2007 CEIBS(中欧国际工商学院) MBA申请-----在校生答疑

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以下是引用zhuxiantu在2007-8-1 0:52:00的发言：

考中欧肯定很难吧

 那取决于你是不是很牛

sarah_zheng

以下是引用hendi在2007-7-6 15:07:00的发言：

Dear Sir/Madam

I graduated with Bachelor Deg in Mechanical Engineering in Uni of Bristol (UK) in yr 2005, 1 yr lab engineer experience in R&D department and 0.75 yr global projects management experience in logistic department in Intel (Pudong site) until now. Not done GMAT yet, but planning to apply MBA in 2008.

it seems my working experiences are not very sufficent, just more than 2 years time, i am wondering how big is the chance for me to get CEIBS mba admission with my background regardless to the GMAT result?

if my background is not good enough, a high GMAT result (such as 750) will compensate my lack of management experiences? thank you very much

Regards

Hendi

Hendi,It's hard to say whether 2~3 years work experience is sufficient or not.No doubt that high GMAT score will complement a lot.However,I'd like to suggest you also spend efforts on interview preparation and essay writing.Your oversea experience and international company working experience are  plus!Try to identify your reasons to pursue MBA at this time being and why your choose CEIBS.How your career plan fit into this choice.Perform well in your interview for both individual part and case discussion part. These might help more than GMAT or short term working experience sometimes.Personally, I'd say GMAT or Working experience is something like bottom line.As long as you achieve over 680 and the minimum years of work experience(2yrs), you have a good chance to get in.

Good luck!

Sarah

sarah_zheng

以下是引用lex_xu在2007-7-4 18:49:00的发言：

各位大使大家好，非常羡慕大家可以置身于ceibs这个知识的象牙塔内，在经典的案例中翱翔，在个人的事业中腾空。鉴于对ceibs的向往，这里简单的写一下个人的情况，请大家帮忙参考一下我能够进ceibs的可能性大吗？？

我的背景资料如下： 本科毕业工作4年，大学是沈阳工业大学，专业是自动化专业，在校期间是班级的班长，学员篮球队的队员，突出的成绩是获得过校2等奖学金，并在毕业时帮助班级申请并取得校优秀毕业班集体称号，好像还有几次3好学生。课外实践是参加并考取了Microsoft的MCSE资格证书，并有过几个小的实践项目，同时在学校的网络管理中心做过校园网的维护。至于，GPA成绩还没有核算过，但应该不会低。

    毕业后，从沈阳直接到上海的一家健身器材公司（世界第三大，台企），做过电子方面的工艺工程师，设备工程师最后是生产主管，在这里共工作了2年，其间的可能最突出的成绩就是帮助公司将整个一整套的新的大型自动流水线从采购到最后能够顺利量产并最终负责此条流水线的管理工作。中间曾经参加过松下集团和日立集团的相关方面的培训。（整个项目由我一直跟进负责实际的工作，当然主导是公司的老总喽）。至整个品质，产量均达到能够顺利进行后，失去前进的方向，同时对现场管理的很多迷惑希望可以换个环境去考证，所以跳槽至现在的公司，日月光集团（世界规模最大的半导体封装测试公司-台企），工作仍然是生产主管，负责每日生产的机器及人员的协调，属于公司中层现场管理人员，来公司已经一年半了，好像还没有什么特殊的成绩，不过再接下来的一年中升迁主任的机会应该挺大的，目前的年薪在70K左右。

    再说说GMAT成绩应该可以达到700+,口语一般应该会进行个把月的口语强化后再申请面试，除了英语外，还自学了日语和法语，属于初级阶段还没有办法自由交流。

    基本情况就是这些了，请问这样的情况申请机会大吗？总觉得没有欧美企业工作的背景好像会稍逊一些，而且也做的是制造业，和很多的学哥学姐们的管理咨询、金融背景相比，好像又逊色一些，这样比来比去好像就越来越没有信心了。

    最后，我的目标是今年年底左右的时间进行申请明年的MBA，请务必在百忙之中给以解惑，非常感谢！

Firstly, welcomet to apply for CEIBS Ceibs is definitely one of the best institutions in China these days.

To answer your question,I want to be frank, that I see no obvious advantage from your aforementioned profile. GPA or Multi-language speaking is not key concern for admission. What they value mostly are: Your education background,GMAT,English proficiency, career plan and potential, your fit into CEIBS culture, communication skills...

However, I can really feel your passiontate about CEIBS, which is a good sign. My suggestion to you: In order to stand out from the all the applicants:

you have to be a good story teller, try to describe one or two achievements in your essay.

Go and get a 700+ GMAT!

