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בתגובה ל: ארכיון 1: ???Any Israeli Applicants #680

In reply to Anne from August 27 2003

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Anne,

I was never in your shoes so take my advice with a few grains of salt, but maybe you should consider taking a year off from Tel-Aviv, and working on your US applications. Perhaps you could somehow present this whole experience as taking courses for catching-up in areas in which you have no background. Many students do that before starting the MBA to become more familiar with accounting, finance, or sometimes just plain math. Schools not only know this, they encourage it.

In any case, with regard to the previous posts, are you sure you want to lie about or hide this information in your application? True, the chances of the school ever finding out are very small, but why take that risk? There was a thread in the BusinessWeek forums recently in which someone wrote that his offer was rescinded because he wasn't completely truthful about the circumstances in which he quit his job, and someone else was kicked out of Wharton 2 weeks before graduation because her new employer found out she was lying on her resume after conducting a background check.

Again, Caveat Emptor, I'm only going for one MBA so I'm not the best person to seek advice from on this, but maybe you should take a year's break and see where you're headed. Also, call the schools you like and hear what they have to say about it.

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בתגובה ל: ארכיון 1: ???Any Israeli Applicants #653

In reply to Anne from August 22 2003

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Anne,

Several schools refuse to admit applicants who already hold a previous MBA degree. I think you should thoroughly check the application requirements of all the schools you like; you might find yourself in a position where you will need to choose between your current studies and your future ones, or explain why you need two MBA's.

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בתגובה ל: ארכיון 1: ???Any Israeli Applicants #565

Always waive your right. Schools don't like it when applicants ask to view recommendations.

It tells them that perhaps the recommender isn't being completely honest, since s/he might not want to offend the applicant.

Schools ask you this question because they are obliged to do so by law.

The law states that applicants are entitled to review certain parts of their file they desire to do so.

In any case, I don't know of any rule that forbids your recommenders to show you what they wrote out of their own initiative, and not via the school.

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בתגובה ל: ארכיון 1: שאל את ארינגו: תהליך הקבלה #557

In reply to omri from July 29 2003

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1. is it conducted after I submit my application OR before?

Certain schools offer student initiated interviews on campus: Darden, Duke, Dartmouth, Chicago and Yale. In addition, I know Kellogg has a 100% interview policy, but I'm not sure at which stage of the application you're actually interviewed (never applied there). c

If you have the money and the time I think you should go for it. Even in the schools you can't interview with, you can still get a campus tour, sit in a class, and have lunch with current students. You'll see the facilities and housing, and get to know the town and area. All this will give you a very strong feeling about the school and whether it suits you or not (it also shows commitment).

2. If that is the case then if I am willing to spend a couple of K$ on a trip, should I do it before I apply, in order to see/ feel the school , be able to say I visited school/ campus/ clsses etc. OR save it for a interview

Some of the above mentioned schools recommend to visit & interview before submitting the application. Others have no preference. I would visit beforehand, because it could considerably improve your essays if you know what the school is like in actuality and not in brochures.

3. Do all schools invite you for an interview and how do people from here manage to coordinate all of these in one week?

If you travel before applying I think you can fit 4-5 school visits per week, though it'll be very tight. If you schedule early I think they'll accommodate your requests so that you could build a reasonable schedule. Try traveling after mid-September but no later than mid/end of October since some schools have a mid-term break, or stop offering self-initiated interviews after a certain date.

As for the schools that don't offer you an interview in advance, or to which you can't travel: some offer Alumni interviews here in Israel (Wharton, Columbia, MIT, Kellogg and I heard that occasionally also HBS and others) or a phone interview (HBS, Darden and more). If indeed schools invite you to interview and you decide to travel again, I doubt whether you'll be able to fit a few schools in one trip, since each school has its own deadlines and schedules. If for example you apply R1 to all schools you might get an invitation from one school in early November and from another in January (if they do invite you at all). c

My recommendation: if you can afford it, visit all your top selections before applying, and interview where possible. Interview in Israel or over the phone with those that enable you to do so, and save your second trip to your #1 choice, if you haven't yet interviewed there and indeed they invite you (and if you can fit others at the same time it's a bonus). c

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בתגובה ל: Post Admission Forum #554

In reply to awand from July 25 2003

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I would not buy suits here if I were you. If you don't know your way around suits, you never know what you might get: you may arrive to the States with your brand new suit only to find out that the color is inappropriate, that the cut is too European or generally too hip (anyone said euro-trash?), that the side pockets have no flaps, pants are too narrow, or that the fabric isn't really that great. In addition, you never know if the stitches are real or fused, and also, they might give you a suit containing polyester — a very big no-no (if the suit looks literally shiny, i.e reflects light, don't buy it).

If I were you, I'd go to a decent store in the US and spend a few hundred dollars on a suit that the salesman says is appropriate for business. (for a first suit I'd go to a respectable Dept. store, or if you have the money and the desire, to a good tailor. Don't go to some small, anonymous men's wear store owned by whomever).

The general guidelines are:

• No black suits for business functions at all (only for social occasions). Buy dark-grey/charcoal-grey or navy.
• 2-3 buttons (2 is the better choice right now)
• Must have pocket flaps
• Regular breast pocket
• Pure Wool, no synthetics
• No fused stitches. They'll break apart.
• Go with plain texture for your first 1-2 suits and not pin-striped.
• Buy decent, tasteful, black shoes and keep them shined. (Though some colors are preferably worn with brown/burgundy shoes and belts).
• Wear decent-quality suits, not the absolutely cheapest on the wrack. Many people can tell.
• My personal favorite pant style is pleated (i.e has a fold in the middle) and with cuffs at the bottom. I think it looks much classier than the flat front.
• Buy a few long-sleeve, plain-texture, white and pale-blue dress shirts, with a spread-collar (not button-down). Later on you can expand your wardrobe to include fancier shirts with special hues and textures.
• Buy a few silk ties. Never wear the same color shirt and tie together unless you absolutely know what you're doing.

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בתגובה ל: Post Admission Forum #235

ציטוט: הכותב המקורי B-Bullish ב- 16 יוני 03

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ציטוט: הכותב המקורי rkmba2002 ב- 14 יוני 03

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I have a question for those of you already in the US, or alumni.

I never wore a suit in my life (not even Bar-Mitzva or wedding…). Any suggestions of: What to buy, where to buy, colors, buttons, etc. ?

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Check this out – face=Verdana color=#800080 http://www.mbajungle.com/printVersion.cfm?INC=inc_article.cfm&artid=2326&template=0

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This article seems a bit old, probably from around the heydays of the late 1990's.

In general, and especially in periods like this, you can't really go wrong with a 2-button suit. The guy who wrote this works for John Varvatos, and even on their website you can see that all business suits for the spring/summer 2003 collection are two-button.

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