My Kellogg Experience
Being lucky enough to have been accepted at Wharton, Kellogg, Chicago and MIT-Sloan, I thought I would share some of my experiences for the benefit of future applicants. Let's start with Kellogg ...
School Atmosphere - During my 2 visits to Kellogg, the two things that really struck me about Kellogg were the extent of social mingling in the beautiful campus and the friendliness of the current students. It was clear that the students valued the social experience of b-school highly. Additionally, current students were super helpful to prospective students. One of the students actually cancelled a meeting with a professor to answer the questions the prospectives had.
Classes - I attended Professor Sawhney's Technology Marketing class and Professor Steve Rogers' Entrepreneurship class. Technology and entrepreneurship are the areas I like, but by any metric these guys were awesome. Professor Sawhney was witty, informative and extremely sharp; covering content and answering questions with amazing clarity. Professor Rogers was brutally good. He cold called a number of students and pushed the students to further their own understanding. I ended up buying "Ben and Jerry's: The Inside Scoop" on his suggestion. Awesome read, specially since I am interested in social entrpreneurship.
Application Package - My primary focus in Kellogg's application package was balance. I tried hard to make sure that the reader finishes the essays with the image of a multi-dimensional and likeable person. I sprinkled information about my varied interests throughout the essays. The "evaluate the candidate as a member of the AdCom" is the trickiest Kellogg essay. I think they have put it in there to see if candidates can talk about their achievements in an objective and more importantly humble manner.
Interview - Since the Kellogg interview is blind and not a "make-or-break" part of the application my plan was to be consistent and conservative. Consistent with my essays so that the interviewer and essay-review are not in conflict about my candidacy. Conservative in the sense that the difference between an above-average and stellar interview is not much as far as an admission decision was concerned. So, I played it safe aiming for an above-average interview. I planned on being witty and funny ONLY IF I got a very positive vibe from the interviewer.
I interviewed with an Admissions Committee member in Evanston. Mostly standard questions straight out of Essay 1 and Essay 2. The more interesting questions revolved around the distinction between leadership and management. At the end of the interview we talked about my dog towards the end, as a response to what do you do in your spare time. Overall, it was a relaxed predictable interview.
On the last day of the Kellogg results I got a call from Adcom telling me that I was in !! :)
School Atmosphere - During my 2 visits to Kellogg, the two things that really struck me about Kellogg were the extent of social mingling in the beautiful campus and the friendliness of the current students. It was clear that the students valued the social experience of b-school highly. Additionally, current students were super helpful to prospective students. One of the students actually cancelled a meeting with a professor to answer the questions the prospectives had.
Classes - I attended Professor Sawhney's Technology Marketing class and Professor Steve Rogers' Entrepreneurship class. Technology and entrepreneurship are the areas I like, but by any metric these guys were awesome. Professor Sawhney was witty, informative and extremely sharp; covering content and answering questions with amazing clarity. Professor Rogers was brutally good. He cold called a number of students and pushed the students to further their own understanding. I ended up buying "Ben and Jerry's: The Inside Scoop" on his suggestion. Awesome read, specially since I am interested in social entrpreneurship.
Application Package - My primary focus in Kellogg's application package was balance. I tried hard to make sure that the reader finishes the essays with the image of a multi-dimensional and likeable person. I sprinkled information about my varied interests throughout the essays. The "evaluate the candidate as a member of the AdCom" is the trickiest Kellogg essay. I think they have put it in there to see if candidates can talk about their achievements in an objective and more importantly humble manner.
Interview - Since the Kellogg interview is blind and not a "make-or-break" part of the application my plan was to be consistent and conservative. Consistent with my essays so that the interviewer and essay-review are not in conflict about my candidacy. Conservative in the sense that the difference between an above-average and stellar interview is not much as far as an admission decision was concerned. So, I played it safe aiming for an above-average interview. I planned on being witty and funny ONLY IF I got a very positive vibe from the interviewer.
I interviewed with an Admissions Committee member in Evanston. Mostly standard questions straight out of Essay 1 and Essay 2. The more interesting questions revolved around the distinction between leadership and management. At the end of the interview we talked about my dog towards the end, as a response to what do you do in your spare time. Overall, it was a relaxed predictable interview.
On the last day of the Kellogg results I got a call from Adcom telling me that I was in !! :)
posted by Rajat at 3:42 PM
1 Comments:
Very informative!
I'll take that to heart when I apply
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