[zz from CD] 36 Tips for MBA之精选tip

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Tip 3: Scrutinize schools' brochures

L: Loan is available and no require for cosigner
N: No scholarship/fellowship in the first/second year
T: tuition waiver or partial waiver
G: Generous scholarship, graduate assistantship
S: Small amount of financial assistance
U: Scholarship with unspecified amount
N/A: Data not available

请各位注意以下学校的分级：Rank Name of School Scholarship Status
1 Harvard University L
2 Stanford University L
3 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) L
4 M.I.T (Sloan) N
5 Northwestern University (Kellogg) N
6 Columbia University (NY) N/A
6 University of Chicago U
8 Duke University (Fuqua) N
9 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor T
10 Univ. of California-Berkeley (Haas) N
11 Dartmouth College (Tuck) N/A
11 Univ. of California-L.A (Anderson) N
11 University of Virginia (Darden) U
14 New York University (Stern) N/A
15 Cornell University (Johnson) U
16 University of Texas-Austin N
16 Yale University U
18 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill N
19 Carnegie Mellon University N
20 Indiana University-Bloomington S
21 Emory University (Goizueta) T
22 University of Southern California N/A
23 Purdue University (Krannert) N
24 Vanderbilt University (Owen) T
25 Ohio State University (Fisher) T
25 University of Rochester (Simon) U/T
25 Washington University (Olin) U
28 University of Minnesota (Carlson) N/A
29 Georgetown University (McDonough) T
30 Michigan State University (Broad) N/A
31 University of Arizona (Eller) N/A
32 Arizona State University G
32 Tulane University (Freeman) T
34 Case Western Reserve University N/A
34 Penn State University-(Smeal) T
34 Rice University (Jones) N/A
34 Thunderbird Graduate School T
34 University of Maryland (Smith) G
34 University of Wisconsin-Madison T
40 Boston College (Carroll) T
40 University of California-Irvine N
42 Brigham Young University (Marriott) G
42 Georgia Institute of Technology N/A
42 Southern Methodist University (Cox) U
42 Texas A&M University (Mays) G
42 University of California-Davis N
42 Wake Forest University (Babcock) N/A
48 University of Georgia (Terry) T
48 University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign U
48 University of Notre Dame T


Think about Harvard and Stanford for a while. These two schools provide loans without having to find a cosigner. Also, if you are admitted, they will promptly provide you with such loans just to facilitate your visa application. Both schools admitted a large number of people, which means that you might have a better chance to be accepted. Just do not waste the chance, if you are really elite!


Tip 4: Apply for only 2 to 6 b-schools
MBA applications differ from application to other graduate programs because they should be TAILOR-MADE to different schools. Especially when you write essays, you would find it really exhausting to write 3 or 4 tailor-made essays for each school, not mention that if you want to apply for 10 or 20 schools.

Think twice, if Columbia and Wharton admit you simultaneously, which one will you choose? Maybe Wharton. Well, just forget your Columbia dream. It will save your time in your painful application process. As a matter of fact, if one school gives you the offer, most others will also do, and vise versa. I applied for 7 schools this year, and only Duke turned me down after putting me in wait-list for a few months. Declining the other offers made me feel sorry.


Tip 5: Choose schools in different tiers
MBA applicants tend to overestimate or underestimate their capacity. Also after reading above information for scholarship, many Chinese students would directly apply for schools which offer more financial assistance, such as University of Maryland, Texas A&M, etc., making the chance for getting admission for certain schools slim.

So, why not widen your perspective? Think about the tense competitions you are going to meet from your Chinese peers for those "hot" schools. Try different schools in different tiers may increase your chance