Michigan, Ross School - Students Taking Questions

stanhope

i have read thru this thread for several times, but it seems that there is no mention in this regard. anyway i somehow got it figured out, i think. According to my observation and the info i got from the website, i think they require phone interwers to initiate the call the Ross schoool at the scheduled time.

not sure whether i straighten it out correctly, looking 4wards to confirmation from current students! thanks in advance!

pure_big

Hi, Dear Ring:

I just finished my interview this morning.

However, the lady asked me several very easy questions such as why Michigan, how to deal with team conflict and what are my extracuriculum activities.

She didn't even ask what I can contribute to Ross Community which was asked thousand of times for other interviewer.

The interview only lasts for 30 minutes including 5 minutes of casual chatting. Is it a bad sign that Ross does not concern about me? They conduct the interview only because I paid the fee?

Thank you very much for your reply. I'm now very confused.

Best, Piggy

jkmbe

几位ROSS的前辈能否SHARE关于学校创业方面的信息,比如说business plan competition, student club之类, 谢谢.

M_AA

以下是引用stanhope在2005-12-5 13:40:00的发言：

请教一个技术问题: 由于我常驻一个小国家, 无法安排校友面试, 我在网上schedule了一个On-Campus or Telephone Interviews, 但是我收到的确认邮件说面试地点是michgan campus, 我现在是无法去michgan做oncampus intervewi啊, 而且邮件也没有说电话面试的选择项目? 不知道各位有没有参加过电话面试? 请飞雪mm帮忙解答下啊! 谢谢了.

哎 在南亚很多国家跑了几年, 还是感觉中国最好, 不是说好听的, 中国确实现在牛起来了,什么都方便,很多方面都比较先进了.

Stanhope,

you can conduct the interview at the nearest city where you can find Michigan alum, who are usually very responsive. i sent several interview requests last year and got reply from all of them. face-to-face interview results are more positive - you can sit with the alum and have a nice conversation to promote yourself, unless you have some back luck. why don't you come back to China for the interview, if you believe in the country?

anyway, it's up to you. for the phone interview, please confirm directly with the admission office.

good luck!

-m

M_AA

以下是引用pure_big在2005-12-6 2:44:00的发言：

Hi, Dear Ring:

I just finished my interview this morning.

However, the lady asked me several very easy questions such as why Michigan, how to deal with team conflict and what are my extracuriculum activities.

She didn't even ask what I can contribute to Ross Community which was asked thousand of times for other interviewer.

The interview only lasts for 30 minutes including 5 minutes of casual chatting. Is it a bad sign that Ross does not concern about me? They conduct the interview only because I paid the fee?

Thank you very much for your reply. I'm now very confused.

Best, Piggy

Piggy,

my interview last year was 30 mins and i was not asked the "contribution" question. I don't think the interviewer needs to go thru some stardard questionnaire, though there are evaluation critiria including leadership and teamwork, etc.

i can't tell if you've had a good interview or not. but style of interviewers vary. if you think you prepared well for the contribution question, you can push it forward proactively. kind of late advice, isn't it?

for now, just sit back and wait for the results. good luck!

-m

p.s., fee is not the issue.

ring_cheng

以下是引用pure_big在2005-12-6 2:44:00的发言：

Hi, Dear Ring:

I just finished my interview this morning.

However, the lady asked me several very easy questions such as why Michigan, how to deal with team conflict and what are my extracuriculum activities.

She didn't even ask what I can contribute to Ross Community which was asked thousand of times for other interviewer.

The interview only lasts for 30 minutes including 5 minutes of casual chatting. Is it a bad sign that Ross does not concern about me? They conduct the interview only because I paid the fee?

Thank you very much for your reply. I'm now very confused.

Best, Piggy

First of all, good to hear that u have finished your interview.

The purpose of interview varies from school to school, but basically it is to know you better beyond "cold" resume and other materials, and to see if you can be better involved in Ross. So, regarding your concern, the interviewer will put an ending to the interview as long as he/she gets enough info to make a judgment of you.

Personally, i don't classify the interview based on the questions and length of the interview. Neither do I think the interviewer will treat applicants unequally.

So from what u described sofar, unless u screwed it up, (which u didn't mention), your interview sounds good to me. Put your efforts on other schools, if there is any.

good luck, pure_big!

ring_cheng

以下是引用M_AA在2005-12-6 14:35:00的发言：

Piggy,

my interview last year was 30 mins and i was not asked the "contribution" question. I don't think the interviewer needs to go thru some stardard questionnaire, though there are evaluation critiria including leadership and teamwork, etc.

i can't tell if you've had a good interview or not. but style of interviewers vary. if you think you prepared well for the contribution question, you can push it forward proactively. kind of late advice, isn't it?

for now, just sit back and wait for the results. good luck!

-m

p.s., fee is not the issue.

Thanks, M_AA, you are very supportive to the thread!

BTW, are u the 1st-year or 2nd-year student at Ross ?

M_AA

以下是引用jkmbe在2005-12-6 10:19:00的发言：
几位ROSS的前辈能否SHARE关于学校创业方面的信息,比如说business plan competition, student club之类, 谢谢.

jkmbe,

for entrepreneurship: Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Enterpreneurial Studies: http://www.zli.bus.umich.edu/

for student clubs: http://www.bus.umich.edu/Organizations/CareerInterests.htm

you can find much information you want.

-m

SkyGrit

偶在邮件里也反映了一下回复比较慢的信息，现在基本上3天内都可以收到答复，不过admission现在回复是快了，不过回信的时候没有刚开始那么客气了，直接来点内容，连我的名字都不写了，呵呵。。。而且问了三个问题，有时候只是简单的回复第一个，难道老美也开始敷衍了事了？？？

anyway，admission回复就好，其他全当牢骚了。

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游子

请问版主

我的GMAT成绩是700，而TOEFL只有243，根据ROSS的规定，要求TOEFL达到250，如果我申请是否肯定FAIL.

我自己觉得10年的工作经历很有竞争力，可否用现在的TOEFL成绩尝试申请？

谢谢