Blog: Archive for the “Admissions Officer Interviews” Category

mbaMission: Okay, I have a typical first question that I ask, but I’m going to ask it second this time because first I want to ask you, now that you’ve been Wharton’s admissions director for more than a year now, what you feel the hallmark of your tenure is thus far, and what changes do … Read More  

Northwestern-Kellogg’s Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, Beth Flye, was kind enough to spend some time with us. Ms. Flye shares her thoughts on a variety of topics: Kellogg’s plans for the size of its class and its new building Her plans to review the open interview process at Kellogg Her advice to applicants who are … Read More  

Update: Dawna Clarke is no longer the Director of Admissions at Dartmouth Tuck. After briefly serving as mbaMission’s Chief MBA Strategist, Clarke back at the admissions helm for the University of Virginia’s Darden School after almost a decade and a half since her previous tenure there. We were quite fortunate to have some time to speak with … Read More  

mbaMission was fortunate to have had the opportunity recently to speak one-on-one with Peter Johnson, Director of MBA Admissions at Berkeley-Haas. Here, we offer some highlights from the interview, followed by a full transcript. Berkeley-Haas experienced a 7% increase in applicationj last year and expects that this years application volumes will be flat. Berkeley-Haas made … Read More  

MbaMission was fortunate to have had the opportunity recently to speak one-on-one with Rose Martinelli, Director of MBA Admissions at Chicago Booth. We think the interviews is very much worth reading, particularly for anyone interested in Booth, but also for any MBA applicant. Here, we offer some highlights from the interview, followed by a full … Read More