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How to Survive the Waitlist Imagine spending months putting together a B-school application and waiting 8 to 12 weeks for a decision—then omes a decision that isnt really a decision at all. Youre on the waitlist. It you find it confusing, youre not alone. As with many aspects of the B-school admissions process, there are no uniform rules for how to proceed. You could sit back and wait for the school of your choice, actively market yourself to the waitlisting school, or move on to Plan B. More : businessweek.com

NEW DELHI, India, Sunday, Dec. 28 An explosion ripped through a major coal mine in northeastern India yesterday, setting off flooding that trapped hundreds of workers, according to reliable reports from the scene. The men were feared dead.

Sleaze MMS in DPS, obscene e-mails in the first Management Institute here? The saga continues. Students and staff of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB), allegedly received obscene e-mail senders unknown about a month. Firstly, is the beneficiary? Students, teachers and administrative staff? ignore the e-mails, because she felt it inappropriate material of the text has been nothing but spam or unsolicited mail. But the e-mails preserved, what the authorities to rest and move closer to the police to end the threat. You received a Chandrashekharpur FIR with the police earlier this week. XIMB board of directors said Satya Sekhar anonymous sender was several?

If top business-school applicants need a break from GMAT prep and essay writing, they should browse the Web for inspirational quotes and clip art. The admissions office at the University of Chicagos Graduate School of Business is requiring for the first time this year a PowerPoint presentation — or something like it. In four slides or less, the online instructions say, please provide readers with content that captures who you are. Those readers, it turns out, are sort of bored with essays. The new requirement will give admissions officers a better sense of their applicants, says Rosemaria Martinelli, associate dean of

Should Young Applicants Apply to MBA Programs Young applicants to business school -- meaning those just coming out of college or with one year of work experience -- can learn a lot about their chances of admission and the advantages and drawbacks of being a young MBA student in a short, 20-minute podcast with Accepted.com Senior Editor Paul Bodine. Advice to Younger Applicants offers key insights into the recent trend in business schools to actively recruit early career candidates. MBA schools have a genuine interest in changing the perception that you need a certain number of years of experience to get in,

Your quest for that elusive seat at IIM has just got tougher. If competing with 1.5 lakh applicants wasnt enough, IIM aspirants will face intense competition from international applicants this season. All the six IIMs have recorded a rise in the number of overseas applicants seeking admissions for 2005-06. IIM-Bangalore, has received over 100 applications from overseas students/NRIs this year. IIM Calcutta has recorded a rise in numbers, especially those from European countries. Even at younger IIMs like Indore, Kozhikode and Lucknow, theres been a 20-30 per cent escalation in number of foreign applicants. IIM Kozhikode, for instance, which admitted

Arizonas colleges and universities are struggling to expand their nursing programs to keep up with the demand from potential students. The result is a long waiting list of qualified applicants who cant enroll. Statewide, more than two thousand applicants who had completed the necessary prerequisite courses were denied admission to nursing programs in 2006. More : kvoa.com

Invites application to the following programmes commencing from July 2002 - FELLOW PROGRAMME All requests for application forms must be received by October 30, 2001, and all completed application must reach by November 27, 2001 Applicants have to appear for CAT 2001. All applicants must apply separately to the Fellow Programme on the prescribed forms obtained from : Administrative Officer (Fellowship Research & Publication) Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Diamond Harbour Road, Joka, Kolkata-700 104 A candidate can apply at most for two areas, and for each area a separate application form is needed. Along with each application, the candidate should send (i) a crossed

Invites application for free Ph.D Education in Marketing Chairman of the Marketing Department, Dr. Arun K. Jain, will be interviewing qualified applicants in India during December 2002. State University of New York at Buffalo seeks applicants with strong quantitative and verbal skills who have completed or are completing degree either in Engineering (B.Tech or M.Tech), Economics (M.A.) or Management (MBA) for admission to their Ph.D. program in marketing commencing in August, 2003. A strong background in IT will be particularly advantageous. Subject to satisfactory performance, all admitted students would receive full tuition waiver and a graduate assistantship of $15,000 + per annum for four years. The

Doctoral Level Programme : Fellow Programme in Management Last date for applying online to XIMB : December 6, 2002 Applicants will have to appear a Research Aptitude Test (XIMB-RAT) to be conducted by XIMB, Bhubaneswar, at centres all over India on 5th January, 2003. Applicants have to log on to : register and apply online for XIMB-RAT. Forms are available online only. The mode of payment for application (Rs.800/- for FPM) and other details given in the XIMB website Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar Source : Times of India (Mumbai) September 1, 2002

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