選校另一參考...Wake Forest Uinversity, Babcock

[l18david]

大家好，

經過去年跟大家一樣水深火熱的準備AT後，本人現在在Wake Forest University就讀中...

鑒於去年本人也是如無頭蒼蠅般的申請學校，後來幸有多人提供資訊，於是今年我也來提供一些關於我們學校的訊息供參考。


本校全球MBA排名約70,全美排名各家不同，約30~50吧。
該校以往不太收台灣及亞洲學生，所以在台知名度並不高。近年來全球化及經費考量，增加收取台灣學生。

此校在本地區尙算有名，鄰近成長中的Charlotte都市(如Bank of America 及Wachovia Bank 總部在此)，所以就業機會是有的。

這裡的人還算蠻好的，氣溫與台灣差異不大，但冬天稍微冷一些。現在外面正在下小雪，但聽說一年下雪次數不多，約7天左右。

本人MSN 如下： l18david@hotmail.com

歡迎申請我們學校。也歡迎與我討論相關事宜~

謝謝~

[bonboncat]

好學校幫推...
不過在台灣真的很少人聽過...
我之所以知道這間學校是因為Tim Duncan

[汪汪北鼻]

l18david很熱心喔!!
有什麼問題都可以問他
有問必答

[Kyo]

好學校幫推...
不過在台灣真的很少人聽過...
我之所以知道這間學校是因為Tim Duncan

我也想推Tim Duncan...

[wenlovying]

我一月底申請，到現在仍然無消無息阿~~~

[pro5551]

我一月10號寄出去. 現在只跟我又要了一次正式的托福成績. 所以我又去申請了一次給它. 但是之後也沒消息耶. 今年申請的人太多了是嗎? David 要不要以台灣人觀點給大家一些學校的想法. 哪些方面優勢? 課程. 就業協助. 文化. 多元性. 師資. 相處方式等等. 麻煩您

[shine_allen]

i also want to know how competitive is this year?

[l18david]

我一月10號寄出去. 現在只跟我又要了一次正式的托福成績. 所以我又去申請了一次給它. 但是之後也沒消息耶. 今年申請的人太多了是嗎? David 要不要以台灣人觀點給大家一些學校的想法. 哪些方面優勢? 課程. 就業協助. 文化. 多元性. 師資. 相處方式等等. 麻煩您

It is difficult to answer your questions here and now.

First..., most or many of Coffee Shop members are only looking for top 20 schools. I am so shy to say the strengths of WFU.

Secondly..., in the following 7 days, I will have two final exams. I may not have time to give you detail information in a short time.

So, let me just give you some objective information.

1) The career center said every student who wanted to find a summer internship last year can find one. (100%, including international students) (Information from career center.)

2) There are several basketball superstars graduated from this school. It is important for American University.

3) The weather is comfortable.

4) The school holds lots of activities to decrease the gap between international students and native students. Last weekend we had a "diversity weekend"... Another is... I and my Japanese roommate had a Thanksgiving dinner with an American classmate's family, and we slept in their house for one night.

5) With my criteria, the professors are good. I think other schools also have good professors.

Hope it would be a little help to you.

David

[asicschu]

我一月10號寄出去. 現在只跟我又要了一次正式的托福成績. 所以我又去申請了一次給它. 但是之後也沒消息耶. 今年申請的人太多了是嗎? David 要不要以台灣人觀點給大家一些學校的想法. 哪些方面優勢? 課程. 就業協助. 文化. 多元性. 師資. 相處方式等等. 麻煩您

It is difficult to answer your questions here and now.

First..., most or many of Coffee Shop members are only looking for top 20 schools. I am so shy to say the strengths of WFU.

Secondly..., in the following 7 days, I will have two final exams. I may not have time to give you detail information in a short time.

So, let me just give you some objective information.

1) The career center said every student who wanted to find a summer internship last year can find one. (100%, including international students) (Information from career center.)

2) There are several basketball superstars graduated from this school. It is important for American University.

3) The weather is comfortable.

4) The school holds lots of activities to decrease the gap between international students and native students. Last weekend we had a "diversity weekend"... Another is... I and my Japanese roommate had a Thanksgiving dinner with an American classmate's family, and we slept in their house for one night.

5) With my criteria, the professors are good. I think other schools also have good professors.

Hope it would be a little help to you.

David

Thanks for sharing useful information...
Wish you get high scores in your final...

[l18david]

i also want to know how competitive is this year?

It is another difficult question for me.

I don't know how to answer it, but I think the most important is .. do your best...no matter how competitive it is...

[shine_allen]

i also want to know how competitive is this year?

It is another difficult question for me.

I don't know how to answer it, but I think the most important is .. do your best...no matter how competitive it is...

it's a good advice.

