PHEW, TWO CHICKS YAKKIN’ ABOUT HBS –ONE OF WHOM IS HRH DEE DEE LEOPOLD (THE HEAD CHEESE) , WHO SAYS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A SENSE OF HUMOR, AMID MUCH OTHER USELESS ADVICE, AND THE OTHER IS ANDREA KIMMEL, ONE OF THE HARDER-NOSED INTERVIEWERS THIS ROUND, ALTHO SHE IS GIGGLES AND FUN, FUN FUN IN THIS FORMAT.

WORTH SLOGGING THRU JUST TO GET THE 8 MINUTE MARK, WHERE AK ASKS HRH LEOPOLD ABOUT HBS TAKING YOUNGER AND YOUNGER KIDS, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR LEOPOLD TAKE AN INVOLUNTARY PAUSE AND GULP BEFORE HEADING INTO A STRING OF FIBS. WELL, AT LEAST SHE IS STILL HUMAN. IT TAKES YEARS OF CIA TRAINING TO JUST FIB AND FIB AND FIB AND NOT SHOW ANY VOICE STRESS  WHATEVER.   KIMMEL’S LAST MINUTE MELT-DOWN (WHICH IS MOSTLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE BUT TO THE DEGREE IT SAYS ANYTHING CONTRADICTS WHAT DD SAID AT THE BEGINNING) IS WORTH LISTENING TO FOR ANYONE SHE INTERVIEWED THIS YEAR– IT WILL BE COLD COMFORT, BUT SHE TURNS INTO A RAMBLING, MELT-DOWN BABBLER JUST LIKE YOU DID.  SOMEONE SHOULD TEACH THESE CHICKS HOW TO EDIT THIS STUFF, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, THIS IS PRICELESS.

http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/podcasts.html#post-2008-12-15

Dec 15, 2008 (3 days ago)

Interview with the MBA Admissions Director

from HBS MBA Program

Andrea Kimmel from MBA Admissions speaks with Dee Leopold, Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, about what the admissions board is looking for in applicants, when to consider business school and more.

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