A Cornell Johnson Students Experiences and Advice for Applicants

This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring  interviews with MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with  Mitch Brummer, second year MBA student at Cornell Johnson Accepted: Wed like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? Mitch: I was born in Columbus, Ohio but grew up outside of Cleveland (2016 was a big year for Cleveland!). For my undergrad studies, I went to Colgate University in Central, NY. While there, I focused on International Relations which led me to Washington, D.C. right after graduating in 2009. Accepted: Where are you currently attending b-school? What year? Mitch: I am currently in my second year at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, graduating in May 2017. Accepted: What is your favorite thing about that program? Mitch: One of my favorite parts about Johnson is the immersion learning program. This program is completed in the 2nd semester of year one. I went through the Strategic Marketing Immersion, which combined a semester-long client project with lectures, cases, simulation, and a trek to marketing-focused companies in New York City. By completing the core and immersion in year one, I felt extremely prepared going into my internship in a new functional area. Many of the topics we learned in detail during the immersion came up immediately over the summer and I was ready and able to contribute in week one. Accepted: Looking back at the application process, what would you say was your greatest challenge? How would you advise other applicants who may be experiencing similar challenges? Mitch:   My greatest challenge was that I applied to a few too many schools which became a bit overwhelming near the deadlines. While I applied to six schools, it was pretty obvious that I was only interested in four and I would have done myself a favor by only applying to those four. My advice to other applicants is to try and let go of the feeling that applying should be a â€Å"numbers game.† Instead of applying to the one or two extra schools that you aren’t super excited about, spend that time getting to know your core targets and refining those applications as much as you can. Make sure to visit and talk to current students as that can really help you add the extra refinement and personalization to your essays. Accepted: Youre a Roy H. Park Leadership Fellow at Cornell. How did you learn about this program? How has this program helped shape your MBA experience at Cornell thus far? Mitch: I learned about the Park Leadership Program initially through the Johnson website and then in more detail when visiting the school and speaking with current students. This program has been integral to my experience and one of the primary reasons has been the opportunity to work with a great group of peers who have all bought in to a 2-year long leadership program. It is one thing to go to lecture sessions and quite another to go to workshops where everyone is open and willing to speak up and advance the dialogue. With the breadth of backgrounds we have in the program, I’ve had the chance to learn from diverse perspectives, from non-profit to military. Additionally, this has been an amazing opportunity to assess my own leadership strengths and weaknesses and practice new styles / techniques without worrying  how it might affect a looming year-end performance review. Accepted: Youve worked in Consulting prior to starting your MBA. Do you plan on staying in that field after graduation? Mitch: I do plan on going back to Consulting and will be returning to Deloitte Consulting. I truly enjoyed my work before coming to Johnson and one of my big drivers for going to school was to round out my liberal arts experience with a formal business education in order to bolster my ability to work on strategy projects. During my time at Cornell, Ive focused my studies and internship on developing a marketing knowledge-base and toolset. Going back to Deloitte, I would like to start focusing my career on marketing-focused strategy projects. Accepted: Lastly, can you share your top three tips for success for those just starting out their MBA journey? Mitch: 1. Take â€Å"fit† seriously. I applied to a few schools out of convenience that I knew wouldn’t be a great fit. You could tell right away that I was going through the motions and didn’t have the commitment to those applications. Visit the schools you are interested in and talk with current students, you’ll quickly get a feel for your fit there. You are going to be spending 2 years with your new peers so spend the time to get to know current students and your fellow applicants to help pick the schools that best fit with your goals and personality. 2. Have an idea about how you’d like your two years to go (but don’t be afraid to change everything). By going through the application process, you’ll have at least an initial idea of what you would like to do at school and what type of activities and subjects you’d like to take on. It’s great to have this plan coming in, but don’t let having a plan keep you from exploring and making big changes based on what you find once you’ve actually started school. Take a risk with off-campus recruiting if that is where your dream job or company recruits, just make sure to have a solid back-up plan in place. 3. Focus on balance. Going through b-school is busy but likely in a different way from your last job. Recruiting, clubs and activities, coursework, and social life all compete for your time and everyone will have a different opinion on how you should prioritize them. This should be a personal decision, so take the time to step back and figure out what is most important for you and then don’t bite off more than you can chew. You can connect with Mitch via LinkedIn. Thank you Mitch for sharing your story with us we wish you continued success! For one-on-one guidance with  your b-school application, check out  our  MBA Application Packages. Do you want to be featured in Accepted’s blog? If you want to share your med school journey with the world (or at least with our readers), email us at bloggers@accepted.com. hbspt.cta.load(58291, 'f60b54a4-3de6-4e6c-af2b-c1555f06e7f5', {}); For 25 years, Accepted has helped business school applicants gain acceptance to top programs. Our outstanding team of MBA admissions consultants features former business school admissions directors and professional writers who have guided our clients to admission at top MBA, EMBA, and other graduate business programs worldwide including Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Booth, INSEAD, London Business School, and many more.  Want an MBA admissions expert  to help you get Accepted? Click here to get in touch! 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Timeline of Charlemagnes Life and Reign

