[Official] Tuck School of Business - Dartmouth Admission Query Thread

Study Abroad GMAT (International)
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Leadership development is baked into the curriculum at Tuck. Whether it is in activities on and off campus, whether it is coursework, whether it is interacting with visiting executives and getting their insights, whether it is working with faculty who are thought leaders in their chosen fields. Take for instance, the elective course, "The CEO Experience." This course, taught by the former governor of the State of New Hampshire, has simply changed the way students look at leadership at the top. For more, read on:


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/newsroom/articles/the-ceo-experience

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A common question from attendees across various Tuck events has been about the location of Tuck (in Hanover, NH) and how that impacts the quality of the MBA experience. Here's Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Pat Harrison, tackling precisely this question. Read on.


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/unparralled-access

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Global mindset is a pre-requisite for graduating from Tuck for next year's incoming class. While there are any number of ways to foster one's global mindset, the international treks - called Global Insight Expeditions - are the most popular among students. Here's the director of the Center of Global Business and Government, Lisa Miller, sharing details on how these expeditions are structured at Tuck.


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/what-can-i-learn-about-global-business-in-10-days

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A career in consulting (management/strategy) is a perennial favorite for Tuck students. Here's a T'16 capturing his thoughts on the recently concluded Boston Consulting Trek. These treks help students get a feel for the companies and their cultures, way before the companies come to campus for recruiting. This helps inform their decision in terms of which company is the best fit for them.


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/a-real-feel-for-consulting-boston-career-trek

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Arpitha, T'15, describes her summer internship. Moral of the story is if you know what career you're looking for, Tuck - and its alumni network - will bring all possible resources to bear to help you in your endeavor. 


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/a-summer-internship-to-cherish-forever

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Okay. This has been a favorite refrain of almost all the prospective applicants I have met or talked to over the past many weeks. In so many words, their question boils down to this: "Tuck is in the middle of no where. How does it affect the quality of the MBA experience?" 

My response time and again has been about how the location of Tuck is one of the strongest reasons behind the Tuck MBA being such a unique program and the school's culture of "one for all, all for one" being so infectious. Don't take my word for it. Read in the words of one of the newest entrants to Tuck, a T'16. 


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/a-few-notes-on-location-or-why-its-awesome-to-live-in-...

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For all you wannabe consultants out there who are wondering how to get a foothold into those elite consulting companies, and how to crack those seemingly impossible cases, wonder not! In a previous post, you have read about the consulting trek that T'16s undertook just a couple weeks back.

This post is all about the case interviews and how to prepare for them, as discussed by Steve Pidgeon T'07, who is a member of Tuck's Career Development Office (CDO) team, and helps students with recruiting into consulting companies.

Not to mention, the Tuck Consulting Club helps every single first year student interested in a consulting internship with preparation. The second year students who are part of the consulting club help the first year students solve cases by the boatload and before you know it, you'll be an expert in case interviews. Enough said. Read on!


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/newsroom/articles/how-to-nail-a-case-interview

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Scott Neslin is a fantastic teacher. He gets so excited and animated as he teaches, he gets so involved in the topic that's being discussed, and he explains the most complicated concepts so lucidly, that the energy levels in the class simply touch the stratosphere!

He is world's leading researcher in all things marketing with specific interests spanning database marketing and customer relationship management from a retail perspective. Every chance I get, I'd like to highlight the fact that at Tuck, the students learn directly from thought leaders and get immersed in their research. That said, here's an interview with Scott Neslin himself.


