GMAT to add new section in 2012

Some of you have probably already heard about the Next Generation GMAT that will launch in June 2012. This new version, the first major update in more than 10 years, will replace one of the AWA essays with an “Integrated Reasoning” section. More details as well as a short video explaining the new section can be found here.

Basically, the new Integrated Reasoning section will ask you to form conclusions and answer questions based on the analyses of various data – charts, spreadsheets, graphs, etc. For many business school applicants who are fairly quantitative to begin with, this may not be too daunting of a new challenge.

The test makers are in the midst of developing this new section and will be piloting their questions in future GMATs. If you are one of the lucky ones who gets one of these pilot sections, don’t worry; your performance here will not figure into your official score total and your schools will not see your performance. Apparently, you may even get paid to work on the pilot section.

What does this new version of the GMAT mean for you if business school is in your plans for 2012? You can either take the GMAT now or wait for the new test. Remember, your scores are valid for 5 years so even with the new GMAT in 2012, business schools will still accept the “old” GMAT as long as it is a test that you have taken within 5 years of your application.

Stanford GSB Application Deadlines for Class Entering 2011

Stanford has announced its deadlines for the upcoming application season. On their website they recommend applying in R1, if you have the possibility, citing unusual competition in the 2nd round in recent years.

I include the deadlines below. Please go to their site at http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/application_deadlines.html for further details.

Application Deadlines for Class of 2013
(Entering Fall 2011)

Application Round:  1
Submit your application by:  October 6, 2010*
We will notify you on:  December 15, 2010**
Your reply & deposit are due by:  TBD

Application Round:  2
Submit your application by:  January 6, 2010*
We will notify you on:  March 30, 2010**
Your reply & deposit are due by:  TBD

Application Round:  3
Submit your application by:  April 6, 2011*
We will notify you on:  May 18, 2011**
Your reply & deposit are due by:  TBD

* Applications are due by 5:00 PM, Pacific Time

** On the decision notification date, you will be offered admission, denied admission, or offered a place in the waitpool.

Tags: MBA deadlines, Stanford

Harvard Business School Application Deadlines for Class Entering 2011

The following is from the HBS blog:

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Class of 2013 – Launching the Application Season

from HBS MBA Program

Below are the key dates for the upcoming application season:

Round 1
Application deadline – Friday, October 1, 2010 at 12:00 noon EST
Decision notification – Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Round 2
Application deadline – Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 12:00 noon EST
Decision notification – Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Round 3
Application deadline – TBD
Decision notification – TBD

We are “TBD” on Round 3 – final dates will be determined in early July as we assess how much of an overlap we need with the 2+2 application timeline.

The application for the Class of 2013 will go live the week of June 21. To view the essay and recommender questions now, please visit the Written Application page on our website.

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For more information on HBS admissions, please visit their website at http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions

Stayed tuned this week, as I’ll post my analyses and tips for their essay questions. If you really can’t wait to see the analyses, you can check out my post from last season here: http://www.revecounseling.com/blog/?cat=12

A few of the questions have changed but the rest are the same.

Tags: HBS, MBA deadlines

Haas School of Business Info Session in Tokyo

One of our former students at Haas just passed along the following information:

Peter Johnson, the Director of Admissions (in charge of international applicants) will be in Tokyo next week for an information session:

Date and Time:  August 20^th, 7:30 pm

Location: Agos Japan, Ninomiya Bldg

18-4 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku

Tokyo 150-0031

Participants must RSVP to: https://ssl.haas.berkeley.edu/Admissions/Events/index.cfm?forum=4757

[Agos Japan is near the JR South and New South exits of Shibuya station.]

告知協力：Dartmouth (Tuck) MBA説明会のお知らせ

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College MBAプログラム在校生の方より東京で開催される学校説明会のご案内をいただきましたので、皆さんにお知らせいたします。

私たちはちょうど一年前に行われたTuck主催の教育者向けのカンファレンスに招待され、参加してまいりました。その時何よりも強く感じたのは教授陣、学校の事務関係者のみならず、卒業生達が在校生に最高の体験をしてもらおうとサポートする意識が強いことです。皆さんとても熱心で、素晴らしいスクールだと実感しました。

これからこのような在校生、卒業生が主催する学校説明会の機会が増えると思います。今は出願するかどうか分からないというスクールでもでも時間が許す限り参加なさっておかれることをお勧めいたします。必ずや発見があると思います。

TUCK 学校説明会開催のご案内
～TUCK の魅力を大解剖～
2007年、ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル紙の世界ビジネススクールランキングで栄えある第1位に輝いたTuck（正式名称:Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth）。今回、学校説明会ならびに懇親会を以下の要綱にて開催いたします。 本校の概要をはじめ、在校生・卒業生による体験談等をインフォーマルな形式にてご紹介する予定です。

 全米最古の歴史をもち、小規模校ならではのインタラクティブなコミュニティ、チームワークを体感できるトップビジネススクールの一つ、Tuckの魅力を是非この機会にご確認ください。

当日は、2009 年入学予定者も参加します。Tuck のみならず、MBA 全般に関するご質問等にもお答えできればと考えています。ご多忙のところ恐縮ですが、ご調整の上、ご出席いただけると幸いです。

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日時: 7 月12 日（日）14:30～16:30 ［14:00 受付開始］
場所: ＡＮＡインターコンチネンタルホテル東京
（赤坂アークヒルズ隣接） 地下一階「オーロラ」

http://www.anaintercontinental-tokyo.jp/

概要: 14:30-15:30 学校説明会 ［プレゼンテーション、パネルディスカッション、Q&A］
　　　 15:30-16:30 懇親会 ［ソフトドリンク有］
出席者: 卒業生、在校生、2009 年入学予定者
お申込み: 完全予約制、下記URL に7 月7 日（火）までにお申し込みください

http://www.smaster.jp/Sheet.aspx?SheetID=16021

お問合せ: tuckreception@gmail.com
ホームページ: TUCK オフィシャルサイト

http://tuck.dartmouth.edu

TUCK 日本人向けサイト

http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/clubs/international/JP/

※本説明会は、完全予約制となっております。定員110 名になり次第、締め切らせて頂きますので、お
早めにお申し込みください。
※お申し込みいただいた方には確認のメールを追って返信いたします。
※インフォーマルな形式の会です。カジュアルな服装にてお越しください。
※本説明会は、卒業生・在校生・2009 年入学予定者によって企画されたものであり、出願審査とは 一切関係ございません。当日、アドミッションからの出席はございませんので、予めご了承ください。