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feiyushi

My TOEFL score is 607. I think I'd better improve it. However, as you know, there are so many things to do in the application process that I could hardly spend time on TOEFL.

Do you think 607 severely hurt my competitiveness? I have plans to improve spoken English over 2006-2007 to prepare myself for the study in Top business schools.

zxsteven

以下是引用feiyushi在2006-8-14 20:33:00的发言：

My TOEFL score is 607. I think I'd better improve it. However, as you know, there are so many things to do in the application process that I could hardly spend time on TOEFL.

Do you think 607 severely hurt my competitiveness? I have plans to improve spoken English over 2006-2007 to prepare myself for the study in Top business schools.

I donot think a TOEFL of 607 will kick you out of the application pool. In my eyes, the TOEFL score is the least important academic record compared to GMAT and your college GPA. But I strongly recommend you to improve your oral English and communication skills so that you will be able to stand out in the interview. Good luck.

feiyushi

Thank you very much!

wusamquan

Focus on your career goal essay (Essay 1), this is probably THE most important part of your application.

Make it logical.

remember: career development director at Darden read your career goal essay before admission officer make the decision.

Wahoowah
Sam

QYT

Ding

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pengpengming

Key Highlights of the class of 2005 employment statistics,FYI:

86% of students received first offer by graduation;

97% of students received first offer by 3 months post-graduation;

44% of students accepted jobs in Finance;

21% of students accepted jobs in Consulting;

36% of students accepted jobs in the Northeast region;

For additional in-depth data about employment statistics for the class of 2005 & 2006, you are invited to visit: 
www.darden.virginia.edu/career
http://www.darden.virginia.edu/career/employmentreportindex.htm

gobeyond

各位darden的同学，我想问下，darden在medical行业的就业如何。darden是为了southern elites而设，那么她的毕业生在sounthern就业应该很不错吧。darden的教学除了case study的特色外，哪个专项比较强些，比如marketing, finance, mis, health care management，etc。

谢谢。

yorkzhong

以下是引用gobeyond在2006-8-16 22:42:00的发言：

各位darden的同学，我想问下，darden在medical行业的就业如何。darden是为了southern elites而设，那么她的毕业生在sounthern就业应该很不错吧。darden的教学除了case study的特色外，哪个专项比较强些，比如marketing, finance, mis, health care management，etc。

谢谢。

Hi Gobeyond - , let me answer the second question first since it's easier Darden is quite strong in general management, that gives Darden advantage to consultanting and industry. Also University of Virginia has a Basten insititute which focus on entrepreneurship, there's amount of resource encouraging students to do business, like business plan competition, fund etc. Also there's a full-schorlarship for entrepreneurship each year in China.

When we talk about medical industry, I am not an expert since my industry is in IT. But this year, 2 out of 3 students who came back China entered medical device company, one in J&J. Their job/salary are pretty good. Below are the major companies recuriting in Darden bothe for summer intern and full time for your reference:

Class of 2005
Class of 2006
Top Hiring Companies
Summer Internships
Consulting
A.T. Kearney
Bain & Company
Booz Allen Hamilton
Deloitte
Everest
McKinsey & Company
ZS Associates

Consumer Products
Johnson & Johnson
Nike
PepsiCo
Procter & Gamble
Wyeth Consumer Healthcare

Energy
ConocoPhillips
Duke Energy
Exxon Mobil
Intrinergy

Financial Services
American Express
Bank of America
Bear Stearns
Citigroup
Credit Suisse First Boston
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan Chase
Legg Mason
Lehman Brothers
MassMutual Financial Group
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley
Progressive Insurance
SG Cowen & Company
Standard & Poor’s
Updata Partners
Wachovia Securities

Manufacturing
Armstrong
Danaher
DuPont
GE FANUC
Gilbarco Veeder-Root
Tyco
United Technologies
Pharma/Bio/Healthcare
Pfizer
Upstate
Retail/Wholesale
Target

Technology/Communications
Avaya
Dell
IBM
Landmark Communications, Inc.
Microsoft
Sprint Nextel
TRX

Full-Time Employment
Consulting
A.T. Kearney
Bain & Company
Booz Allen Hamilton
The Boston Consulting Group
Deloitte
Everest
First Annapolis
IBM
McKinsey & Company
The Monitor Group
PRTM
ZS Associates
The Zyman Group
Consumer Products
General Mills
Johnson & Johnson
Kraft Foods

Financial Services
Bank of America
Citigroup
Goldman Sachs
Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
JPMorgan Chase
Lehman Brothers
M&T Bank
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley
Standard & Poor’s
UBS
Wachovia Securities

Manufacturing
Cargill
Danaher
DuPont
General Electric
General Motors
The McGraw-Hill Companies
United Technologies

Real Estate
Centex
Trammell Crow Company
Retail
Circuit City
Target

Technology/Communications
Dell
EDS
Intel Corporation
Sprint Nextel

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yorkzhong

Guys - FINALLY, I got the pics work, please take a look in the first page of this thread. It might take you sometime to download but please be patient.

gobeyond

Hi, York,  I got your point. Those pictures are very beautiful. Thanks for your quick response to share the information.