Prepaeco

10 raisons pour lesquelles l'ESSEC a raison et Sciences Po a tort...

De faire une politique de quotas!

1/ l'acces a l'information est la meilleure maniere de pousser les eleves a reussir. C'est pour cette raison que le programme "une grande ecole, pourquoi pas moi?" est un succes. Si l'on cree des vocations, les eleves auront envie de se battre pour reussir pour de bonnes raisons.

2/ la politique de quotas favorise en partie les enfants de professeurs

3/ pourquoi vouloir marquer une difference? Le principe de l'ecole republicaine est justement de ne pas differencier chaque etudiant. Chaque eleve a sa chance et les meilleurs feront la difference.

4/ il est possible d'aider financierement les eleves defavorises sans imposer une politique de quotas. Il est important de proposer des systemes de bourse pour les eleves dans le besoin mais cela ne doit pas avoir un impact sur la selection des eleves. Le processus de bourse doit etre separe.

5/ pourquoi refuser une politique de quotas est une mesure raciste? Bien au contraire! C'est justement revenir a un principe simple: chacun est loge a la meme enseigne quelquesoit son parcours passe.

6/ le principe du concours est juste. Toute personne est anonyme face au correcteur et c'est la meilleure facon de pouvoir differencier les eleves de maniere equitable.

7/ il est possible d'eviter cette politique de quotas en donnant acces aux eleves defavorises a des ecoles privees grace a une bourse. Depuis plus de 30 ans, les prepas privees ont montre leur capacite a glaner les meilleures places du classement et envoyer beaucoup d'eleves dans les meilleures ecoles. Il serait juste de donner acces aux eleves defavorisees a une prepa privee s'ils le souhaitent. Un systeme de bourse pourrait etre possible grace a l'aide des anciens. Un principe de solidarite est possible comme cela se fait a ginette (les riches paient des frais plus importants que les pauvres...)

8/ faire une politique de quotas c'est maintenir le stigmate d'etre "favorise" pour la suite. Sur le meme principe que les admissions paralleles dans les ecoles de commerce et d'ingenieur, voie qui a ete longuement critique et devalorise depuis des annees, les eleves issus des "quotas" seraient implicitement consideres comme "moins aptes a reussir". C'est injuste!

9/ Sciences Po veut se donner bonne conscience en facilitant l'acces a certains eleves mais cette mesure sera nefaste sur le long terme car son concours perdra en credibilite. Quel est l'interet de ce concours s'il existe des biais pour y rentrer?

10/ comment evaluer les eleves "defavorises" venant de l'etranger? Eux aussi auraient droit a un "traitement de faveur"? Comment definir "un eleve defavorise" venant d'un pays en developpement ou d'un pays riche? Tout le monde serait loge a la meme enseigne? Cela n'a pas de sens...

Un professeur a NYU qui remet en place un etudiant...

Un echange entre un professeur et un eleve a NYU...

Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 7:15:11 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Brand Strategy Feedback

Prof. Galloway,

I would like to discuss a matter with you that bothered me. Yesterday evening I entered your 6pm Brand Strategy class approximately 1 hour late. As I entered the room, you quickly dismissed me, saying that I would need to leave and come back to the next class. After speaking with several students who are taking your class, they explained that you have a policy stating that students who arrive more than 15 minutes late will not be admitted to class.

As of yesterday evening, I was interested in three different Monday night classes that all occurred simultaneously. In order to decide which class to select, my plan for the evening was to sample all three and see which one I like most. Since I had never taken your class, I was unaware of your class policy. I was disappointed that you dismissed me from class considering (1) there is no way I could have been aware of your policy and (2) considering that it was the first day of evening classes and I arrived 1 hour late (not a few minutes), it was more probable that my tardiness was due to my desire to sample different classes rather than sheer complacency.

I have already registered for another class but I just wanted to be open and provide my opinion on the matter.

Regards,
xxxx

—
xxxx
MBA 2010 Candidate
NYU Stern School of Business
xxxx.nyu.edu
xxx-xxx-xxxx

The Reply:

—— Forwarded Message ——-
From: [email protected]
To: "xxxx"
Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 9:34:02 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: Brand Strategy Feedback

xxxx:

Thanks for the feedback. I, too, would like to offer some feedback.

Just so I've got this straight...you started in one class, left 15-20 minutes into it (stood up, walked out mid-lecture), went to another class (walked in 20 minutes late), left that class (again, presumably, in the middle of the lecture), and then came to my class. At that point (walking in an hour late) I asked you to come to the next class which "bothered" you.

Correct?

