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Admissions Tip: Off-Campus Information Sessions

by Clear Admit, Sep 7, 2011

For all those applicants who have recently opened a calendar to plot out the next few months only to realize they cant possibly fit in campus visits on top of full time jobs and essay writing, never fear! Its true that traveling to a schools campus is the ideal way to learn about their MBA program, but visiting is often not a viable option for applicants who are located remotely or unsure of their level of interest in a given school.

The good news is that business schools might very well come to them. Many b-schools are getting ready to hit the road and embark on worldwide tours to dispense information and recruit qualified applicants. Such events offer a great opportunity for interested students to meet with admissions staff (and sometimes with current students and/or alumni), learn about the program and ask specific questions.

Some of the top schools are already on the road, so we recommend looking into the travel schedules for programs of interest and planning accordingly. Keeping in mind that these schedules are updated and amended throughout the fall, here are some of the top programs itineraries for the months ahead:

Berkeley / Haas:

https://ssl.haas.berkeley.edu/Admissions/Events/index.cfm

Chicago Booth:

http://www.chicagobooth.edu/fulltime/admissions/events/

Columbia:

http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/events

Duke / Fuqua:

https://www.fuquaworld.duke.edu/www/public/infosess_all_view.jsp

HBS:

http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/events.html

Northwestern / Kellogg:

http://bit.ly/Zrg7b

Michigan / Ross:

http://www.bus.umich.edu/Admissions/Mba/forumsreceptions/RossReceptions.htm

MIT / Sloan:

http://mitsloan.mit.edu/academic/events.php

Stanford GSB:

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/outreach/info_sessions.html

NYU / Stern:

http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/admissions/cgibin/sched_events.cgi

Dartmouth / Tuck:

http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/events.html

UCLA / Anderson:

http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x27229.xml

UNC / Kenan Flagler:

http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/Programs/MBA/infoSessions/index.cfm

UVA / Darden:

https://apply.darden.virginia.edu/admissions/events/EventsSchedule.tap?sp=103

U Penn / Wharton:

http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/admission-events.cfm

Yale SOM:

http://mba.yale.edu/MBA/admissions/events.shtml

IESE:

http://www.iese.edu/aplicaciones/emba/events/events_emba.asp?lang=en

IMD:

http://www.imd.ch/programs/mba/infosessions/index.cfm

INSEAD:

http://www.insead.edu/mba/offevents/index.cfm?fuseaction=offcampus

LBS:

http://www.london.edu/programmes/infoevents/do?progSelect=MBA&locationSelect=

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