SalarymanJ wrote:
Well if you are going to make a claim like that you should probably put more then one school. Cornell is not in the top 10 and doesn't have the largest of applicant pools. A few schools like Tuck had there selectivity increase from last year.
For real data look here,
https://poetsandquants.com/2011/10/24/wh ... -school/2/It supports that there are less applicants but at lot of schools the drop is not that big. I believe it is more like that the same applicant pool is just narrowing there focus to a few schools instead of applying to several.
Plenty of people go to biz school for things other besides IB like myself. IB people still probably get paid the most, but they give up there life in exchange.
-J
thanks for link.
Do you usually use all data when providing an example? the school just was an example of the overall trend.
It is my subjective opinion, which is trying to explain one of the possible reasons why the number of registered applicants (here) is down in comparison with the last year and why here are less dicussions.
Of course some schools like Tuck experienced increase in selectivity, but the overall trend is decrease in number of applicants. And it is merely your assumption that "the same applicant pool is just narrowing there focus". It may not be true.
And my opinion is the same stated in the article
Quote:
In an earlier interview with Poets&Quants, Wharton Admissions Director Ankur Kumar attributed the application declines two main reasons. “First, the macro economic issues in the world are causing some people to stay in the work place,” said Kumar. “After living through a period of uncertainly in the past coupe of years, some may want to hold fast to their jobs and not take the risk. Other people in emerging markets have really robust professional careers and they see more opportunity in the jobs they already have.
cheers,
PTK