有些学校会问申请人还申了哪些学校，该怎么回答？

lemonsmell

这个会不会影响到adcom的决定，该如实回答吗？

CharlesWong

当然影响决定了，否则他问这个干什么？

bigjoe

说一些大致同level且和你说的career goal吻合的学校。

比如Cornell问，而你想做high-tech的话，可以说Ross，Haas

JonFrank

hey there
we actually got an similar question  before and would like to share it with you, hope it helps

The Toughest Interview Question
QUESTION:

What are you supposed to say when an interviewer asks you what other schools you’re applying to/interviewing at? Should you be honest? What if those schools aren’t ranked as high? Can you somehow dodge this question?

ANSWER:

This is one of the toughest questions to answer, for sure.  But there is a GREAT strategy to it.  Check it out:

On the one hand, you won’t wanna tell the interviewer that you’re looking at a bunch of places that are MORE prestigious than his school is.  If you do, the interviewer may think you don’t like them or worse, that they’re your fall-back school.

But on the other hand, you won’t wanna tell the interviewer that you’re looking at a bunch of place that are MUCH LESS prestigious than his school is.  After all, then, he might think “Gosh, we’re too good for him, we’re out of his league,” etc.

So somehow, you need to split the difference.  Be smart.  If you are in a Stanford interview, explain why you’re only looking in California.  And obviously, Stanford’s the best general management program in Cali.  If you’re in a Wharton interview, say you’re only looking at finance schools (CBS, Stern) and obviously Wharton is the best of the bunch. For Yale, you’re looking at all places with non-profit programs, but obviously Yale is the best.

We always tell people to frame it in the genre of schools you’re interviewing at, and that the one you’re interviewing for is THE BEST.

Make sense?
Goooood luck,

– Jon Frank

egretlee

hey there
we actually got an similar question  before and would like to share it with you, hope it helps

The Toughest Interview Question
QUESTION:

What are you supposed to say when an interviewer asks you what other schools you’re applying to/interviewing at? Should you be honest? What if those schools aren’t ranked as high? Can you somehow dodge this question?

ANSWER:

This is one of the toughest questions to answer, for sure.  But there is a GREAT strategy to it.  Check it out:

On the one hand, you won’t wanna tell the interviewer that you’re looking at a bunch of places that are MORE prestigious than his school is.  If you do, the interviewer may think you don’t like them or worse, that they’re your fall-back school.

But on the other hand, you won’t wanna tell the interviewer that you’re looking at a bunch of place that are MUCH LESS prestigious than his school is.  After all, then, he might think “Gosh, we’re too good for him, we’re out of his league,” etc.

So somehow, you need to split the difference.  Be smart.  If you are in a Stanford interview, explain why you’re only looking in California.  And obviously, Stanford’s the best general management program in Cali.  If you’re in a Wharton interview, say you’re only looking at finance schools (CBS, Stern) and obviously Wharton is the best of the bunch. For Yale, you’re looking at all places with non-profit programs, but obviously Yale is the best.

We always tell people to frame it in the genre of schools you’re interviewing at, and that the one you’re interviewing for is THE BEST.

Make sense?
Goooood luck,

– Jon Frank

-- by 会员 JonFrank (2011/12/28 2:04:13)

Can I say 'I only apply one school', even if that's not true?

ballackahn

我duke这个问题没回答。好像还是给我面试了

20140801

nice job, Jon!

Kb24

"So somehow, you need to split the difference.  Be smart.  If you are in a Stanford interview, explain why you’re only looking in California.  And obviously, Stanford’s the best general management program in Cali.  If you’re in a Wharton interview, say you’re only looking at finance schools (CBS, Stern) and obviously Wharton is the best of the bunch. For Yale, you’re looking at all places with non-profit programs, but obviously Yale is the best." -- I like that. haha

lemonsmell

非常有帮助，谢谢各位