Re: The London Business School 2010 thread
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07 Aug 2009, 16:18
hi chiank unfortunately at 21.5 you will also be the youngest MBA student here. The average age of the class is high 20s. The youngest people here are at least 24-25. For people with purely internship type of experience, the MiM or even the MiF will suit more (the internship itself will not be viewed as full time work experience).
I am in London at the moment, but school only starts on August 24th so I can't comment on the teaching style yet. However, outside of study, the LBS community is legendary. School hasn't started but people have been out drinking and partying ( I mean networking) among peers. I have been here for 11 days and today was my 7th night of drinking (this time at a beer festival instead of a pub). Everyone's helping each other out in terms of apartment hunting and settling in. Others are organising startup events such as the "flat hunters pub crawl." That's right, for the next two weeks, from Monday to Friday, we go to a different pub each week to meet other class mates and to find future flat mates and to consume a lot of alcohol.
There are people from US, Canada, UK, India, China, Brazil, Italy, Israel, Kuwait, Australia, Phillipines, Pakistan, Peru, Germany, France to name a few. Bear in mind that most of the class is not here yet and still we see this crazy diversity. Most of the people have significant experiences outside of their home countries I can say quite categorically that the mantra of "internationalism" and diversity is taken to the extreme at LBS.
As far as GMAT is concerned, the reported class average last year was 695. Personally, I have not heard anyone talk about GMAT, so no one actually knows (or cares) within students. In fact I get the impression that GMAT is not that important a criteria for LBS. Interesting and distinctive work experiences count for a lot more.
Hope this answers your question. I'll try to put out more details of the class room experience later.