2012年5月3日 星期四

推薦信的題目及寫法



最常遇到 最標準的推薦信通常follow三大段:
1. 你們是什麼樣的關係/認識多久/有多瞭解他?
How long and in what capacity have you known the applicant?
2. 你對申請人最難忘的優點/能力/及經驗?
How does the applicant stand out from others in a similar capacity?
這段也記得要舉實際的例子,說得故事給評審聽,增加說服力。
      (這裡也可以寫兩段,講兩個優點)
      3. 總結。推薦人到底有多推薦申請人。

這是最簡單的推薦信。一般這樣寫成一封信就好了,不要超過一張A4。

當然有的學校會問的比較細,就會要求提出更多具體的問題:
  • Please give an example of the applicant's impact on a person, group, or organization.
  • Please give a representative example of how the applicant interacts with other people.
  • Which of the applicant's personal or professional characteristics would you change?
  • Please provide a short list of adjectives describing the applicant’s strengths.
  • Please compare the applicant’s performance to that of his/her peers. Does the applicant have the potential to become a senior manager?
  • How does the applicant accept constructive criticism?
  • Comment on your observations of the applicant’s ethical behavior.
  • What do you think motivates the candidate’s application to xxx Business School?
  •   In what ways could the applicant improve professionally?
  •  If you could change one thing about the applicant, what would it be?
  • Are there any other matters which you feel we should know about the applicant?
通常會問這麼細的都是頂尖名校,那就一定要一題一題具體回答。"具體"!很多人都不瞭解什麼是具體,回答這些題目,請一定要舉出例子,問你領導能力如何?不能只說很好很優秀,一堆形容詞,請"具體"的舉出一個事件,用STAR將事情說清楚,才有說服力。

GMAT好站連結

追夢網
http://www.chasedream.com/

太傻
http://www.taisha.org/

傷心咖啡店
http://www.formosamba.com/phpBB3/

飛騰
http://elitefg.com/phpBB3/index.php?sid=21d3918557215900ea0cc8ed57acbc88

Beat the GMAT
http://www.beatthegmat.com/

2012年1月24日 星期二

Hult International Business School介紹

Hult International Business School
霍特商學院很大方的邀請顧問們到他們的學校參觀瞭解,對他們的學校有更深一層的認識,並參與上課,體驗師資,對於這所用心經營的私立學校一直深感興趣,我就很興奮的報名參加了!
霍特商學院在經濟學人智庫 Economist Intelligence Unit中,在美國的商學院中排名第 16 位,在全世界排名第 31 位。同時在「研究生薪資增長」評比中,排名更是全美第一。 在Financial Times全球MBA排行中也International Business中拿下全球第五名,綜合排名世界61,師資課程及畢業就業率都有相當不錯的名聲。
據我所知,霍特的創始人有著非常廣闊的業界人脈以及顯赫的工作背景,因此才能聘請到來自美國常春藤的師資,並在Career Service就業服務上提供相當多的國際大企業的recuitment events 及就業機會。


以下先來參觀一下霍特上海校區的教室環境~

霍特商學院接待櫃台。

寬敞舒適的休息交誼廳

 明亮整潔的學校辦公室
非常寬敞明亮的教室,上起課來非常舒適。

 高級的指紋電子鎖個人置物櫃。


 有很多間開放式的小組討論區,非常適合常常需要完成小組報告的商學院的學生,每一間都有討論白板及大電視,隨時聯結個人電腦或iPad播放並報告。
 新穎的設備,教室真的很大很科技~
另一間寬敞明亮的講台大教室。
還有提供咖啡及影印機,熬夜交報告都可以在學校搞定。

今天是Open House Day,久違的上課感覺~

上海校區的校長
非常國際化的插頭噢!就在每個位置的桌上,全世界的插頭都可以用!好神奇噢!

Harvard Business School的老師,教Global Management,採用Case discussion的上課方式,活潑的帶領技巧,激發每位同學積極參與互相辯論的上課氣氛,非常精彩的一堂課!
來自各國的同學,有著不同的背景,積極地參與Case 的討論,發表自己的意見。
也順便介紹一下或特的周遭環境:
霍特非常大手筆,對顧問們非常大方,這便是我們住的旅館,位於最熱鬧最方便的南京東路步行區旁邊,除了離霍特商學院只要五分鐘的步行路程外,離所有熱門景點及重要商城都在walking distance內,霍特的地理優越性可見一斑,非常便利。

飯店房間看出去的景色,即是熱鬧的南京東路步行區及廣場。




非常熱鬧越夜越美麗的南京東路步行區,商店林立,人潮洶湧,建築物有古典有現代,融合一片非常有特色。這邊離霍特商學院只有幾個block,非常近,下課後的日常生活及休閒活動非常豐富且方便,也能深入體會上海人忙碌的步調及風情。


再走路個十分鐘即上海最美麗的外灘則可映入眼簾,七彩絢麗的霓虹燈建築互相爭奪,即使雨色朦朧,也仍然令人震懾驚艷~與繽紛的現代建築輝映的是一長排古色古香的租界帶,在夜色的籠罩下,暖色系的燈光打出建築的立體感也讓人陷入當時十里洋場的幻想中...





