Yours truly has spent quite a bit of time talking to prospective applicants to business schools across India. These conversations will form the basis of my blogging efforts as I share my experiences and answer any questions you may have regarding any aspect of the MBA application (I may not have answers to all of your questions, but will do my best to give you an honest answer). Look forward to an engaging interaction with you!
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/differentiating-yourself-as-an-indian-applicant
Tuck is known for its academic rigor and its extraordinarily close-knit community. Here are thoughts from a first year student on how packed and exhilarating the fall term at Tuck is.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/whirlwind-fall-term-at-tuck
For the many MBA aspirants out there who harbor entrepreneurial ambitions, here are some insights into how Tuck students have taken up entrepreneurship as their calling with support from Tuck and Dartmouth.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/cdo-weighs-in-entrepreneurship-in-action-at-tuck-dartmouth
A second year Tuck student's experiences are chronicled here. She was part of team that went to Prague for the OnSite Global Consulting project under the aegis of TuckGO. For more on the project that fundamentally altered her view of Europe, read on.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/tuckgo-a-close-look-at-media-best-practices-in-prague
What does life in the fall quarter at Tuck entail? What kind of activities do students get involved in? What are those experiences like? The answers to all these questions is below, through the eyes of one current first year student.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/fall-at-tuck-my-top-5-favorite-moments
Friends, can anyone throw some light on the interview process? Do they invite for interviews or do we need to apply earlier itself? I am a bit confused!
For everyone whose career goals are squarely in investment banking, and are wondering how to crack the interview, here's some very pertinent advice from Tuck's CDO on recruiting into this career track.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/cdo-weighs-in-recruiting-advice-for-the-investment-banking-in...
What is fit? How do you figure out which school is the right fit for you? And where you're the best fit? Yours truly explores this very important question in this post.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/survival-of-the-fittest-fittingly-enough-its-all-about-fit
After so many posts about day in the life of a Tuckie while at Tuck, here's a post that talks about day in the life of a Tuckie who was at Tuck a few years ago. In this case, a Tuck alum who's now working at Amazon in Seattle. Amazon is one of the big recruiters at Tuck and there's a big group of Tuckies that call Seattle home. Here's more.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/iamtuck-a-day-in-the-life-of-anne-t11
With November round results having come out a little more than a week back, and January round admissions to be declared on March 11th, is the admissions season winding down? No!! Tuck's April round is still to come and I've been getting queries regarding applying in the April round. Here's a post answering precisely that question.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/should-you-apply-round-3-maybe
Tuckies take up internships in companies across any number of sectors - consulting, banking, VC/PE, technology, general management, non-profits, real estate, entrepreneurship/start ups, and so on. Here's a second year student's account of his internship at Google.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/my-summer-at-google-qa-with-rob-t16
"How does Tuck help me, if I have entrepreneurial ambitions?" This question has been posed to me many times by the applicant community who are evaluating their own startup ideas. My own answer, "Tuck helps you in every way." But that's pretty bland and devoid of details. Here's a current student's personal experiences on how he went about building his startup idea into a real opportunity leveraging everything that Dartmouth College and Tuck School of Business have to offer their students. Indeed, his co-founder is a current Dartmouth undergrad whom he met while in Hanover. Read on for more details on this startup.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/building-a-startup-while-at-tuck
Let me say it up front that if you're based internationally, it's perfectly fine if you are unable to visit Tuck. The Admissions Committee knows everyone doesn't have the time or resources to make the trip all the way to the campus from across the globe. For that reason, simply demonstrating that you've taken the effort to get to know the school and its students and alumni is a good enough proxy. There are so many Indian admitted students (including in this year) who have made it to Tuck without having to visit the campus. In fact, the first time they'll be on campus is when they matriculate.
There are, however, those few applicants who do decide to make the trip to Tuck all the way from India or wherever else they maybe based, in order to see the magic for themselves. For those who want to visit and make the most of being right there, the below information is for you.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/get-to-know-tuck-visit
I just met this morning with an applicant to the Tuck Class of 2018, who was placed on waitlist. He was describing the extent to which he pored over every minute detail of his application and the interview and what might have gone wrong. When you identify yourself with a particular school and you really want to be there, you will try and go through the minutest detail to figure out how things can be improved. I had a long chat with him and I hope that gave him a bit more confidence and some thoughts on how to move forward. I really appreciated his initiative in meeting with me and for the intensity of his sense of belonging at Tuck.
It's encounters like this that make things so much more meaningful to me personally, that somewhere, somehow, I'm able to speak to the broader community out there and helping them think through how they can take steps towards their own personal goals. Tuck or not, MBA or not, to be able to connect with people on a personal level and understand where they're coming from, where they want to go, and helping them think of a path forward.
It also happens to be the time of the year when people are getting ready to plan their MBA applications for the coming season. So as you start the introspection, as you start your research, if you find yourself wondering whether you have all the right ingredients for a stellar application, read on how you can improve on what, on the face of it, might be a point of concern.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/your-mba-application-areas-for-improvement-1
It's results time for January round applicants to the Class of 2018. All the best to everyone who applied. You have done your best in positioning yourself in front of the Admissions Committee. Rest assured each candidate was discussed, debated, and carefully evaluated. The committee left no stone unturned in ensuring each applicant gets all the attention their hard work deserves. As you wait with baited breath, sending you my best wishes.
Re-posting a message from earlier in the admissions season, and obviously customized to the January round.
The Admissions decisions for January round were released March 11th. Congratulations to all the admitted students. But I do want to take the opportunity to speak to everyone who did not achieve the desired outcome. Each of you have put in a lot of hard work to do your research and submit the best application you could. You may be wondering where you may have fallen short, and wondering what could have made the difference in your application.
Take heart that Tuck Admissions Committee went through each application at least twice before reaching the decision it did. And no decision is taken lightly. In fact, copious amounts of information has been compiled about each application. And you know what? It's the one Admissions Committee that cares about applicants, whether they were admitted or not.
We take the time to give detailed feedback to every applicant that asks for it, and it's really pointed feedback that will be given during a phone call scheduled directly with a member of the Admissions Committee. Only, you need to be patient with us since we are not equipped to give you feedback during the admissions cycle, so these calls are almost always scheduled in the summer - May/June time frame.
So, if you want to get that feedback, feel free to seek it by writing to Tuck Admissions and you will get one. Know that we care about you and we don't take any decision lightly. Sending you best wishes for all your future endeavors.
These guidelines are valid for every round in general, but with the April round right around the corner, it's always a good idea to recap the things you need to keep track of while completing the application. So here goes:
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/applying-to-tuck-check-these-off-your-list
A short while ago, I had posted a note about recruiting from investment banking from Tuck's Career Development Office (CDO). This is a follow up note from the CDO on the same topic, and exploring it in further detail.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/cdo-weighs-in-recruiting-advice-for-the-investment-banking-in...
This one goes back to the basics, but is a very important question one needs to be asking at the outset before contemplating the next move. So if this is you, read on to figure out whether the MBA is the right step.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/is-getting-an-mba-right-for-you
For all those applicants who are evaluating consulting as a career path, here's some timely advice from Tuck's Career Development Office (CDO) on how to go about recruiting with consulting companies. If this is you, read on.
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog/cdo-weighs-in-part-1-recruiting-advice-for-the-consulting-ind...