speedingdaemon wrote:
rajcooper wrote:
I'm sure the Stanford reputation can attract a number of out-of-state (and LA/SD) students and encourage outstanding bay area candidates sitting on the side-lines to apply.
In the end, I'm pretty sure the west-coast can muster up demand for 400-500 seats. The northeast is supporting more than 2000 seats.
Aren't there universities like UC Davis, Santa Clara too? I am sure bay area can absorb 500 seats easily!
Well, the problem is attracting the same caliber of student that you have in your full time program. If you drop the GMAT requirement to sub 500, you can get tons of students. They just might not be as successful as your full time students, thus diluting the brand. Haas actually manages to do this quite well. NYU does this less so.
The spread between FT and PT GMAT scores at Haas is 23 points. At NYU, it's closer to 50 points. This is why you get the attitude that rhyme has here:
if-you-can-t-get-into-a-top-5-don-t-even-bother-145823-40.html