I do not see you have much chance to speak a lot English during daily work.Promise you that this cannot be improved overnight! nor through any intenstive training program. But all the practice or mock interview does help!

Be clear about your career plan.

Join the info session and talk to CEIBS students

Last but not least, keep momentum and be confident

Good luck

sarah_zheng

以下是引用ranma777在2007-6-22 9:21:00的发言：

各位学生大使，

1、同上，请问怎么能够拿到第一学期的教材，这样可以提前预习一下……

2、请问笔记本电脑通常是在什么时候用的（除了在宿舍自己用）？在学习中和宿舍里放台式机会有哪些区别？

1. The books will be released to you after the wingbook store receives the books.I think they will inform you to fetch them.

2. I really don't understand this question... but I believe ONE laptop is enough and is a must.It's your own discretion to add a desk top in the dorm. But the dorm is really small...Stats does require you bring laptop!So get it ready before school start.

One more warning to all intakers, be cautious about the security on campus. Normally, it's pretty safe to leave the laptops in discussion rooms,lab, classrooms, public areas.... but recently, we found someone lost laptop on campus.

lisony

Dear Sarah,

With reference to your previous response to others, I can see that you are quite remarkable for your warm heart. So I have some questions and concerns for your kindly response and help!

Background: I graduated from Renmin University of China 6 years ago, majored in Business administration. During 6 years, I have accumulated comprehensive experience with 3 world famous multinationals: ReckittBenckiser, L'Oreal and Tetra Pak. All my experience focus on sales management. Now, in pursuit of my MBA dream, I resigned and decided to go out for that. The only school that I intend to apply is CEIBS. So I have put all eggs in one basket.

My targeted GMAT score is 700+.

Career plan: After MBA, I plan to work as Marketing function in consumer goods industry, in which I really show great interest.

So my questions are...1) from above brief introduction of my background, I wants to get your kindest suggestion on whether I take some advantage in applying for Ceibs and what improvement should I make?

2) Furthermore, if I could be admitted, is there any possiblity, based on my background, of awarding scholarship? I do have some financial constraints.  

3) Besides, I am living in Beijing, so I plan to work in Beijing after graduation, does that mean I will lose much more opportunity than those who intend to work in Shanghai?     

Thanks in advance for your kindest suggestion!

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lisony

Thanks. Can someone do all things together with an outstanding result?

sarah_zheng

以下是引用lisony在2007-8-6 16:51:00的发言：

Dear Sarah,

With reference to your previous response to others, I can see that you are quite remarkable for your warm heart. So I have some questions and concerns for your kindly response and help!

Background: I graduated from Renmin University of China 6 years ago, majored in Business administration. During 6 years, I have accumulated comprehensive experience with 3 world famous multinationals: ReckittBenckiser, L'Oreal and Tetra Pak. All my experience focus on sales management. Now, in pursuit of my MBA dream, I resigned and decided to go out for that. The only school that I intend to apply is CEIBS. So I have put all eggs in one basket.

My targeted GMAT score is 700+.

Career plan: After MBA, I plan to work as Marketing function in consumer goods industry, in which I really show great interest.

So my questions are...1) from above brief introduction of my background, I wants to get your kindest suggestion on whether I take some advantage in applying for Ceibs and what improvement should I make?

i cannot give further more suggestions.You background looks good and well qualified. A 700+ GMAT is sth not firm yet. But one question that you will definitely be asked is "why resigned?"Think about it....

2) Furthermore, if I could be admitted, is there any possiblity, based on my background, of awarding scholarship? I do have some financial constraints.  

I think yes.But background is only part of the assessment. Interview performance counts more.

3) Besides, I am living in Beijing, so I plan to work in Beijing after graduation, does that mean I will lose much more opportunity than those who intend to work in Shanghai?     

I don't know...We have students found jobs in both cities as well as overseas.I feel most jobs are located in Shanghai though.Maybe most students prefer to work in SH. But if you target at global companies, most of them are quite flexible at job location.You may also have to travel a lot. I used to stick to Shanghai before I joined MBA.But on the first class we had in CEIBS, we were taught to be adaptive..

Thanks in advance for your kindest suggestion!

My point of view: don't put all the eggs in one basket.This applies for any investment and MBA is one sort of investment too.

To answer your questions, please see above in red.

lisony

Dear Sarah,

Thanks a million for your winged words! It helps me a lot! My MSN is lipton_lee(A) hotmail.com. Wish to talk to you more later.

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楼上的不打算留北京申请BI了？上海呆一段时间也挺好

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lisony

也在想，读BI对我来讲有很多好处，而且成本比Ceibs要低。但是从长远角度来讲，Ceibs比BI要好很多。也比较困惑，今年BI要有变化，还不知道会怎么呢。