I am just back from Wharton's coffee chat in Shanghai, held by 4 first year Wharton's MBA students. It's a good chance to see what are the MBA like and how they think about their career development. Here are some conclusions I can make after the chat with the nice gals and guys from this top MBA school.
- 2 of them have finance background. One was GE's management trainee working in controlling; one was in the operation function of a state-owned mutual fund. The background of the other two, unfortunately, I have no idea.
- Mostly I've heard the information from Richard and Xinghua Zhou, 2 students sitting left to me. While the other one girl from Hawaii, a half ABC, seemed more american style and not so talkative. The last girl from Wharton was sitting so faraway that I didn't hear much from her. They are all very young in fact. I am getting too old to be an MBA!
- The questions we have asked include essay writing, career, school life, and recommendations. The only interesting answer to me is that Wharton, even other business schools, normally will postpone the deadline, including the application deadline and the toll deadline.
- The candidates having applied these years all have strong background. One from PWC, one from Eccenture, one finance analyst from a chemical manufacturer, just to name a few. Most of them have 4 years W/E.
- Talking with people is great, to learn the other's thought, the other's consideration.
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