月別アーカイブ: 2018年7月

【2019年9月入学用エッセイ課題】Duke (Fuqua)

Duke, Fuqua Schoolのエッセイ課題が発表されました。
https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/programs/daytime-mba/application-instructions

You’ll need to provide your thoughts on three short-answer questions and two essays as part of your application.

Instructions for all written submissions

  • Responses should use 1.5-line spacing and a font size no smaller than 10-point.
  • Do not repeat the question in the document you upload with your application.
  • Respond fully and concisely.
  • Length requirements vary by question and are detailed below.
  • Responses must be completed before submitting your application.

All submissions are scanned using plagiarism detection software. Plagiarism is considered a cheating violation within the Honor Code and will not be tolerated in the admissions process.

Required Short Answer Questions

Instructions: Answer all 3 of the following questions. For each question, respond in 500 characters only (the equivalent of about 100 words).

  1. What are your short-term goals, post-MBA?
  2. What are your long-term goals?
  3. Life is full of uncertainties, and plans and circumstances can change. As a result, navigating a career requires you to be adaptable. Should the short-term goals that you provided above not materialize what alternative directions have you considered?

First Required Essay: 25 Random Things About Yourself

Instructions:  Present your response in list form, numbered 1 to 25. Some points may be only a few words, while others may be longer. Your complete list should not exceed two pages.

For context: Fuqua believes different types of people, points of view, and experiences bring out the best in everyone. And above all, we place a premium on succeeding while making a positive impact on businesses, organizations, and the world.  These ways of thinking set the Duke MBA experience apart, and this concept extends beyond the student body to include faculty, staff, and administration. When a new person joins the Admissions team, we ask that person to share with everyone in the office a list of “25 Random Things About Yourself.” As an Admissions team, we already know the new hire’s professional and academic background, so learning these “25 Random Things” helps us get to know someone’s personality, background, special talents, and more.

In this spirit, the admissions committee also wants to get to know you–beyond the professional and academic achievements listed in your resume and transcript. You can share with us important life experiences, your likes/dislikes, hobbies, achievements, fun facts, or anything that helps us understand what makes you who you are. Share with us your list of “25 Random Things” about YOU.

Second Required Essay: The Fuqua Community and You

Instructions: Your response should be no more than 2 pages in length.

Fuqua prides itself on cultivating a culture of engagement. Our students enjoy a wide range of student-led organizations that provide opportunities for leadership development and personal fulfillment, as well as an outlet for contributing to society. Our student-led government, clubs, centers, and events are an integral part of the student culture and are vital to providing you with a range of experiential learning and individual development experiences.

Based on your understanding of the Fuqua culture, how do you see yourself engaging in and contributing to our community outside of the classroom?

Optional Essay: Tell Us More

If you feel there are circumstances of which the Admissions Committee should be aware, please explain them in an optional essay (such as unexplained gaps in work, choice of recommenders, inconsistent or questionable academic performance).

Please do not upload additional essays or additional recommendations in this area of the application, and limit your response to one page.

【2019年9月入学用エッセイ課題】Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)

締め切り日に続き、エッセイ課題も発表されております。
https://www.cmu.edu/tepper/programs/mba/admissions/apply/essays-and-recommendations.html

At Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School, we love to tell our story. Below is your chance to tell yours. Please select only ONE of the options below to complete the essay requirement (maximum 300–350 words).

Option #1: Carnegie Mellon University is an institution that never stops looking and moving ahead, pioneering the next way forward with technology, business and research to answer questions big and small. Personally or professionally, in what way have you been a pioneer?

Option #2: Amidst the ambiguous and unchartered nature of change, Carnegie Mellon University students and alumni rise above to envision and create. Discuss how you have anticipated change in your professional life. In what ways did you effectively collaborate to create your desired outcome?

Option #3: At Carnegie Mellon University, our difference is what we imagine for the world and how we answer its challenges. What impact have you had on the world around you?

Optional Essay

There also is an optional essay for additional information about your candidacy that you may wish to share with the admissions committee.

Use this essay to convey important information that you may not have otherwise been able to convey. This may include unexplained resume gaps, context for recommender selection, etc.

