How to Get Into Business School: An Insider’s View of MBA Admissions on 10/29

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Written by Nancy Goldberg

Wednesday, 02 September 2009 14:07

Are you thinking about getting your MBA? Are you interested in finding out what other MBA applicants are considering the most?

Bruce Enders, a MIT course 15 alum, whose experience ranges from a corporate marketing strategist, a management consultant, to a board member to many non-profit organizations, will give a presentation on his unique findings through the global survey of MBA applicants on behalf of the Sloan School. His findings will give useful insights in what matters the most in choosing what schools to apply. You will get a chance to find out answers to such questions as 1) what the most highly qualified MBA candidates are thinking about, 2) why they want an MBA degree, 3) schools of their interests, 4) what factors are important to them, and 5) what plans to follow after getting an MBA degree.

There will be a panel discussion by the MBA graduates from MIT Sloan School of Management (“Sloan”) and Harvard Business School (“HBS”) on how to prepare for application materials, on their experience as the post-MBA and on how their MBA degree helped professionally advance in achieving their career aspirations. These speakers have had diverse work experience and expertises in difference professional fields that will help the audience specifically answer a question on how an MBA program has been and will further help achieve career aspirations.

Finally, the Sloan MBA admission officers will share various aspects of the application process, which will be followed by interactive question and answer sessions.

About the speakers:

Philippe Bertreau

Philippe Bertreau is a second year MBA student at the Harvard Business School. A native of France, Mr. Bertreau graduated from MIT in 2006 with an MEng. in Materials Science & Engineering. Prior to business school, he worked for a strategy consulting firm based in London, UK.

Ishan Bhaumik

Ishan Bhaumik currently works as a Solutions Specialist for Microsoft's Northeast District. Ishan's focus at Microsoft is helping clients learn about tools that help visualize, explore, and communicate their critical projects, with solutions around Data Visualization, Business Intelligence, and Process Management/Analysis. Prior to this role, Ishan was a Senior Analyst at a California-based investment banking firm, De La Rosa & Co. There, he structured bonds for the west coast's largest municipal issuers. Ishan also worked briefly in a strategy consulting role at CA (formerly Computer Associates) in New York. Ishan graduated with an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2008, and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley.

Joanne Chang

Joanne Chang is currently in her final year of the Biomedical Enterprise Program at Harvard-MIT's Health Science and Technology program. She is also the Project Manager at Gelesis, an anti-obesity medical device startup, where she manages the regulatory, clinical, and project strategy and financial operations. She graduated from Harvard Business School this past June 2009. During business school, Joanne worked for a life science growth equity firm. Prior to business school, she was a management consultant in the Life Sciences business group at PRTM and worked at a drug-delivery startup spun out of Langer's lab. Joanne graduated from MIT in 2003 with a BS in Electrical Engineering and minor in Biomedical Engineering. On a less serious note, she was once 4th runner-up to Miss Massachusetts and inadvertently told Michael Milken "Don't worry, everyone makes mistakes."

Bruce Enders

Mr. Enders has broad experience as a management consultant, advising CEOs of public and private companies, and with expertise in marketing, strategic planning, and governance. His volunteer and nonprofit experience includes serving as co-chairman of the Employee Community Fund at a major GE location, corporate fundraiser for Metro United Way, member of the Stewardship Council of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, member of the Board of Directors of Hill House, volunteer marketing advisor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and volunteer advisor for The Prince's Trust (United Kingdom). Bruce was Corporate Vice President with responsibility for Worldwide Marketing for a major component of the General Electric Company for a number of years. An ESC Consultant since April 2005, Bruce resides in Boston.

Eric Makhni

Eric is currently in his final year of the Harvard MD/MBA program. Prior to entering Harvard, he majored in biology at MIT and graduated in 2005. He is applying for residency this year and plans to go into orthopedic surgery after graduation. While in medical school, Eric founded MoneyforStudy, a start-up focused on improving the clinical research recruitment process. He also founded the Harvard Medical School Entrepreneurship Society, a student-led interest group dedicated to delivering discussion and lectures about entrepreneurship to the medical community at Harvard. He decided to pursue his MBA, however, so that he could combine his business and medical interests towards future entrepreneurial efforts within the orthopedic device industry, as well as towards promoting health care policy measures within orthopedic surgery.

