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weilong111

以下是引用amandayun在2006-11-3 10:37:00的发言：

请问大虾, 身边的陪读太太可以打工吗, 如果可以都会作些什么, 薪水怎么样, 如果英语很好的情况下

谢谢

呵呵，也想问问这个问题。

weilong111

one more question to Darden folks,can I understand that one should better choose the 2years full time MBA but not the Part time and the 1 year's if he want to get more skills in business and personal improvement of career?

what is the American peoples feelings to the one year MBA there?

thanks a lot. 

yorkzhong

以下是引用amandayun在2006-11-3 10:37:00的发言：

请问大虾, 身边的陪读太太可以打工吗, 如果可以都会作些什么, 薪水怎么样, 如果英语很好的情况下

谢谢

No, she can not work if she is taking F2 VISA in US.

yorkzhong

以下是引用红拂夜奔在2006-11-3 14:45:00的发言：

Sumitted on Oct.19th and got an interview invation today from Lynn Garnett,Assistant Director of Admissions. Was any one once interviewed by her? Could you give me some information about her style? Thanks! 

Congrtulations for the interview!  I've talked to her several times but didn't interview with her. She is a very very nice lady. So, just relex, prepare as much as you can, and roll it!

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yorkzhong

以下是引用weilong111在2006-11-3 15:46:00的发言：

thanks a lot Boscong for your explaination,I agree with you that we should not focus more of the salary for taking a MBA journey but the career development and personal improvment, but we can not deny that the salary expectation is one of the major factor that some students chose the business school.

Darden salary is ranking among the highest in top schools..., so don't worry about that.

yorkzhong

以下是引用weilong111在2006-11-3 15:52:00的发言：

one more question to Darden folks,can I understand that one should better choose the 2years full time MBA but not the Part time and the 1 year's if he want to get more skills in business and personal improvement of career?

what is the American peoples feelings to the one year MBA there?

thanks a lot. 

It's a good question. I'd say that 2 year, 1 year and part-time all have their pros and cons. You need to be clear "what can I get out of MBA" and your own sitiuation to make the judgemental call.

Basically, 1 year is very intensive, and you only have chance to learn those "basic" course. You don't have the chance to dig deeper into one or even more subject that you are really interested in. Also, becuase 1 year is really quick, it's probably hard to really get to know your classmates. On the other hand, you don't have the advantage of summer intern, when you can really try something different without taking too much risk.

That being said, 1 year is very cost-effective. I think many Eurpo program are 1 year while most US programs are 2 years. Also you probably can see that the average age in 1 year is much higher, I guess 30-35. That make sense because if you are elder (or senior), the opportunity cost is higher. Though we do have some folks 35 or even almost 40 in Darden, the mainstream is 27, 28.

For part-time, I think the advantage is that your opportunity cost is much lower but you need to consider: 1). what you get out of part-time MBA. In most jobs when you are so busy I am not sure how much time you can spend on it, and without spending a huge amount of time, I don't think you can learn what you need. 2). Assuming you are in China, there are not too many good part-time MBA to select. I know CEIBS have one exec-MBA but not sure the quality of it. Just having a so-so part time MBA, might not add value to you if you are already kind of success vs. your peers.

Darden Dean has an article talking about this, (haha I didn't point this out earlier because I do have some of my own opinions). You can take a look.

http://www.darden.edu/html/deansblog.aspx?id=7166

There are more articles very interesting in Darden Dean Bob's Blog.

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weilong111

以下是引用yorkzhong在2006-11-4 11:46:00的发言：

It's a good question. I'd say that 2 year, 1 year and part-time all have their pros and cons. You need to be clear "what can I get out of MBA" and your own sitiuation to make the judgemental call.

Basically, 1 year is very intensive, and you only have chance to learn those "basic" course. You don't have the chance to dig deeper into one or even more subject that you are really interested in. Also, becuase 1 year is really quick, it's probably hard to really get to know your classmates. On the other hand, you don't have the advantage of summer intern, when you can really try something different without taking too much risk.

That being said, 1 year is very cost-effective. I think many Eurpo program are 1 year while most US programs are 2 years. Also you probably can see that the average age in 1 year is much higher, I guess 30-35. That make sense because if you are elder (or senior), the opportunity cost is higher. Though we do have some folks 35 or even almost 40 in Darden, the mainstream is 27, 28.

For part-time, I think the advantage is that your opportunity cost is much lower but you need to consider: 1). what you get out of part-time MBA. In most jobs when you are so busy I am not sure how much time you can spend on it, and without spending a huge amount of time, I don't think you can learn what you need. 2). Assuming you are in China, there are not too many good part-time MBA to select. I know CEIBS have one exec-MBA but not sure the quality of it. Just having a so-so part time MBA, might not add value to you if you are already kind of success vs. your peers.

Darden Dean has an article talking about this, (haha I didn't point this out earlier because I do have some of my own opinions). You can take a look.

http://www.darden.edu/html/deansblog.aspx?id=7166

There are more articles very interesting in Darden Dean Bob's Blog.

thank you so much York,you do give me clear and complete understanding of the advantage and disadvantage of the different type of MBA,also I got to know why you emphasis so many times that get to know clear what you mean to achieve through one MBA session before you make up your mind,I think I need to consider more about this questions,hehe.

anyway,thank you so much buddy and to be honesty,Darden give me good empression since now,I also get a invitation from Lynn to get a F2F communication this Saturday during the WW top MBA tour,hope that is a good beginning and sometimes,I have the opportunity to be one of the classmate.

uncertainty7

我想請問一下有關Darden的interview

面試官會看完resume and essay後

照上面的詳細問問題嗎

還是blind interview?

謝謝

liaokangyu

Basically , it's a blind interview . The interview will not read your essay or resume in advance. if you are interviewed by the representative of admission office, what you get is just a casual talk which will last about 40 minutes .

good luck !

yorkzhong

以下是引用liaokangyu在2006-11-7 2:12:00的发言：

Basically , it's a blind interview . The interview will not read your essay or resume in advance. if you are interviewed by the representative of admission office, what you get is just a casual talk which will last about 40 minutes .

good luck !

Hehe, I had different experience with Kang yu. Though it was not a very formal interview, the question was around my experience, why MBA, why Darden. So, do your homework of be more familar with your resume and application package, be familar with Darden through website, will definetely helps your interviewing.

Show your passion, confidence and knowledge, you will get it!