跟紐約華爾街媲美的外灘牛



 來自各國的亞州區顧問們及霍特學校代表於外灘合影。
 五彩繽紛令人震懾的外灘,就算有點小飄雨霧色朦朧,但還是美的沒有話說~


Course offered:
One-year MBA
Master of International Business
Master of Finance
Master of International Marketing
Master of Social Entrepreneurship
http://www.hult.edu/

2011年12月15日 星期四

如何選擇推薦人?

職位越大越好嘛?我爸媽認識總統還有行政院長,我  可以請他寫推薦函嘛?

Wharton MBA告訴你怎樣是好的推薦人~

Recommendations

Beyond your personal essays, the Admissions Committee would like to learn about you from two independent people who know you well. We prefer recommendations from people who can speak directly about your aptitude for, or accomplishments in, leadership and management. Thus, work-related recommendations are more valuable than academic ones.
Select the two people who really know you and your work, who you believe can best address the questions asked, not the two most important people you know. If a Wharton graduate happens to be one of those two people, he or she may be able to use his or her understanding of Wharton to describe how you will fit into the Wharton culture. Please don't seek out alumni who aren't truly qualified to write about you.
Recommendations should address the range of questions asked on our Recommendation Form and provide details, depth, and insight. Please make sure your recommenders understand that an effective recommendation is more than checking the right boxes and writing a couple of sentences. If the recommender believes that you are a good team player, he or she should present an example or two that illustrates that point. Useful recommendation letters are usually two to three pages long. You may want to brief your recommenders beforehand so they understand the competitive nature of the admissions process in which you are engaging.
Applicants working in family businesses, entrepreneurial environments, or other non-traditional environments will need to be more creative in terms of choosing recommenders (and perhaps use the optional essay to allow us to understand how you made your choices). You may consider clients, mentors, or those that you have worked with in the community.

Source: http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/preparing-successful-application.cfm

總而言之,找推薦人的要點:
1.跟你熟,瞭解你的長官或老師(有時候可以是同事或客戶),可以寫出很具體的事蹟誇獎你,而不只是很多形容詞
2.如果剛好是要申請的學校的校友
3.成績好的課的老師
4.最後才是官大

Harvard Business School MBA上課實況


http://www.hbs.edu/mba/academics/

Harvard Business School MBA的Video,感動很多,MBA確實是個 exciting, competitve的課堂教室,在這邊上課,大大不同於以往台灣學生坐在下面傻傻聽課回家寫功課的上課模式,上課中學生才是主角,坐在你身邊的人,各各皆是世界各角落最優秀的企業家,老闆或是top sales,透過不同的文化衝擊和經驗分享,激烈的辯論和腦力激盪,真正的學習和成長,每一個學生都是最重要的角色,你不但從別人身上獲得當頭棒喝式的啟發,你也在跟別人討論的過程中省思自己,突破往日的盲點,讓自己更加成長!

在這麼競爭激烈的環境下,不需要老師和考試逼迫你研究功課,你自己就被激發出興奮積極的學習動力,這樣刺激的環境不再是壓力,反而元氣百倍,迫不及代的到教室和同學討論自己的想法,期待被認同,更期待被挑戰。

你,有勇氣在這麼多人面前自信的發表意見,和他們切磋嘛?

2011年12月14日 星期三

2012美國最佳商學院排名(MBA)

School Location Tuition Average GMAT
#1 Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Full-time: $53,118 per year
728
#2 Harvard University       
Boston, MA
Full-time: $48,600 per year  
724
#3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) 
Cambridge, MA
Full-time: $50,353 per year
718
#4 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 
Philadelphia, PA
Full-time: $48,550 per year
718
#5 Northwestern University (Kellogg)
Evanston, IL
Full-time: $51,495 per year
714
#5 University of Chicago (Booth)
Chicago, IL
Full-time: $50,900 per year
715
#7 Dartmouth College (Tuck)
Hanover, NH
Full-time: $50,700 per year
716
#7 University of California--Berkeley (Haas) Berkeley, CA
 
