Incoming class profile

Question

To all who have accepted offers, do the schools tell you their expected profile of the incoming class or is that something you need to ask for? Or is it something that is assumed you will not be given until the first day of classes? I am really curious to see the stats of the class I am joining and want to know if it is a bad idea to contact the school and ask.

Thanks.

rhyme · Answer

Hmm... I dont think they know yet... R3 and lots of deposits are still outstanding....

squali83 · Answer

Ok, cause it seems that a lot of the schools have ideas or current profiles of the students who have already committed. For example Vanderbilt in their email letting me know they increased my scholarship made sure to mention that their average GMAT for this year's class will be 650+....Just curious it really does not matter

fluffydot · Answer

Cornell has a "new student forum" where all the newly admitted students login and post a profile of themselves. While there are no stats or anything like that... it is interesting to read. (and not to sound snobbish or anything, but I was disappoint to find that most of the profiles were not really impressive at all...

) Anyway, I don't see a problem with asking for the profile so students admitted so far. I know they do keep track of that at most schools. However, I think it would be extremely similar to the previous year, usually slightly better. (especially gmat score-wise)

naturallight · Answer

Man, the one at Berkeley is making me crap my pants. I feel that I don't stack up nearly as well.

aceman626 · Answer

Can you guys share what was un-impressive about Cornell or impressive about Berkeley's student profiles? This is a serious questions as I plan to apply to those schools this fall. Thanks!

fluffydot · Answer

Well, this is purely subjective, and I'm just going by what I remembered from reading the 100+ posts. (Also, these were personal introductions so they are definitely bias)

The first thing that struck me about the Cornell admits was that the majority attended univerities that I did not recognize. Quite a few from UBuffalo and surrounding area. (Obviously this could be my own ignorance, but I didn't see any big names)

One good thing was that most people had solid work experience and very divserse experiences. But again, nothing stood out as overly impressive, I only remember 1 guy from JPMorgan as a recruiter.

Perhaps my expectations were unrealistic... afterall why would a school full of superstars want to admit me? It would also make sense that superstars wouldn't really need to go back to school anyway. But I guess I had my hopes up for a top 15...

I guess in the end, what really matters is that I do well and get recruited. It seems that Cornell has a record with top firms, so I will concentrate on that.

rhyme · Answer

I also remember the Cornell JP Morgan recruiter admit, who, if memory serves me right, was in Asia. He had a memorable profile. There was one other guy who started a food delivery business I think and sold it last year. That was memorable as well. GSB has some impressive people - but it also has a large number of run of the mill accenture consultants, or 2 years IB or all that usual jazz.

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