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randomguy2012 wrote:
smu? texas a&m? rice? Do these schools even have admissions requirements? i haven't heard of anybody not getting accepted to any of these schools, so I think your chances are pretty good.
The Texas schools are quite popular and more competitive than you think.
Texas McCombs Business School
GMAT Club 2012 Latest Intake Share/Difference
Total Applicants: 2259
Average GMAT:
684 80% GMAT range: 620-730
Average Age: 28
Average WE (months): 61
GPA: 33.43
Intrnl Applicants: 25 %
Admitted: 542 -493
Admission Rate:
24 % Souther Methodist Cox School of Business
SMU (Cox) Full-time MBA
Applicants 565
Average GMAT
641Middle 80% 563-710
Average Age 28
Average Work exp 56
GPA 3.25
International Applicants: 22 %
Admission Rate:
35%Texas A&M Mays school of business
Total Applicants: 537
Average GMAT:
64680% GMAT range: 580-720
Average Age: 28
Average WE (months): 56
GPA: 3.4
Intrnl Applicants: 22 %
Admitted: 122
Admission Rate:
23 % Rice Jones School of business
Latest Intake Share/Difference
Total Applicants: 544
Average GMAT:
672 80% GMAT range: 570-720
Average Age: 28 -
Average WE (months): 55
GPA: 3.36
Intrnl Applicants: 31 %
Admitted: 195
Admission Rate:
36 % Class size: 226
So, as you can see his GPA is in line with the schools but his GMAT is 30 points below average for Texas Austin and Rice like I had mentioned. You can also see from the admission rate that its not as easy as you made it sound. But with a 670 there would be no doubts for Texas, Rice and the rest.