Yet another post by students who were part of the GIXs conducted during spring break. This group had visited India for their GIX and traveled to Mumbai, Bangalore, and Kolkata to get immersed in the socio-cultural-economic fabric of the country. Here it is:
Kevin Friedenberg is a first year student who has a background in agriculture. He had visited India recently as part of the GIX. His story is representative of the reach of the Tuck network and the approachable nature of Tuck alumni, irrespective of where they are and how accomplished they are. This is what makes Tuck such a special place - school that really makes things happen for its student community. It's a place where opportunities are literally jumping out at you at every step.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/how-i-landed-a-summer-internship-at-siemens-usa
The slew of articles describing students' experiences with the GIXs keep rolling in. This one is by an Indian student who went on a trip to Georgia (the country) and Armenia. He was completely blown away by the experience - enough to call it the "best trip of my life." Read on as Parthi shares his experiences and excitement.
Dean Paul Danos is retiring at the end of June and Matt Slaughter will be replacing him as Tuck's new dean. Last week, at a gala dinner organized to celebrate Paul Danos, a group of alumni came together and contributed $10M to name Tuck's deanship in honor of Paul Danos, More on this story here:
https://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/newsroom/articles/10-million-given-in-honor-of-dean-paul-danos
It's not for nothing that Tuck has historically been at or near the very top in terms business schools with the highest percentage (high-90s to be precise) of students graduating from the MBA program with offers and opportunities to pursue their dream careers. For more on how the Career Development Office at Tuck facilitates this, read on:
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/qa-what-you-need-to-know-about-careers-at-tuck
To all those applicants who were unsuccessful in their efforts to get admitted to Tuck, it's been a very competitive year, and it's not reflecting of your own abilities. Some of you may have been offered specific feedback as well. In any case, read on for generic feedback from Tuck Admissions.
Those of you who had the opportunity to attend the mock-class taught by Prof. Praveen Kopalle last year in Mumbai might recollect his lucid explanations of some of the more complicated topics in Big Data and Data Analytics. The depth of research and thought leadership at Tuck is among the best in the world. More importantly, it's the ability to explain this research in a way that is easily understood by MBA students coming from different backgrounds which sets Tuck faculty apart.
Each graduating class selects two professors who made the most impact on them during the two years at Tuck and confers upon them, the Teaching Excellence Award. Indeed, it's the dream of every Tuck professor to be selected for these highly coveted awards - which speaks of the inherent culture of teaching among the world's top researchers.
This year, the awards have been announced and not surprisingly, Praveen Kopalle is among one of the two professors selected. Here's more on these awards and the professors who have been honored for their teaching by the Class of 2015.
The reflections on spring break Tuck GIXs to the various parts of the world continues. Here's the scoop on the experiences of the group that went to Qatar and UAE.
For those of you looking to apply for the MBA later this year, some germane advice on GMAT and your overall rationale for the MBA from the associate director of admissions, Kristin Roth.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/before-the-gmat
One of the graduating students shares his list of favorite professors at Tuck over the two years of his Tuck experience. Read on to get a glimpse of the fantastic faculty that teach at Tuck.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/my-top-5-favorite-professors
It's out. The essay questions for this year's Tuck application have been released. The application itself will be available in some weeks, but until then, you can mull these questions and plan your approach to answering them. Happy Thinking!
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/tucks-2015-2016-essay-questions
Here's some very pertinent insights from a T'16 based on his recruiting experience. Bear in mind, what he's discussing here transcends domestic and international students. His thoughts are germane to Tuckies in general. Read on!
Tuck students impact real businesses and deliver real value to them while fulfilling the academic rigor the Tuck MBA thrusts on them, all the while having fun and forming life-long bonds. The following post exemplifies this, a project the students did as part of their First Year Project.
As the next crop of prospective applicants start working on their MBA applications and the essays, here's timeless advice from the Admissions Committee on things that should be kept in mind to write essays that are truly outstanding. Simple advice, but very important.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/advice-from-adcom-excellent-essays
What is the Tuck experience like? What makes it such a unique and personally enriching and professionally outstanding program? Captured here are thoughts from a T'16 who just finished her first year - her most important takeaways from the first half of the Tuck experience.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/halfway-there-4-takeaways-from-my-first-year-at-tuck
There's a myth that has been perpetuating out there - at least among the Indian applicants - that Tuck is an out and out consulting school. Yes, a decent number of Tuck first and second year students do go for consulting as a career. But to say that that's the staple for Tuckies is a misnomer by all means. There is an equal, if not more, number of students who choose to go into finance-related career - be it investment banking, corporate finance, insurance, commercial and retail banking, etc. There's a good number of students who pursue general management careers - corporate strategy, marketing, and leadership rotational programs in diverse industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and so on. Then there are those tough nuts who either want to work for a Silicon Valley-based start up, or work on entrepreneurial ideas of their own, or get into venture capital and private equity.
So who's propagating this myth and why? I'm not sure. Tuck is a pure general management MBA program. That means when you get out of Tuck, you don't get an MBA in finance, you don't get an MBA in strategy. You get an MBA in General Management. You become a general manager, a leader. During the the first year, you take the core courses and in the second year, you enroll in courses that interest you personally, and explore areas that you want to focus on in your career. And this is what enables Tuckies to pursue all of the career avenues that have been outlined above. Let there be no doubt.
Check out for instance, the first annual marketing symposium that was held at Tuck a few weeks ago. It was such a tremendous acknowledgement of the fact that Tuck has a strong research and teaching focus in the area of marketing.
This is very relevant advice to recent graduates as they look to figure out their future plans. If MBA is on their radar, get started with this video blog from Dawna Clarke, Director of Tuck Admissions.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/considering-b-school-advice-for-recent-grads
How approachable are Tuck professors? Very!
Here's a chat with Prof. Emily Blanchard in an effort to get to know her better, beyond the confines of the classroom.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/getting-to-know-professor-emily-blanchard
What does it take to be a successful applicant to Tuck? In general, the common themes that we see in applicants are enumerated in this very useful post from Tuck Admissions. Hope this will give you an insight into what Tuck is looking for in applicants.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/7-traits-of-a-successful-applicant-1
For all those career-focused MBA aspirants (which is every one of them), here's an informative chat with Tuck CDO Director, Jonathan Masland on all things career-related.