[knobhill18]

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[pro5551]

感謝David 了. 難為您~~~
的確在咖啡店. Top20的資訊相對的豐富與完整. 不知怎麼說好. 有些可惜吧.

[Gregwu]

David touched almost all the dimensions about this school. As one the other Taiwanese student in Babcock, I have some more comments to make.

First, we have probably one of the smallest classes among the top 50 US business schools. In 2005, only 88 students were admitted to this program. In such a small class, you’ll have a lot of chances to interact with the professors, and to build a close relationship with other classmates.

Second, the school is not so diversified compared with other business programs. In the class of 2006, international students only accounted for 18% of the total students enrolled. The number increased last year, but still, it’s only 25%. That means you’ll be forced to improve your English for a better communication with domestic students. In the first year, each study group consists of 4to 5 students. Only one of them is from somewhere outside the United States.

Third, the class is intensive and challenging. Time is always the “scarce resource” here. Our typical daily life is: Classes start at 8 AM and end at 1 PM. After a short lunch break, most of time we will have a team meeting for several hours. There’s some free time at night, but it’s better for us to prepare for next day’s class because participation in class counts a lot in the grade. Life in second year would be easier since there will be fewer classes and less team projects than we have in first year.

I hope I didn’t scare you away so far. Let’s talk about something outside the classrooms.

If you are a big NCAA hoop fan, you are in the right place. Although Wake sucks this year, basketball is still a huge thing here. Not to mention that MBA students have free tickets for every game played at home. (Exceptions: probably you’ll need to sign up for a lottery for Duke and UNC games. Those tickets are hot!!) By the way, Tim Duncan is not the only NBA stars from Wake Forest. Josh Howard of the Mavericks, Chris Paul (A.K.A.
“Rookie of the Year”) of the Hornets, Rodney Rogers and the former Hornet, the smallest player in the NBA history, Muggsy Bogues are all from Wake Forest.

Wake Forest is located in the city of Winston-Salem. For outdoor activity lovers, you can go hiking in the nearby national parks or go skiing in Ashville or West Virginia in the winter. For people who like to shop (like me), it’s only 1.5 hours of drive to Charlotte. They also have some fancy restaurants and clubs there. You can still enjoy the life here while not studying.

Anyway, if you are applying or thinking about to apply for Wake Forest MBA, I hope the information above helps. If you have any question about the admission process, life in W-S, or anything about Wake Forest, please feel free to contact us.

Wish you the best of luck for the applications.

[chris.huang]

DEAR ALL:
本人也是目前正在就讀WAke MBA的一年級學生,名叫Chris. 我想David以及Greg已經針對我們學校的許多方面提供了相當完整的資訊,由於本人今年有參加Student Recruiting Team,所以可以針對目前學校的招生方向以及台灣學生的申請現狀來做個補充,希望對於大家的申請會有幫助.

學校目前很積極的在提升能見度與排名,在Wall Street Journal全美Regional的排名已升到了No.7,但是在U.S News仍是在30-50名之間,最主要的問題就在於平均GMAT跟其他學校相比偏低(好像是640左右吧,我不是很確定,沒去查...:p),所以今年的招生策略很明確,就是優先錄取GMAT成績高的申請者.

當然,這並不代表學校就不重視申請者的其他條件,有些已經申請的台灣學生跟我反映學校似乎只先看GMAT成績就決定要不要錄取,我只能說,美國同學工作經驗有個3,5年的大有人在,他們的平均年齡大概都在28歲吧,essay跟面試更是輕鬆贏我們. 在這樣的狀況之下,要能夠使我們顯得突出,又符合學校的方針的,就只剩下GMAT了.

至於台灣學生目前的申請狀況,我可以確定的是,學校已經開始注重台灣學生了. 以往台灣學生能進我們MBA的從不超過2個...但是我們這一屆(fall 2005)一次錄取了7個! 超過了以往五年的總合吧...:p 去年也是學校第一次參加台灣的MBA Tour,顯示出學校深耕台灣市場的企圖心. (很難想像有一家學校的MBA台灣人會比大陸人多吧,就是本校啦...^^)

至於目前(第一,二輪已截止)台灣學生的申請狀況呢,跟以往相比的確是踴躍許多,但是真正收到admission的仍是少數,許多同學仍在waiting list. 如果問我要如何增加錄取率呢...對於GMAT成績比去年平均成績低的同學,我想最好的方法還是重考一次GMAT,而寫信跟學校表現你們的積極態度,則是另外一個可行的方法.

希望以上的資訊與建議,能夠對於對我們學校有興趣的同學們有所幫助. 當然,更重要的是大家都能夠申請上理想中的學校,之後還會再po一些學校以及在這邊生活的相關資訊,如果有任何問題,也歡迎各位與我們聯絡.