【2019年9月入学用出願締め切り日】Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)

Carnegie Mellon, Tepper Schoolの出願締め切り日が発表されました。
https://www.cmu.edu/tepper/programs/mba/admissions/apply/important-dates-and-deadlines.html

Round 1
Application due: October 3, 2018
Decision released: December 12, 2018

Round 2
Application due: January 5, 2019
Decision released: March 13, 2019

Round 3
Application due: March 7, 2019
Decision released: May 8, 2019

International applicants are encouraged to apply no later than Round 2 to ensure adequate time for the student visa process.

All deadlines are 11:59 PM ET. For more information

【2019年9月入学用エッセイ課題】Georgetown (McDonough)

McDonough Schoolのエッセイ課題が発表されました。
https://msb.georgetown.edu/mba/application/components#

We want to hear your story. When responding to our required essays, be authentic and take time to reflect on your goals and past experiences. Craft a response that explains how these experiences led you to pursue an MBA.

  • Essay One: Please answer the following essay question in 500 words or less: “Describe a defining moment when you were challenged and exceeded expectations.” The moment can be a professional or personal one. If personal, then please also include how it had an impact on your professional development.
  • Video Essay: Please introduce yourself to your future Georgetown MBA cohort in a one minute video. The Admissions Committee would like for you to appear in person during part of your video, and we strongly encourage you to speak outside of the experiences we can read on your resume. You may paste the link to your Youtube or Vimeo video in your application. Please note that we cannot accept private or password protected videos.  For more instructions, view our Video Essay Guide.
  • Optional Essay One: If you are not currently employed full-time, use this essay to provide information about your current activities. (250 words or fewer)
  • Optional Essay Two: Please provide any information you would like to add to your application that you have not otherwise included. (500 words or fewer)

MBA Career Design Seminar 2018:2018年8月17日開催

今年も株式会社AXIOM様との共催でMBA Career Design Seminarを下記日程にて開催することが決まりました。
https://www.affinity-english.com/event/axiom/

日程:2018年8月17日(金)19:30~ 21:30 (開場19:15)
会場:Affinity英語学院
ご予約はこちらのurlよりお願いいたします。
https://www.affinity-english.com/event/axiom/form.html

概要:ここ数年、MBA求人市場は大変な活況を呈しています。弊社アクシアムに寄せられるMBA求人の増加傾向は止まらず、多様化も進んでいます。まさにMBAにとって空前の売手市場。積極的で自発的な海外MBA留学生の中にはこの好機を上手く活かし、期待以上の恵まれたキャリアチャンスを手にされた方も多く見受けられます。ただMBA人材が活躍できる領域がどんどん広がっている一方で、個別の就職・転職状況を見ていくと、多数の選択肢があるからこそのジレンマや選択ミス=『好景気ならではの負の現象』も見られます。

MBAのキャリア形成で大切なことは、需要の拡大を活かしつつもそれに甘んじることなく、世界経済の潮流や枠組みの中でPost MBA市場の動向を大局的にとらえ、己心(こしん)に従ったビジョンを見つけ創造すること。そのためにもMBA卒業時のキャリア選択は極めて重要です。留学の目的は単なる『就職』や会社を移る『転職』ではなく、『キャリアディベロップメント』のはずです。

本セミナーでは、25年以上にわたりの5800名以上の海外MBAホルダーのキャリア開発を支援してきたアクシアム代表・キャリアコンサルタントの渡邊光章が講演。MBA後のキャリアの選択肢、その広がりについてご案内しMBA留学をご準備中の皆さんのキャリア構築を、出願前の準備段階からサポートさせていただきます。アクシアムの過去のご相談者からは、既に経営者あるいはビジネスリーダーとして数多くの方が活躍。そのような方々のキャリアの道のり、キャリア形成のポイントなども解説いたします。

受講料:無料
講演者略歴:渡邊 光章氏

株式会社アクシアム 代表取締役/キャリアコンサルタント

大阪府立大学農学部生物コース卒業。コーネル大学 Human Resource Executive Development Program修了。留学カウンセラーを経て、エグゼクティブサーチのコンサルタントとなる。1993年に株式会社アクシアムを創業。MBAホルダーなどハイエンドの人材に関するキャリアコンサルティングを得意とする。社会的使命感と倫理観を備えた人材育成を支援する活動に力を入れ、大学生のインターンシップ、キャリア開発をテーマにした講演活動など多数。
1997年~1999年、民営人材紹介事業協議会理事。
1998年~2002年、在日米国商工会議所(ACCJ)人的資源マネージメント委員会副委員長。
著書に『転職しかできない人展職までできる人』(日経人材情報)

