{"id":35086,"date":"2016-11-17T09:39:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T16:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/business-schools-fear-immigration-policy-could-affect-mbas\/"},"modified":"2016-11-17T09:39:19","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T16:39:19","slug":"business-schools-fear-immigration-policy-could-affect-mbas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/business-schools-fear-immigration-policy-could-affect-mbas\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Schools Fear Immigration Policy Could Affect MBAs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Could Trump\u2019s proposed policies affect international MBAs?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Policy changes to U.S. immigration might affect prospective MBAs overseas, a new class of students arrive at a top-ranked Midwestern business school, and worries still linger long after the Paris terrorist attack. Here\u2019s what\u2019s trending on the business school landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n

Election outcome shakes business school admissions<\/span><\/h2>\n

It was an 8.0 on the Richter scale of American politics last week week. Almost nobody saw Donald Trump\u2019s victory coming. (So much for the experts!) It\u2019s hard to know exactly what will happen or what proposed policies will come into fruition, but Trump\u2019s tough talk on immigration is causing some concern for aspiring MBAs who want to study in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

Business school deans are trying to calm the waters though. \u201cI understand and empathize with those concerns but let\u2019s remember that most presidents campaign in poetry and govern in prose,\u201d says Scott DeRue, the new dean at the University of Michigan\u2019s Ross School of Business. For example, he remains doubtful the president-elect will be able to build a wall across the border with Mexico. (<\/span>The Financial Times<\/span><\/i><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Meet Olin\u2019s new class<\/span><\/h2>\n

A new set of aspiring MBAs have descended upon St. Louis. As one of the top business schools in both the Midwest and the nation, <\/span>Washington University\u2019s Olin School of Business<\/span><\/a> boasts an impressive group of students. The new class includes a securities trader, a medical student, a would-be entrepreneur, and a self-described \u201carmy brat.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEach year I think to myself that the next incoming class of MBAs can\u2019t possibly be more global, more cosmopolitan, more interesting or more diverse, (and with gratitude to our admission team), it turns out that I am wrong each and every year. And that is saying something since this is my 36th year managing MBA programs,\u201d says Joseph P. Fox, the school\u2019s associate dean and director of graduate programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

The average GMAT for new students is 687, down from 695 last year. But average GPA for new students actually increased from 3.40 to 3.44. (<\/span>Poets & Quants<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Paris aftershocks affect MBA programs<\/span><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s been one year since the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris, leaving 130 people dead (including an MBA student) and shaking the City of Lights and all of Europe to its core. A year later, the political and economic aftershocks still reverberate. The MBA landscape has not been immune to any of this.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI would say we lost 5% in applicant numbers,\u201d says vice dean Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Fiorina. \u201cInternational students especially,\u201d said Fran\u00e7ois Collin, associate dean for international affairs at <\/span>HEC Paris<\/span><\/a>. Business schools in general have reported they have increased security on their campuses. <\/span><\/p>\n

Antwerp Management School<\/span><\/a> reports an increase in applications, but chalks that up mostly to the decision of Great Britain to exit the European Union. (<\/span>BusinessBecause<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Planning for business school from day one<\/span><\/h2>\n

If you are interested in attending business school, it\u2019s important to build up your experiences and skill as early as freshman year in college, many experts say. “I think, if you’re assessing if you might thrive in a business school, some exposure to quantitative subjects would be a good diagnostic tool,\u201d says Dee Leopold, director of <\/span>Harvard Business School\u2019s 2+2 Program<\/span><\/a>, which works on recruiting college seniors and offers them deferred admissions once they get some work experience. \u201cBut it is just as important to learn how to read broadly and widely and express yourself in writing.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

While it\u2019s rare to get accepted into a top-ranked MBA program directly from college, you <\/span>can<\/span><\/i> beat the odds. “As a young MBA applicant, you have less years of experience, but if you can spend your time watching and dissecting how different people and different organizations make decisions, you can talk about so much more than if you stayed in one corner of the business world,\u201d said Laura Burgos who took this route and is now a student at the <\/span>University of Chicago\u2019s Booth School of Business<\/span><\/a>. (<\/span>U.S. News & World Report<\/span><\/i><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Worried about your Test Day performance? Sign up for a <\/span><\/i>free GMAT practice test<\/span><\/i><\/a> to start building a stronger application.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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