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26 Feb 2013, 03:33
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I don't know about you guys, but I find some of essaysnark's posts to be pretty insightful. In case you're wondering, I'm not affiliated with them.
One of the latest posts that I find very interesting is about the trends in applications, specifically comparing the Net Growth/Reduction of Applications in the last 6 cycles (2006-07 to 2011-12) with the Net Growth/Reduction of Applications in the last 2 cycles (2010-11 to 2011-12).
https://essaysnark.com/2013/02/last-seas ... on-trends/
The trends that I'm seeing are:
1. Brand matters - If you look at the right-hand side, despite the economic downturn, the net applications at HBS, Stanford, MIT and Kellogg in the last 6 cycles are way ahead of other top 16 schools. HBS's growth is particularly impressive with ~1500 additional applications in the last 6 cycles.
Exceptions: Wharton and CBS are the only heavyweights that are experiencing net decline in the last 6 cycles. My guess is that these schools tend to accept students with finance background. With the collapse of some financial institutions, it's only logical that these schools were hit the hardest as their main target market for applicants suddenly shrunk. Refer to Poets and Quants article for more info on CBS's 19% plunge in the last 2 cycles.
2. Schools on the rise - Looks like Anderson, Fuqua and Tuck have been doing something right in the past 6 cycles. Despite the recession, they've been able to grow their applications in that period. Anderson's net applications in the last 2 cycles are particularly exceptional - I believe the credit goes to Robert Weiler, the Associate Dean of Admissions (See Poets and Quants article for more info). Cornell and Darden also did very well in the last 2 cycles (See this P&Q article for more info).
3. Kellogg is doing very well in the Midwest - Booth has a net growth of about 250 applications in the last 6 cycles, but Kellogg seems to be attracting more applicants as it's been able to grow by about 850 applications in the same period.
What other trends or observations do you see?
One of the latest posts that I find very interesting is about the trends in applications, specifically comparing the Net Growth/Reduction of Applications in the last 6 cycles (2006-07 to 2011-12) with the Net Growth/Reduction of Applications in the last 2 cycles (2010-11 to 2011-12).
https://essaysnark.com/2013/02/last-seas ... on-trends/
The trends that I'm seeing are:
1. Brand matters - If you look at the right-hand side, despite the economic downturn, the net applications at HBS, Stanford, MIT and Kellogg in the last 6 cycles are way ahead of other top 16 schools. HBS's growth is particularly impressive with ~1500 additional applications in the last 6 cycles.
Exceptions: Wharton and CBS are the only heavyweights that are experiencing net decline in the last 6 cycles. My guess is that these schools tend to accept students with finance background. With the collapse of some financial institutions, it's only logical that these schools were hit the hardest as their main target market for applicants suddenly shrunk. Refer to Poets and Quants article for more info on CBS's 19% plunge in the last 2 cycles.
2. Schools on the rise - Looks like Anderson, Fuqua and Tuck have been doing something right in the past 6 cycles. Despite the recession, they've been able to grow their applications in that period. Anderson's net applications in the last 2 cycles are particularly exceptional - I believe the credit goes to Robert Weiler, the Associate Dean of Admissions (See Poets and Quants article for more info). Cornell and Darden also did very well in the last 2 cycles (See this P&Q article for more info).
3. Kellogg is doing very well in the Midwest - Booth has a net growth of about 250 applications in the last 6 cycles, but Kellogg seems to be attracting more applicants as it's been able to grow by about 850 applications in the same period.
What other trends or observations do you see?
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26 Feb 2013, 12:01
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Pretty hard to interpret this graph without any indication of applicant quality...E.g., HBS received 1,500 more applications than they did 6 years ago, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the program is more competitive...what if they have just been marketing towards a lot more "low quality" applicants in an effort to decrease their acceptance rate (and increase their selectivity ranking)...