テスト結果の受け止め方

出願準備の後半戦がスタートしたこの時期は、どうしてもテストスコアの上げ下げが気になりますが、たとえ現状スコアが目標点に達していなくても1つの結果として、その(結果)内容を徹底的に見直ししていきましょう。こうした作業の積み重ねこそが、目標スコアへと通ずる道ではないでしょうか。

どうしても「今回スコアが取れていれば、次の準備ステージへと進めたのに…」という後悔の念が先立ちますが、なぜ、こうした結果になったのか、これから先同じツテを踏まないようにどうすれば良いかという対策を立てていきましょう。

Affinity英語学院では、スコアメイキングに関するご相談を学習カウンセリング(飯島学院長担当)にて承っております。ご興味がおありの方は、こちらのurlからサポート内容をご一読ください。
https://www.affinity-english.com/other-services/study-counseling.html

出願計画と目標設定:MBA受験後半戦を迎えるにあたり

出願準備も折り返し地点を過ぎ、まずはレジュメの作成に着手する受講生の方々が増え始めてきました。さらには、学校説明会への参加を通して情報収集作業も活発になってきました。

志望校合格という成功を収めるためにも、これから先取り組むべき目標を考えていきたいと思います。こうした目標を考えることは、作業の優先順位を決定する際に役立ちます。

・現時点でのテストスコアの把握

・今後の学習計画及び受験計画の把握

・出願に必要なテストスコアの確認

・出願校の選定

・エッセイ課題の確認

・推薦課題の確認

・推薦者との打ち合わせ

・推薦状の英訳作業のフロー

・アプリケーションフォーム内の設問内容の確認

・レジュメの作成

・キャンパス訪問の有無(実行する際は訪問時期)

・卒業生、在校生とのコンタクト

・説明会への参加(8月以降)有無

・MBAフェア/MBAツアー(イベント)への参加有無

スコアメイキングに注力する日々を送る受験生も少なくないとは思いますが、これらの達成すべき目標を把握し、具体的な出願計画に落とし込む作業をスタートさせましょう。

【告知協力】8/16 (木) Michigan Ross 入学審査官による学校説明会 

来る8月16日(木)、University of Michigan Ross School of BusinessはAdmissions OfficeによるFull-time MBAの公式説明会を開催いたします。

Rossはリーダーシップやマネジメントに関する複数のプログラムで外部機関から高い評価を得ております。

#7 in US News and World Report
#3 for Management,
#3 for Productions/Operations,
#4 for Marketing,
#4 for Accounting,
#5 for International Business, etc.,
ranked in the top 10 for 9 of the 10 specializations in US News MBA Rankings

#9 in Ranking of Best Graduate Programs for Entrepreneurship by Princeton Review
#12 in Full-time MBA Ranking by Business Week
#1 public university in USA from QS
また、Ann Arborは米国の都市の中でも、教育レベルや住みやすさで常に上位の評価を得ております。

#1 Most Educated City in America by Wallet Hub

在校生は優秀かつ協力的であり、Globalなネットワークを広げられる素晴らしい環境です。また、Ann Arborは非常に治安のよい街で、パートナーズクラブや教育施設も充実しており、ご家族でいらっしゃる方々も安心して生活することができます。今回の説明会ではAdmission Officerに加え卒業生・在校生も多数参加予定ですので、是非この機会を活用してネットワーキングしながら、Rossの魅力を感じて頂ければと思います。

説明会終了後に、Admission Officerと卒業生も参加する懇親会も予定しておりますので、奮ってご参加下さい。

Ross School of Business Tokyo Information Session
日時:2018816日(木)19:0021:00(受付開始18:30~)
場所:六本木アカデミーヒルズ スカイスタジオ
東京都港区六本木6丁目101 六本木ヒルズ森タワー49
http://forum.academyhills.com/roppongi/index.html

参加ご希望の方はこちらよりご登録ください。
https://michiganross.umich.edu/events/michigan-ross-mba-information-session-14344447

【Adam Markus & Affinity英語学院共催: 8/11 (土)】MBA ESSAY QUESTION ANALYSIS: ANALYZE, ANSWER, GET IN!

