密歇根商学院中国同学会客厅 - Michigan Chinese students taking questions

wcai

Jeremy, please tell me your phone number or email adress, thank you a lot!

wcai

This is something wrong with my IE, I cannot not see any new messages!!

vincenzo

Hell

Anybody has experience about interview.  Does the format of interview matter?  I live far from UM and several hours driving distance from any alumni.  In addition, I have to ask my boss for some time off if  I want to conduct an in-person interview.  Is the phone interview sufficient enough to fulfill the purpose.  Thanks.

zdcgy

I have a question about interview too. What kind of questions should I ask the interviewer at the end of the interview? Can current Ross students give some suggestions?

many thanks

JW2004

Jeremy's email is jeremylj@umich.edu

Regarding interview, if the inteviewer agree a phone-interview, I think it's fine. At the end of interview, ask questions whose answers can't not be easily found in the viewbook or website. One question which I asked last year was, how do you think you MBA have helped your career development so far (if with a alumni)?  

I think there are many resources in this forum for you to refer to.

JW2004

以下是引用dullpen在2005-1-4 21:10:00的发言：

问一下在线填表GPA的问题，着急中。。。

List all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended. Report GPA (converted to a 4.0 scale) as noted for your undergraduate institution only.  但是在下面的Cumulative GPA里头还提供了five point scale, four point scales几种scale的选择。我想按照5分制的写，看上去比较好看，但是上头说明又说converted to a 4.0 scale。疑惑？

请问以往04年录取的校友怎么处理的呢？你们是填的4分制还是5分制？（我寄给umbs的正式成绩单是5分的，大学校办不许换成4分制。)

还有小生的GPA是 3.04/4 or 4.04/5，不知会不会对录取有大影响？

I used 100-point system last year and didn't convert it to 4 or 5 scale. The standard scale is 4 point. But I don't think it's a big deal if you use 5-point scale.

Jeremy

以下是引用JW2004在2005-1-6 14:50:00的发言：


I used 100-point system last year and didn't convert it to 4 or 5 scale.

Me too.

vincenzo

First of all.  Thank you, Jeremy.  Thank you for you guys to take time from your busy schedule to answer questions from our new comers.  Is it OK to send some questions directly to the e-mail you provided.  lease advise.

About the interview, there are three choices for interview according to Ross school's website.  First two choices are interviews on campus or over phone with people from the school.  The third choice is interview with alumni.  Jeremy, by your experience, do you think that there is difference between in person and phone interview, I mean the impact of interview to application.  Also, from Ross school point of view, what is the primary purpose of this type of interview?

Thank you.

Jeremy

以下是引用vincenzo在2005-1-7 1:31:00的发言：

First of all.  Thank you, Jeremy.  Thank you for you guys to take time from your busy schedule to answer questions from our new comers.  Is it OK to send some questions directly to the e-mail you provided.  lease advise.

About the interview, there are three choices for interview according to Ross school's website.  First two choices are interviews on campus or over phone with people from the school.  The third choice is interview with alumni.  Jeremy, by your experience, do you think that there is difference between in person and phone interview, I mean the impact of interview to application.  Also, from Ross school point of view, what is the primary purpose of this type of interview?

Thank you.

Wcai and Vincenzo, you may also ask quesiton by sending me your email. I forwarded your question to some second year Chinese students who are now in ad com for "authoritative" answer. Will revert to you soon.

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Jeremy

以下是引用vincenzo在2005-1-7 1:31:00的发言：

First of all.  Thank you, Jeremy.  Thank you for you guys to take time from your busy schedule to answer questions from our new comers.  Is it OK to send some questions directly to the e-mail you provided.  lease advise.

About the interview, there are three choices for interview according to Ross school's website.  First two choices are interviews on campus or over phone with people from the school.  The third choice is interview with alumni.  Jeremy, by your experience, do you think that there is difference between in person and phone interview, I mean the impact of interview to application.  Also, from Ross school point of view, what is the primary purpose of this type of interview?

Thank you.

B:

I agree with all A said about the interview, and it is so
important that the prospective applicants should by no means take it
less seriously. I will also echo that face-to-face interview method
presents a better situation to exhibit the applicants' attributes such
as inter-personal skills, and language capability for international
students in particular.

Having said above, it will be helpful to remind the applicants that
none of the interview methods carries more weight than others when it
comes to the school's decision process.

A:
Here is my understanding, and by no means official:

All three choices are equally evaluated by school without giving much
preference to either one, hence one could choose whichever he/she
prefers. The school takes the interview results seriously, regardless
the method it conducted. The primary purpose of the interview is to
assess the candidate's communication skills, maturity, understanding of
the school, clear goal of his/her own career, clear grasp of past
achievement, and strength and weakness, etc., hence, it is a very
important and integral part of the application process.

Now as an interviewer, I highly recommend candidate choose face-to-face
interview, whether on-campus or with alumni, because by that way, you
can best demonstrate your ability and other best traits. But, again,
this is purely my personal opinion, and you should judge by your own
strength and preference.

Good luck,

(Thanks to both of them, who responded to my email around 2 am)