*因为Fuqua MBA和MQM/MMS的文书是大致相同的,我前期在准备MBA申请的时候,有参加过Fuqua MBA一些额外的 virtual events, 例如From TFA to Business School: Using an MBA to Make a Career Change; 10 Myths about Business School等。虽然这些Virtual Event是针对MBA学生的,但是可以通过这些活动了解到很多关于Fuqua的insights,个人认为对于MQM/MMS的申请和文书思路都有相应的启发,所以有时间的话建议可以也参加几个Fuqua MBA的virtual event
我在文书和面试中都有不同幅度的cover上述research和对TEAM FUQUA的理解。
文书方面:
有机会的话强烈建议找美国的native speaker帮助proofreading,尤其是25 random things, 同样描述一个fact,我写了4行流水账,native speaker改完后又精简又有趣。
AO 录取Approach:
前面参加的Admissions Insights & Application Tips vitual event,AO 明确的阐述了他们整体录取的approach,Fuqua也单独群发过一封邮件解释了他们对于申请package各个维度的审核,大家可以点开这个(https://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/mqm-ba/2020/11/17/julia-orlidge-diehl/heres-what-admissions-wants-to-see-in-your-mqm-application?utm_campaign=Application&utm_source=Admissions&utm_medium=email)查看详情。总体上我的理解是AO会从6个不同的方向去审核我们的申请package,每一个方向所占的比重是一样的,所以我觉得无论是高/低三围都不能决定或是完全影响整个package,其他的5个方向同样非常非常重要。
1. What would be the greatest assets you could bring to the MQM program
2. What’s your cross-functional team experience
3. Throughout the teamwork, when you encounter push-back, how did you deal with it
4. Recent example of your leadership
5. What’s your first track and why
6. What does team Fuqua means to you
7. Constructive feedback received from academic or professional work experience
8. If you have a chance present to the Admission Committee in 1 min, what would you say
9. Q&A