Alex Nelson

Alex is currently a second year MBA student at Harvard Business School (HBS). Alex studied Mechanical Engineering at MIT, graduating in 2006. During her summers she interned in various R&D and product development roles at Lockheed Martin and General Motors. Following graduation from MIT, she pursued a career in management consulting at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Working in the Boston and London offices, Alex focused on the retail industry. After completing her first year at HBS, she interned at Hermes of Paris in New York City as a Merchandising intern and at Finale Dessert Restaurant in Boston working as an Operations intern. Alex plans to return to BCG post-graduation from business school and has long-term career aspirations of working in retail management.

Marie No

Marie is a second-year MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Prior to Sloan she had a rather unusual background as a concert violinist. Having performed at many of the world's celebrated concert halls over 10+ years, she received a Bachelor's degree from the Juilliard School, and in 2006 with artists from Juilliard, co-founded and directed a summer institute for gifted young musicians, called the Nosis Institute. Marie has been interested in all things related to the changing landscape of the music industry, especially those related to media and technology. At Sloan, she is taking classes at the Media Lab and managed consulting projects for TIME, Coca-Cola and the New York Philharmonic.

Jen Prior (Moderator)

Jen Prior is an Associate Director of the MIT Sloan Career Development Office, where she provides career planning and coaching assistance for MBA students, including the creation and delivery of career seminars. Prior to joining MIT Sloan, Jen did career development work with a variety of groups from MBAs to military officers to people looking to move from welfare into the workforce. Jen came to the career development profession from the corporate world, where she held both line management and corporate strategy roles at Capital One Financial Corporation. Jen has helped individuals and organizations to develop strategies in a wide array of situations. She partnered with Fortune 500 companies while in consulting at Bain & Company, and with small businesses and international non-profits while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Slovak Republic. Jen thrives on helping individuals identify and reach their goals in an ever-changing marketplace. Jen holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BSE in Systems Engineering and a BA in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Tim Vasil

Tim worked in the high-tech industry for Google, EMC, Iron Mountain and various startups developing patent-pending technologies in the domains of distributed computing and data classification. He also launched a software consulting business. He earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Harvard University in 2003 and is now an MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) Fellow, class of 2011, studying at the Sloan School and School of Engineering.

Janet Yoo

Janet is currently a first year MBA student at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She pursued various careers including biotechnology research at Biogen Idec and business development at BBDO Worldwide before working in the financial services sector. After graduating from MIT in 2006, she worked at E*TRADE Financial where she was a Senior Product Manager managing global teams to build trading and investing products. Additionally, she is on the Board of the Young Professionals for Susan G Komen Foundation. Janet is heavily involved within the MIT alumni community and served on the Board of the MIT Club of New York as Secretary from 2007-2009, currently serves on the Board of the MIT Club of Boston as Secretary and is a Member At Large for her 2006 Alumni class.

When: 7:00 - 9:30 pm, Thursday, October 29, 2009

Agenda:
7:00 PM - 7:15 PM: Registration
7:15 PM - 7:45 PM: Presentation on Survey of MBA Applicants by Bruce Enders
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM: MBA Graduates on various application tips and benefits of getting an MBA
8:45 PM - 9:30 PM: Sloan MBA Admission Information / Q&A Session

Where: Building 6-120

182 Memorial Drive (rear), Cambridge, MA 02139

To see the map: http://whereis.mit.edu/?mapterms=6-120&mapsearch=go

Please register for the event: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=36142&groupID=146

Price:
FREE for MIT Club of Boston Members
$10 for Non-Club Members (If interested in joining the club, please refer to http://bostonclub.mit.edu/join/benefits)

For those who are non-MIT affiliated, to register, please email Joy Lee at ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) with attendee name, email address, and school/employer and check in at the door for cash payment.

Light refreshments will be available.

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