IMD MBA 2017 交流答疑贴 (持续更新中）

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贴一个2016面经：
http://forum.chasedream.com/foru ... 1&highlight=IMD

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BeMyBetterSelf 发表于 2017-3-20 04:47
IMD scholarship大概多少钱啊？好像不同的奖学金给的不一样

IMD 奖学金覆盖比例大概在20-30%，从10K到50K CHF不等。学校同时也提供全面的助学贷款。

奖学金分三类：
1. 根据面试表现发放的奖学金；
2. GMAT和职业成就；
3. Essay， 你需要提交关于领导力之类的特定话题的essay来赢得这比奖学金

链接： http://www.imd.org/mba/admissions/one-year-mba-program-financial-aid/

值得注意的是，你可以同时申请多个奖学金，审核委员会评估后可能会award其中一种奖学金（如果有多个，给予最高的，但不可兼得）。

IMD一年的花费在120K CHF 左右(学杂费 85K CHF, 其余为生活费)。

IMD 最近更新了MBA的网页，在上面你会发现很多实用的信息。
BY LX

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BeMyBetterSelf 发表于 2017-3-22 08:47
今天还看到IMD学生上学山玩的照片，也是leadership一部分么？

是组织的outing, leadership stream有outdoor activity

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结束了第一个phase的学习和考试，同学们纷纷踏上了Easter Day 之旅。祝愿今年的准备申请IMD的同学一切顺利，答疑区的我们会不定期回答大家的问题。
附：考后庆祝

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Post an alumnus who has the startup companies experience for 7 times.

WHO: Bryan Guido Hassin

WHAT: a one-year, intensive, full-time MBA program focusing on leadership and international business

WHERE: IMD, the International Institute of Management Development, on the shores of Lake Geneva in Lausanne, Switzerland

WHEN: 2008-1-7 - 2008-12-3

WHY (develop leadership): Not to be melodramatic but . . . to help save the world. We are becoming increasingly dependent on sources of energy that are bound to run out. We cause major damage to the environment. There is a worldwide increase in political and religious intolerance. We need strong leadership to overcome these challenges.

Whether on the athletic field, in the business world, or in volunteer organizations, I am constantly answering the call for leadership. However, if I really want to help solve the world's problems, I must be a responsible, effective, global leader. Until now my leadership development has been purely experiential. I have decided to augment my background with formal leadership education and international experience to help me grow into such a leader.

WHY (this program): IMD is just what I was seeking. IMD is:

Small: only 90 students per class year. This allows the program to be highly personalized, providing leadership coaching and mentoring to each student every day throughout the year. Why only 90?
International: the 90 students come from 44 countries and speak an average of four languages. The IMD Class of 2007's profile
Excellent: IMD is consistently one of the highest-rated MBA programs in the world; this year it even earned the global #1 ranking from the Financial Times "Ranking of Rankings." I'm the first person to take rankings with a grain of salt, but I like that IMD does best in the rankings that reward schools for producing responsible, grounded graduates. IMD is elite without being elitist.
Selective: Attendees have the highest average work experience (over 7 years) of any full-time MBA program in the world. If I'm going to be learning from my peers all year, I want them to be experienced, accomplished, and knowledgeable! Applicants are subjected to two rounds of grueling applications: the initial application has 13 essays and those who make the second round are subjected to a full day of grilling interviews, ad hoc presentations, timed group projects, and case analyses. Accordingly, attendees are not only qualified, they also have to be highly motivated even just to apply--again, this is the type of person I want to be around! The IMD admissions process
Intense: 16 hours a day, 6 days a week, with the only vacation in July.
Real-world: Half of the program isn't in classrooms at all; it's spent on consulting projects for governments of countries with difficult business environments or for CEOs of multibillion-Euro companies. The IMD program structure

I wasn't sure this was for me until I interviewed on-campus. The challenges were hard and I learned a lot from them. The other applicants (Most of the day's affairs were conducted in groups.) were incredibly smart, successful, and diverse. I learned more that day than I had in probably my previous several months on the job--just imagine what I could learn in a whole year! Needless to say, I came back ready to sign on if accepted. Just a few days later I received the call from IMD's Admissions Director and I was on board.

HOW (did/will this happen): None of this would have been possible without the tremendous support I received this year from friends, family, and colleagues. I engaged 50+ people in my "information gathering" stage to determine what my options for leadership development were and which would be most appropriate for me. Everyone provided incredibly valuable insight and I used all of it in my decision-making process.

