We are, Penn State!

shouyang12

GPA很低70/100

能申请peen state的奖学金吗?

什么情况才能给全额奖学金?

THX

shouyang12

Personal Essays
Your responses to essay questions will be reviewed to determine your goals and aspirations, and if they match with the goals of the Smeal MBA program. Essays should be written concisely and clearly.

essay题目是什么?

chaos

以下是引用shouyang12在2005-10-6 8:10:00的发言：

Personal Essays
Your responses to essay questions will be reviewed to determine your goals and aspirations, and if they match with the goals of the Smeal MBA program. Essays should be written concisely and clearly.

essay题目是什么?

在申请网页上就能看到。在这儿贴一下：

必写：

1.  Discuss your short- and long-term career goals. How do you see the Smeal College MBA degree assisting you in attaining these goals

2.  We all have our own “defining moments” in our personal history: times when we made a choice that affected the future direction of our lives. Describe a decision you have made that has proven to be a turning point in your career/personal life. If you had made a different choice at that time, how might your life be different?

选择：

3.  Donald Trump recently published a book “The Best Business Advice I Ever Received.” It is a compilation of business advice received by successful business men and women. What is the best business advice you have ever received? How has it impacted your professional experience and career?

or

4.  If you did not have to work for a living, how would you choose to spend your time? Why?

BTW, PSU的申请网页挺难找的，不在how to apply，在early acceptance里。

PSU

Thanks, Chaos! I hope you have good time with those essay topics.

Shouyang12, hope you will find the topics by following Chaos' direction. GPA is not the only standard our admission officers use to screen applicants, so please don't feel bad about your GPA. As for the eligibilities for the scholarship, to be honest with you, I don't know if there's an existing on-the-shelf standard. I know some scholarship receipients in my class and their profiles are all different,some have longer working experience, some have higher GMAT scores,.... In general, outstanding working and academic history and a solid career plan will make you a strong scholarship candidate. I know I may not answer your questions as specific as you wanted, and the answer may sound diplomatic, but this is what I truly feel. Lastly, I believe "Value" is a magic word in the application process. If you can demostrate the value a Smeal MBA will bring to you and the value you will be able to add to Smeal program, you will be in a very good shape. Good luck!

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frtang

请教PSU，580+的TOEFL有可能被录取吗，如果GMAT700+,工作经历>8年（航天技术背景景），谢谢！

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PSU

以下是引用frtang在2005-10-7 10:51:00的发言：

请教PSU，580+的TOEFL有可能被录取吗，如果GMAT700+,工作经历>8年（航天技术背景景），谢谢！

frtang,

Please see the information I copied for you. I believe your GMAT score and working history are strong, and a 600+ TOEFL score will make your profile very competitive. Any other questions? Good luck!

The TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is required of all applicants whose native language is not English. International candidates who have not received a degree from a U.S. college or university must earn a score of 600 or better on the paper-based TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or 250 on the computer-based TOEFL. Scores must be sent directly to the Smeal College MBA office. (code 2660)

水蓝27

请问PSU,我的TOEFL是2003年8月考的，分数是达到了，620，但是已经过期几个月了，这样的情况应该怎么办？有可能跟学校商量免去重考吗？

刚考完GMAT，现在要开始写ESSAY了，实在觉得时间不够～～～～

谢谢了！

PSU

Hmmmmmmmmmm...... Unfortunately, I believe TOEFL is not waivable for Chinese students with no US degrees.If ETS doesn't pass the TOEFL score older than 2 years, I guess you will have to take TOEFL again most likely. I feel sorry about that.

Vodka

What is the placement for Class of 2005?

PSU

以下是引用Vodka在2005-10-13 12:45:00的发言：

What is the placement for Class of 2005?

I don't think the 05 statistics has been released. However you can go to http://www.smeal.psu.edu/mba/stats.html to see 04 statistics. Generally speaking, 05 placement was much better than that of 04.

I believe the viewers of this discussion care more about the placement for students from mainland China. In 05 Class, the placement distribution is as following:

3 supply chain management

1 b2b marketing

1 corporate finance

1 accounting

2 corporate finance (Beijing)

1 go for PHD

1 I don't have information

Most of the employers for above students are Fortune 500 companies.

Is the info good enough for you? Should you have more questions, please let me know. Take care!