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As the first round deadline approaches, we would like to continue our ongoing series of application tips with suggestions on how to strengthen your resume, along with information about some valuable tools on our website that will help you learn more about Yale SOM.
 Istithmar CEO David Jackson '93 Speaks about the State of Private Equity
David Jackson’s job is just like that of any other private equity CEO. Jackson ’93 evaluates companies, he buys companies, and he generates profits. There are a couple differences, though.
 Yale SOM Team Wins National Energy Finance Challenge
A team of five members of the Class of 2008 won the National Energy Finance Challenge at the University of Texas’s McCombs School of Business in Austin last month. The group defeated 15 other schools to claim the title, and the $8,000 prize money, at the third annual event.
 Student
Profile: A Consulting Mindset
I came to business school because I was interested in switching to strategy consulting, where you work on the types of issues that high-level executives think about. The curriculum is very good at imprinting in your mind a structure that maps how a CEO has to think about the world.
 Alumni
Spotlight: Chuck Slaughter '90, Founder, TravelSmith and Living Goods
When I was applying to SOM, the school was teaching a common skill set for managers across the business, nonprofit, and public sectors. It’s been fascinating to watch the founding premise of SOM play out in society as the lines between the sectors have increasingly dissolved.
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