{"id":12362,"date":"2012-06-18T10:31:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T17:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=12362"},"modified":"2012-06-18T10:34:49","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T17:34:49","slug":"record-breaking-year-for-the-consortium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/record-breaking-year-for-the-consortium\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-Breaking Year for The Consortium"},"content":{"rendered":"

The MBA class of 2014 will include 391 of a record 1,038 applicants to The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management<\/a>, a national coalition of top U.S. business schools and corporations and the leading advocate for diversity and inclusion in American business.<\/p>\n

This year, member schools have also awarded $20 million in full-tuition, merit-based fellowships to 234 of the new MBA candidates, bringing to more than $250 million the total amount The Consortium has awarded since its 1966 founding.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiversity is not a minority problem; it is an American opportunity,\" says the organization's CEO, Peter Aranda<\/strong>. \"The Consortium is proud of its success in increasing the pipeline of multicultural and other executives committed to diversity. But we want to do more than level the playing field. We want to awaken business leaders to the role our graduates can play in helping companies survive, and thrive, in an increasingly multicultural marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n

A key benefit that comes with admission to The Consortium\u2019s member schools is access to the organization\u2019s 6,500-person-plus alumni network and, for new students, virtually all-expenses-paid participation in the 46th Annual Orientation Program & Career Forum, currently underway in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

The conference offers new MBA candidates the chance to meet executives from The Consortium\u2019s corporate partners well before the \u201cofficial\u201d recruiting season starts in the fall. The gathering also gives those executives early access to this talented pool of prospective employees.<\/p>\n

Without ever having set foot on campus, incoming students can interview for, and possibly walk away with, summer jobs for 2013 that may lead to full-time positions after graduation in 2014.<\/p>\n

Paul Danos<\/strong>, dean of Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business<\/strong> and chairperson of The Consortium\u2019s board of trustees, says, \"We have seen first-hand the tremendous impact that The Consortium has had on the Tuck community, as well as on the broader business community.\u00a0 We congratulate The Consortium on its continued success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stacy Sukov Blackman launched her MBA admissions consulting company<\/a> in 2001 and has since helped thousands of clients gain admission to the most selective business schools in the world, many with merit scholarships. Blackman\u00a0has degrees from both the Wharton School and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and is the author of The MBA Application Roadmap: The Essential Guide to Getting Into a Business School<\/a>. She has also published a series of online guides<\/a> which contain in depth guidance on how to develop essays for top business schools. Read reviews of Stacy Blackman Consulting<\/a> services.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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