Find out what sets Tuck apart. Hear from the people who make Tuck distinctive among the world’s top MBA programs—students, partners, Tuck admissions staff, and the Tuck administrators who will work with you throughout your two years at Tuck. The Tuck 360: MBA blog combines candid insight about life at Tuck from students and partners with helpful insider tips and advice from Tuck staff who want you to succeed at Tuck.
Concerns about your app? Let us help!
Rebecca Waters, October 05, 2016
By Kristin Roth, Associate Director of Admissions Thank you to everyone who participated in the GMAT Club chat last week! Our topic was intended to provide an opportunity for you to express concerns about various aspects of your candidacy and of course, for us to address them. Here are the Continue Reading
Internship Diary: National Public Radio (NPR)
Rebecca Waters, October 03, 2016
By Ben Chandler T'17 This summer, with help from Tuck GIVES, I interned at NPR in Washington, D.C. as a consultant in the office of the COO. It was far and away the most rewarding experience I could have asked for in a summer internship. The work I Continue Reading
Internship Diary: Save the Children
Rebecca Waters, September 28, 2016
By David Washer T'17 In 2015, there were 214 million new cases of malaria and 438,000 malaria deaths worldwide. Even though the disease is entirely preventable and curable, malaria continues to be one of the five leading causes of death in children under five years of age. Given the magnitude of this Continue Reading
The Making of a Successful Applicant
Rebecca Waters, September 27, 2016
By Stephanie Butler, Assistant Director of Admissions Hi all! As frequent readers of the Tuck 360: MBA Blog you might have seen this list before. I just shared it in webinar form over at Beat the GMAT though, so it's been on my mind! Tuck's admissions Continue Reading
Internship Diary: The World Health Organization
Rebecca Waters, September 23, 2016
By Caroline Defay T'16 “Should we say leverage?” “Utilize, let’s say utilize.” I erase the word leverage and replace it by utilize as a room filled with state officials register my every move and read my every word projected on a big screen. It Continue Reading
Working for a Nonprofit, with an MBA Lens
Rebecca Waters, September 21, 2016
By Marshall Wallach T’17 When I first engaged with CEO Doug Price about a brand strategy internship at Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Service (RMPBN), I was a bit taken aback at how perfect the opportunity was on multiple fronts. In the planning stages of a $30 million capital campaign, Continue Reading
Your Road to “Admitted”: The Interview
Rebecca Waters, September 20, 2016
Greetings! This is an exciting time in Tuck’s Admissions Office—after months of relative calm, it’s once again buzzing with prospective students. These future Tuckies have converged in Hanover to conduct their official admissions interview and to experience the community that they might one day Continue Reading
An Internship with the Department of Defense
Rebecca Waters, September 15, 2016
By Olivia Jones T'17 The Pentagon, as they tell every tour group, houses 26,000 employees. It holds civilian and military personnel, an impressive gym in the basement, and a shocking number of fast-food chain restaurants. All that novelty aside, I can think of no other organization with such a critical mission, Continue Reading
Internship Diary: The Social Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Rebecca Waters, September 12, 2016
By Xiaoxiao Yang T’17 I spent the summer working with Impact Hub, a global network of social entrepreneurship communities, co-working spaces, and programs. The first Impact Hub was founded in London in 2005 with the idea that people who had decided to dedicate their lives to new ways of confronting Continue Reading
Q&A: Student-Led Zippity Brings Car-Care to You
Justine Kohr, September 08, 2016
An interview with Ema Reid T'17 on her First-Year Project. Discover Ema's Pathway. So what is Zippity exactly and how did it begin? Zippity Cars is an entrepreneurial First Year Project (FYP) that provides a subscription car-care service at one’s place of work. Zippity came Continue Reading
Profits & Purpose: My Internship with Inspiring Capital
Rebecca Waters, September 07, 2016
By Anjali Patel T’17 While the prestige and security of more traditional MBA pursuits had their appeal, I was committed to finding an internship at an organization that was making sustainable impact. In particular, I was looking for an opportunity to explore the social sector broadly while working in Continue Reading
MBA/...? Joint and Dual Degrees at Tuck
Rebecca Waters, August 30, 2016
Tuck has several opportunities for students to customize their MBA experience around individual areas of interest or areas that are of particular relevance to the next step in their career. Elective courses, independent study, Research-to-Practice Seminars, student-led clubs and conferences, and Research Centers & Initiatives are great ways to do Continue ReadingFollow Admissions
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