You state that, having not taken my class, it would be impossible to know our policy of not allowing people to walk in an hour late. Most risk analysis offers that in the face of substantial uncertainty, you opt for the more conservative path or hedge your bet (e.g., do not show up an hour late until you know the professor has an explicit policy for tolerating disrespectful behavior, check with the TA before class, etc.). I hope the lottery winner that is your recently crowned Monday evening Professor is teaching Judgement and Decision Making or Critical Thinking.

In addition, your logic effectively means you cannot be held accountable for any code of conduct before taking a class. For the record, we also have no stated policy against bursting into show tunes in the middle of class, urinating on desks or taking that revolutionary hair removal system for a spin. However, xxxx, there is a baseline level of decorum (i.e., manners) that we expect of grown men and women who the admissions department have deemed tomorrow's business leaders.

xxxx, let me be more serious for a moment. I do not know you, will not know you and have no real affinity or animosity for you. You are an anonymous student who is now regretting the send button on his laptop. It's with this context I hope you register pause...REAL pause xxxx and take to heart what I am about to tell you:

xxxx, get your shit together.

Getting a good job, working long hours, keeping your skills relevant, navigating the politics of an organization, finding a live/work balance...these are all really hard, xxxx. In contrast, respecting institutions, having manners, demonstrating a level of humility...these are all (relatively) easy. Get the easy stuff right xxxx. In and of themselves they will not make you successful. However, not possessing them will hold you back and you will not achieve your potential which, by virtue of you being admitted to Stern, you must have in spades. It's not too late xxxx...

Again, thanks for the feedback.

Professor Galloway

Alliances strategiques entre ecoles - ESSEC-Centrale - Paris Tech et apres?

Les écoles de commerce sont en train de changer de stratégie. Ils veulent s'allier à d'autres écoles pour conquérir le monde...

Il y a l'ESSEC avec Centrale Paris et puis Paris Tech et bien d'autres encore sont a venir... Dans cette course, la clé sera de déterminer quelles écoles seront en mesure de faire une alliance qui réussit - un réel échange de compétences, une stratégie alignée, des élèves qui vont d'une école à l'autre, un campus commun un jour...

En tout cas, cette nouvelle étape s'annonce passionante...

Les paris sont ouverts!

John Mack décrit minute par minute la crise financière

John Mack, PDG de Morgan Stanley, est venu à Wharton pour décrire sa version de la crise financière et notamment la semaine fatidique où Lehman Brothers a fait faillite...

Vous pouvez consulter la vidéo sur le site Knowledge @ Wharton: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2357

Il décrit des moments vraiment très intéressants qui n'étaient pas connu du grand public... notamment la fameuse discussion entre John Mack et Tim Geithner et Ben Bernanke le dimanche après-midi... Passionant!

Jeffrey Chiang

Comment etre sur de ne jamais trouver un emploi en finance? C'est assez simple, il suffit de mentir... comme vous pouvez le voir dans cette serie d'emails de Jeffrey Chiang...

From: Tristan Snyder [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:51 PM
To: Patrick Reardon
Subject: FW: Jeffrey Chiang

TPR,

Check out this email string.  I can't believe someone actually lied this
badly in the interview processes.  This kid is toast!

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Grutzmacher
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:37 PM
To: Steven Meisel; Tristan Snyder
Subject: FW: Jeffrey Chiang

-----Original Message-----
From: Allie Atwood [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:11 PM
To: Thomas Grutzmacher; Phillip Linville
Subject: FW: Jeffrey Chiang

If you guys haven't seen this, it's funny

-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Jones
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 1:55 PM
To: Randy Burns; Tyler Boone; Michael Gilb; Allie Atwood; Rob Staky
Subject: FW: Jeffrey Chiang

Read from the bottom...

-----Original Message-----
From: Jude Rolfes [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:39 PM
To: Will Page
Subject: FW: Jeffrey Chiang

HA...look at this joker

-----Original Message-----
From: Karim Hemani
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:30 PM
To: Michael Klayman; Jude Rolfes; Charlie Vaughters; Robert Urquhart;
Greg Patrinely; Jaron Lukasiewicz
Subject: FW: Jeffrey Chiang

Oh wow.

-----Original Message-----
From: Follett, Hunter [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:25 PM
To: Meredith Beene {msbbd088}; Bonds, Mike; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Gauvin,
Adam (US - Irving); Paul Albrecht;
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Kelleher, Carmen-Christina ;
Mcenery, Christine ; Karim Hemani;
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>;
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Mark Rogers
Subject: FW: Jeffrey Chiang

This is all over wall street...

Bonds, you are going to love this.

