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アイルラン 留学フェスティバル2008
Sep, 12, 2008
My friends at Japan’s Enterprise Ireland Office asked me to announce that they will be holding an education fair in Osaka and Tokyo. The English version follows the Japanese.-Adam 開催名称 ： アイルランド留学フェスティバル2008会期 ： 10月11日（土）大阪；13日（月）東京 アイルランド留学フェスティバルに行こう！大学や語学学校の代表者から直接情報収集できるアイルランド留学フェスティバルに参加しませんか？ アイルランド政府商務庁とアイルランド政府観光庁は「アイルランド留学フェスティバル2008」を今年の10月に共催します。フェスティバルでは、アイルランドより約15校の代表者が来日を予定しており、直接来場者と各校別のブースにて留学相談をして頂けます。当日は教育制度や大学及び語学学校などの各種留学セミナーだけではなく、アイルランドのユニークな文化（人気のケルト音楽、アイリッシュダンス、スポーツ、美味しいアイリッシュ・フードなど）を紹介します。「オールウェイズ ウェルカム」アイルランドへの扉を開けてみませんか？ 主催 ： アイルランド政府商務庁 アイルランド政府観光庁開催名称 ： アイルランド留学フェスティバル2008大阪会期 ： 10月1１日（土）1３：00～1８：00会場 ： 読売新聞ホール東京会期 ： 10月1３日（月、祭日）1１：00～1８：00会場 ： 読売新聞ホール 参加校 ： 大学、カレッジ、語学学校、約20校予定（通訳付き）入場料 ： 入場無料ウェブサイト ： www.study-ireland.jp Ireland Study Abroad Festival 2008October 11th (sat) in Osaka; October […]
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The Scoretop 84
Sep, 10, 2008
GMAC announced that they canceled the GMAT scores of 84 Scoretop users: The Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®) has announced the completion of its investigation of GMAT® test takers who paid to receive active test questions on the Web site Scoretop.com, in violation of GMAC testing policies and procedures. As a result of the investigation, […]
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Tokyo MBA Tour Event Report
Sep, 09, 2008
Steve Green and I attended the Tokyo MBA Tour last night. It was a very well attended event. For us it was a good opportunity to meet some alums we know, gather a couple of brochures, and see which schools were attracting the most attention. Among the big name programs in attendance were Yale, Cornell, […]
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Need to calculate your GPA?
Sep, 07, 2008
If you need to calculate your 4.0 scale GPA, please see http://www.back2college.com/gpa.htm. This page provides a very clear explanation of how to do so. It also provides a calculator for determining GPA for every semester. -Adam Markusアダム マーカス
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At The MBA Tour Tonight 9/8 in Tokyo
Sep, 07, 2008
Regardless of the weather, I will be at The MBA Tour tonight at The Palace Hotel. My colleague and fellow blogger, Steve Green, will also be attending. While I suspect I will do a bit of Twitter, mostly I will be gathering some brochures. Some video reporting will follow. If you go to this or […]
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UC Berkeley Haas MBA Essays for Fall 2009 Admission
Sep, 07, 2008
The University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business is one of the most difficult MBA programs to be admitted to. The program is small and attracts a very diverse group of students. The objective of Haas admissions is certainly to find the best applicants in order to put together a diverse group of students […]
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Can’t go to the Chicago GSB Fall 2008 Tokyo Event
Sep, 07, 2008
My apologies to anyone who was expecting my report on the Chicago GSB September 7, 2008 Admissions Event. As my intrepid camerawoman(wife) and I left our home, we were rained upon and even with big umbrellas found ourselves soaked to the bone. Beating a hasty retreat home, we took it as a sign that this […]
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Upcoming Tokyo MBA Events
Sep, 04, 2008
I plan on reporting on the following Tokyo MBA events:Chicago GSB, 9/7The MBA Tour, 9/8Stanford GSB, 9/21HBS, 9/29LBS, 10/7Wharton, 10/9Columbia, 10/27 This list is subject to change. Since twittering at the MIT event worked fairly well, I plan to continue doing it. Hopefully I will be able to Twitter at all of the events, so […]
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9/4/08 MIT SLOAN TOKYO ADMISSIONS EVENT
Sep, 04, 2008
I just got back from the MIT Sloan Admissions event. I don’t know if anyone followed my Twitter Cast, but you can find it here (The posts will be dated September 3, 2008). The most important things that MIT admissions said: 1. 50% of applicants are admitted in first round and 50% in second, so […]
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INSEAD MBA ESSSAY QUESTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2009 ADMISSION
Sep, 04, 2008
I am posting my analysis of INSEAD’s essays for the September 2009 Intake (Class of July 2010). The questions are taken from the PDF. Over the years, I have had an opportunity to work with a number of clients admitted to INSEAD. For Fall 2008 admission, you can read testimonials by one of them who […]
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