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XUANYA2005

Darden竟然掉的找不到了，顶上来吧。

Darden今年入学的中国人中间有engineer？什么背景？

zxsteven

以下是引用XUANYA2005在2006-9-19 11:43:00的发言：

Darden竟然掉的找不到了，顶上来吧。

Darden今年入学的中国人中间有engineer？什么背景？

I was a civil engineer before coming to Darden, and other Chinese students this year have marketing or auditing background, while some of them have engineering degrees.

nicole2007

hi Darden students,

would you help me with the following questions?

1. what does Darden feature most?

2. what kind of prospective students will Darden prefer? i have three years'experience in traditional manufacturing industry, major working function covers strategy and marketing.

3. what do you mean by "strong communication skills" in Darden? I am afraid american culture and communication will be most challenging if i want to do marketing in usa. i don't think two years b-school experience will change this situation tremendously.

4. you've mentioned a chinese person went to marketing function in us. would you introduce more about his/her background?

5. i am also concerned about tuition fee and fellowship. will darden suggest other scholarships if they cannot provide more scholarships to chinese students.

6. what is the brand image of Darden in consulting and industries? sometimes students are labeled with school features.

looking forward to your explanation.

thanks a lot!!!

XUANYA2005

以下是引用zxsteven在2006-9-19 12:10:00的发言：

I was a civil engineer before coming to Darden, and other Chinese students this year have marketing or auditing background, while some of them have engineering degrees.

Are you kidding? I guess I definitly want to talk to you, since I am a civil engineer, lots of coms and lots to discuss. how is the study life? do you mind I contact via email or phone?

northeuro

I got some rumor that there is already a new Darden student from China choose to quit for the unbearable workload and pressure, is that true?

zxsteven

以下是引用XUANYA2005在2006-9-19 14:18:00的发言：

Are you kidding? I guess I definitly want to talk to you, since I am a civil engineer, lots of coms and lots to discuss. how is the study life? do you mind I contact via email or phone?

sure, see my other post http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=13&ID=188829&page=3

zxsteven

以下是引用northeuro在2006-9-19 17:33:00的发言：
I got some rumor that there is already a new Darden student from China choose to quit for the unbearable workload and pressure, is that true?

That is true, but it was due to some personal reasons; and the student chose to defer to next year so that he/she will feel more ready for the Darden program.

zxsteven

以下是引用nicole2007在2006-9-19 12:24:00的发言：

hi Darden students,

would you help me with the following questions?

1. what does Darden feature most?

2. what kind of prospective students will Darden prefer? i have three years'experience in traditional manufacturing industry, major working function covers strategy and marketing.

3. what do you mean by "strong communication skills" in Darden? I am afraid american culture and communication will be most challenging if i want to do marketing in usa. i don't think two years b-school experience will change this situation tremendously.

4. you've mentioned a chinese person went to marketing function in us. would you introduce more about his/her background?

5. i am also concerned about tuition fee and fellowship. will darden suggest other scholarships if they cannot provide more scholarships to chinese students.

6. what is the brand image of Darden in consulting and industries? sometimes students are labeled with school features.

looking forward to your explanation.

thanks a lot!!!

I will try to get back to you in a while, give us some time.....

yorkzhong

以下是引用northeuro在2006-9-19 17:33:00的发言：
I got some rumor that there is already a new Darden student from China choose to quit for the unbearable workload and pressure, is that true?

That's partially true. As Steven suggeted she is not quitting but deffering because of personal reasons.

In a way, yes Darden is a hard working school, requires high communication skill and hard working to succeed. So if you are expecting some parties everyday, please consider it again, there're many schools BUT darden to choose. But, in Darden, you learn real staff, and those are something you can count on in your whole life. The case methord, once you get used it, you will just LOVE it. Do you still remember the days in university that you either do not go to class or sleep in the class? In Darden that will never happen because you are so EXCITED to learn, discuss and lead!

All Darden materials/cases are putting you in a general manager point of view to learn different perspectives of business. For example in accounting you are not learn to be a good accountant, that's the responsiblity of accounting department. Darden teach you to learn to use accounting as a management tool, and a business lauangue, thus you can make well-rounded decision with all the accounting information and analysis you get.  And in the end, you are able to synegize all these stuff and thus build your own framework of managing business. This methord helps you to be a general manager and also benefit your career as a consultant, i-banker, cooperate finance...because all these jobs need a overall understanding of the business world.

One word to describe my Darden experience so far: EXCITING!

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yorkzhong

以下是引用nicole2007在2006-9-19 12:24:00的发言：

hi Darden students,

would you help me with the following questions?

1. what does Darden feature most?

Case methord, teaching quality, community, general management education, entrepreneurship are things I think Darden are really good at.

2. what kind of prospective students will Darden prefer? i have three years'experience in traditional manufacturing industry, major working function covers strategy and marketing.

My personal opinion (not necessary the adcom's), strong leadership, communication skill, strong acemedic ability. Your working experience looks perfectly fits Darden!

3. what do you mean by "strong communication skills" in Darden? I am afraid american culture and communication will be most challenging if i want to do marketing in usa. i don't think two years b-school experience will change this situation tremendously.

Your communication will be largely improved after two year's class discussion EVERY DAY and party every week with US people. But, to survive the first several month, your English should be good Enough to keep up with the class discussion otherwise it will be a very hard experience. Also, you need to be not shy to speak up in the class - that's the whole point of case method.

The culture staff is a challeng for every Chinese but I am not going to say that you never get chance. 1) there are some marketing job like product marketing  that requires more analitical than culture understanding 2) there's always people who can adapt very fast into new enviornment.

4. you've mentioned a chinese person went to marketing function in us. would you introduce more about his/her background?

Not sure, but it should be rather easy to get into marketing functions other than consumer brand marketing.

5. i am also concerned about tuition fee and fellowship. will darden suggest other scholarships if they canot provide more scholarships to chinese students.

You can always try but do not count on it.

6. what is the brand image of Darden in consulting and industries? sometimes students are labeled with school features.

Great in both. I think (not sure, if someone can find the ranking it would be great) there's a Wall Street ranking, that Darden are on the top 5 about employer's satisfication rate. Also, Darden graduate's salary (especially if we count 5 year after graduation) are among top 5.

looking forward to your explanation.

thanks a lot!!!

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