Stanford Graduate School of BusinessRankings (2011 GMAT Club Rankings Table)Historical GMAT Club Applicant ThreadsPopular LinksCurrent Applicant Thread: Fall 2012 - Calling All Stanford GSB ApplicantsFall 2012 Application InstructionsRound 1 Deadline: 10/12/2011 | Decision Date: 12/14/2011
Round 2 Deadline: 1/11/2012 | Decision Date: 3/28/2012
Round 3 Deadline: 4/4/2012 | Decision Date: 5/16/2012
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Essay LengthYour answers for all of the essay questions cannot exceed 1,800 words.You have your own story to tell, so please allocate the 1,800 words among all of the essays in the way that is most effective for you. We provide some guidelines below as a starting point, but you should feel comfortable to write as much or as little as you like on any essay question, as long as you do not exceed 1,800 words total.
- Essay 1: 750 words
- Essay 2: 450 words
- Essay 3: 300 words each
Formatting- Use a 12-point font, double spaced
- Recommended fonts are Arial, Courier, and Times New Roman
- Indicate which essay question you are answering at the beginning of each essay
- Number all pages
- Upload all four essays as one document
- Preview the uploaded document to ensure that the formatting is true to the original
- Save a copy of your essays
EssaysEssay 1: What matters most to you, and why?
Essay 2: What do you want to do—REALLY—and why Stanford?
Essay 3: Answer
two of the four questions below. Tell us not only what you did but also how you did it. What was the outcome? How did people respond? Only describe experiences that have occurred during the last three years.
- Option A: Tell us about a time when you built or developed a team whose performance exceeded expectations.
- Option B: Tell us about a time when you made a lasting impact on your organization.
- Option C: Tell us about a time when you generated support from others for an idea or initiative.
- Option D: Tell us about a time when you went beyond what was defined, established, or expected.
Recommendation Questions (3 recommenders)For Your 2 Professional/Workplace recommenders1. Please comment on the context of your interaction with the applicant. If applicable, briefly describe the applicant's role in your organization.
2. How does the candidate's performance compare to those of other well-qualified individuals in similar roles?
Please describe the most important piece of constructive feedback you have given the applicant. Please detail the circumstances and the applicant's response.
3. Please make additional statements about the applicant's performance, potential, or personal qualities you believe would be helpful to the MBA Admissions Office.
For Your Peer recommender1. Please comment on the context of your interaction with the applicant. If applicable, briefly describe the applicant's role in your organization.
2. Describe how the candidate has generated support from others for an idea or initiative.
Please describe the most important piece of constructive feedback you have given the applicant. Please detail the circumstances and the applicant's response.
3. Please make additional statements about the applicant's performance, potential, or personal qualities you believe would be helpful to the MBA Admissions Office.
Essay Analysis GMAT Club Current Students & AlumniClass Profile and Program Statistics
Full Time MBA Stats | Length of Program | 21 months | Campus Location | Palo Alto, CA | Average Class Size | 397 | Average Work Experience | 4 Years | Average Age | N/A | Median GMAT | 730 | Average GPA | 3.66 | Female | 39% | International | 37% | GMAT/GRE | Both Accepted | Tuition Fees | $110,400 | Total Est. Cost | $174,162 |
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Employment StatisticsMedian Base Salary: $125,000
Top Industries: Financial Services (36%), Management Consulting (27%), Technology (13%)
Top Locations: West (44%), International (20%), Northeast (13%)
Number of students starting their own business: 40 (11%)
Top Employers of Recent Graduates: Number of Hires Not PublishedList of Top EmployersCurriculum – Notable FeaturesTailored CurriculumQuote:
General Management PerspectivesYour first quarter will begin with General Management Perspectives, a series of courses designed to give you insight into the perspective of a senior manager and leader. Essential to Perspectives is the Critical Analytical Thinking (CAT) seminar, in which a senior faculty member and 16 students analyze, write about, and debate fundamental issues, questions, and phenomena that arise in many forms in management.
General Management FoundationsToward the end of your first quarter, you and your faculty advisor (who is also your CAT instructor) will develop a personalized plan for your General Management Foundations courses, which will provide the base for your general management education.
In your second quarter, you will begin General Management Foundations. In most cases, you will complete these courses in your third quarter.
Diverse Teaching MethodsQuote:
One Size Does Not Fit AllAs part of the Stanford MBA Program, you'll learn in a variety of ways, including case studies, role-plays, and simulations. Because we know that no one approach can effectively address the range of challenges you'll encounter throughout your career, this diverse education is designed to give you the breadth and depth of skills and experience you'll need for success.
We choose the most appropriate method for each subject. For example, a strategy course might use case studies while an accounting course might combine discussions and case studies.
We firmly believe in learning by doing. Being a small program enables us to provide our students with intimate, hands-on learning experiences that give you ongoing opportunities to bridge academic theory and real-world practice.
Teaching Methods- Case studies
- Discussions
- Face-to-face feedback
- Learning labs
- Problem-solving sessions
- Role-plays
- Simulations
- Team projects
- Theoretical overviews
Global Management Program - Global Management Immersion Experience (GMIX)Quote:
The Global Management Immersion Experience (GMIX) encourages students to gain international work experience by completing a summer project of a minimum of four weeks in an unfamiliar location outside the United States.
- Students typically participate in a GMIX between your first and second year of the MBA program, after you have completed your regular eight to ten-week summer internship.
- In 2010, we supported 91 students who engaged with 66 organizations in 23 countries around the world, including Australia, Brazil, China, India, Kazakhstan, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, and Switzerland.
- Company sponsors include organizations in the corporate, government, and NGO settings.
- You can find GMIX projects in a variety of industries, including consumer products, international development, energy, finance, healthcare, media and entertainment, technology, and telecommunications.
- Following your participation, you will have the option to complete a research paper on a topic related to your GMIX for one or two units of academic credit.
- Participation in the GMIX program fulfills the Global Experience Requirement (GER), which you need to complete by the start of your winter quarter in the second year. The GER is a graduation requirement ensuring that every student broadens his/her understanding of the global context of business during the course of the MBA Program through a significant global experience related to the topic of management.
Public Management ProgramQuote:
Stanford was the first MBA program to offer a certificate in public management. The GSB has prepared government, nonprofit, and socially responsible business leaders for more than 40 years through the Public Management Program (PMP).
As part of the Center for Social Innovation, the PMP remains the premier program to equip MBA students to apply management skills to social and environmental concerns.
- Each year, the PMP offers 20-30 electives in public policy, nonprofit management, social and environmental entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, philanthropy, and more. These courses highlight collaboration among government, nonprofit, and business entities and explore various paths to creating social and environmental value.
- In addition to taking elective courses in areas such as public and nonprofit management, social entrepreneurship, international development, environmental sustainability, and philanthropy, you can extend your learning outside the classroom through participation in a variety of domestic and international service learning trips, clubs, conferences and speaker events.
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