请问申第一轮的话，访校时间定在几时比较合适？

Greenviewlouie · 发表于 2017-3-17 15:26:31

大家好，想请问如果target申请今年第一轮的话，什么时间去美国做访校比较合适呢？原来计划9月底10月去，但那时申请应该都已经交了；再早一点7-8月学校应该在放暑假，难道应该4-5月去么？请问School visiting最好是申请前去呢，还是交了申请等待面试的时候去？

pegasus-ma · 发表于 2017-3-17 16:13:40

申请前, 可以写essay里. 9月初比较好

Greenviewlouie · 发表于 2017-3-17 16:24:05

pegasus-ma 发表于 2017-3-17 16:13
申请前, 可以写essay里. 9月初比较好

感觉9月初有点来不及了呢？一些学校的第一轮9月中就截止了

Greenviewlouie · 发表于 2017-3-17 23:08:40

有同样计划访校的小伙伴吗？

pegasus-ma · 发表于 2017-3-17 23:25:48

可以先draft好essay, 要不就4月, 5月开始考试了就没意思了

Greenviewlouie · 发表于 2017-3-17 23:38:30

pegasus-ma 发表于 2017-3-17 23:25
可以先draft好essay, 要不就4月, 5月开始考试了就没意思了

4月的话太赶了。。。看来最好是9月第一二周去，赶在申请截止前，然后把访校的收获加到文书里？

NoPenguin · 发表于 2017-3-18 01:55:06

Depends on your schedule and how many schools you want to apply.

For me, if I were to apply to 6 schools in R1, I will start preparing around June to July. I like to give some room for unexpected events and ensure I have enough time to present the best of myself. I will start contacting current students, attend school webinar, and check for school visit. Plane tickets are expensive, so I will try to visit multiple school in one go. Ex. CBS & NYU & Cornell at the same time.

You should also do extensive research about each school to make sure you can make an impression. If you are serious about going to MBA, make sure you do your homework. Speak to current students and ask them out for a quick coffee chat for each school. take some photos for your later review. Connect with admission officer or the marketing team to demonstrate your interest. You might even need to research current events so that you can do some small talk. (but no politics. No matter how much you hate Trump)

In short, I will visit latest in early August or so.

Greenviewlouie · 发表于 2017-3-18 15:34:15

NoPenguin 发表于 2017-3-18 01:55
Depends on your schedule and how many schools you want to apply.

For me, if I were to apply to 6 sc ...

Thanks a lot for your advice! Indeed I want to have a fruitful trip covering all the schools and having interaction with students/AOs as much as possible. August sounds good, but the only thing I'm wondering is that whether it is still the summer holiday (students are out for internship and not many classes are available). I'm planning a 2-week trip trying to visit 6-8 schools. Some people told me only to visit schools during the spring/fall school term.

Greenviewlouie · 发表于 2017-3-20 14:40:48

JonFrank · 发表于 2017-3-20 22:24:31

Love this question! A lot of students underestimate the value and importance of visiting schools, and if you have the opportunity to do so... you should! Now, visiting doesn't mean you're going to get to sit down with the Dean of Admissions and WOW him with how smart and amazing you are so he remembers you and PERSONALLY fights for you to get in. That's just not going to happen, folks ;) But visiting does a lot of really valuable things for your application: it shows the school you are committed, it gives you a chance to actually SEE the campus and get a feel for it, and it provides you with a lot of great and spedific information (the kind you CAN'T find online!) to fill your essays. All of these things are going to be very, very helpful in the long run.

So, when should you go? The ideal time would be as soon as possible. April or early May, if you can swing it. That way, you can be on campus when classes are in session and you can sit in on a class, interact with students, etc. If that's not possible, the second best time would be to go in the summer so you can speak to that visit (and the great, specific things you saw/learned while you were there) in your essays. There won't be a lot of people around, but you'll still get to see the campus and - depending on the school - there may be some classes happening (1-year programs, etc). September or October does seem a bit late for Round 1 - it won't benefit you much to go AFTER you apply, unless you are on a Waitlist - but if there's a chance you may split some apps and apply to some programs in Round 2, that timing could be great because students will be back on campus and you'll get to have the full, full on-campus experience. And if that's the only time you can go, that may be a good reason to push some apps back to Round 2 so you can have that visit to draw from in your application essays.

There's a lot to consider here, of course, but to sum it all up: if you can go now, do it! And message me on We Chat so I can give you more advice on how to make the most of your time on that visit!

Cheers,
Jon Frank

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