Out-of-state, full-time: $49,647 per year
718
#9 Columbia University
New York, NY
Full-time: $53,208 per year
712
#10 New York University (Stern)
New York, NY
Full-time: $44,400 per year
715
#10 Yale University
New Haven, CT
Full-time: $49,900 per year
722
#12 Duke University (Fuqua)
Durham, NC
Full-time: $47,960 per year
697
#13 University of Virginia (Darden)
Charlottesville, VA
Out-of-state, full-time: $46,500 per year
699
#14 University of California, Los Angeles  
Los Angeles, CA
Out-of-state, full-time: $48927 per year
710
#14 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (Ross)
Ann Arbor, MI
Out-of-state, full-time: $50,000 per year
704
#16 Cornell University (Johnson)
Ithaca, NY
Full-time: $49,272 per year
687
#17 University of Texas--Austin (McCombs)
Austin, TX
Out-of-state, full-time: $45,128 per year
684
#18 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time: $52,500 per year
694
#19 University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) Chapel Hill, NC
 
Out-of-state, full-time: $43,599 per year
686
#20 Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
St. Louis, MO
Full-time: $44,300 per year
695
#21 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities (Carlson) Minneapolis, MN
 
Out-of-state, full-time: $41,144 per year
694
#21 University of Southern California (Marshall)
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time: $44,917 per year
690
# 23 Emory University (Goizueta)
Atlanta, GA
Full-time: $42,400 per year
680
#23 Indiana University--Bloomington (Kelley) Bloomington, IN
 
Out-of-state, full-time: $43,460 per year
664
#25 Georgetown University (McDonough) Washington, DC
 
Full-time: $45,984 per year
684
#25 Ohio State University (Fisher)
Columbus, OH
Out-of-state, full-time: $39,930 per year
676
#27 Arizona State University (Carey)
Tempe, AZ
Out-of-state, full-time: $34,058 per year
672
#28 Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Out-of-state, full-time: $33,712 per year
678
#28 University of California--Davis
Davis, CA
Out-of-state, full-time: $43,698 per year
692
#28 University of Wisconsin--Madison
Madison, WI
Out-of-state, full-time: $25,678 per year
675
#28 Vanderbilt University (Owen)
Nashville, TN
Full-time: $42,834 per year
673
#32 Brigham Young University (Marriott)
Provo, UT
Full-time: $10,280 per year
675
#32 Texas A&M University--College Station (Mays) College Station, TX
 
Out-of-state, full-time: $19,316 per year
646
#34 Boston College (Carroll)
Chestnut Hill, MA
Full-time: $35,560 per year
662
#34 Boston University
Boston, MA
Full-time: $39,314 per year
681
#34 Rice University (Jones)
Houston, TX
Full-time: $42,000 per year
672
#37 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
 
Out-of-state, full-time: $27,826 per year
641
#37 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
Notre Dame, IN
Full-time: $40,340 per year
685
#37 University of Washington (Foster)
Seattle, WA
Out-of-state, full-time: $37,419 per year
681
#40 Pennsylvania State University--University Park (Smeal)
University Park, PA
Out-of-state, full-time: $32,898 per year
650
#40 Tulane University (Freeman)
New Orleans, LA
Full-time: $40,350 per year
674
#40 University of California--Irvine (Merage)
Irvine, CA
Out-of-state, full-time: $44,300 per year
673
#40 University of Iowa (Tippie)
Iowa City, IA
Out-of-state, full-time: $31,596 per year
657
# 40 University of Texas--Dallas
Richardson, TX
Out-of-state, full-time: $21,000 per year
668
#45 University of Maryland--College Park (Smith) College Park, MD
  Out-of-state, full-time: $92,850 per program
670
#45 University of Rochester (Simon)
Rochester, NY
Full-time: $43,737 per year
677
#47 University of Florida (Hough)
Gainesville, FL
Out-of-state, full-time: $28,309 per year
694
#47 Wake Forest University (Babcock) Winston-Salem, NC
 
Full-time: $38,036 per year
653
#49 Michigan State University (Broad)
East Lansing, MI
Out-of-state, full-time: $37,290 per year
636
#49 Purdue University--West Lafayette (Krannert) West Lafayette, IN
 
Out-of-state, full-time: $38,632 per year
654
#51 University of Arkansas--Fayetteville (Walton) Fayetteville, AR
 
Out-of-state, full-time: $34,102 per year
629
#52 Babson College (Olin) Babson Park, MA
 
Full-time: $46,000 per year
624
#52 George Washington University
Washington, DC
Full-time: $1,250 per credit
635
#54 University of Missouri--Columbia (Trulaske) Columbia, MO
 
Out-of-state, full-time: $22,176 per year
646
#54 University of South Carolina (Moore)
Columbia, SC
Out-of-state, full-time: $69,805 per program
630
#56 Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Full-time: $1,250 per credit
630
#57 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick and Newark
Newark, NJ
Out-of-state, full-time: $36,068 per year
638