Do you accept career-changers into the One-Year Program?
Yes, but it depends on the type of career change. The MBA Admissions Committee is very careful in how we admit candidates to our One-Year MBA Program. When we review an application, in addition to the question about their academic preparation, we want to know: Can this applicant realize their career goals without a summer internship?
If we are in doubt, we take the extra step and review their application with our colleagues in the Career Management Center so that we can have confidence that our One-Year candidates will be able to make the career change their desire. The great news is because of the extra care that we take, our one-year candidates have great placement results and they are on par with the two-years.
What is the Goizueta MBA Leadership Program?
The Goizueta Advanced Leadership Academy (GALA) is a comprehensive leadership development program.
Students apply to participate in the Academy and these experiences are over and above their experience in the MBA program curriculum.
In addition to the study of leadership theory, GALA is highly experiential, including an annual trip over Spring Break where students put their leadership skills into action. Last year, the students traveled to Costa Rica and worked with local farmers in a consulting capacity to develop eco-friendly ways to grow crops. This year, our students will travel to the British Virgin Islands and learn more about leadership and team building with a sailing expedition. Each day, a team member will assume a different leadership role on the ship, and the week will end with a regatta.
What international opportunities are available to Goizueta students?
In addition to the international LEAD weeks, and the Leadership Academy, we
also have a wide variety of semester-long international exchange
opportunities.
We are also fortunate that international students represent over
one-third of each incoming MBA class. We recruit for MBA candidates worldwide. Each year we enroll a number of Fulbright Scholars from countries such as Vietnam, Bangladesh, Peru and Colombia, just to name a few. These candidates have been selected as future leaders in their home countries and they add a unique and valuable perspective to MBA class discussions.
What would you like prospective students to know about the overall Emory community?
I'd like them to know that being a student here is a life-changing experience. I realize that
may sound a little bit over-confident on my part, but it's a really wonderful place to be. We are small, and yet we are very diverse. Students get the benefit of learning from classmates literally all over the world and all different types of business backgrounds.
Because of our small size, students have the opportunity to really get to know classmates and faculty, forming friendships which last a lifetime. I've been at Goizueta over 18 years, and it's heartwarming to see how friendships develop on campus and then are sustained across the miles and years.
One of the big differences in a school like Emory is that when you graduate from Emory, you will know all of your classmates. In addition, our faculty is very accessible. They pride themselves on their teaching quality. Students usually stay in touch with several of their faculty, sometimes using them as consultants with their companies. I think that is something that's very special.
What are Goizueta students really like?
First of all, they are bright and engaging individuals. They are very demanding of themselves, but they really enjoy working with other people.
Our students possess a real "can do" attitude. In reviewing an application file and interviewing an applicant, we explicitly look for people who have consistently demonstrated initiative on the job, in college, and in their communities. Essentially, we want to know:
'How has this candidate added value to where they were, or to where they are now?'
When I think about a Goizueta alumnus, I think about a person who is really nice and who wants to make a difference, someone who goes the extra mile. Yes, they're bright and they're ambitious, absolutely, but they have many other truly fine qualities. Our namesake, Roberto Goizueta, was an icon in that regard.
He believed that it was his obligation to give back.
In my mind, this mindset starts in admissions. You need to look for these qualities in an application. And if we don't see them, if we see that this person is smart and has a great job, but they're not doing anything outside of themselves, they're not going to be a good fit for our program.
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