Tippie Iowa first year MBA students set to answer your queries

vignesh274

Hi All,

This is vignesh here

I got an admit in Tippie for their Fall 08 MBA program. Has any one else recd an admit?

My Profile:
4 yrs Work Ex
680 GMAT
Finished my application around end of OCT
Interview during the world MBA tour in India

vignesh

sam_pune

Hi Vigensh,

Congrats for the admit.
Did you get any schol ?

Sam

naren.bangalore

vignesh,

hearty congratualtion for tippie..
I am applying now.. please give me tips..
Also if you could please summarize tippie school.. whats good there etc.
Also if there is link for last years thread, please post it.

My profile is exactly same as yours.. 680/4 yrs/others decent.. So please let me know other schools to apply in this round

Please reply,

Thanks and Regards,
Naren

naren.bangalore

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Originally Posted by meenkashi

Hi all,

I am Meensu(Meenakshi Sundaram): First year MBA student at the Univ of Iowa(Tippie School). My background

B.E(hons) BITS pilani

Work Ex: 29 months(Infosys):Application Developer(was performing a different role though)

Consulting

Couple of months)

Startup

Couple of months):Was helping my friend with his startup(ended dissolving the company(Hmmmmmmmmmm)

I benefited a great deal from Pagal and I would like to give back something.

Please shoot your questions and I will be ready to tackle them.

My few cents on the school:

Plus

1) Excellent Faculty(Esp for finance and Marketing). There are professors who are on the most sought after list in USA. I never knew this before getting in to the school.
2) The ROI is really good here and is the best in the world.
3) Henry Fund(Students get the opportunity to become portfolio managers and manage huge money).
4) A lot of talented and experienced people have been hired within the last few months to increase the presence of the school.
5) An ex partner at a big consulting firm has been hired to increase the presence in the consulting arena.
6) The finance curriculum rocks here(Wall street ranks it 16th).
7) Career services(They are the sweetest people on earth. They literally guide you in every stage of your job search and believe me they have pushing each and every student here. A lot of times the fault is on the side of the students because they just take it too easily. If you do what the career services ask you to do then getting a job should be a lot more easier).

Negatives
1) I feel that the school is really under valued(A lot of marketing activities are underway to increase the brand reputation).
2) The location of the school. This is a big ...big..point of argument. The school is located a couple of hours from chicago. This makes it a little difficult for the students to network with the major companies in Chicago. Networking with the east and west coast companies is also minimal.
The soothing factor here is that the school has recruited a new networking pro to make the presence of our school felt in all the big metros. The school participated in major career fairs this year(NSHMBA,NAWMBA,Black MBA) and is planning to participate in many others too. The school has also started making formal arrangements for the students to travel down to chicago and network with Almuni. There is a company visit towards the end of this month wherein we will be visiting a lot of companies in Chicago to network and understand the work culture.All said and done. I believe that the onus is on us to make a job.

I might sound a little too biased but the fact is that the school has impressed me so much. If you have any more questions do shoot them.

Go Hawks

Ever,
Meensu

Meenakshi,

You are doing a great job. Thanks for the same. It helps a lot for all of us here who are applying for fall 08. Let us know more about you.. your profile.. interview experience.. iowa city.. indians over there etc..

thanks and regards,
Naren

vignesh274

Hi naren,

you can check out last yrs tippie thread here -

http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/intern...interview.html (Iowa Tippie Admission 2007-Interview Experience)

n like meenakshi had mentioned tippie is well known for finance... few things I like about the school is its small class size n its pretty cheap for a US B school n also heard the career services r good... as for the other schools I have applied to owen n notre dame n weather head... still waiting for the results ...

regds

vignesh

naren.bangalore

Quote:

Originally Posted by vignesh274

Hi naren,

you can check out last yrs tippie thread here -

http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/intern...interview.html (Iowa Tippie Admission 2007-Interview Experience)

n like meenakshi had mentioned tippie is well known for finance... few things I like about the school is its small class size n its pretty cheap for a US B school n also heard the career services r good... as for the other schools I have applied to owen n notre dame n weather head... still waiting for the results ...

regds

vignesh

Thanks Vignesh,

This is helpful. Also you can share us your interview experience..

regards,
Naren

back2thewall

Quote:

Originally Posted by vignesh274

Hi All,

This is vignesh here

I got an admit in Tippie for their Fall 08 MBA program. Has any one else recd an admit?

My Profile:
4 yrs Work Ex
680 GMAT
Finished my application around end of OCT
Interview during the world MBA tour in India

vignesh

Hi Vignesh!

Have a few questiosn reg Tippie Application:

1.What did u do regarding the 'Other Attachments' part .. They had asked about adverse conditions and stuff...Did u answer them all?
2. How long did it take from them to get back to u after u submitted u app?
3.For the recos, there is jus a link on the website.. the recommenders gotta fill out the form just following the link.. thats it? No email, no log in etc etc..Sounds a little wierd

vignesh274

Hi 1. the other attachments - I didnt upload any ... this is an option for you to justify reasons if any for a low gmat score or cgpa. 2. Well I had submitted my application around end of oct. gave my interview (face to face) during world Mba tour ear oct.. n I heard around late Nov. So I guess the processing time would be atleast a month.. But if you are planning to apply now I guess the number of applicants might be a lot a more, hence the wait will be even longer3. I had the same doubt so decided to submit hard recos. You can mail them about it . hope it helps regdsvignesh

back2thewall

hey Vignesh!

U did a smart thing by applying early.. Thanks for the info.. btw, I have sent u a PM as well.. Chk that out..

mpm

I needed an info from those who have applied to Tippie..

The application says Academic transcripts are to be sent to 'Office of Admissions' and Resume and cover letter is to be sent directly to 'Tippie school of management'. I cross checked and both the addresses are different. Does it mean i will have to send two separate couriers- one for transcripts - one for resume. Cant i send it in one single packet.
How did you guys go about it.. Please guide me on this.. Its quite urgent as i want to dispatch my packet ASAP.

Thanks,
mpm