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My first class at Tuck was the Yellowtail case in AGM. My study group had spent literally hours preparing it - reading, analyzing, calculating, debating - and we were relatively efficient. Some groups went as far as to check flight schedules between cities mentioned in the case, to figure out whether it was feasible for the protagonist to be in meetings ... Read More

Its 1 at night, but the day has just begun. The whole night is so lively, enjoyable and fun. The whole batch is up and brainstorming, Late night tea and meetings, simply exciting. The poet in me is awake and creative. The group members are unaware of my digression. The future leaders of tomorrow just [...] Read More

I still vividly remember the scent of the Tuck admissions materials. The rich paper was distinctive - crisp, luxurious, rustic - as though it had been made in an artisan paper mill in the admissions suite on campus. I half expected to turn up and find the whole school was doused in the scent - as distinctive as an Abercrombie store. It is not. Alas, ... Read More

Applicants to MBA programs all come to the process with their own unique perspectives, expectations, and plans. For some applicants, the decision to pursue an MBA is made in the span of the first couple of years of professional work after undergrad. For others, the plan for an MBA started in college or maybe even in high school. Regardless of how you ... Read More

The dividend discount model is one of the valuation techniques I learned in Financial Statement Interpretation and Analysis, a class that prepares students to effectively analyze and interpret financial statements.  Basically, the dividend discount model says that the value of a company is worth the discounted sum of all its future dividend payments.  ... Read More

I had the privilege of coaching the leaders of tomorrow at UCD Smurfit and have been asked to reflect on the experience during the past year. The one-to one coaching experiences started a little earlier with the Exec (2-year) MBA students in November. As coaches we each met our coachees for this first coaching session [...] Read More

As an admit from Early Action, I have had the great luxury of basking in my acceptance to Tuck for a few months now. But the realities are starting to sink in.December 16, 2011 turned out to be a good day. Incidentally it was exactly one year after a moderately acceptable, albeit satisfying enough, run in with the GMAT.  When my phone rang with ... Read More

As this year's application season winds down, and second-year MBA students prepare to graduate, we are planning our summer/fall travel season. We love meeting people out on the road, so look for us in a city near you. And of course, even though class visits and tours are coming to an end for this academic year, you can still attend an on-campus information ... Read More

In today's FSIA class (an elective in which students perform fundamental financial and strategic analysis on companies to decide whether individual stocks are worth investing in), the industry under review was media and entertainment. We had two visitors in class to hear and give feedback on student presentations about their companies: the head of ... Read More

I came to Tuck with two goals: transition into consulting and focus on healthcare. I still have a lot more that I want to do, but I wanted to take this opportunity to brag about unique aspects of healthcare at Tuck and the resources available for Tuckies to create their own, individualized, path into healthcare.Healthcare cases are being added to core ... Read More

There were some dark, dark days. My first memory of the whole thing is lying flat on my back on the burnt grass of a soccer field, looking down my body and seeing my knee cap on the side of my calf, and my lower leg at a horrific, unnatural angle. The world became a blur. There was a lot of shouting in French, but I couldn't make out any of the words. ... Read More

Jeff Zhou was born and raised in China, and is now living in Austin, Texas. Prior to Tuck, he worked in Corporate Development for a large media company.Honestly, when I first began the b-school application process, I wasn’t too sure about Tuck. I came from a mega city in China and, after taking a break in Texas, I was looking forward to moving back ... Read More

Professional accreditation professional accreditation is one of the best accreditation for MBA and professional qualification . It is a mark of honor and also show commitment to professional standards and code of ethics .Ballsbridge MBA was reviewed by the board of quality standards and the institute of management specialist in united kingdom . All ... Read More

Professional grade for those who are already graduate . Join the professional bodies associated to Ballsbridge University .Institute of management specialist  founded in UK 1971Institute of Chartered ProfessionalsBusiness management association UK   institute of consultants Read More

Go for  MBA programmes and evaluate them and choose the best . Ballsbridge MBA is a flexible online MBA through our moodle campus . The MBA is for managers and those who wish to enter management field in the near future . Go and register   The GMAT/MBA Library | Add your site Read More

After a day of surviving the classes I put on my running gears that evening and hurried down the NF2 stairs. Hardly a few warm-up stretches and strides later, I stopped defeated by lack of energy. Over the past week, the earliest that I had left the study table was at 3 in the night. [...] Read More

