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Application Deadlines
- Round 1: October 19, 2007 Decisions released by January 7, 2008
- Round 2: January 11, 2008 Decisions released by March 31, 2008
- Round 3: March 7, 2008 Decisions released by May 12, 2008
Essays
All applicants are required to answer questions 1, 2 and 3 in addition to two of the optional essays in question 4.
- All applicants must complete 1 OR 2 as appropriate:
- Master of Business Administration applicants only: Briefly assess your career progress to date. Elaborate on your future career plans and your motivation for pursuing a graduate degree at Kellogg (one-two pages double spaced).
- Master of Management and Manufacturing applicants only: Briefly assess your career progress to date. How does the MMM program meet your educational needs and career goals? (One to two pages double spaced.)
- Each of our applicants is unique. Describe how your background, values, academics, activities and/or leadership skills will enhance the experience of other Kellogg students. (One to two pages double spaced.)
- How have your past and current leadership experiences prepared you for Kellogg? What leadership areas are you hoping to develop through your MBA experience? (One to two pages double spaced.)
- Applicants must answer two of the below essays, two to three double spaced paragraphs for each question. (Re-applicants must answer question 4 and 1 other essay).
- - Outside of work I…
- - I wish the Admissions Committee had asked me…
- - Describe the most challenging professional relationship you have faced and how you handled it.
- - (Required essay for re-applicants only)—Since your previous application, what are the steps you’ve taken to strengthen your candidacy?
Admission Statistics (Class of 2009)
- Total Number of Applicant: 4592 (includes 1 year and 2 year MBAs, MMM, and J/MBA)
- Total Number of enrollment: 688
- - Minority: 21%
- - Women: 34%
- - International: 34%
- Average Age at Matriculation: 28
- Average Work Experience 5.3 years
- GMAT
- Class entering in 2006 Acceptance Rate: 24%
- NOTE - 2007 saw significant increase in application so rate would be lower and this trend is continuing
Career Statistics (2007)
- Acceptance by Function
- - Consulting: 33%
- - Finance: 23%
- - Marketing: 22%
- - Business Development & Strategic Planning: 7%
- - General Management: 7%
- - Other: 6%
- - Real Estate: 2%
- Acceptance by Location
- - Chicago: 25%
- - East Coast: 19%
- - West Coast: 17%
- - International: 15%
- - Midwest: 10%
- - Southwest: 6%
- - Mid-Atlantic: 4%
- - South: 3%
Salary Range by Function
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| Range
| Average
| Median
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| Business Development & Strategic Planning
| 70,000-130,000
| 100,350
| 100,000
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| Consulting
| 50,000-160,000
| 114,330
| 120,000
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| Finance
| 50,000-180,000
| 99,210
| 95,000
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| General Management
| 55,000-120,000
| 93,900
| 95,000
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| Marketing
| 35,000-140,000
| 93,035
| 92,000
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| Other*
| 42,500-170,000
| 104,675
| 103,000
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| Real Estate
| 65,000-132,000
| 99,750
| 100,000
|
*(includes Engineering, HR, MIS-EDP Management, Operations, Production, and Other)
Overview (by Hjort)
The Chicago Economic Area is the fourth largest in the US in terms of personal income.
CEOs: Campbell Soup, Auto Zone, Mattel, Northern Trust, General Dynamics (Law).
Rankings
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| BusinessWeek (MBA)
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
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| BusinessWeek (EMBA)
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
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| Economist (MBA)
| 6
| 6
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1
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| Financial Times (MBA)
| 19
| 17
| 11
| 11
| 13
| 10
| 12
| 10
| 11
| 13
| 11
| 9
| 8
| 11
| 8
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| Financial Times (EMBA*)
| 1
| 3
| 8
| 2
| 7
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| Forbes (MBA)
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| 10
| 9
| 11
| 8
| 8
| 7
| 8
| 9
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| US News (MBA)
| 5
| 4
| 4
| 4
| 4
| 5
| 3
| 3
| 4
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 4
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 2
| 4
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| US News (EMBA)
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
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| US News (Part-time)
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| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
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| WSJ (MBA)
| 12
| 6
| 4
| 7
| 4
| 4
| 5
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