Taking Questions about Yale SOM (WL-related information in the end)

nancygao

Thank you sooooo much!

That's quite a relief~ 我准备用雅思，很担心因为成绩单没有按时达到学校而影响自己的candidancy!

谢谢，我会给学校写信的=）

沙隆巴斯

问个关于essay的问题吧

“An effective leader for business and society is one who is able to hear, understand and communicate with people from all segments of society. In order to educate such leaders, Yale SOM is committed to promoting diversity and creating a community that cultivates a wealth of perspectives. In this spirit, describe an instance when, as part of a team, you played a role in bringing together individuals with different values or viewpoints to achieve a common goal.”

这个essay是要写什么啊？协调各方不同意见，促成一件事的成功吗？Yale用了那么多字描述这个问题，一定是有什么特殊用意，想看到什么呢？能举个例子吗？

victorbj262

Activites
Instructions: List the most meaningful activities (up to five (5)) in which you participate or have participated from college to date. For each activity, list the name and location of the organization (if any), the starting and ending dates of your involvement, the amount of time you have devoted to the activity, and a brief description of the nature of your involvement.

请问，这activities要表现什么？应该选什么样的活动？
包括工作和工作外，还只是工作外，哪种好些？
是否不要和简历上的重复？
活动是要时间长些的好呢？还是一次性的活动，因为问题又问到参加的频率。

susanfly

Activites
Instructions: List the most meaningful activities (up to five (5)) in which you participate or have participated from college to date. For each activity, list the name and location of the organization (if any), the starting and ending dates of your involvement, the amount of time you have devoted to the activity, and a brief description of the nature of your involvement.

请问，这activities要表现什么？应该选什么样的活动？
包括工作和工作外，还只是工作外，哪种好些？
是否不要和简历上的重复？
活动是要时间长些的好呢？还是一次性的活动，因为问题又问到参加的频率。

-- by 会员 victorbj262 (2010/9/26 21:48:02)

工作？oh please. 你已经花了太多空间去写工作了。Have some fun!
我的建议是写一些你工作中无法突出或者根本没有涉及到，但又很重要的东西，比如community commitment / volunteer activities, leadership (不是每个人的工作中都有机会直接领导别人的)。跟简历上完全不重复我个人觉得是不太可能的。除非你的工作经历非常丰富，光是工作就让简历很充实了；否则你觉得非常meaningful的活动，肯定在简历上会有一席之地，但或许只是一个title，没有太多的空间来描述具体的responsibilities，你involve的程度和accomplishments. 这个section就是给你机会来展现这些。对于time scale的问题，我觉得时间的长度和活动频率本身不是特别好的一个选择标准，还是以活动的重要程度来区分更好，有些一次性的活动可能比你长期做的某些事情让你收获更大，或是更impressive，那就应该优先选择。当然，最好有一些持续时间比较长，committed程度也比较高的活动，否则如果是我看你的application，可能会有一种这个人做事蜻蜓点水、没有持久性，甚至觉得你是不是只是为了resume好看去做事的感觉。You definitely don't want that.

susanfly

问个关于essay的问题吧

“An effective leader for business and society is one who is able to hear, understand and communicate with people from all segments of society. In order to educate such leaders, Yale SOM is committed to promoting diversity and creating a community that cultivates a wealth of perspectives. In this spirit, describe an instance when, as part of a team, you played a role in bringing together individuals with different values or viewpoints to achieve a common goal.”

这个essay是要写什么啊？协调各方不同意见，促成一件事的成功吗？Yale用了那么多字描述这个问题，一定是有什么特殊用意，想看到什么呢？能举个例子吗？

-- by 会员 沙隆巴斯 (2010/9/26 10:36:15)

切题稍偏了吧……这个题目通篇也没有讲Coordination啊。作为一个leader，你最大的责任通常不是coordination，而是make a decision.  在decision-making的过程中你会有很多问题的，会有各种建议、也有各种反对意见，它们有不同的内涵，代表不同的文化、种族、和商业背景，作为一个leader，你要能聆听和理解不同人的声音，将其消化吸收，在决策过程中能够切实为己所用，使最后的decision可以实现大的目标，并且可以让不同人都满意。我觉得这个题更多的是这个意思。附clearadmit的essay analysis (cite from: http://blog.clearadmit.com/2010/06/yale-som-essay-topic-analysis-2010-2011/)

The question is new to Yale’s application this year and signals the adcom’s interest in how candidates may thrive not only within the diversity of Yale’s MBA class, but also within increasingly global business interactions.  When answering this prompt, candidates should highlight their ability to lead with an adaptable, empathetic, and/or open-minded nature.  It’s important that you are able to show how you worked with diverse individuals to find common ground, effectively move forward, and ultimately achieve your goal.  Although the last part of the prompt states that applicants should describe a time they were “part of a team,” the first sentence of the prompt implies that this essay is intended to gauge applicants’ leadership potential.  Therefore whether you were or were not the designated leader of the team, you should strive to highlight your leadership abilities in describing your work with the team.

victorbj262

susanfly

多谢的你的回答。

bigjoe

感谢，我再问个问题，Yale一直强调educate social leader，他的课程设置或者其他方面如何体现这一点的？还是只是说它招的人都是这一类的？

-- by 会员 bigjoe (2010/9/25 22:51:42)

You're welcome.  关于这个问题我在19#涉及了一些，可以参考一下。具体到课程设置方面，基础课程没有过分强调这一点，但是老师讲课的时候会融入一些相关的元素，比如在建立business model的时候经常提醒大家重视social benefit, eco-friendly, cleantech这些概念。二年级的electives会有不少social enterprises方面的课，具体可以去翻我们的directory，找找你感兴趣的title，看看里面都有什么内容。这样不论是理解还是写起essay来都要生动具体的多：http://my.som.yale.edu/Courses/Information/YaleSOMElectiveCourses.aspx


另外，SOM很重视利用整个Yale的资源，和Law School以及Graduate School都有合作的课程。会有一些其他school的教授来开课，他们讲的很多都是将politics, environment等更高层面的主题如何跟management联系的课程。可以看这里：http://www.mba.yale.edu/faculty/disciplinarygroups.asp#7


我们班有的同学非常热衷政治，经常发群信告诉大家哪里有debate或者是“大人物”来演讲。这周日，也就是明天早上我们就要到离学校不远的地方去听Bill Clinton为某人竞选senator助威的演讲，很期待^^ 嗯，花絮完毕……

-- by 会员 susanfly (2010/9/26 6:29:31)

Thanks MM~ 我去研究下~~

Knockoff

先留个名，继续赶essay

gz2010

Hi, Susanfly, 请教个问题。我IBT只有100，刚压线。Yale是dream school，想申R1, 但是担心我拿这个成绩申请会有较大的劣势。 现在不知道应该直接上R1还是retake IBT 后申R2，听说R2录取率很低。。。其他条件还行(GMAT 750, 3 yrs WE in F 500)，Essay写的差不多了。请指点。谢谢。

Paris2009

发现Yale 2012级的平均GMAT已经722了，好恐怖啊，已经和哈佛，斯坦福不相上下了。。。