Tips and Tricks for Class participation(CP) Disclaimer: The characteristics and ideas mentioned in this blog are purely fictitious. Use it at your own peril. Before we advise you on the tips and tricks, here are the following stereotypes to be found in the class. 1.       People who raise their hand and wait for their turn 2.       People ... Read More

It's real. It's actually happening. We T'12s are going to have to graduate and re-enter the real world. Soon.If you had asked me before spring break when I'd like to start work, I would have said, "tomorrow". Not that I wasn't having a great time at Tuck, but there was a part of me itching to get back out there onto the field and drive forward the ... Read More

Mike Nowak currently resides in Saratoga Springs, NY where he has worked in private wealth management for the past four years.ASW had been circled on my calendar for a long time now. For me, ASW was the culmination of a long, drawn out, strenuous but successful and rewarding process. Unlike a few of the other admits in attendance, I was not in evaluation ... Read More

Whether its Aditya’s “you know”, Or Amit’s convincing skills. The drowsiness of Saurav post lunch, Or Sayantan’s initiatives and mess drills. Whether it is Hitesh’s non IT background, or Shahvir’s high energy. Or Mandeep’is quotations and IBM tales, or Himanshu’s GM history. Whether it is Gunjan’s ... Read More

Alice Lin is a Los Angeles native currently living in Boston. Alice has worked in both the energy and actuarial consulting industries. Among other interests, she enjoys sampling new cuisines and anything and everything outdoors.   Wow, am I glad to be done with the whirlwind b-school application process! But let’s be honest, I probably would ... Read More

Day 5 (continued.): We landed in Rio de Janeiro after four exciting days in Sao Paulo and headed straight to Corcovado, where the monumental statue of Christ the Redeemer is located. Once arrived, we were left standing in awe of the legendary figure and the spectacular view from the top of the mountain. In the [...] Read More

I want to take a couple of minutes to update applicants to the class of 2014 on the status of the wait list. First, thank you all very much for your patience and your continued interest in and enthusiasm for Tuck. We understand how anxiety-producing being on the wait list can be and want you to know that we are working hard to get everyone informed ... Read More

I just wanted to highlight another one of the great members of the Tuck Faculty. Although I have not taken one of VG’s classes yet, I am looking forward to enrolling in his elective next year, Implementing Strategy.  The following is an excerpt from an email sent out to the Tuck Community.“VG Govindarajan has garnered major international recognition ... Read More

Juliet Horton is originally from southern California. Prior to Tuck she lived in Philadelphia working in syndicated finance. ASW was a whirlwind weekend that got me even more excited about this fall. Friends, family and strangers I have stopped on the street to gush about Tuck know that my admission is quite a feat. Current Tuckies have been so ... Read More

All stereotypes exist for a reason. All generalizations are wrong. Whatever your view, top MBA schools have stereotypes. The eight minute video below was produced recently by our friends at Columbia Business School and does a very entertaining job of reviving some old stereotypes. It has been spreading like wildfire across the MBA community. As ... Read More

One of the most challenging and fulfilling parts of the MBA is the significant element of group work required by the majority of our subjects. Learning to manage the different styles, cultures and timekeeping habits of our colleagues has been the source of more than one disagreement this year! But I have seen how team [...] Read More

With 18 teams from the US, Canada and Mexico arriving in Hanover, the stage was set for the annual  2012 MBA World Cup. Just like every year, there is no better setting then the Sachem Soccer Fields to host the tournament. The tournament began Saturday morning with the first game kicking off at 9 am. There were 4 divisions and the top two teams ... Read More

“Disruptive innovation, a term of art coined by Clayton Christensen, describes a process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves ‘up market’, eventually displacing established competitors.” To put out simply, a disruptive innovation is cheaper, dumber, and ... Read More

Early morning sun, nature at its best. Peace prevails everywhere, cacophony is put to rest. Serenity of the lakes, the tranquility in the environment. Clear Skies, twinkling starts, the night is soothingly silent. The greenery and vast open spaces, away from the maddening external races. The fragrance of flowers, the chirping of birds, the freshness ... Read More

