{"id":13632,"date":"2012-08-13T00:56:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T07:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=13632"},"modified":"2012-09-13T11:38:57","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T18:38:57","slug":"mba-admissions-columbia-business-school-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/mba-admissions-columbia-business-school-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"MBA Admissions: Columbia Business School & Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Columbia\"<\/a>A quick glance at Columbia Business School<\/a>: Columbia currently ranks in eighth place as one of the best business schools, according to US News & World Report<\/a> (March 2012). It was ranked #4 for finance<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

Columbia's Class of 2013 and Finance<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

6669 people applied to Columbia Business School; 1062 applicants were accepted (16% acceptance rate). The middle 80% of accepted students had GMAT scores<\/a> in the 680-760 range. The Columbia Business School class of 2013 has an average of four years of work experience and a median GMAT score of 720.<\/p>\n

29% of class of 2013 students have undergraduate degrees in business.<\/p>\n

The greatest number of students entered CBS with industry experience in financial services (28%). 7% had prior experience in private equity.<\/p>\n

CBS Academics Related to Finance & Economics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Students are required to take two full core courses and 12 half-term core courses, three of which are chosen from the \"flex-core\" menu.<\/p>\n

First Term Core Courses<\/p>\n