Tuck MBA resumes

Do you know how Tuck (or other top business schools) decide to whom to send resume books like that?.

anyone have it?

I know Wharton's real estate center publishes a resume book as well.

does Tuck place well into PE?

It seems strange to me that some of these guys who had some pretty senior positions pre-MBA would do their MBA. What's the value-add?

Alpine, I think it's tough to tell what situation a person may be in. Their current position might be untenable for any number of reasons, they might have been passed up for opportunities, or they might simply want a change.

That said, I think the trend these days is towards not doing your MBA if you're in a solid position.

Yeah..I'm not looking forward to the MBA.

I REALLY regret letting my GPA slip over my last 3 semesters. Definitely not a 3.9 (nor was it ever).

How much weight is put on undergrad performance, if you show progress in your career (say its a direct to associate promote, looking to switch careers and take a break from life for 2 years).

Everything I've heard about MBA is that schools look at the total package: Undergrad, GMAT, work experience, and essays. Weakness in one can be compensated through being stronger in another area.

This is only my opinion, but I doubt that employers really look at undergrad performance. I mean, if you look at the undergrad info on the resume books, there is a huge variety in terms of the types of schools represented, and no GPA is listed.

But something can be said for the strong gpa candidate getting the great job to getting the great mba.

You could say the strong gpa is a precursor (not in all situations) to the other things (job, part of mba admissions, etc.). If you can get the hookup for the great job then ok.

I finished my MBA recently. Trust me, no one gives a shit about your ugrad GPA. Hell, until this year Wharton, HBS, and Chicago had grade non-disclosure anyway, so employers didn't even care about the MBA grades.

Harvard is switching over this year to grade disclosure (should make for some interesting dynamics).

I read the Wharton resume book also. some students claim to be top 5% so i think grade disclosure or not, it will be evident who is top of the class.