In this episode of Admissions Straight Talk podcast, Accepted founder Linda Abraham interviews admissions directors from MBA programs outside the United States to find out if there are any common threads among them. The guests on the show include representatives from Oxford Saïd Business School, INSEAD, NYU Abu Dhabi, and HEC Paris. The interviews cover various topics such as program overviews, admissions processes, and common applicant mistakes. The interviews also touch on language requirements, the role of the video interview in the evaluation process, and the importance of holistic review in admissions decisions. Overall, this interview provides valuable insights into the unique aspects of these MBA programs and shed light on the similarities and differences among them.

In this episode:

Oxford Saïd Business School
02:32 Can you give us an overview of the Oxford Saïd MBA program for those listeners who aren't that familiar with it, focusing on its more distinctive elements?
05:19 What don't people know about Oxford Saïd that you would like them to know, or what's a common misconception about Oxford Saïd that you'd like to correct?
7:58 What happens after the applicant hits submit and takes the online assessment?
9:53 What else are you looking for?
12:05 Why do you need both the online assessment and the interview?

INSEAD
14:03 To start, can you give us an overview of INSEAD's MBA program for those listeners who aren't that familiar with it?
14:37 How do most students take advantage of that geographic diversity?
15:36 Where are the three campuses?
15:54 Where are the partnerships?
16:02 When you talk about your home campus, how much time are you required to spend there? What do most students do?
17:35 Could you review the language requirements, both at entry and graduation, for INSEAD participants? That's a very distinctive aspect of the program.
21:32 Where are you most likely to see the required qualities in the different elements of the INSEAD application?
26:18 What is the role of the video interview in the evaluation process?

Stern at NYU Abu Dhabi
28:41 Can you please provide us with an overview of NYU's Abu Dhabi MBA program?
29:47 Is this program aimed for people in the Middle East, who want a US MBA? Or is it aimed for people anywhere in the world, who want to focus on business in the Middle East? What's the goal of the program?
31:00 Will the professors be traveling from New York City to Abu Dhabi, or will there be online courses?
32:15 Will the program focus at all on the business of energy, since it's going to be located in the Middle East, and specifically in the Persian Gulf?
33:40 You mentioned that there are going to be roughly three months or two modules of the program in New York City. Can I ask why?
35:09 Are there any language requirements for NYU AD?
35:46 Who should seek a test waiver, and who shouldn't seek a test waiver, in your opinion?
38:19 What would you have liked me to ask you?

HEC Paris
40:57 Can you start by just giving us a very high level overview of HEC's three MBA programs?
42:34 Let's zoom in on the full-time MBA program's more notable and distinctive elements. Can you describe them?
44:46 What do you look for besides stats? You've mentioned a little bit, maybe you can give a little more on that.
47:02 What's the most common mistake that you see applicants making in the application process?

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