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fabiano

650 is relatively low for Chinese applicant. I encourage you to retake it and it is probably the easiest part of your overall package to improve in a short time.
If there is no room for improvement, don't lose confidence to apply. If other factors are good enough to compensate the weakness on GMAT, you may also have an offer.

Thanks for sharing, I've got some questions too:
1.most GMAT=700+ huh...how about 650....
although do have multi-international background...and worked in several industries too...
what's the probability to be a successful applicant?

2.How can we apply for a campus visit?

Cheers

-- by 会员 aiming (2011/10/20 9:25:57)

fabiano

Best of luck to your application and look forward to seeing you at Durham next summer.
This is a very good question.
Each year, we have four terms,e.g. Fall1 Fall2 Spring 1 Spring 2. There will be totally 8 terms during two years. For the first two terms, all the students will take core courses and there is little room for elective courses. Beginning from the 3rd term, students can take several electives(2-4) each term, which can be tailored to meet his/her interest or concentration. That's why having 4 terms each year really allows students to take more courses they like.
The length of each class is 2 hours and 15 min. Compared to traditional 1h30m class length, students will have more time in class to practice and simulate really business situations. Besides this, longer time gives professors the flexibility to interact more with students, which enriches students' overall experience.
Does it answer your question?

Hi, erica100.  I'm a perspective student.
Paragraph in bold is the description of Fuqua's special term set, which I found in Fuqua's website. But I still don't understand the relationship between 6-week terms and longer class period. How does 6-week terms allow longer class duration?
Study is structured around 6-week terms rather than quarters or semesters. Each course meets for 2 hours and 15 minutes twice per week. Structuring the program in terms allows students to take more courses. Longer class periods give you as much class time per term as other business schools provide during a semester. Longer class periods enable faculty to cover complex topics during a single session and offer ample time for simulations, case presentations, questions, and discussion. They also offer the time for meaningful interaction with visiting members of the business community.

Could you please explain it?

-- by 会员 supermanlee (2011/10/19 15:51:43)

fabiano

Here we talk a lot about Team Fuqua.
Different people will have different experience about it.  
If you want to dive deeper, you may probably reach out to some Fuqua students to ask about their experience. Basically, Fuqua provides a collaborative environment for students.
Here I'd like to share with you some of the important factors leading to that environment.
ILE team( Each student will be assigned to a team of 6 with diverse background. You will have a very good relationship with your teammate. )
Career Fellow (A Second Year assigned to provide you suggestion on career development/ Resume Edit/ Cover Letter/ Mock Interview, this is extremely valuable for intl students who may have some language barrier)
Cole Fellow ( A Second Year helps to guide the team work. Help each tem member reflect on their participation, leading team members to provide constructive suggestion to each other.)
Fuqua Buddy ( A Second Year helps to answer all kinds of questions since you are admitted)
Hope it helps.

Could you elaborate please? What made "Fuqua teamwork" unique, so it becomes part of Fuqua's brand?

回答一下。
1）对于Finance，Fuqua有resource，但是肯定没有Finance专科院校多。基本上排名比较考前的学校，各方面都不会很差。如果说Fuqua的finance一定有什么特点的话，我觉得应该是源自于“稀缺”。一般Finance的人申请Fuqua比较容易拿奖。

2）这个是学校的主要宣传内容。具体的，以官方网站为准。

3）Character in Fuqua 应该来说是"Teamwrok”。 每个商学院都是"teamwork"的，这是必然。但是Fuqua是把teamwork 当作 brand 来宣传的。

BTW: 你应该来Fuqua visit过了。

Thanks for sharing!
I have several questions.
1. My career direction is about corporate finance. Thus, I want to know what resources the school could provide in this area. Although Fuqua is not a traditional "financial school", it is still my dream school, becasue I want to stay in NC.
2. How does the school define ”leader of consequence"?
3. what is the characters of Fuqua in your mind?

