Archive | January, 2013

Last weekend’s adventure

I could write a post a week about all the fun exciting things going on at Tuck.  But in addition to all the Tuck love going on in the Hanover area, I think there’s something really special about this location: tucked away just enough that we can enjoy each other, these landscapes, and new experiences [...]

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ICE’s bid for NYSE

Associate Professor of Finance, Jeffrey Busse, recently spoke with Global Atlanta about Atlanta based, IntercontinentalExchange Inc.’s bid to purchase the New York Stock Exchange. The article covers the impact of electronic trading systems on job security for floor traders and changes to volatility in the market. Click here to read the complete article.

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Leaders Forum Speaker Wilbur Ross Visits Yale SOM

“We think of distressed investing as the eraser on Wall Street’s pencil.” – Wilbur L. Ross YC ’59, CEO and chairman of WL Ross & Co., on investing in troubled companies. In a talk at Yale SOM on January 29, Ross discussed the process his firm uses to select companies in which to invest and [...]

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Round 2 Interview Invitations

Greetings from snowy Boston. Here’s what is going to happen tomorrow. At (hopefully) noon, Boston time, we will send out the first wave of invitations to interview in Round 2. You’ll get an email from HBS MBA Admissions, which will give detailed instructions on the sign-up process. As stated before, we’ll be interviewing on campus [...]

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A Look Inside the Darden Global Executive MBA

Darden’s Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) is an innovative format that enables students to earn the Darden MBA degree through a combination of six two-week international residencies and distance learning while working full time. At each international residency, GEMBA students study global cases and participate in Global Leadership Explorations — cultural and business excursions — to [...]

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Financial Times ranks Darden No. 1 in General Management

Financial Times released its 2013 Global MBA rankings this week, naming Darden number one in the world in the category of general management and number four in Corporate Social Responsibility/ethics. In addition, GraduatePrograms.com announced Darden as the No. 2 student-rated business school and No. 3 for best overall value. Learn more about Darden’s top-ranked general [...]

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2013 Waitlist Guidelines

Our remaining Round 1 decisions were released last week, and we’ve received a number of questions from candidates who were placed on the waitlist.  For clarification on our waitlist policy, please see below. Your name will remain on the waitlist until a final decision is made on your application or you request your application be [...]

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Notes from the Director: Updates on Round 2

  Greetings All, Winter weather officially arrived in Philadelphia, surprising us with the first few inches of snow in the new year just last week. For the Admissions Team, this weather could not have come at a better time as we are hunkered down inside reading the Round 2 applications.  We are thoroughly enjoying getting [...]

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Notes from the Director: Updates on Round 2

  Greetings All, Winter weather officially arrived in Philadelphia, surprising us with the first few inches of snow in the new year just last week. For the Admissions Team, this weather could not have come at a better time as we are hunkered down inside reading the Round 2 applications.  We are thoroughly enjoying getting [...]

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Fear of Missing Out

I probably wouldn’t have noticed him otherwise. My first night in San Francisco for the job trek, I reunited with an old friend over dinner to celebrate her 27th birthday. At a little past 10 p.m., we finally gave up the herculean quest to finish the ambitiously sized birthday crepes we had ordered—and asked the [...]

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