Banking

November 29, 2024 6:18am ET

Applying: Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton

Pre-MBA Career: Investment Analyst Endowment

Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking, Asset Management, inc. HF Companies: JP Morgan , Morgan Stanley , Blackrock , Goldman Sachs

GMAT: 760

GPA: 3.44

Years of Work Experience: 3.5

Location: Chicago

Post MBA Location: Chicago/NYC

Notes:

I currently do direct startup investments and M&A for a healthcare system, and lead coverage of equities in their endowment $15B AUM. I want to peruse an MBA to do a PE secondaries or emerging market research. I have a CFA level 2 so I feel like the former is more doable than the latter.

November 28, 2024 10:49pm ET

Applying: Arizona State / W.P. Carey

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Accountant

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Booz Allen Hamilton , Ernst & Young

GRE: 311

GPA: 3.22

Years of Work Experience: 2.5

Location: Ghana

Post MBA Location: Accountant/Public

November 28, 2024 8:12am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Consulting

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology

GMAT: 645

GPA: 84%

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: Brazil

November 27, 2024 5:44pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Duke / Fuqua, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton

Pre-MBA Career: Corporate Communication Specialist

Post-MBA Target Industry: Other

GPA: 3.9

Years of Work Experience: 6

Location: Indonesia

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December 1, 2024 2:27am ET

Applied to Michigan State / Broad

Round: Round 2

Received via n/a

GPA: 3.0

GMAT: 645

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Technology

Application Location: shanghai

Note:

I have 6 years of experience in the technology/manufacturing industry. I am primarily responsible for the marketing/sales side of the business, specializing in cross-cultural communication and interaction.

November 30, 2024 8:02am ET

Interview Invite to Cornell / Johnson

Round: Round 1

Received via portal

GPA: 3.4

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: Washington, DC

Note:

Applied via Consortium, Invited for LEAD Event on 11/22.

November 29, 2024 5:22pm ET

Accepted to NYU Stern

Round: Round 1

Received via email on November 25, 2024

GPA: 3.65

GRE: 339

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Non Profit / Social Impact

Application Location: USA

November 29, 2024 1:53pm ET

Accepted to London Business School

Round: Round 1

Received via email on November 25, 2024

GPA: 3.8

GRE: 333

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: New York

November 29, 2024 9:05am ET

Accepted to Cornell / Johnson

Round: Round 1

Received via phone on November 25, 2024

GPA: 3.52

GMAT: 635

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: Northeast

Note:

Received a call on Nov. 26. Prior background is work in communications/marketing.

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