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/newsroom/articles/the-simplicity-of-complexity

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If there is one thing that's at a premium at Tuck, it's your time. There are so many activities going on, so many things blowing your mind away, so many opportunities you want to take up, but it's not humanly possible, so you pick and choose your battles. You consciously make an effort to let go of things that you would have loved to explore otherwise in favor of things that are even more important and exciting for you. That list of priorities obviously differs from individual to individual. Instead of me trying to assure you that that's how it is, here's time management in the words of a recent entrant to Tuck, for your reading pleasure!

http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/time-...-aka-priority-management

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My refrain to prospective applicants from around the country with whom I've interacted has been this: "Do what you love, and not love what you do." There is compromise in the latter and passion in the former. To lead a life that is less stressful in this increasingly stressful world, to lead a life in which health and happiness derive automatically from what you do - that to me is career Nirvana. If you can achieve that, you need to look no further. Don't make the mistake of dismissing this as a Utopian thought. Pursue it with all your vigor and it will happen.

Here's a current student's pursuit of his own Utopia.


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/find-your-callingnot-your-career

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Over the past many months, I've had the opportunity to meet a number of current undergrads or just graduated students who were all trying to figure out a few things: a) if MBA is the right thing for them to do; b) if it is, then wondering when would be the right time to pursue an MBA; c) when putting together their application, how do they demonstrate any business/leadership skills when they haven't necessarily been exposed to business education in the past.

The Tuck Business Bridge Program is precisely intended to fill that gap. It's an opportunity for current students or recently minted undergraduates whose degree is not in business administration - think, liberal arts, engineering, sciences - to get a fantastic immersion into what MBA studies would be like, with similarly placed students from around the world.

The Bridge Program can be thought of as a Tuck MBA primer - a month long exposure to all things Tuck - the professors, the community, the career development office, the network, the academic rigor, and the social life. Think of it as a two-year experience crammed into a month. Those of you who have attended the Tuck reception in Chennai will recall interacting with a Tuck Bridge alumna who was effusive about how the Bridge program redefined her career.

You are taught by all the thought leaders that teach at Tuck. Vijay Govindarajan, Kevin Keller, Bob Hansen, Scott Neslin... the list goes on. You work in groups to figure out cases and projects. At the end of the month-long program, you present the findings of your specific project in order to "graduate." And what's more! It's an unprecedented opportunity for future Tuck students to get a feel for Tuck and for Tuck to get a feel for the future Tuck student (if you decide to apply for the MBA a few years down the lane, that is). 

Every future Indian MBA applicant (as long as she/he is a current student or a recent graduate) should seriously consider applying to the Tuck Bridge program not only to get a sense of what the real MBA is like, but also to differentiate themselves from the thousands of other applicants from around the world who have not had the opportunity to be get an up, close, and personal view of Tuck as a Bridge student.

The summer Bridge program happens on campus (two four-week sessions, one in June and one in July). The winter Bridge program is a new three-week session that is being taken up specifically to teach business skills to the women at Smith College, an all-women school in Massachusetts. 

Here's Poets and Quants talking about the Bridge program. For more details, feel free to reach out to me.


http://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/2014/10/24/tuck-mba-profs-take-business-education-to-undergra...

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What exactly does the Tuck Admissions Committee look for, when evaluating thousands of applications that are all saying similar things about "Why Tuck?" The other questions, "Why MBA? Why Now?" could be unique to candidates but the story lines even in those questions tend to be overlapping across vast cross sections of applications. So what informs the Admissions Committee's decision to invite only a fraction of the total number of applicants for an interview? What further informs the Admissions Committee's decision on whom to give admission to, and whom to deny? 

Here's Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Amy Mitson, elaborating on what exactly the Admissions Committee is looking for, in evaluating applications. 


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/7-traits-of-a-successful-applicant

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An inspiring post from a Tuck student. There are answers here to many questions for applicants from non-traditional backgrounds, applicants who maybe thinking they're too old to apply, applicants who are wondering whether they can make it to Tuck with a family in tow, applicants who are asking themselves whether they will succeed in their career aspirations.... Read on and be inspired.


