Meeting Dean Danos
Yesterday was one of the most fruitful day of my life. I met Prof. Paul Danos (Dean, Tuck School of Business) in New Delhi. He was here to host the Tuck Reception and do some interviews with the press. I was moved by the fact that he spared one full hour from his busy schedule to have a chat with me.Dean Danos is a great guy. Just few minutes into the conversation I realised how knowledgeable and down to earth he is. I think that's what Tuck brings out in people - humility. We talked at length about Tuck, Credit Card business (my domain), Indian economy and India v/s US MBA programs. A few key notes that I could recollect are :-
- This was a record year for placements at Tuck with average salary figure at $175,000 (base + guaranteed components) - Up from last year's figure of $155,000.
- Contrary to the popular belief the downturn in US economy hasn't impacted the recruitment much. As an example, the Dean quoted that last year 85% of student converted their internships into full time job offers. This year the figure is 80%, which in no way is drastically lower compared to last.
- Number of applications have gone up. The total application volume of EA+R1+R2 has been around 2200.
I'll keep updating this post as I remember more points from the meeting.
And yes there was another person from P.R office too. He gave me a flavour of what life would be like at Tuck - Weather, community, culture etc. Thanks to him I feel better prepared to handle the change that I'll go through.
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