derekbb wrote:
Hi Paul.
I was wondering if you knew anything about programs in which one applies senior year of college and then get deffered enrollment if accepted? My school offers such a program and I was thinking about applying.
FYI, my profile looks like this:
B.As in Math, Economics, and Statistics, at University of Chicago (GPA 3.5/4.0)
GMAT 740
2 Years exp. of internship at Actuarial Consulting firm
Member of varsity basketball team (captain senior year)
Please let me know what you think.
Sincerely,
Derek
Derek,
Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, and Manchester Business School in the U.K. are among the handful of schools that offer this deferred admission for collegians, and I believe Texas McCombs has one for minority students. They're a pretty sweet deal in my opinion in that they relieve you of some of the anxiety of planning for your MBA future, and I can't see any downside to pursuing the one at your school.
I see these programs as being similar to an early admission/decision type program in that they allow the school to strengthen its yield and increase your odds of admission because you're showing the school that you're really focused (since most people don't have the foresight or patience to defer B-school). In other words, you are sort of "self-selecting" yourself for this kind of program, and schools respond to that.
Your profile looks good.