MutatisMutandis wrote:
Weekapaug wrote:
MutatisMutandis wrote:
Did any of the admitted students have atleast some form of employer sponsorship? I am trying to gauge whether having so is heavily weighted?
I would assume it is not weighted whatsoever. In fact i dont even think i was asked that in interview.
Interesting, i assumed that employer sponsorship indicates a firm's belief in their employees candidacy and that would be seen as favorable by the adcom, also assuming that admission to the class is highly competitive. But i guess not.
Any one knows what the class size/ cohort size of the weekend program is? Numbers on gmat club suggest that last year, roughly 300 people applied, 221 were admitted and 170 enrolled. Is this correct? numbers on US news website shows the class admitted in 2014 had 90 students.
while that is true in some cases, think of the diverse body of applicants. I don't know for fact, but I assume a lot of industries dont sponsor MBAs, like non-profits for example; and in my opinion that would not be a valid criteria to assess the strength of the applicant.
as far as size of class - i attended an info session, and they said it does vary year to year depending on the applicants. and I want to say (they said) last year was the biggest class they have ever had. So the discrepancy you are seeing could be accurate, 2014 had 90 students and 2016 had 170. I would expect on average it falls somewhere in the middle of the those two numbers.