Here's the link:
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/cmc/recruit ... _2007.html
A few days ago, I posted data regarding language proficiencies of the students at Stanford. Above is a link to all sorts of information broken down for use by recruiters, and it is official data from the Stanford website.
Here are some things that I found to be interesting:
Advanced Degree:
1 each JD, MD & PhD - Stanford definitely likes a younger crowd.
Undergraduate Major:
Economics 85 - Holy Cr@p!
Business Adminisstration 46
English 12 -
Information Technology 6 - Holy Cr@p!
Now, the IT number does not include computer science and engineers, but d@mn! Considering the number of local applicants with that background, combined with the popularity of Stanford with international IT applicants, particularly from India, China and Israel, that is a mind-numbing stat.
Prior Work Experience: Industry
Management Consulting 111
Investment Banking 90
Private Equity/Investing 53
Those are the top 3 folks, and account for over 75% of the total class. So Adcoms might tell you that they look at all backgrounds equally, but that doesn't mean you should believe them. Seriously, how many people are actually involved in Private Equity prior to Business School? About .0001% of the general population I'd guess, yet about 1/6 of the class at Stanford has that background. Of course, the types of people that can land jobs in private equity probably have the types of things on their resume that will distinguish them in a business school application.
So that's how the numbers break down. It's hard to know how the language numbers compare directly with the ethnic backgrounds of admitted students, but someone at another blog observed that according to these stats, less than 1% of the Indians that apply to Stanford are admitted. For Chinese applicants, it's probably like 4-5%.
As I have mentioned elsewhere, getting into the 99th percentile on the GMAT seems like a much simpler task than distinguishing yourself in your essays at a place like Stanford.