From the Admissions Office
Many of our round 2 candidates are busy preparing their applications for the January 9 deadline, so we thought it would be the perfect time to revisit some of the highlights from our series of application tips in recent issues of the admissions enewsletter. We’ve selected some key points about each component of the application to help guide you through the process.
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 Yale Curriculum: The Competitor
The co-founder and former CEO of CarMax, Austin Ligon '80, explains to students how to pull ahead of other businesses in the Competitor course, one of eight Organizational Perspectives structured to provide students with a multidisciplinary approach to solving management problems.
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Four Prominent Leaders Speak at SOM
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, a former treasury secretary, an alternative energy CEO, and the executive editor for Wall Street Journal Online spoke to SOM audiences recently to discuss issues including foreign policy, energy production, the changing nature of American CEOs, and healthcare.
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 Shirts that Fit
Shawn Liu '07, a finalist in BusinessWeek's Best Young Entrepreneurs contest, got the idea to create a custom tailoring business from a series of trips he took to China. Hillhouse Tailors (named for the historic street that runs through the SOM campus) launched this spring with SOM students as the first customers.
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 Alumni Spotlight: Trish Karter '82, CEO & President, Dancing Deer Baking Company
"We've had some real critical, defining moments," says Trish Karter, on the history of Dancing Deer Baking Company, a maker of all-natural cookies and cakes. "Happily, my instincts have always been to do and be who we are and not lose sight of that."
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