-----Original Message-----
From: Murad, Basel [ICG-GBKG]
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:09 PM
To: Boswell, Alan R [ICG-GBKG]; Huddleston, Christine [ICG-GBKG];
Pavlinik, Daniel [ICG-GBKG]; Ashley, E Beau [ICG-GBKG]; Follett, Hunter
[ICG-GBKG]; Vaz, Cliff [ICG-GBKG]; Jackson, James R [ICG-GBKG]; Kraus,
Preston [ICG-GBKG]
Subject: FW: Jeffrey Chiang

Remember Jeff Chiang...

Basel N. Murad
Global Energy Group
Citigroup | Investment Banking
2800 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 400
Houston, Texas 77056
W: +1 713 752 5345
C: +1 713 303 9999
F: +1 832 209 1512
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

-----Original Message-----
From: Chang, Eric.Y [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:04 PM
To: Tosirisuk, Natasha P; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Murad, Basel [ICG-GBKG]
Subject: FW: Jeffrey Chiang

Keep an eye out for this clown.

We interviewed him on campus, something wasn't right.

-----Original Message-----
From: Cash Cameron [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:55 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Howell, Jack
Subject: FW: Jeffrey Chiang

Watch out for this guy, ridiculous.

-----Original Message-----
From: James Murchison
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:49 AM
To: Ansar Hassan; Shane Hannabury; David Alexander; Cash Cameron
Subject: FW: Jeffrey Chiang

Check out this nightmare

-----Original Message-----
From: Pielop, Stuart (IBK-HOU) [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:43 PM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; James Murchison
Subject: FW: Jeffrey Chiang

I don't know if this guy has come up on your radar screens in terms of
analyst recruits, but you need to be warned about him.  I should have
been tipped off by the fact that he ran a "5K marathon" on his resume.
I just figured something got lost in translation.

I interviewed him on campus, and while he was pretty weird/intense, he
seemed like somebody who would crank and potentially make for a good
analyst, so we waved him in for an office visit.

Things started going bad for him when I got a call from our HR
department about him during our Superday.  In making his travel
arrangements with our travel agent, he had apparently made a big stink
about needing to stay at the Four Seasons and blew up on the travel
person.  It was apparently bad enough that she went to the trouble to
inform our HR department.

Our Superday reviews on him were pretty mixed, nonetheless.  He had
spent a summer at Gulfstar, so I did a bit of checking on him there, and
it became clear that they were also very unimpressed with the way that
he carried himself.  So, we dinged him, but that is not where the story
ends.

He had told one of the associates in our office that he was in the
second round of interviews for MS's Palo Alto office.  Well, our
associate happened to mention this to his friend that works in the MS
Palo Alto office and the associate at MS said that Jeff had had only had
a phone interview but had indicated that he had an offer from BAML.
When the MS team asked him to send proof of his offer, he manufactured
the email below and forwarded to the MS team.

We have notified UT of this joker's behavior, but needless to say, this
guy shouldn't be able to get a job at McDonalds after a stunt like this.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Henricks, Taylor [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 12:58 AM
To: Olivarez, Juan C (IBK-HOU)
Subject: FW: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Interviews

This is what Jeffrey sent Morgan Stanley to prove he received an offer
from your firm.  Given you told me you dinged him, should I assume this
is fake?  If so, that's unbelievable and his school should be notified,
he shouldn't get a job anywhere on Wall Street.

Taylor Henricks
Morgan Stanley | Investment Banking Division
2725 Sand Hill Road | Suites 100 & 200 | Floor 02 Menlo Park, CA  94025
Phone: +1 650 234-5615
Fax: +1 650 234-7081
[email protected]

-----Original Message-----
From: Rowen, Brian J (IBD)
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:47 PM
To: Henricks, Taylor (IBD)
Subject: Fw: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Interviews

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey Chiang {msbbk890}
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
To: Rowen, Brian J (IBD)
Sent: Tue Oct 13 22:52:34 2009
Subject: FW: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Interviews

Best Regards,

Jeffrey Chiang
Business Honors Program & Finance
Economics Honors & Advertising Honors
McCombs School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin
Email:  [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Cell:  281-787-0688

From: Park, Diana
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:36 PM
To: Jeffrey Chiang {msbbk890}
Subject: RE: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Interviews

Hi Jeff,

Everyone was very impressed with your interviews today. We are excited
to formally extend to you an offer to join Bank of Ameria Merrill Lynch
as an analyst next summer. You should be getting documentation in the
mail to sign very shortly. If you have any further questions please feel
free to email me. Again, congratulations and we look forward to having
you join us next year.