-- by 会员 zhang__yimei (2011/9/29 10:21:04)

-- by 会员 smthbigur (2011/9/30 12:09:46)

-- by 会员 wjwish (2011/10/4 11:07:11)

sundari

请问楼主能否介绍一下CIBER, 学校的global project是否全是由CIBER组织的？学生应该如何参与？
谢谢~

cloudyhxy

申请时付application fee碰到一个问题，来这边问下楼主。
整个申请都submit完了之后，没有地方让我交钱，写信问了adcom的人，说是系统问题我先啥都不用做。
想问下，这个会影响到package在round 1被review的进度吗？

FuquaYF

CIBER 参加很方便，部分项目（绝大多数）需要另外交钱（不包括差旅费用）。至于学校的global project是否都有CIBER组织，个人不知道。

请问楼主能否介绍一下CIBER, 学校的global project是否全是由CIBER组织的？学生应该如何参与？
谢谢~

-- by 会员 sundari (2011/10/31 1:05:02)

FuquaYF

不会。老美是这样子的，经常遇到技术问题。但是他们会比较认真的处理，并且从用户角度考虑。比如我们去Target买菜，经常遇到称坏了，或者条形码扫描不进去，Target会把菜送给你，不收钱，因为是他们公司的责任。

申请时付application fee碰到一个问题，来这边问下楼主。
整个申请都submit完了之后，没有地方让我交钱，写信问了adcom的人，说是系统问题我先啥都不用做。
想问下，这个会影响到package在round 1被review的进度吗？

-- by 会员 cloudyhxy (2011/11/1 21:05:03)

sundari

CIBER 参加很方便，部分项目（绝大多数）需要另外交钱（不包括差旅费用）。至于学校的global project是否都有CIBER组织，个人不知道。

请问楼主能否介绍一下CIBER, 学校的global project是否全是由CIBER组织的？学生应该如何参与？
谢谢~

-- by 会员 sundari (2011/10/31 1:05:02)

-- by 会员 FuquaYF (2011/11/4 13:55:10)

thx~
还有一个问题，知道duke非常注重global experience, 也希望可以通过MBA多积累相关经验，除了CIBER之外，还有什么值得推荐的项目和活动吗？

FuquaYF

觉得，作为中国人，在美国学习就是global experience了吧。当然可以在美国实习啊，工作啊，或者去中国以外的国家实习和工作。还有，DUKE也很大多数MBA项目一样，有交换的学校，不过大家一般都是工作搞定了之后才去的。比较热门的地方是意大利和西班牙。

CIBER 参加很方便，部分项目（绝大多数）需要另外交钱（不包括差旅费用）。至于学校的global project是否都有CIBER组织，个人不知道。

请问楼主能否介绍一下CIBER, 学校的global project是否全是由CIBER组织的？学生应该如何参与？
谢谢~

-- by 会员 sundari (2011/10/31 1:05:02)

-- by 会员 FuquaYF (2011/11/4 13:55:10)

thx~
还有一个问题，知道duke非常注重global experience, 也希望可以通过MBA多积累相关经验，除了CIBER之外，还有什么值得推荐的项目和活动吗？

-- by 会员 sundari (2011/11/9 5:11:37)

sundari

恩 好的 谢谢了

觉得，作为中国人，在美国学习就是global experience了吧。当然可以在美国实习啊，工作啊，或者去中国以外的国家实习和工作。还有，DUKE也很大多数MBA项目一样，有交换的学校，不过大家一般都是工作搞定了之后才去的。比较热门的地方是意大利和西班牙。

CIBER 参加很方便，部分项目（绝大多数）需要另外交钱（不包括差旅费用）。至于学校的global project是否都有CIBER组织，个人不知道。

请问楼主能否介绍一下CIBER, 学校的global project是否全是由CIBER组织的？学生应该如何参与？
谢谢~

-- by 会员 sundari (2011/10/31 1:05:02)

-- by 会员 FuquaYF (2011/11/4 13:55:10)

thx~
还有一个问题，知道duke非常注重global experience, 也希望可以通过MBA多积累相关经验，除了CIBER之外，还有什么值得推荐的项目和活动吗？

-- by 会员 sundari (2011/11/9 5:11:37)

-- by 会员 FuquaYF (2011/11/9 11:43:29)