Did you know that Clear Admit’s team of admissions experts features a Tuck insider with first-hand knowledge of the school’s admissions and recruiting processes? Stacey Oyler, who joined the Clear Admit team in 2008, worked in the admissions department at Tuck for two years while her husband obtained his MBA there and later returned regularly as a recruiter for consulting firm McKinsey.
If you are hard at work finishing up your application for Tuck’s Early Action October 12th deadline, Oyler can provide an invaluable final review before you hit submit. And if you are aiming for one of Tuck’s three later rounds, you’ve still got plenty of time to enlist her to provide a comprehensive package of admissions consulting to help you submit the strongest application possible. Read on to learn more about the valuable insider perspective Oyler offers to prospective Tuck applicants.
When her husband enrolled in the Tuck MBA program in 2003, Oyler, who had worked in recruiting, took a job with the school’s admissions department. As Assistant Director of Admissions, she read applications, conducted interviews, travelled the globe giving presentations, made admissions decisions and managed the waitlist.
Oyler’s experience at Tuck in these distinct roles helps in her work today with prospective applicants. “I was not only a member of the admissions office but also of the community,” she says. “I have insider knowledge about the things that make the school special and attract a certain kind of student.”
After her husband graduated in 2005, they moved to Boston, and Oyler took a job as the Tuck recruiter for McKinsey, increasing hiring at the school to nearly 10 percent of the class. She continued to work for McKinsey for three years before joining the Clear Admit team. Today, she finds herself suggesting Tuck to people who may not have considered the school when she thinks the fit is right. “They get excited and begin to think about applying because it is a little bit smaller and unique and they want that insider help I can provide,” she says.
Oyler suggests Tuck to prospective applicants who are interested in general management, considering other smaller programs, such as Haas or Stanford, or drawn to consulting careers. About 30 percent of the graduating Tuck class goes into consulting, and all of the top consulting firms recruit there.
Oyler can also provide specific waitlist strategy, having managed Tuck’s waitlist while there. “Tuck keeps a really small waitlist, and it’s a very personal process,” she says. “It is not one of those ‘don’t call us, we’ll call you’ schools.” Applicants can ask for very personal feedback about why they were placed on the waitlist, and the admissions staff will share what about your application kept you from getting in.
Then there’s the recruiting piece – the strong connections Oyler forged with the Tuck career services office through her work at McKinsey. Here, too, she can offer prospective applicants critical insight and strategy as they craft their applications.
Prospective applicants considering Tuck can schedule a consultation with Oyler by contacting Clear Admit at (215) 568-2590 or emailing her directly at stacey@clearadmit.com.
Read the full article: Clear Admit Admissions Expert Series: Spotlight on Stacey Oyler and the Tuck School of Business
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