{"id":28468,"date":"2015-05-12T23:36:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T06:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=28468"},"modified":"2015-05-12T23:36:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T06:36:47","slug":"columbia-entering-class-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/columbia-entering-class-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Entering Class Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This year\u2019s entering class at CBS reflects the school\u2019s interest in building a class composed of \u00a0\u201cintellectually driven people from diverse educational, economic, social, cultural, and geographic backgrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the class profile<\/a>, 41% of the class are international students, 36% are women, and 32% are minorities. They come from a range of previous industries (Financial Services 28%; Consulting 25%; Marketing\/Media 10%; Private Equity 8%; Technology 7%; Non-profit 5%; and smaller numbers from other fields), and studied a range of fields in college, from Social Sciences, to Business, to the Humanities.<\/p>\n

They share a strong record of achievement and leadership, whatever field they are coming from. They are also strong academically: applicants\u2019 average undergraduate GPA was 3.5 (middle 80%: 3.1-3.8) and their average GMAT was 716 (middle 80%: 680-760). Of 5799 applications received, 1056 were admitted, for an ultimate entering class of 743.<\/p>\n

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This article<\/a>\u00a0originally appeared on\u00a0blog.accepted.com<\/a>, the official blog of\u00a0Accepted.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

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