Win University Of Iowa's $37,000 Tippie MBA Scholarship, With A Tweet

In other news about prestigious things you can win just by tweeting sometimes, the University of Iowa Tippie MBA announced a $37,000 scholarship you can win by answering the question "What makes you an exceptional Tippie MBA candidate and full-time MBA hire? Creativity encouraged!" in a tweet.

Applicants are allowed to tweet and facebook in lieu of an essay.

"We want (applicants) to show us more about themselves," Jodi Schafer, the Tippie School of Management's director of recruiting and admissions told the Iowa Press-Citizen. "This would give us a lot more depth and show us more about a candidate than an essay would show."

Debatable we say. What do you think of this scholarship? Weigh in, in the comments section.

Comments

[Sian FlemingJones]

07:42 AM on 07/13/2011

Slightly mis-leading headline as the competition is a bit more complicated than just one tweet but I've got to admire the University of Iowa for utilizing twitter - rarely used well by b-schools!

Sian FJ | BusinessBecause

[Howard53545]

07:10 AM on 07/09/2011

Because I got it going on, so send me the cash for the scholarship. I already have a degree, Thanks in advance.

[Brian Virgo]

04:37 PM on 07/08/2011

Employers look at FB and Twitter pages, why wouldn't academia?

[Jody Keating RE Broker]

02:14 PM on 07/08/2011

I think it's a great way for the University to learn about applicants. Nearly all students are on facebook and many are also on Twitter. By sending a response using either one of these social media sites the University can learn much about the applicant by reading their previous updates and tweets.

[1hutch]

01:33 PM on 07/08/2011

This is the post intelligencia world, brave new world, where the participants all suffer from the disability of attention deficit disorder (which qualifies them for an MBA program. Thus, guaranteeing a new crop of morons to run american business into the ground and steer us on a brave new course in to the third world, ah yezzzz, I think I'll tweet them. I didn't even apply, who knows, maybe I can revisit my roots in Iowa on the Lamb. How kool is that!

[Deli]

12:52 PM on 07/08/2011

Oh, yes. Twitter and Facebook are known for their depth, so much more than the essay. Right.

[kauthon]

01:10 PM on 07/08/2011

Different forms and mediums are a good thing. A haiku isn't a bad thing just because it's shorter than a sonnet.

[SlinkyTWF]

02:27 PM on 07/08/2011

Yes, but in Japanese...

Each symbol can have
different meanings, making
them very complex.

...English cannot do haiku justice.

[Aaron Peeples]

11:42 AM on 07/08/2011

If I win, can I use the money to pay off my existing student loan debt instead?

[Bigrcube]

11:18 AM on 07/08/2011

Are you allowed to say 'Tippie' in mixed company?
Can you text your Tippie to someone else on campus?

[Bigrcube]

11:17 AM on 07/08/2011

Tippie?! Didn't even kiss her.

[JustinMTL]

10:50 AM on 07/08/2011

Simple. Effective. Devastating.