Calling all Carey(John Hopkins) Applicants (2015 Intake) Class of 2017

That's awesome. A detailed account of your experience would be great.

Off the top of my head right now in terms of questions. Could you ask what the progress is on their AACSB accreditation? Everything I have heard is in a couple years, but that was also said in 2012...So is it 1 year? 2 years? within 5 years?

This won't effect my decision, but the faster they get accredited, the quicker they'll move up in the published Rankings (Bloomberg, USNews, Financial Times)...which can only mean good things in terms of future salary compensation, MBA recognition, Career Services expanding. Once eligible for ranking, I believe Hopkins will literally be on the map as a Top 30 program (and will quickly move up) within the MBA community. But this can't happen until they receive AACSB accreditation.

Am i the only one or did the interview invites come out too easily

How does it matter bro. I think we must respect the invite and cash in on it

Here is my thought process behind Carey. Relatively, the MBA program is extremely new. In addition, it is generally known that in order for an MBA program to be worth it (Employment, ROI, etc) the program needs to be highly ranked (Top 30-50ish). Due to the fact that Carey is new and is not yet ranked, it is hard for people to gauge their potential success, resulting in less applications. This has no bearing on the qaulity of the program, and is simply due to the lack of a ranking. Carey for a while will probably have a higher acceptance rate than most schools because of this.

On the flipside, the future of Carey literally depends on its graduates during these early years. If we fail in getting a good education and good jobs, less people will apply, and the school fails. I beleive that because it is part of Johns Hopkins, failure is literally not an option and would be horrible for the reputation of the entire university. For this reason I think that the faculty and staff are working extra hard to ensure the success of graduates. Also, because it is a new program, it has the potential to be far more practical than traditional programs. I am sure that a lot of the subject matter taught by established programs is antiquated and the same syllabus has been passed down for years. In being a new school, every class at Carey should be designed around modern approaches and problems in the business world, rather than case studies from the last decade that are no longer applicable.

In conclusion, Carey obviously is a risk to some degree. Then again, even Harvard is a risk to some degree. If you put in the work and are proactive in your career and job search, I think there will be no problem in employment after graduating from Carey. Take advantage of the high acceptance rate, I bet in a few years it will be much more selective and hard to get in to.

Couldn't agree more.

Pertaining to the high acceptance rate right now, it will quickly change in the coming years. Once Carey is AACSB accredited, official rankings will be posted, and the Johns Hopkins name will only move up. Thereby increasing applications and decreasing acceptances. The name will be known in the MBA community overnight once they get posted on official ranking boards (USNews, Bloomberg, Financial Times). It all comes down to AACSB...which could take awhile. I believe it took Yale 10 years to receive AACSB accreditation, which would mean 2016 for Hopkins.

FYI...I asked Hopkins for a 10 day extension on my Decision/Deposit date and they granted it. 3/16 to 3/26

Trust me i am cashing in on it hard

me too

I had the chance to visit campus yesterday and here are some interesting facts:

AACSB Accred.:
-Seperately, I asked a student, a career advisor, and a professor about the lack of accreditation. They all had the same thing to say, that no companies ask about it and it has not been an issue. The student said he does find that many employers are surprised to find out Hopkins has an MBA program, and ask him a lot of questions about the school since it is so new.
-I asked about an accreditation timeline. Everyone says it is about 1-2 years away. THey passed their latest review by the board with "flying colors". They had a committee from AACSB visit campus and go through everything during this review.
-The final components are to have tenured faculty that publish in research journals, also career services needs to correctly calculate employment rates and statistics according to certain standards, which I beleive they have been doing anyway. There is apparently a large push for professors to publish.

My background and goals are in biotech, so I asked about companies that recruit or have hired students. I was happy to hear that many large companies are interviewing and offering internships to students. These companies include Genentech, Stryker, J and J, ExpressScripts, Gilead, etc.

Career services also seems to be on top of their game. They begin the development process right away after you submit a deposit. They are getting certification in Career Coaching from some association this year.

The student I spoke with told me that he had no complaints about the school. He said that the smaller class size was a negative, but I guess that just one perspective. He also told me that the first qaurters are very hard and time consuming, heavily quantitative. He also mentioned that the class is 50% international, and that most of the international students are Chinese. He mentioned the 50% is intentional. Said the masters of finance degree they have is like 98% International Chinese.

The facilities themselves are beautiful. Located right on the water. There is a security desk at the entrance, and plenty of study space/conference rooms. Student Kitchen, library, lockers, cafeteria (shared with whole building). Most rooms look right out over the harbor and water. Bottom floor of the building has a J.Crew, Under Armor Flagship Store. Starbucks, hotels, movie theater, lululemon, gym, are all across the street.

Looks like a well run school!

philly101, Thanks for the very insightful update. I appreciate you asking about accreditation. It seems like you got more out of them then I could when I asked. I wasn't aware of the Faculty publications requirement, but it makes sense now. It can take a tremendous amount of time and little bit of luck...It took Yale 10 years to AACSB, so the 1-2 year timeline syncs up nicely (plus it could happen right when we would graduate in 2017)

In terms of the class profile, it doesn't sound very different than many of the ivy league institutions across the US. My class profile at Columbia was easily 50% Chinese or Korean.

It sounds like the Carey Business School is a great atmosphere for a business school in terms of location and surroundings. I look forward to going there in March.

I guess, my last question for you philly101 is...Are you Accepting?

Just had my interview here. It was a really good one, with a lot of laughing.
The interviewer, Micheal asked some really good questions after a little weather banter

-what leadership roles in the past
-why an mba now
-why Carey
-what attracted you to the other schools you applied to
-what project have you failed in, why and what did you learn.
-what are you looking forward to in the united states
-what do you think american businesses can learn from business in your home country
-what do you want me to know about you
-Any questions for me

Hope this helps someone alon the way

It's a tough choice! I have no doubt that Carey will be a highly ranked school but the problem is I am going to school THIS year. Right now it is down to GA Tech Scheller and JHU Carey. I am interviewing at Scheller for their Commercialization Development Program on Thursday, and a lot of my desicion rests on if I get into that extra program or not.

Well good luck interviewing at Scheller. Update when you make a decision.

Hi,
I also got admitted! I also take Carey as a very important investment. Hopes we( or only me) are right about it.

Hey
When did you apply and when were you interviewed??
I was interviewed on February 24th
Still to hear from them

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Congrats! Are you accepting?

yes! yes! I am going to Carey! Hope that I can meet all of you there!

applied on R1, Interviewed on 12/20/2014, Admitted on 1/16/2015
Give the adcom some time to review your profile! you can make it!!