[校友答疑]Oxford MBA 07-08 student Q&A

avy1201

以下是引用kidmann在2008-3-14 6:39:00的发言：
Did Oxford conduct a background check (e.g. calling your company to verify employment...etc) after you are admitted?

I'm not aware of anything of background check. I think it is very unlikely unless they are suspecious of something.

Niujian

It's great to have mentor here. I am working in foreign bank, and part of work is in HK.

Can I say working in HK is an international exposure? since international exposure is pretty

important. 

avy1201

I think it's ok to say that working in HK gives you international exposure. Reinforce your point by emphasizing e.g.an international client base etc. anything your work involved in an international context.

Good luck!

doudou7

Hi avy,

Thanks for taking time out of busy schedule to answer all these questions. Do you know what portion of students received financial aid in the program? I am PR China citizen but US permanent resident. And how valuable is the career service in Oxford? How important is the college choice? What if both colleges you choose are full?

Thanks

doudou

avy1201

Hey Doudou.

Unfortunately the decision to award financial aid is really random, very much depends on if your interviewer has the right to give out money. E.g. if you interview with the director of the MBA program, you will have good chance to get money if you perform well in the interview. It's unfair I know, but it's the reality, at least for this year.

Career service is really helpful and work hard to support students, however, in the end nobody can get an job for you except yourself.

MBA students don't have too much time to spend in the college, but some people still think it's important, for me not so important. If the colleges you choose were full, you always have chance to choose another one, so no worry.

Cheers, avy

pierre623

Hi Avy,

刚刚完成GMAT考试（680），这个分数申请Oxford会不会拖后腿，

其他的background:

China Top5 university本科毕业，在TOP US COMPANY工作4年

有家族企业背景,跟众多PE,IB有过合作经历

非常期待你的答复，因为还在考虑需要不需要再考一次G

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avy1201

GMAT中规中矩，不至于拖后腿，个人不建议重考。你的背景应该比较有机会，面试表现很重要。一旦你被邀请了面试，其他都不重要了，你的面试官几乎有100%的权利决定你进还是不进。

avy

pierre623

Avy,

Thanks for your suggestion.

suvtong

Hi Avy，
thanks for you answers helping us know a lot of oxford. I have a question.
How about the chances of a student with a low GPA <3, if he has a high GMAT 700+ and 9 years consulting experiences in Fotune 500 to get in?

Miranda_a

Hi Avy,

Thank you for your patience to answer all the questions. It's definitely helpful～

I applied for the Master of Financial Economices, and yesterday I just got the opportunity to have the in-person interview in May. But now I have no idea about how to prepare for the interview...Can you please give me some suggestions on how to well prepare it?

Also I have some questionsIn Chinese, coz I am not sure whether I could express it clearly in English~^_^~ )

1. 一般Said Business School给面试的比例占总申请人的多少啊，最后录取的人又是面试的人的多少呢？

2.面试官比较看重的是什么？职业前途、学术能力、还是个人能力？

3.面试官一般会问些什么问题呢？我能想到的就是自我介绍，选择这个学校及专业目的，未来职业发展展望，对以前实习经历的介绍（需要很细节吗？），我简历上他想问的一些问题，还有别的吗？

4.面试时他会问一些专业问题吗？我准备的时候需要积累很多和金融、经济有关的知识吗？

5.会问一些关于实事或最近这个领域的发生的事情吗？

6.还有什么建议或者补充没有呢？

大概就这些了~希望LZ和广大CDer们帮忙，先谢谢大家啦~