2014年 香港科技大学（HKUST）MBA申请咨询答疑

CharlesYang1983

多谢各位前辈的中肯建议，对我很有帮助！再次感谢，并祝新年快乐！

CharlesYang1983

lhlincoln 发表于 2014-1-7 12:11
Agree Zephix, You are right in the sense that GMAT and other screening facilities, such as essays, ...

Thanks a lot for your helpful comments on both threads, truly appreciated!
I don't disagree that a rigid filtering would screen off less serious candidates.
Trust me, I'm extremely serious and dedicated to invest the next 2 years into MBA studies in all aspects.
What I'm trying to negotiate is exactly my belief that GMAT, at this stage, has little correlation to "prove" anything about my candidacy. If UST thinks I'm a "border line case" which they need to review my GMAT score before they can take me in, I think then I must have under performed in the interviews.

By the way, HKU has a written policy to consider waiving GMAT for strong candidates with 7 years of experience, I think that's a fair approach. At this stage of life, GMAT score really can't demonstrate any correlation to career success - that's what I tend to believe.

Thanks again for all the good-will advice. I'll try to negotiate with UST again, but I need to make up my mind by this weekend.

CharlesYang1983

ishki 发表于 2014-1-7 19:44
Overall, 看你个人选择了。如果你对择校无所谓的话，那就take那个不需要你考的offer。

如果你favor科大 ...

呵呵 多谢前辈！我现在已经每天睡3、4小时了，这还没准备GMAT呢。哎 年级老了 学习能力下降了 想当年GMAT没怎么准备（就做了网上免费的mock），考的成绩就不错。回想当年在学校真是单纯的。

还想请教一下：科大是不是特别注重金融？我反倒希望diversify一些，本身已经在金融圈7年了 觉得想多充实一些全面的知识和接触。

再次感谢！

lhlincoln

CharlesYang1983 发表于 2014-1-8 00:02
Thanks a lot for your helpful comments on both threads, truly appreciated!
I don't disagree that  ...

On UST, try to talk with Sherring or write an essay/letter elaborating your enthusiasm to join UST part-time MBA program and supply some 'new evidence' if any, such as the facts that you fast grab a knowledge or master a skill through on-the-job training or self-learning courses, to prove that despite you do not hold a valid GMAT score at present, you are still a good quick learner and you can ensure yourself through intensive MBA courses on the job.

Never reiterate your workload that you cannot afford the time of GMAT exam. That will not add value but simply hint that you MIGHT BE lack in time management. Focus on the necessity of GMAT rather than the feasibility.

Good luck. You are a negotiator and currently seating on the buy-side. You know ....

zephix

lhlincoln 发表于 2014-1-7 12:11
Agree Zephix, You are right in the sense that GMAT and other screening facilities, such as essays, ...

你所說的全對

我再多加一個點：Admission Officer 的 risk management

waive你 gmat 他們就要負責，不waive 你，合情合理合法
考個gmat，650+，方便他人，何樂而不為

最佳方法，空槍去考個gmat，不上報，出來成績650+，再提交報告
萬一考不出，再去跟AO 爭取個 Waive, 反正除你自己外，沒人知你成績
別在Day 1就說自己考不了

mabery

真是着急啊，谁知道科大full time offer是怎么发的吗，跟我一起面的8天前就收到offer了，我还一点消息都没有，真是各种挣扎和担忧啊！！！！！

maomao2510

mabery 发表于 2014-1-8 17:01
真是着急啊，谁知道科大full time offer是怎么发的吗，跟我一起面的8天前就收到offer了，我还一点消息都没 ...

Bless~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

maomao2510

CharlesYang1983 发表于 2014-1-8 00:07
呵呵 多谢前辈！我现在已经每天睡3、4小时了，这还没准备GMAT呢。哎 年级老了 学习能力下降了 想当年GMAT ...

项目里面有各个方向的选修课，所以你的想法可以实现。

saintyyu

ishki 发表于 2014-1-7 19:44
Overall, 看你个人选择了。如果你对择校无所谓的话，那就take那个不需要你考的offer。

如果你favor科大 ...

你好，我正在申请第二轮，基本材料都差不多了。也是因为在职GMAT要重考，所以要申请conditional offer。请问这个请求是要在additional information里面填吗?如果不填这个，additional information里要填什么呢？

zephix

CharlesYang1983 发表于 2014-1-8 00:02
Thanks a lot for your helpful comments on both threads, truly appreciated!
I don't disagree that  ...

The school wants you to survive and pass all courses. But you need to make them believe. That's why GMAT usually consider together with GPA. A strong GPA indicated that you work well in school. A strong GMAT shows that you still can study.

Why GMAT scores expires it because after all 5 years, your ability of understand and analyse things usually diminished. You need evidence to show you can work well in academic stuffs. That's why school emphasise GMAT for people with relatively more working experience.

Personally I don't think 7 yrs exp = GMAT. A manager can be very good in communication but found extremely difficult to understand liner regression. Their experience might be strong but not so smart in adapting theories. Trading GMAT with exp will put students with different learning curve in the same setting and resulted a less efficient learning process.

From the applicants' perspective, surely we want the school be more flexible. But after you admitted, you will want the school only admit the perfect students. You invested your time and money to the school, and you will really want the school to make sure all they get are the best in order to retain and improve the overall image of the school. At the end of the day, reputation leads to jobs and pays.

I am not in the position to justify how serious you are. But believe me, you score shall not drop significantly if you internalised the knowledge six years ago. Just give it a try and be confident. It will be good for now and future.