Best,
Diana

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Chiang {msbbk890}
[mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:28 PM
To: Park, Diana
Subject: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Interviews

Ms. Park-

I just wanted to follow up with you regarding my interviews and the
recruiting process for Bank of America Merrill Lynch and where they are
in the process. Please shoot me back an email when you can. Thanks for
all your help.

Best Regards,

Jeffrey Chiang
Business Honors Program & Finance
Economics Honors & Advertising Honors
McCombs School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin
Email:  [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Cell:  281-787-0688

Faut-il avoir honte de sortir d'HEC?

Florence Noiville sort un pamphlet anti-HEC et explique que cette école de commerce devrait revoir son modèle d'enseignement. Denis Kessler, PDG de la SCOR, débat avec elle. Le débat est vif mais intéressant!

Il y a quelques raccourcis quand même...

Prépa Entrepreneuriat

En prépa économique, beaucoup d'élèves se demandent quelle sera le prochain métier: finance, marketing, audit ou encore entrepreneuriat!

Beaucoup de gens se demandent s'ils veulent devenir entrepreneur et s'ils sont prêts à devenir entrepreneurs. Beaucoup de questions sans forcément beaucoup de réponses...

Aujourd'hui, Prepaeco vous propose un élément de réponse avec un article très intéressant sur l'évolution de l'entrepreneur...

Il explique que l'entrepreneur passe par 5 phases assez distinctes de l'euphorie de début à la victoire finale (ou la chute...)

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/10/03/harnessing-entrepreneurial-manic-depression-making-the-rollercoaster-work-for-you/

Même si l'entrepreneuriat peut être une aventure formidable, il est utile d'être conscient des enjeux pour pouvoir aller encore plus loin!

Bonne chance à tous les futurs entrepreneurs qui sont actuellement en prépa...

Confessions d'un banquier pourri

Crésus, ancien banquier d'une grande banque française (Société Générale ou BNP Paribas?). Je pencherais pour la Société Générale..., propose sa propre vision de la crise des subprimes et la faillite de Lahman Brothers. Ce livre est vraiment passionant et donne une autre vision assez cynique du monde de la finance. A vous de faire votre propre jugement mais c'est un bon livre pour décrouvrir une autre facette de ce monde!

Bonne lecture

ESCP-EAP devient ESCP EUROPE

Eh oui c'est devenu officiel l'ESCP a décidé de s'orienter vers l'Europe (en même temps cela faisait un bout de temps qu'ils étaient intéressés par l'Europe...)

Et l'ESCP-EAP a pris un nouveau nom: ESCP EUROPE!

Bienvenue à ce nouveau nom!

Par contre, il y a un petit couac dans l'histoire, ils n'ont toujours pas de site internet. Ca fait un peu tâche quand même. A la place, il y a un message d'erreur... Oups!!!!

www.escp-europe.com : bonne visite!

30 plus grandes innovations

Voici un article recapitulant les 30 plus grandes innovations des 30 plus grandes dernieres annees.

Une etude realisee en collaboration entre NBR et la Wharton School donne les resultats suivants:

30. Anti retroviral treatment for AIDS Health Care
29. SRAM flash memory Electronics
28. Stents Health
27. ATMs Finance
26. Bar codes and scanners Retail
25. Bio fuels Biotechnology
24. Genetically modified plants Biotechnology
23. RFID and applications (e.g.EZpass) Electronics
22. Digital photography/videography Electronic
21. Graphic user interface (GUI) Computer Science
20. Social networking via internet Media
19. Large scale wind turbines Energy
18. Photovoltaic Solar Energy Energy
17. Microfinance Finance
16. Media file compression (e.g., jpeg, mpeg, mp3) Computer Science
15. Online shopping/ecommerce/auctions (e.g., eBay) Information Technology
14. GPS Systems Electronics
13. Liquid Crystal Displays Electronics
12. Light emitting diodes (first real devices in
1960s; in products in mid-70s) Electronics
11. Open source software and services (e.g., Linux, Wikipedia) Media
10. Non-invasive laser/robotic surgery (laparoscopy) Health Care
9. Office software (Spreadsheets, word processors) Computer Science
8. Fiber optics Telecommunications
7. Microprocessors Computer Science
6. Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) Biotechnology
5. DNA testing and sequencing/Human genome mapping Biotechnology
4. E mail Computer Science
3. Mobile phones Telecommunications
2. PC/laptop computers Computer Science
1. Internet/broadband/WWW (browser andHTML) Telecommunications

Pour retrouver les resultats complets: http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/features/special/top-30-innovations_home/