Shari Hubert, Associate Dean of Admissions at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, discusses what makes the Duke Fuqua MBA unique, the school’s admissions process, career opportunities and more.

Topics

• Introduction (0:00)
• Program Highlights – What Makes the Duke Fuqua Daytime MBA Unique? (6:55)
• Duke Fuqua MBA Admissions & Scholarships – How to Improve Your Chances? (29:10)
• Career Opportunities after Duke Fuqua – What to Know & How to Prepare (59:30)

About Our Guest

Shari Hubert is Associate Dean of Admissions at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. She has been with Duke for 6 years. Previously, Shari served as Associate Dean of Admissions at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business as well as Director of Recruitment for the Peace Corps. Shari has also worked at Citi, GE, NBC Universal, The Boston Consulting Group and Merck in a variety of recruiting, consulting and marketing roles.

Shari graduated from Harvard Business School with an MBA and majored in French at Dartmouth University as an undergraduate. She serves on a number of HBS Alumni Boards, Pyxera’s Global Board of Directors and is a Forte Partner Advisory Council Member.

Show Notes

• Duke Fuqua MBA
• The Fuqua Show on Spotify
• The Duke MBA Admissions Interview: What to Expect and How to Prepare

Touch MBA Episode write-up and snapshot/stats of the Duke Fuqua Daytime MBA: 

https://touchmba.com/duke-fuqua-mba-program-admissions-interview-shari-hubert

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"We pride ourselves in being at the center of business and technology... We've asked employers, 'How would you describe our students?' and most often the words we get back are 'humble, hardworking and good problem solvers.' I think that's fantastic and that's how I would describe our students as well."

Dr. Jonathan Clarke, Interim Dean at Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business, discusses what makes the Scheller MBA unique, the school's admissions process, career opportunities and more.

Topics

• Introduction (0:00)
• Program Highlights - What Makes the Georgia Tech Scheller MBA Unique? (4:00)
• Scheller MBA Admissions & Scholarships - How to Improve Your Chances? (17:20)
• Career Opportunities after Georgia Tech Scheller - What to Know & How to Prepare (32:20)

About Jonathan

Jonathan Clarke is Interim Dean and Associate Professor of Finance at Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business. From 2012-2018, Dr. Clarke served as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs, where he helped raise the school's profile. Dr. Clarke was named to the Poets and Quants 2018 list of Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors, and also voted the 2009 and 2013 MBA Core Professor of the Year. He has taught custom programs for NCR, Clorox, Georgia Pacific, Lockheed Martin, and the National Football League. Dr. Clarke is on the board of the Eastern Finance Association, on the editorial board of The Financial Review, and edits the Handbook of Modern Finance.

Dr. Clarke received his PhD from the Katz Graduate School of Business and the University of Pittsburgh and his undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Economics from Indiana University in Bloomington.

Show Notes

• Georgia Tech Scheller Full-time MBA Program
• Tech Square Atlanta
• Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) - Georgia's technology business incubator

Episode write-up and snapshot/stats of the Georgia Tech Scheller MBA: https://touchmba.com/georgia-tech-scheller-mba-program-admissions-interview-jonathan-clarke/

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Sue Oldham, Associate Dean at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management, discusses what makes the Vanderbilt MBA unique, the school's admissions process, career opportunities and more.

Topics

• Introduction (0:00)
• Program Highlights - What Makes the Vanderbilt MBA Unique? (4:40)
• Vanderbilt MBA Admissions & Scholarships - How to Improve Your Chances? (19:30)
• Career Opportunities at Vanderbilt - What to Know & How to Prepare (39:45)

About Sue

Sue Oldham is Associate Dean at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management, where she is responsible for recruiting and admissions, enrollment management, academic and student affairs, and the career management center. Previously, she worked at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business as Executive Director of Recruiting & Admissions and Alumni Engagement. Before jumping into higher education, she worked over 10 years as a consultant. Sue got her B.A. in English from Rice and her MBA from Vanderbilt.

Show Notes

• Vanderbilt MBA
• Vanderbilt's MBA Admissions 101 Webinar - Find the Next One Here

Episode write-up and snapshot/stats of Vanderbilt MBA: https://touchmba.com/vanderbilt-mba-program-admissions-interview-sue-oldham

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Shelly Heinrich, Associate Dean, MBA Admissions and Director of Marketing at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, discusses what makes the Georgetown MBA unique, the school's admissions process, career opportunities and more.

Topics

• Introduction (0:00)
• Program Highlights - What Makes the Georgetown MBA Unique? (3:30)
• Georgetown MBA Admissions & Scholarships - How to Improve Your Chances? (23:00)
• Career Opportunities at Georgetown - What to Know & How to Prepare (45:00)

About Shelly

Shelly Heinrich is Associate Dean of MBA Admissions and Director of Marketing for Georgetown's University McDonough School of Business. Previously, she worked as a Client Services Director for Wunderman Thompson and Young & Rubicam. Shelly got her EMBA from Georgetown and her Masters in Education from the University of Texas at Austin.

Show Notes

• Georgetown MBA

Episode write-up and snapshot/stats of Georgetown MBA: https://touchmba.com/georgetown-mba-program-admissions-interview-shelly-heinrich

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Nicolle Lee, Wharton MBA '22, shares how building relationships helped her reach her MBA goals - including breaking into the real estate industry. After listening to this episode, you'll have a detailed and instructive case study of what's required to make a career pivot at a world-class business school.

Questions

• Nicolle's Wharton MBA application & interview strategy (4:00)
• How Nicolle pursued her real estate career goals at Wharton (18:10)
• Real estate case competitions and student clubs (25:25)
• How Nicolle secured her real estate internship - and then job - at Morgan Stanley (32:20)
• Nicolle's second year at Wharton + conducting hundreds of coffee chats (44:00)
• Wharton's culture and resources for social impact & women empowerment (50:15)
• Nicolle's last thoughts on making the best MBA investment (55:25)

About Nicolle

Nicolle Lee is a second year MBA at Wharton majoring in Real Estate and Finance. After graduating from Columbia University with a Bachelors in Financial Economics, she worked at Banc of California and then Voya Financial doing venture capital, strategy and business development. After graduating from Wharton, Nicolle will work for Morgan Stanley's Real Estate Investment Banking group in New York.

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Episode write-up and show notes: https://touchmba.com/building-a-professional-mba-network-nicolle-lee-wharton-mba

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