For a quick overview of the progress of Charlemagnes life, consult the chronological listing of significant events below. Timeline 742: Charles the Great is born on April 2, traditionally in this year, but possibly as late as 747751: Charlemagnes father Pippin is declared king, beginning what would later be called the Carolingian dynasty768: Upon the death of Pippin, the kingdom of Francia is divided between Charles and his brother Carloman771: Carloman dies; Charles becomes sole ruler772: Charlemagne makes his first raid on the Saxons, which is a success; but this was just the beginning of an extended struggle against the decentralized pagan tribes774: Charlemagne conquers Lombardy and becomes King of the Lombards777: Construction of a palace in Aachen begins778: An unsuccessful siege of Saragossa, Spain, is followed by an ambush of Charlemagnes retreating army by the Basques at Roncesvalles 781: Charles makes a pilgrimage to Rome and has his son Pippin proclaimed King of Italy; here he meets Alcuin, who agrees to come to Charlemagnes court782: In response to recent attacks by Saxon leader Widukind, Charlemagne reportedly has 4,500 Saxon prisoners executed en masse787: Charles launches his educational plan by ordering bishops and abbots to open schools near their churches and monasteries788: Charlemagne takes control of Bavaria, bringing all the territory of the Germanic tribes into one political unit791-796: Charles conducts a series of campaigns against the Avars in present-day Austria and Hungary. The Avars are eventually destroyed as a cultural entity796: Construction on the cathedral in Aachen begins799: Pope Leo III is attacked in the streets of Rome and flees to Charlemagne for protection. The king has him conducted safely back to Rome800: Charlemagne comes to Rome to oversee a synod where Leo clears himself of the charges laid on him by his enemies. At Christmas mass, Leo crowns Charlemagne Emperor804: The Saxon wars finally come to an end812: Byzantine emperor Michael I acknowledges Charlemagne as emperor, though not as Roman emperor, providing official power to the power Charles already wielded in fact813: Charles delegates imperial power to Louis, his last surviving legitimate son814: Charlemagne dies in Aachen

Generational Poverty Essay - 1694 Words

Introduction This week in class the focus has been on generational poverty. There are a lot of key factors that lead to poverty. Poverty does not exist because people want it to. Poverty is a way of life for those who don’t know another way and feel that they don’t have a way out. Every day in society people turn their heads or frown up their nose at people who they see living in poverty because they think they are better than them and will not lift a hand to help them out. The big question is why do we do this? In most cases, the poverty line or clash of the classes are based on wealth and there is certainly a variation in the wealth among the population. But classism exists from the beginning of education to death.†¦show more content†¦The next factor is education. Education attainment is a major if not the most important key to breaking the cycle of generational poverty. 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The Motivational Theories Of Abraham Maslow And Frederick...

An organization success relies heavily on their employees. Employers should find better ways to motivate their staffs to achieve organizational objectives efficiently and effectively. Many psychologists understand the importance of motivation in the industry; they worked on various motivational theories which could help employers to have a fruitful and productive employee. According to Feldman, motivation is a factor that direct and energize the behaviors of humans and other organisms, in other words, an inner state that stimulates us to fulfill a goal, something that gets us doing something. Our needs motivate us to act. The complexity of the concept has led psychologists to develop a variety of approaches. Each of them tries to explain†¦show more content†¦Once the hunger is satisfied the pressure is reduced, and the need for food ceases to motivate, then the next higher order need becomes the motivating need. After the fulfillment of the two basics needs, a person can t hink about the needs of Love and Belongingness ( to obtain and give affection); then self-esteem, self-worth. Then, this person will strive for the highest level of needs self-actualization (A state of self-fulfillment, it includes growth, achieving ones potential). Becoming all that a person is capable of becoming). People strive to acquire new skills, take on new challenges and behave in a way that will lead to goals life attainment. Through this theory, Maslow underlines the complexity of human needs, and it emphasizes the idea that an individuals needs at any level on the pyramid emerge only when the more basic biological needs are reasonably satisfied. In contrast, Frederick Herzberg came in the 1950s, and 1960s with the two-factor theory also called motivation-hygiene theory in which examined employee satisfaction to see how attitudes affected motivation. 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Essay on Against Sweatshops - 1143 Words

