How to Get Into Georgetown McDonough’s MBA Program

Описание: Are you interested in sustainability? Are you also considering an MBA? Well, Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business offers an outstanding MBA program and an MS in Environmental and Sustainable Management. And today's interview is with the Associate Dean of Admissions for both programs. Pull up a chair.

It gives me great pleasure to have back on Admissions Straight Talk Shelly Heinrich, Associate Dean for MBA and MS-ESM admissions, and Director of Marketing at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business. Shelly has been leading Georgetown's admissions efforts since 2014 and became Associate Dean in 2017. She earned her BBA from Texas Christian University, her Master's in Educational Administration from UT Austin, and her Executive MBA from Georgetown.

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In this episode:
0:00 Intro
2:01 Can you provide an overview of both Georgetown's MBA programs and the MS in Environment and Sustainability Management or the ESM?
4:17 One question we get a lot from applicants to part-time programs or to online programs, is the degree any different? Is there an asterisk after the MBA for the flex time or the part-time programs? Or is it just, you have a Master's in Business Administration from Georgetown McDonough, whatever option you choose?
5:00. If someone is interested in a sustainability and management business degree, who should go for the MBA and just customize the program so that it's focused on sustainability, and who should go for the MS-ESM?
7:41 What distinguishes Georgetown's program in Environment and Sustainability Management from other similar programs?
9:54 How many students are in the ESM program, the MS-ESM?
10:31 Any plans to add on to the room or expand the class?
11:43 Where are graduates of Georgetown's, both its MBA program and its MS-ESM program, where are they finding jobs?
13:27 What kind of academic background are you looking for in applicants to both the programs, both the MBA and the MS-ESM? Much the same or somewhat different?
15:00 In terms of experience, specifically work experience, what do you expect, again, for the MBA programs as opposed to the MS-ESM?
17:11 I noticed that tests are optional for the MS-ESM, and they are required, but waivers are available for the MBA. Why the difference, and is it really a difference?
21:06 The video essay for the MS-ESM is about long-term career goals. The video essay for the MBA asked for a hobby, passion, or what you want to do for fun in your free time, and why. Are you doing an experiment on the two programs, trying to see what kind of responses you get? What is the reason for the different questions?
24:26 Any plans to introduce an interview to the ESM admissions process?
25:00 What can an interviewee to the MBA program expect that they're lucky enough to be invited to interview? Is it all virtual now, or are you starting to do in-person?
26:41 They should also prepare questions for you, shouldn't they?
27:44 The deadlines are March 30th and May 2nd for the MBA program, and April 3rd and May 15th for the MS-ESM. Is an applicant at a disadvantage if they apply in these later rounds? Are they better off waiting until next year?
29:33 Has Georgetown made any accommodations for the laid off workers, or are you just planning to, I guess, reserve more seats for the third and fourth round, given what's been going on the last couple of months?
31:04 Let's just focus on MBA and the ESM. What should they be doing? What should they be examining in their background to see if they need to improve something and be ready for the fall?
32:39 There were some really interesting projects that the ESM students were doing. Could you dive into that for a moment?
34:07 You mentioned not asking questions in interviews. What else do you see as a common mistake that applicants make?
36:45 You're in Washington DC.. What does that add to the programs?
39:05 What question would you have liked me to ask that I didn't ask? [39:05]

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