Marcy (TP '14) and Zach Hogan (T '14) currently live in Northern California. Zach works as a chemical engineer in San Francisco, Marcy is a stay-at-home mom to their two boys. About a year ago my husband, Zach, began the process of applying to business school.  On the strong recommendation of an good friend (a T’12) he added Tuck to the ... Read More

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Alejandro Lorenzo-Rojas was born in Havana, Cuba and grew up in Central Florida. Before Tuck he was an Economics major working as a Fixed Income Product Specialist in New York."Last Thursday, I escaped the hustle and bustle that is New York for a weekend retreat that Tuck affectionately calls Admitted Students Weekend. My trip began in Summit, New Jersey ... Read More

To say that last one week just went by, before I could blink an eye would actually not be an overstatement. This is the kind of welcome you get, when you decide to go back to school after almost a decade. Only solace is the pristine surroundings of IIMC, which calms you and makes you [...] Read More

Admitted Students Weekend (ASW) 2012 has come and gone, and it was an amazing weekend. I've been so incredibly busy the past few months planning the social events for ASW with Tory O'Kane (T13) and several other first year student chairs. At times, the workload was downright absurd. Planning 3 social events for 500 people on top of the Winter and Spring ... Read More

It’s that time again… it’s the time that companies start opening their doors to MBA students and recent grads. Internships are popular with MBAs, particularly those who are considering changing career paths.  There are two types, (1) internships for students who have graduated, and (2) internships for students who are in the middle of a [...] Read More

At the Sunday dinner table, we’re debating investing in Apple shares (alternative pension if you will…). I begin discussing perceived value, intangible assets and heavy reliance on equity while having what feels like an outer body experience.  Clearly some of this course is rubbing off on me after all; terms that seemed so alien not [...] Read More

Here is a link to the ASW highlight video for those of you who were not at the Saturday night party or for those of you who could not attend ASW weekend.  Special thanks to the ASW committee for organizing a great weekend and for editing this video.  For those of you who gave me weird looks, yes, I was recording for a reason.      ASW ... Read More

One great thing about Tuck is the living, learning community. As a single Tuckie (or one without a TP up in Hanover), you have the opportunity to live on campus in the dorms your first year. I never thought that after I left the dorms in undergrad, I would find myself living back in a dorm room, nor did I think I would ever want to live back in a dorm ... Read More

“The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war” – one of the inaugural addresses turned out to be correct on multiple levels, given the heat and humidity. There we were, the new entrants to the IIM C family in the 6th PGPEx batch, sitting at the inauguration, getting a feel of [...] Read More

In the Woody Allen movie Midnight in Paris, Gil Pender (Owen Wilson) time travels to the 1920s - his favorite era - where he is surrounded by Picasso, Hemingway, Dali and Cole Porter. But he finds that they long for a different Paris - the 1890s Belle Epoch, with Gaugin, Degas, and the Moulin Rouge in its prime. In that period, he discovers that they ... Read More

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I have only 16 classes left at Tuck, and as though to remind me that my halcyon days of sunrise golf outings and sunset cycles along the Connecticut River are numbered, Admitted Students Weekend starts tomorrow! Admitted students of the incoming Class of 2014 have a lot to look forward to over the coming days: a fun-filled weekend of parties and information ... Read More

Oh man. Pete beat me to it! While it's been quite some time since I've contributed to this blog, it's not for a lack of things to write about. Quite the opposite in fact, but it is last week’s hilariously fun event that has brought me back.I have spoken many times about the ease in which Tuck Partners (TP) can get involved with the on-goings of student ... Read More

So there are many things that prove how the Tuck community is so amazing, but one great example is Tuck Gives. For those of you unfamiliar to what Tuck Gives is, it is a student run organization that raises money for Tuckies looking to intern in the nonprofit sector. Basically, the community comes together so our classmates can do great things in the ... Read More

Prior to Tuck, I never put much thought into what I should expect in terms of technology in the classroom.  For me, technology is important because I feel it’s a good way for professors to give a subject more life.  For example, professors can play videos or display slides/pictures in a rich format and from every angle, enhancing the learning ... Read More

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T'13 Nishant Daruka shares his experience during a 1-week spring break exchange program with the IE University Business School in Spain. Read about it in his post on Tuck's Center for International Business blog var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript ... Read More

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