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iu kin: quan tm ti du hc ni chung, bit ting Anh, v c thi gian khong 5-6 hours mi tun.Bn c thang l sinh vin i hc, hoc tt nghip v i lm. Tui tc khng quan trng, min lbn thch tham gia v c thi gian cho hot ng ca nhm.

Li ch khi bn tham gia lm volunteers: c c hi giao du vi nhng bn khc c cng c m i du hc,tip cn vi i ng qun l v gio s ca SMU, tham d min ph cc short-courses ca SMU t chc VN.

Hin nay mnh thit lp c 2 nhm: 1 nhm HN v 1 nhm HCM.

Rt cm n sng h nhit tnh ca ng o cc bn, v nh sng gp ca cc bn m mnh

bin c tng thnh hnh ng. Mnh tht s rt cm kch khi mt s bn thc khuya dy sm

ng gp cho chng trnh, v cc bn cng bn vi cng vic ton thi gian nh mnh. Mnh cm

thy rt vui v sau 5 nm "xa nh", nay vn tip tc "xa nh", nhng c thng gp c cht t cho

cng ng.

Nhm HCM sc event u tin vo ti 11/5. Event ny ch yu ginh ring cho cc bn volunteers v

bn b ca cc bny, nn mnh khng mi rng ri.

Nhm HN sc event u tin vo ti 18/5, cng l ginh ring cho volunteers v bn b.

Sp ti c hai nhm s c gng t chc event mi thng 1 ln mi thnh ph. Bn mnh s mi target

audience n d event mt cch rng ri. Nhm volunteer s gip "recruit and screen audience" theo

ng "target" ra cho tng event. Mong cc bn tip tc theo di v quan tm ng hchng trnh.

Mt s tng m mnh ang dnh thc hin l thng lng vi SMU c 1 qu hc bng ginh

ring cho VN applicants. Ngoi ra th mnh sthng lng vi Director ca cc chng trnh c 1 s

u i c bit cho VN nh:

- Give admissions to those who have good applications, but pending GMAT score. Once the admit takes

GMAT and his/her score passes the minimum requirement for her case, she can matriculate.

Currently the MBA program has agreed in principle about this.

- Give admissions to those who haven't had enough work experience, but have great academic

performance (GPA, GMAT), and great potential in leadership and some other values SMU is looking for.

Once the admit accumulate enough work experience, she/he can matriculate.

S thnh cng ca cc tng trn s ph thuc vo vic SMU nh gi tim nng ca thtrng VN

thno so vi cc thtrng khc trong khu vc. Qua giao lu vi khn gi VN cc event ca nhm

volunteer, SMU s ngm thc hin vic nh gi ny. V vy, rt mong sng h ca ng o khn gi

chng trnh thnh cng.

Cc bn lu : mc tiu ca SMU l tuyn thm nhiu ngi gii vo hc cc chng trnh ca h. H

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c nhiu tin nn khng cn phi sng nh vo hc ph ca cc bn nh l 1 ngun thu ch yu. Nu lu

im ny phn bit SMU vi cc trng hot ng da trn tuition-based model khc.

Friends4Growth is a group of young professionals, who share a common passion to learn and grow more

in their career through formal and informal educational opportunities. The group was founded by

Vietnamese national Le Tran, a Wharton MBA Class of 2009.

The Friends4Growth mission is as follows:

- Be a place for young professionals to exchange and enhance knowledge

- Bring educational opportunities to members by providing access to well-known professors, business

leaders and industry experts

- Provide information of universities around the world to members with intention to study abroad

- Share experience in studying, job search, working and living outside Vietnam

To achieve its mission, the group organizes various activities on a monthly basis to its members, such as:

- Seminars on various industry topics, with a sponsorship of the Singapore Management University.

- Coffee chats with experienced professionals from more developed economies

- Q&A sessions covering overseas life and work from seasoned experts