[preeti2909]

Hi !

Honestly , no one other than the MBA programme office knows how good your chances are to get in.

But all what I can say from my experience of last year is that all the sections in the entire application are important . They dont give a lot of weightage to just one factor . Be it GMAT , workex , acads or extracirc..everything is equally important.. So dont worry about your acads so much and u could try to highlight your workex in your essays .

ATB,
Preeti

Originally Posted by goelyogesh

Preeti,

I am also an aspirant for HKUST MBA....how good are my chances of securing an addmission?

I have work ex of 6+years... 2.5 years in India with Easy Bill, a Hero Group startup company that time, with my role in S/W design and development.
Rest 4.5+ years in Malaysia in S/W design and Consultancy for Banking and Credit ard industry.

GMAT Score is 680, Maths 50, Verbal 31.
AWA: Result awaited

My accads are average, though I do have a strong extra curricular activities background.

Thanks,
Yogesh

[preeti2909]

Good Luck to you

Originally Posted by elem

Hello

I'm going to be applying for HK UST in 2009. I'm British with a financial services background and a China theme.

2 years for UBS Investment Bank in London (clients in Europe and US, lots of travelling)
1.5 years working as a financial consultant based in Beijing, China while learning chinese on a very intensive course.
Good mandarin (enough to hang out with all-chinese groups, ive been taking a lot of lessons!)
Worked for 3 scientific projects for 4 months at a time in Africa (Tanzania and Ghana), and in Grenada. Not paid though, except for flights/accomodation/food.
Passed CFA level III
Doing GMAT in Nov, getting 750ish in practice
Scholarships, extra curriculars, etc no real gaps I think.


What im concerned about is that my work exp at 3 years is the lower end of the pile, and my age if accepted would be 26 at the start of the program, which makes me relatively young. Which means I have the ace the essays/other things, gonna be a challenge.

Anyway, goodluck everyone!

[preeti2909]

Yogesh,

You may consider shrinking it to one page .

ATB,
Preeti

Originally Posted by goelyogesh

Dear HKUST Students / Alumni,

I am in the middle of finalizing my CV for HKUST. What's your suggestion on the length of the same? I have already compressed it from 4 pages to almost 1 and a half. Is it advisable to shrink it further to 1 page or a 1.5 to 2 pages will do.

Thanks in advance,
Yogesh

[kuldeepch]

Yogesh - I am applying to HKUST this year as well, but am surprised to know that you have to upload CV. I did not find any such mention or link within the application. Maybe I missed, could you let me know where to find the CV requirement in the app ?

Preeti - Did you have to upload your CV while applying last year ?

Thanks
Kuldeep

Originally Posted by preeti2909

Yogesh,

You may consider shrinking it to one page .

ATB,
Preeti

[goelyogesh]

Kuldeep,

You don't have to upload it on site, but sooner or later, you'll need it.

Yogesh

[kuldeepch]

Fair enough. Thanks.

By the way, I was wondering if the group has started to draft essays. I am particularly stuck on the 6th essay : What do you want the Admissions Committee to know about you as a person?

I am unable to decide if this is a 'strenth/weakness' question or a 'personality/passions' question. All comments from current and prospective students are most welcome.

[goelyogesh]

Kuldeep,

I haven't even started my essays yet.... finishing them for NBS. 1st Deadline is 17th December ... right? Will start soon and let you know. Anyways!! I have similar essay for NBS and I mentioned things which I couldn't mention in other essays.
Best of Luck
Yogesh

[rockabi]

Hi preeti,

Can u please let us knw the nature of the admsson process followed at HKUST (rollin or staged) ?

Cheers
Abi

Originally Posted by preeti2909

Yogesh,

You may consider shrinking it to one page .

ATB,
Preeti

[preeti2909]

HKUST follows staged process and has 2 rounds of application intake.

Originally Posted by rockabi

Hi preeti,

Can u please let us knw the nature of the admsson process followed at HKUST (rollin or staged) ?

Cheers
Abi

[preeti2909]

I dont recollect uploading it .. they had asked work info in one of the sections.

Originally Posted by kuldeepch

Yogesh - I am applying to HKUST this year as well, but am surprised to know that you have to upload CV. I did not find any such mention or link within the application. Maybe I missed, could you let me know where to find the CV requirement in the app ?

Preeti - Did you have to upload your CV while applying last year ?

Thanks
Kuldeep