The University of Chicago MBA 2007 taking questions

wwwzzz

我们学校中国同学会（Chinese Business Students Association, CBSA)网站上，有刚毕业这届同学所写的学校印象，在http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/student/gsbchinese/Applicants/gsb_overview.htm。这里还有一些其它有用信息，比如如何按照职业方向做课程计划（http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/student/gsbchinese/Current_Students/academics.htm，可惜是密码保护的，给录取了的同学），嘿嘿，都是新鲜出炉的哦，顺便广告一下。

另外，如欲了解芝大商学院“不为人知”的一面，可以读读学生刊物Chicago Business中的文章：www.chibus.com——友情提醒，该刊名不副实，没那么严肃，也基本不涉及学术研讨。其中文章多以搞笑为本，比较无厘头，敬请读者有鉴别地观赏。

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-7-4 22:00:41编辑过]

tybenny

先谢谢了，能抽时间回答问题

我的问题是：GPA对最后的申请的影响有多大？因为我在国内读完本科，又读的研，在不同的学校，因为本科的时候用了太多的时间玩，所以本科GPA肯定不高，但具体多少没算过。研究生的成绩肯定比本科高的多。所以这个很重要吗？

另外我现在在丹麦培训，有点管理培训生的意思，选人的时候每年从7个国内高校选一个，最初的时候做的市场，但接下来马上要做production management，所以，这样的话，申请是不是不好定方向，而且好像production management不是芝加哥的强项，所以比较困惑，谢谢给点意见。

machinegun

Here we got the U of Chicago GSB 2006 Essay questions:

Essay 1: To complete, we require that you answer all parts of A, B, and C below. (1500 words maximum total):

1. Explain the path that has led you to pursue an MBA as the next step in your professional/ personal development.  What steps did you take and how did you reach your decision?
   
2. What or who influenced your choice of schools? What criteria will you use to decide where you will attend?  What is it specifically about Chicago GSB that is going to help you succeed?
   
3. Describe your short and long term post-MBA career goals.  What steps will you be taking in order to achieve your goals?

Essay 2: Choose one of the following two questions to answer (500 word maximum)

1. Describe the most challenging team environment in which you have been involved. What role did you play? What impact did you have? What did you learn?
   
2. Describe a time when you exhibited leadership skills even though you were not the designated leader. What was the situation? What skills did you utilize?

Essays 3 & 4: Choose two of the following five questions to answer (500 word maximum for each).

1. How have you used your personal characteristics and resources to improve the lives of others?
   
2. Describe a time when you felt a strong sense of purpose in your life. What motivated you? What changes did you make personally and professionally to achieve that purpose?
   
3. What would you consider the biggest failure or disappointment in your life? How did you adapt your plans or move past that failure or disappointment?
   
4. If you can spend one day as someone else, who would it be? Why? What would your day look like?
   
5. To be successful in life, you must be able to distinguish between fleeting trend and genuine innovation.  Tell us of a time when you had to make such as a distinction.  What, if anything, would you have done differently?

Good Luck!!

hiandy

请问Machinegun可否提供Essay题目的网址？多谢！

machinegun

Hiandy,

http://www.chicagogsb.edu/fulltime/admissions/essay.aspx

Good luck!

hiandy

thanks again, machinegun! Hope to meet u in Chicago GSB!

machinegun

Hiandy, the info is for your reference.

The GSB ranked #1 with corporate recruiters in BusinessWeek's biennial ranking of business schools, published in the October 18 edition. "Chicago's grads were hands-down favorites in our survey of companies that hire MBAs," BusinessWeek wrote. "More than just a factory for churning out economic whiz kids, the school’s capacity for shaping students’ thinking was at the top of recruiters’ minds," the magazine said. When the corporate poll was combined with a survey of recent graduates, Chicago GSB ranked #2 overall. The top schools in the combined ranking are: 1) Kellogg, 2) Chicago, 3) Wharton, 4) Stanford, 5) Harvard, 6) Michigan, 7) Cornell, 8) Columbia, 9) MIT, and 10) Tuck.

tybenny

machinegun首先谢谢你得信息

你认为工厂管理在芝加哥的前景如何？你对我上个问题的回答是让我自己先想清楚自己的发展方向，但我在的公司，对中国员工的意见只是……，所以好多都是老外决定的，我想大多数外企员工都有这个问题。所以，能给点专业方向上的建议或信息吗？比如我听说芝加哥的10%的毕业生会去consulting,那其它的比例呢？

谢谢了

wwwzzz

以下是引用tybenny在2005-7-7 16:26:00的发言：

machinegun首先谢谢你得信息

你认为工厂管理在芝加哥的前景如何？你对我上个问题的回答是让我自己先想清楚自己的发展方向，但我在的公司，对中国员工的意见只是……，所以好多都是老外决定的，我想大多数外企员工都有这个问题。所以，能给点专业方向上的建议或信息吗？比如我听说芝加哥的10%的毕业生会去consulting,那其它的比例呢？

谢谢了

你可以从MBA Career Services: http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/gsbcar/place.shtml 下载这几年的Placement Report。最新毕业这届的报告还没出来，不过从上一届（2004届）看，finance依然是大户（58%), 接下来就是consulting (22%), marketing (7.3%), general management (3.2%), strategic planning (2.7%) 和 business development (2.7%)

tybenny

3ks