7月に入り、スコアメイキングもさることながら、エッセイ対策を中心とした出願書類対策にも意識が向き始める頃ではないでしょうか。そして、出願締切日と同時にエッセイ課題を発表している学校も増えてきました。

そうした状況も踏まえ、来月8月11日 (土)にAdam Markus氏とMBA出願対策セミナー(MBA Essay Question Analysis) を共催することになりました。Adamとは、ザ・プリンストン・レビュー・オブ・ジャパン(現:アゴス・ジャパン)でGraduate Admissions Consultingの仕事を共に開始して以来の付き合いとなります。2007年の独立後も、Adamは数多くのアプリカントをトップビジネススクール合格へと導いてきました。そして近年においては、日本人のみならず世界各国のアプリカントに対して卓越した指導力と経験を発揮しております。

Adamの指導実積は下記サイトよりご覧いただけます。
http://www.adammarkus.com/results/#results-overview

受験生の皆様におきましては、今後の出願準備に弾みを付けていただければ主催者として嬉しい限りです。

同セミナーの詳細は下記をご参照ください。

The objective of this presentation is to help you better understand MBA Admission Essay Questions in order to write effective essays and gain admission.   While examples will be drawn from the M7+INSEAD+LBS, the objective of this presentation is that you learn how to effectively analyze the essay questions for any school.

Part 1: What is an Essay Question?  Isn’t an essay question just one the school defines as an essay?  Well, actually no. This might seem like a strange conclusion but given that some applications include video essays and very extensive application form content, the answer is less obvious.  For our purposes an essay will be considered any application component except the resume, which is prepared by the applicant, and requires an interpretive and not just fact-based answer. Such an inclusive definition is useful when things like video essays and extended application form content are used instead of and/or in addition to essays.

Part 2: Primary Types of Essay Questions. In this section we will look at the types of essay questions using actual examples. Types covered will include goals, accomplishment, failure, leadership, personality, and contribution. The objective will be for you to understand how to identify and address a range of questions.

Part 3: The Essay Set. In this section we will see how an entire set of questions connects together to understand that that an essay component never is isolated but always part of a bigger whole.  We will compare two different essay sets. The objective will be for you to understand how to build a complete portrait of yourself that is focused on what each school is looking for.

Part 4: Trends in Essay Questions for 2018-2019. In this section we will look at the current trends. In particular we will look at video essays and shorter essay sets. The objective will be for you to know how to handle these trends effectively.

Part 5: Questions. I want to leave plenty of time for questions, so please be ready to ask questions related to the above, your individual concerns, or essay questions that I will not have covered.

受講料 16,000円(税込、教材費込)  :入学金は不要です。

担当 Adam Markus (Graduate Admissions Consultant)

日程 2018年8月11日(土・祝)16:00-18:00

定員16名(最少催行人数6名)

会場 Affinity英語学院

お申込み
御手数ですが、こちらのURLよりお手続きをお願いいたします。
https://www.affinity-english.com/application/index.html

どうぞ宜しくお願いいたします。

佐取

【2019年9月入学用エッセイ課題】UCLA (Anderson)

UCLA Andershon Schoolのエッセイ課題が発表されました。
http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/full-time-mba/admissions/requirements#essay

First-Time Applicants

Essay Question: Describe your short-term and long-term career goals. How can the UCLA Anderson experience add value to your professional development? (500 words maximum)

Short Answer Question: What are you passionate about and why? (300 words maximum)

Please note:

Your essays are the primary way for you to share your perspectives and plans with the Admissions Committee. The best essays are introspective, genuine and succinct in directly answering our questions and responding to our topics.

  • You should try to distinguish yourself by showing what makes you different from others who share similar profiles.
  • Personal expression is what we are looking for, not platitudes.
  • Making a strong case for your future plans requires you to first do research on career paths and find one that resonates. Even if this target will change during business school, your application essays should lay out a clear trajectory for short-term and long-term goals. Do this by demonstrating how you expect to build on skills from your past, and those you expect to gain from the MBA.
  • Essays are more compelling if they include specific courses, programs, groups, opportunities and activities from which you would benefit if admitted to UCLA Anderson. These references are best found through online research, personal discussions and a campus visit (if possible).
  • Content and clarity are key elements, as we seek superior communication skills.
  • Style is a consideration, too, although we understand that those who speak other languages may have different manners of expression in English. We do check your essays for plagiarism, so make sure you always submit your own work.
  • Length does not equal strength. A well-written short essay can have even more impact than a longer essay. Please try to respect the word limits indicated above.
  • All essays and short answer responses are to be submitted in written form only.
  • All essays and short answer responses are to be entered directly in the text box provided in your application.