AIM Preview Goes on a Road show this January

AIM reaches out to prospective students from Manila and the Visayas. This January 2009, the Enrollment Team headed by Dr. Eli Santos, conducted a series of AIM Preview sessions in Manila, Cebu, and Bacolod.

The AIM Preview is designed to give a glimpse of the competitive edge an AIM degree program provides to its students. This is explained by a number of alumni who shared their first hand experience to the participants during the preview sessions.

The Enrollment Team composed of Edythe Bautista, Cathy See, and Rommel Recillo, searched for the best and the brightest down south in Cebu and Bacolod. During the AIM preview in Cebu on January 28-29, Ofel Bisnar a former AIM staff an alumnus (MBM 1988), who is also a Cebuana, shared her story about the rewards and challenges of having an AIM degree. Dr. Eli Santos emphasized the case method approach and the unique learning methodology for both Master in Management and Master in Business Administration programs. He also pointed out the edge in career placement for AIM graduates.

On January 30, 2009 in Bacolod, the Enrollment Team had an audience of 75 senior students (majoring in management, accountancy, finance and hotel and restaurant management). In the evening they gathered in Sweet Greens Restaurant graced by AIM alumni, Enrique Lacson ( MBM 1980), Ramon H.Diaz (MBM 1980), and George Zulueta ( MM, 1980).

The Enrollment Team acknowledges the collective effort of the people who helped make the AIM Roadshow a success, especially the following:

Cebu

• University of Cebu
• Southwestern University
• University of San Carlos
• University of San Jose-Recoletos

Bacolod

• University of St. La Salle

Watch out for more AIM Preview in the country! Interested parties may call Edythe Bautista at 892.4011 local 209, or email her at mbautista@aim.edu.

AIM MBA Preview

AIM invites prospective students to the MBA Preview on January 21, 2009 from 5 to 7 pm. The event will present the competitive edge of an AIM degree program graduate. The AIM W. Sycip Graduate School of Business offers practitioner-oriented management education programs for up-and-coming managers faced with the challenges of a globalized Asian economy.

Interested participants may contact Edythe at 892.4011 local 209 email: mbautista@aim.edu.

US Loan Program Available to US Citizens Wanting to Study at AIM

The Asian Institute of Management (AIM) is certified by the U.S. Department of Education to participate in student financial assistance programs authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. As a foreign school, AIM is eligible to participate in the Federal Family Educational Loan Program (FFEL). Prospective AIM students from the U.S. can use this fund to avail of a quality management education in AIM.

The available loan programs are the following:

1. Subsidized direct or FFEL Stafford Loan - US Department of Education pays interest while borrower is in school and during grace and deferment periods; student must have financial needs.
2. Unsubsidized direct or FFEL Stafford Loan - Borrower is responsible for the interest during life of the loan; financial need is not a requirement.
3. Direct or FFEL Plus Loan - available to parent of dependent undergraduate students and graduate and professional students enrolled at least half-time. Financial need is not a requirement. PLUS Loans are unsubsidized. Borrower is responsible for the interest during life of the loan.
   

For direct and FFEL Stafford Loans, the repayment period varies from 10 to 25 years.

On top of the AIM's admissions procedures, the applicant must be able to comply with the basic eligibility requirements of the U.S. Federal Loan as cited in www.FAFSA.ed.gov.

AIM Continues to Accept Applicants for MBA May 2009

The new year presents a new opportunity for people to learn and adapt to the fast changing developments worldwide. What better way to learn than by enrolling in the business programs being offered by the Asian Institute of Management. We invite interested applicants to enroll in the May 2009 offering of the Master in Business Administration program. The application procedures are detailed as follows:

1. Applicants may download an application form online or request for hard copies from the SSAR.

2. The form must be submitted with the following requirements:

a. Admissions essays (see back of the form)

b. copy of birth certificate (for Filipinos) or first two pages of the passport (for overseas students)

c. Transcript of Records (TOR) or Marks Sheets indicating that the student has obtained the bachelor's degree. Sometimes, the information is contained in a separate certificate. In the absence of the certificate, a copy of the college diploma will be required.

d. Recommendation Forms (Professional and Academic). These are also downloadable from the website.

e. Certificate of Employment, indicating at least 2 years of work experience. Aggregate work experience is accepted, as long as a certificate covers each employment period.

3. Submit properly accomplished application form and all the requirements to the Student Services, Admissions and Registration (SSAR), Ground Floor, AIM Main Building, 123 Paseo de Roxas, Legaspi Village, Makati City.

For detailed inquiries about admission to the AIM MBA program, interested applicants may contact Oliver Fabricante at admissions@aim.edu and (063-2) 892.4011 local 268.

AIM's Provincial Testing Centers

Students in the provinces wanting to study in AIM need not travel all the way to Makati to apply and take AIM's Admissions Test. Through partnership that AIM's office established with selected strategic schools, interested student simply visit the following schools for the application and admissions procedure:

1. Ateneo de Zamboanga, Ms. Norma Bacula
2. Ateneo de Davao, Ms. Paulita Sorongon
3. San Carlos University in Cebu City, Ms. Remedios Baculao
4. Divine Word of Legaspi, Mr. Carlos Ante
5. Ateneo de Naga University, Ms. Gina Rosales

For the past three weeks of November, Rey Reyes, AIM's Executive Managing Director of Students Services, Admissions and Registration (SSAR) has visited the partner schools to exchange notes and get updates from them.

For inquiries about admissions to AIM's programs, applicants may contact Oliver Fabricante at (063-2) 892.4011 local 268.

AIM Launches its Blog Today

We're officially launching the AIM Blog today!

Here's a message from Dr. Eli Santos, the AIM's Executive Managing Director of Marketing, Enrollment Management and Placement:

"For the past few weeks, we have been taking account of the latest events and happenings in the Institute. The blog primarily features an interactive facility where you can view videos, photos and exchange comments and opinions.

Through this blog, we want to establish a way to communicate things that you want to know about AIM, its updated activities and events, and to enable you to keep in touch and establish relationships with your fellow alumni, students, faculty, friends and prospective students anywhere in the world.

We hope that through this blog, we can forge a dynamic forum with you."

AIM Professor Richard Cruz Talks to Ateneo Seniors for their MBA Options During Their Further Studies Orientation

AIM participated in the Annual Higher Learning Symposium of Ateneo De Manila University last November 26, 2008. Our enrollment team actively engaged the students and presented them with the programs and scholarship opportunities. At the same time, Professor Richard Cruz shared his experience as an AIM MBA alumnus, the benefits he gained and how he survived the rigorous learning experience from the MBA classes. The enrollment team will be inviting the students to participate in the future MBA Previews to further discuss how they could enroll and take advantage of the AIM graduate degree programs.

AIM MBA Preview goes to Indonesian campuses

Dr. Eli Santos, Executive Managing Director of Enrollment Management and Placement of AIM was in Indonesia last November 14th to 19th, 2008. The MBA Preview was conducted to provide the Indonesian college students opportunity to understand the competitive edge that an AIM degree offers which is focused on "developing leaders and managers for Asia."

He visited among others Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung Indonesia. He was welcomed by the Vice Rector for Relation and Cooperation Professor Anak Agung Banyu Perwita, Ph.D. and Rector Dr. Cecilia Lauw. The visit was also supported by AIM alumni Professor Wahyu Hidayat, Drs., MM 1987 and Ir. Ratna L. Nugroho, MM 2000. Prior to this visit, an AIM Preview was conducted at the University of Indonesia last October 31, 2008.

Watch out for other AIM Preview Campus tours in key cities in Asia. To inquire more about the MBA program, email mbautista@aim.edu.