Emory Admissions Chat
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What does the job outlook look like for this year's
Emory
students?
Julie:
Our students have a lot of interviews and things seem to be
tracking quite well. We have a good variety of companies coming on campus at the
moment...Brandi, do you want to give a student's perspective?
Brandi: I know some of my classmates came back from their
internships with offers, some still waiting to hear. On
campus interviews have already started--mostly finance and
consulting. I have had two marketing interviews so far. Overall,
it's pretty active on campus as far as recruiting
goes.
When
do you encourage us to apply by?
I encourage candidates to apply by February 1st...although all
applicants will receive a full review through our app.
deadline March 15th.
How
does Goizueta utilize the wait list?
We utilize our wait list in different ways....one way is
that there are several candidates each year that we work
closely with b/c we think their backgrounds are
terrific..but they may need more time to strengthen their
quantitative skills.......or we also use the wait list to
round out certain aspects of our class...b/c we do want to
enroll a broad range of backgrounds in the class.
How
many candidates are usually on the wait list and of those
how many gain admission?
The # on the wait list varies from year to year...last year we
had quite a few b/c we had such a strong pool of
applicants...perhaps 100+...we "pulled" about 20 from the
wait list...and all of those that we did had been in close
contact w/ us and they have been great additions to our
class.
Schools
in the top 30 all can offer me many of the same type of
courses. What kind of unique stuff do you have?
Competitor and Industry Analysis is a great class, also, our
Leadership Academy would be great.
I learned that the project management requires knowledge about
the management for teambuilding, risk strategy, time,
finance, and so on. So do you have relative courses to meet?
Brandi:
Trust me, you'll get plenty of team building experience
which is great. There are several finance classes that cover
risk/reward. Strategy and organizational behavior classes
are also recommended. With our program, you definitely have flexibility to direct
your own concentration and don't have to follow a particular
path. My approach has been to learn as much about marketing
as I could, but balance that with other skills that I think
an MBA grad should have--finance, strategy, operations, etc.
Julie:
We have all those courses and you would definitely develop
those skills at Goizueta.
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Julie's concluding remarks: It's been a great experience....happy to answer more
questions of applicants....call us at Goizueta! 404-727-6311.
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