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IVCE Study Abroad Seminar | MBA Presentation
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Introduction
James Nguyen
⇒ Director of Test Prep & Admissions at Summa Learning Institute
⇒ Worked in Vietnam since 2011
Education
⇒ University of Michigan (BBA ’00)
⇒ University of California, Berkeley (MBA ’06)
Professional
⇒ Pre-MBA: Management Consultant for PwC Consulting
⇒ Post-MBA: Finance/Corporate Strategy at Amazon.com and Northwest
Airlines
BackgroundBackground
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Applying to MBA
Main factors of MBA admissions:
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Work ExperienceWork Experience50%50%
GMATGMAT25%25%
SAT25%
Accepted
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selection of jobs and steady career progressionselection of jobs and steady career progression
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Graduate Management Admissions Test
GMAT is comprised of 4 sections:
⇒ Quantitative (Math)
⇒ Verbal (Critical Reading)
⇒ Integrated Reasoning (IR) – analyze data presented in different forms
⇒ Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) – 30-minute essay analyzing a
given argument
Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) format
⇒ Total score: 200-800
⇒ Test time: 4 hours
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Top-Tier MBA Programs (GMAT 670-800)
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Second-Tier MBA Programs (GMAT 620-720)
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MBA Application
Education History & Grades
Letters of Recommendation
⇒ Two letters of recommendation from supervisors or college
professors
Application Essays
⇒ Typically 3 essays per school
⇒ “What are your career goals and how will an MBA help you achieve
those goals?”
Application Interviews
⇒ Conducted on-campus or by a local alumnus
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MBA Coursework
Year 1: Core classes
⇒ Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Economics, Operations
Management, Human Resources, etc.
⇒ Typically taken within a cohort/section of 40-50 students, often with
assigned study groups (4-6 students)
Year 2: Specialized classes focusing on intended major
⇒ Students typically focus studies within 1-2 majors
⇒ Finance, Marketing, Corporate Strategy, Entrepreneurship,
International Business, Organizational Behavior, Operations
Management, Real Estate, etc.
MBA ProgramMBA Program
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Career Services
Workshops for writing resumes, interviewing, etc.
Company presentations
On-campus interviews
⇒ Summer internships
⇒ Full-time jobs
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Networking
Professional networking with companies
⇒ Dinners
⇒ Company tours Silicon Valley tour Las Vegas casinos
⇒ Sell weekends
Social networking with classmates
⇒ Bar & restaurant get-togethers
⇒ Intramural sports – football, basketball, softball, soccer, etc.
⇒ College sporting events
⇒ Various trips – local trips and international travel
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Job Opportunities
Summer internships
⇒ During summer between Year 1 & 2
⇒ Opportunity to “try out” a company
Full-time jobs
⇒ Investment Banking (e.g. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.)
⇒ Management Consulting (e.g. McKinsey, BCG, Bain, etc.)
⇒ Product Management (e.g. Google, Apple, Amazon.com, etc.)
⇒ Corporate Finance (e.g. Intel, Cisco, Genentech, The Gap, etc.)
⇒ Investment Management & Hedge Funds
MBA ProgramMBA Program
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