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/im-a-tuck-student-and-a-mom

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I've been asked this question way too many times: "What was a typical day at Tuck like?" My quick answer, "There is no typical day at Tuck!" And it's true because there are so many things going on that it's difficult for you to pin things down and say "this is typical." Here's a current student's take on a day in her life at Tuck. Keep in mind, this is specific to her experiences that day at Tuck. There are 270+ different typical days at Tuck every given day! Read on.


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-tuck-student

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Respected Sir,

Currently I am in my final of graduation and preparing for gmat along with it.

I just wanted to know does Dartmouth takes freshers for its MBA programme, if yes how much score is being expected ?

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Applicants generally fret and tie themselves into knots over perceived weaknesses in their candidacy - unexplained gaps in the work experience, undergraduate academic performance, less than ideal GMAT performance (whatever the ideal is for the candidate), and so on and so forth. Rather than worry about these things, turn the tide in your favor! Instead of going on the defensive, make that an opportunity to explain yourself better. Here are some general tips from Tuck Admissions on how to address weaknesses in your profile.


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/what-if-how-to-address-application-weaknesses

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How many of you have heard this motto: "Vox Clamantis In Deserto"? This is the motto of Dartmouth College, home to the Tuck School of Business, and which calls Hanover, NH, its home. The voice of the one crying out in wilderness. But is it really wilderness? Tuck is one of the most happening business school campuses in the world, where students are studying, having fun, and planning their future all at once. Here's one of the current students who was in music (rock band) business prior to Tuck, who is continuing to develop the strategy for his business while at Tuck, and who is planning to take his business a few notches higher after Tuck. 

I've mentioned to many of you entrepreneurs, not to think of Tuck as a two year break from work, but as an opportunity to get input from top thought leaders, faculty, staff, and students, so that two years later, you hit the ground running and get your business to a roaring next phase of growth.

Read on and be sure that once you make up your mind about what you want to do in life, the world comes to your doorstep at Tuck.


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/a-voice-rocking-in-the-wilderness

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Hello, I am Ashutosh , a final year computer science engineer . Following is my profile:

Acads: 10th - 87% ,  12th - 76% and undergraduate- 78% ( Rajasthan Technical University)

I have 2 startups as Cofounder and several interviews covered of me

Internships:

1) Finance trainee at govt company

2) Analyst at IT startup

3) Management trainee at IIT IIM alumni startup.

Extra curricular:

Founder and Head of Entrepreneurship Cell in clg. ( lead 80 members)

Organized several workshops and events of IIM Calcutta Intaglio, IBM TGMC, SEBI, etc.

Appreciated by RASHTRIYA HINDU SEVA DAL (unit of BJP)/

MSME certified to startup my own enterprise .

 Kindly advise me if I have any realistic chance of getting called for interview based on my profile. What should be my target GMAT score ? What are the things I should work on to improve the diversity of my profile.

I want to pursue MBA in finance. What are other colleges i can achieve. Kindly suggest.

Regards,

Ashutosh Shringi

contact details: [email protected] , 9602344559   

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It's interview season at Tuck (for students who are looking for internships or full-time opportunities) and outside Tuck (for applicants who are looking for that elusive interview invitation from the Admissions Committee. Whatever the situation, the intensity, the format, the stress levels - all remain the same. Here are some tips from the Career Development Office on how to crack interviews - equally applicable for an internship as well as for an admissions interview. 

Good luck!


http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/best-tips-for-preparing-for-the-interview

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As you evaluate business schools, as you prepare your applications for submission, as you wait for interview invitations, as you wait for the admissions decision - wherever in the process you are, you should try and connect with the alumni of these schools. The ease of access, the genuineness of the interactions, the enthusiasm for the school that exudes from the alumnus/alumna will give you a great sense of the network that you will call your own a couple of years down the lane. This exercise will also give you the opportunity to evaluate these networks and give you a great sense of where you really want to belong. 

Read the following post by Amy Mitson, Tuck's Senior Associate Director of Admissions, on this very topic.

http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/blog/testing-the-alumni-network