When I finally made the decision to apply to IMD, there was only one week left before their final deadline. I had to mobilize myself (essays, GMAT, application forms) and others (recommendations) on very short notice. Without my recommenders and essay editors, I probably never would have been accepted; they were invaluable.

Now, as I prepare to move halfway around the world for a year (or maybe longer!), everyone's support continues to be my greatest asset. As I rent out my house, sell my car, apply for a visa, find a place to live in Lausanne, read assigned books, prepare assigned writings, transition my R7 responsibilities, transition some (but not all!) of my Rice Alumni responsibilities, buy cold weather clothes for the first time in 10 years, etc., etc., knowing that everyone is behind me keeps me going.

What will I do after I've finished this program? I don't know. For once in my life I'm not overplanning! My mind is open to all possibilities; in the meantime I am focused on personal growth. One of the hardest decisions a person can make is to leave a comfortable situation. I am leaving a life I love for a year of extremely hard work and no clear outcome. However, I owe it to everyone who believes in me if, by doing so, I can prepare myself to make the world a better place. I am eager to begin and excited to see where unknown opportunities will take me.

HOW (to stay in touch): My electronic contact information will remain the same and I will post new phone and address information once I have it. This blog will serve as the primary medium for me to publish updates, pictures, and stories. My plan is not to email everyone every time I have something to say. Instead, those interested can subscribe (using RSS) to this blog and be automatically notified every time I post. I hope to be able to catch up with everyone before I leave and, even more, I hope to stay in touch throughout this adventure!

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AmberSu 发表于 2017-4-25 20:21
今天收到Apr 1st deadline round的面试邀请，5.30 洛桑；
给自己加油?
从决定读MBA开始IMD就一直是No1 Dre ...

congrats!!

It would be better off fine tune your strengths and career aspiration that is connected to IMD MBA.
- What can IMD MBA help you in terms of your desire on geography, industry and function;
- Internalize your traits to prove your success;
- Tell story, do not only show;
- Be prepared for the mini case and group case study

Any further and specific questions on IMD MBA, please feel free to drop a message to me.

Regards,
XL

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AmberSu 发表于 2017-4-26 12:12
Thanks for all the heads up. I desperately need advise for mock case & group study stuff. You m ...

Amber, please add my Wechat by searching 327953736 with a note of "IMD MBA applicant".
For those who have the interest in IMD MBA, please use the same approach.

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Atomwong 发表于 2017-4-30 13:26
请问，IMD是不是没有Ph.D项目？在官网一直没有找到。。。

你好， IMD没有PHD项目

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Last Friday's company visits gave the MBAs the chance to discover more about the culture of some of our recruiters, namely Werfen, McKinsey & Company, Honeywell, Google and Siemens and potential opportunities within those companies for a future career.

It also gave the MBA Office the chance to welcome back many friendly faces from across the years, as the companies brought with them alumni who could share their personal insights about how their careers have developed since graduating from IMD and the roles they currently play. So, while the MBAs benefit on the career side, we, the MBA team, also benefit by being able to catch up, and enjoy a kind of pride as we see how these people we got to know so well have developed, and hear about what they’ve achieved and how their families have grown.

Alumni from 2005 – 2016 presenting with their companies：

1) Siemens CEO* Program and FEP, 2) Honeywell, 3) McKinsey & Company

转自IMD MBA BLOG，来学校作宣讲的以上3个公司整容强大，考虑都IMD每年只intake 90个人，比例算相对高的了。

1) Siemens CEO* program: IMD是其主要的target school，有为此专门的申请流程。这个项目为期2年3个assignments，发展比较快的校友1年半年（assignment未做完）就做到某个business division的VP了。

2）Honeywell：没有专门的MBA项目，职位open后都可以申请，是比较倾向于experience hire，欧洲总部就在洛桑附近，可谓近水楼台；

3）麦府：阵容强大，日内瓦和苏黎世办公司来了很多校友，其中有个意大利校友只用了3年半从consultant做到了partner（通常8年左右）；

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leonfr 发表于 2017-6-29 18:36
拿到面试邀请了，8月11号洛桑，期待到时见到大家。另，面试有什么建议吗？ ...

建议：
1）多看之前的面经，总结基本面试套路；
2）根据自己情况针对性练习，比如case；