Darden [注意]

ddozz

[迅捷]：it does not matter. If you want to contact CuiCheng, i can forward the message board to him. Now we are all busying fighting with our mid-term exams...

[Bloomingtree]: About the fouth essay question--"pose and address your own question", I wrote about some of my personal experience & activities that relate to my MBA career goal.

My takeaway from Darden essay writing is: Balancing your essay by talking about yourself as well as about your career achievement. Personal charactors are very important to a future business leader. Let the Admission office understand what kind of person you are and what you can contribute to the learning experience of your future class.

skyever

Hi, 迅捷. Nice to see you here. This is Cheng.

Danny and Derek introduced this board to me. You are doing a great job! Here is my little contribution. I just finished a new version of Darden Fact Sheet, which is shown to the President of a leading commercial bank in China for some cooperation ideas. I think it might benefit the Darden applicants as well.


The Darden Difference: Facts at a Glance


The MBA Program

Founded in 1954. One of the oldest business schools in the U.S.
Rated No.1 General Management by the Financial Times (2002).
Rated No.1 MBA career services by recruiters on Business Week (2002).
Rated No.2 Teaching Faculty by Business Week (2002).
Rated No.4 Most Innovative Curriculum by Business Week (2000).
Rated No.5 Best MBA programs by Business Week (1996).
Rated No.9 Global Overall MBA Programs by Economist (2002)
Rated No.10 Global Overall MBA Programs by U.S. News & World Report  (2002)
Among the top 3 MBA programs, along with Harvard and Dartmouth, that uses rigorous case method predominately as the teaching method in broad management skills and allows for in-depth, functional study; Darden's cases are widely used in the top 10 MBA programs.
Participatory learning (via case discussion) requires students to develop acute listening skills, think creatively and analytically on their feet, and communicate effectively in group settings - skills that are essential in business.


The EMBA Program

Ranked No.1 U.S. Executive MBA program by Business Week (1999).
Ranked No.1 Faculty for Executive Education in the world by Financial Times (2000)


University of Virginia

Founded by Thomas Jefferson, Author of ‘Declaration of Independence’ and America’s third President, in 1819.
In a tie with UC-Berkeley, University of Virginia rated No.1 Best Public Institutions in U.S. News Rankings (2003).


Darden Students

Ranked among the top 10 by recruiters for Cream of the MBA Crop in the areas of General Management, Marketing, Finance and Technology (Business Week 2000).
Ranked within the top 10 by Business Week (2002) in Finance, Marketing, Global Scope, Technology and General Management. Darden is one of only 7 MBA schools whose students achieved this across the board rating.
30% of the 2004 class are international students.
Top recruiters in 2002 include Citibank, Merrill Lynch, IBM, A.T. Kearney, McKinsey, J.P. Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Wal-Mart and Conoco. Median compensation package for graduates in finance industry is $87500.

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迅捷

Ok, hope this time I was right.

How was your internship in Baltimore? Did you like it?

bloomingtree

请教essay问题
第二个essay问题：The Darden School seeks a diverse and unique entering class of future leaders. How will your distinctiveness enrich our learning environment and enhance your prospects for success as a leader?
中的distinctiveness是指独特的工作经历还是独特的personal qualities?谢谢

迅捷

It varies from person to person. It can be one or the other or both. Remember, there is no hard set word limit so you should incorporate the most appropriate materials into these essays.

hodgechen

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ddozz

Reply: 请教essay问题
第二个essay问题：The Darden School seeks a diverse and unique entering class of future leaders. How will your distinctiveness enrich our learning environment and enhance your prospects for success as a leader?
中的distinctiveness是指独特的工作经历还是独特的personal qualities?谢谢

---I think it refers to both your working experience and personal charactors. Darden applies Case method to every course. So, your contribution to the class is very important. You had better demonstrate that you can give more insights to the learning experience of other students by sharing your experience to them and making yourself distintive from other students, a charactor that is required for future business leader. I suggest you think about:
1) what you can contribute to the case study experience in your future class. what do you expect to get from your future class as a way to reflect your contribution
2) how to be a leader, how to earn the credibility from your future business parners or employees as well as from your classmates

Good luck to your future application!

bloomingtree

to all,3x a lot!

efz31990

问一下如何准备DARDEN的学习生活?

除了多看一些英文的书,电影增强听力和阅读速度之外,准备上个Accounting的夜校, 和上海的校友多Network一下, 还能做些其他的事吗?

迅捷

Not much you can do I guess. For accounting, there should be a pre-term class offered by Darden. So I doubt whether you need to take it right now in Shanghai. Just relax and enjoy your free time.