Some companies have acceded to public pressure to reduce or end their use of sweatshops. Such firms often publicize the fact that their products are not made with Anti-globalization activists and environmentalists also deplore transfer of heavy industrial manufacturing (such as chemical production) to the developing world. Although chemical factories have little in common with sweatshops in the original sense, detractors describe them as such and claim that there are negative environmental and health impacts (such as pollution and birth defects, respectively) on workers and the local community. Various groups support or embody the anti-sweatshop movement today. The National Labor Committee brought sweatshops into the mainstream media in†¦show more content†¦Because of the relatively higher value placed on male education, young women are often encouraged by their families to leave school and migrate to urban areas or Export Processing Zones (EPZ) to work in the garment industry. As outsiders in a new community, these young women lack the legal or family support they might receive in their own community and therefore, have to spend a larger amount of income on supporting themselves. Consequently, these young women who are no longer receiving an education often find it hard to earn enough money to send back to their family.[21] The division of labour in sweatshops is gendered because the vast majority of workers are young women. The problems faced by many workers are also gendered because gender-based notions of what is acceptable inform working conditions. Thus medical or maternity leave, employer / employee relations and the right to organize can all become gender biased. Consequently, the negative aspects of sweatshops have a disproportionate impact on women. Because of this, some argue that efforts to combat the poor working conditions in sweatshops should focus more on empowering women[citation needed]. 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Dangerous Recreational Activity and Materialisation

Question: Discuss about the Dangerous Recreational Activity and Materialisation. Answer: Introduction: The defendant that is Alexander Fallas shot his friend accidentally, who is the plaintiff, Con Mourlas in the leg. Both the plaintiff and the defendant were parts of four friends who had traveled all the way from Sydney to Bathurst in search of spotlighting kangaroos and before going for this mission; they had "a couple of beers" with dinner. In this case, the application of Section 5K and 5L of the Civil Liability (Personal Responsibility) Act, 2002 New South Wales has been taken under consideration (Austlii.edu, 2016). In Section 5L, it has been provided that the defendant will not be liable for negligence in any matter if there is the materialization of an obvious risk of any dangerous recreational activity in which the plaintiff also engages in irrespective of whether the plaintiff is aware of the matter or not. In the trial court, it was held that the defendant was liable for negligence, and he had no immunity under Section 5L of the Civil Liability Act. Two issues were taken into consideration in the decision of the Court of Appeal. Ipp and Tobias JJA determined whether spotlighting was a dangerous recreational activity and whether the risk that was materialized in the given instance was an obvious risk or not. The plaintiff contended that the risk that was being stated as a defense by the defendant was not an obvious risk in the given instance. It was agreed that the action was dangerous one in which the four of them were engaged in (Casenotes.curwoods.com.au, 2016). This is because they were not experienced kangaroo hunters and were amateurs in this field. Moreover, they drove for a long distance and had also consumed some amount of alcohol. On top of this, apart from the defendant, none of the other people had a license for owning a gun. In these circumstances, it was agreed that the recreational activity of kangaroo spotlighting was a dangerous one. However, the risk that was associated with the same and the risk that materialized were not one and the same thing. It was contended that Fallas re-entering the car and firing a shot at Mourlas while unjamming the gun was not an obvious risk that was associated with spotlighting kangaroos. From the definition of obvious risk in Section 5F, i t is clear that one should have regard to a particular circumstance in which the respondent suffers a relevant harm. A determination is given as to whether the risk that causes the suffering and those harms are obvious in the eyes of any other reasonable person who has been in his position. To determine whether the activity in which the respondent was engaged was a dangerous recreational activity or not, it is essential to make a note of all those things and circumstances that took place immediately before the suffering of the relevant harm of the respondent. Then a determination should be made as to whether the risk that in fact materialized was an obvious one or not (Hilson, 2008). In this incident, the activity with which Mourlas was engaged was that of sitting in a vehicle and holding the spotlight for his other three friends who were the shooters and were outside the vehicle in most of the times. In this situation, one or more of the shooters would have left or entered the vehicle with or without guns which could or could not have been loaded at any point in time when the activity was in action. This activity is solely carried on by the plaintiff, and it is limited and distinguishable from other activities that constitute and qualify within the description of shooting kangaroos by spotlight (Barristerdirect.com.au, 2015). Mourlas was sitting inside the car, and when Fallas entered the car, he repeatedly asked him not to do it and also warned him about the loaded gun. The other hand told him that the gun was not loaded and that he was careful enough and also said that he was sure that no harm would be caused to anyone because of his presence in the car. In si milar circumstances, it can be said that Mourlas was aware of the risk, and he was also sure about the fact that a loaded gun could have caused injury. However, this was not a part of the spotlighting of kangaroos and thus, with the recreational sport of spotlighting kangaroos, the entering of the vehicle with the loaded gun was not a part thereof (Fallas v Mourlas, [2006]). Thus, it is evident in the present matter that the risk which materialized was not a part of the sport, and hence immunity cannot be claimed by the defendant in the matter under Section 5L of the Civil Liability Act (Katsivela, 2014). The reasonability test is also not being satisfied in the given instance. No other reasonable person could have guessed that an unloaded gun could have caused an injury in similar circumstances. However, it was just the opposite that happened in the given instance and hence it can be said that the defendant was liable for negligence in the matter and cannot claim any immunity. Thus, it can be concluded saying that Mourlas is liable to be indemnified in the matter, and both the Trial Judge as well as the Court of Appeal were justified in upholding their decisions. References Austlii.edu. (2016).Austlii.edu. 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