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Stanford University

As virtually everyone knows, Stanford is located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Jose- San Francisco - Oakland Economic Area is the third largest in the United States in terms of personal income.

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/living/bay_area.html

FT 2005 ranks Stanford #4 in the world and in the US. This places it just below Columbia and just above LBS and Chicago GSB.

EIU 2004 ranks Stanford #2 in the world and in the US.

Stanford's best showing on BW has been #4 (three times) and its worst showing has been #11.

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/

Hjort · Answer

Curriculum https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/learnin ... index.html

Hjort · Answer

c. 1997 Stanford was ranked #4 among the ultra elite in terms of gross increment and #6 in terms of gross ratio.

c.2002 Stanford was ranked #6 among ultra elites in gross increment and #7 for the gross ratio. 

c. 1988 Stanford ranked #7 among the ultra elites in terms of percentage of offers at graduation. c. 2002 it was ranked #4 among the ultra elites in terms percentage of class with offers at graduation.

Hjort · Answer

Employment Stats https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/cmc/reports/report04.html

Hjort · Answer

Simple Rank Summary

Stanford outranked every other ultraelite school at least once in this set. 
In turn, every other ultraelite school outranked Stanford at least once in this set. 

FT05

Outrank Chicago: Yes
Outrank Columbia: No
Outrank Harvard: Yes
Outrank MIT: Yes
Outrank Northwestern: Yes
Outrank Penn: No

FT04

Outrank Chicago: No
Outrank Columbia: No
Outrank Harvard: No
Outrank MIT: Yes
Outrank Northwestern: Yes
Outrank Penn: No

FT03

Outrank Chicago: Yes
Outrank Columbia: No
Outrank Harvard: No
Outrank MIT: Yes
Outrank Northwestern: Yes
Outrank Penn: No

FT02

Outrank Chicago: No, Tied
Outrank Columbia: No, Tied
Outrank Harvard: No
Outrank MIT: Yes
Outrank Northwestern: Yes 
Outrank Penn: No

FT01

Outrank Chicago: Yes
Outrank Columbia: Yes
Outrank Harvard: No
Outrank MIT: Yes
Outrank Northwestern: Yes
Outrank Penn: No

EIU03

Outrank Chicago: Yes
Outrank Columbia: Yes
Outrank Harvard: NOT RANKED
Outrank MIT: Yes
Outrank Northwestern: No
Outrank Penn: NOT RANKED

EIU04

Outrank Chicago: Yes
Outrank Columbia: Yes
Outrank Harvard: Yes
Outrank MIT: Yes
Outrank Northwestern: Yes 
Outrank Penn: Yes

BW00

Outrank Chicago: No
Outrank Columbia: No
Outrank Harvard: No
Outrank MIT: No
Outrank Northwestern: No 
Outrank Penn: No

BW02

Outrank Chicago: No
Outrank Columbia: Yes
Outrank Harvard: No
Outrank MIT: Yes
Outrank Northwestern: Yes
Outrank Penn: Yes

Hjort · Answer

Exec Bios

CEOS: Duke Energy, Pfizer, Abbott Laboratories, Kimberly-Clark, Sun Microsystems, Nike, Andrew (MS Sloan). Capital One, Constellation Energy, PACCAR. Agilent (MS Elec Eng), Avery Dennison, Manor Care, Stanley Works, Brown-Forman, Huntington Banc, Wells Fargo, Intel (MS, Phd), Applied Micro (MS Engineering)

https://www.andrew.com/investors/exec-manag.aspx

CEO of Kraft Food
https://www.altria.com/about_altria/biog ... romedi.asp

Hjort · Answer

Value Considerations Total Estimated Outlay at List Price On Campus: 134k Off Campus: 138k https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/apply/finaid/ FT05 Value For Money: #94, #6 among ultraelites

Tyr · Answer

Application Calendar posted

R1 (10/19/2005) - Notification (01/19/2006)
R2 (01/04/2006) - Notification (03/30/2006)
R3 (03/15/2006) - Notification (05/11/2006)

Essay questions:

Essay A: What matters most to you, and why?
Essay B: How do you plan to achieve your learning objectives at Stanford? How do you see your career developing?

Optional
P4D: The Charles P. Bonini Partnership for Diversity Fellowship Program acknowledges that the educational experience of our students is enriched by the diverse culture of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. How will your background and experiences contribute to that diversity? In addition, how will the experiences as a P4D intern help you to be a better leader? Suggested length is 500 words.

Resume is now submitted via forms online.

Hjort · Answer

Recruiter Guide https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/cmc/recruit ... e_2005.pdf

Puilunchristin · Answer

What does everyone think of this school such as the learning environment, competitiveness, etc? Is this more of a friendly school or more of a pond full of sharks?

Hjort · Answer

Stanford is commonly perceived as both friendly and "laid back" in the West Coast sense. Individual perception, of course, can differ.

Tyr · Answer

>What does everyone think of this school such as the learning 
>environment, competitiveness, etc? Is this more of a friendly 
>school or more of a pond full of sharks?

Top schools do not let you to disclose grades. Team spirit is emphasized.
Admissions at Stanford are highly selective though.
In fact, Stanford is the most selective MBA program.

Hjort · Answer

Alumni Mass Index:

Northeast: Large 
West: Very Large 
Midwest: Moderate

lepium · Answer

Hi Hjort, 

What about International Alumni Mass Index? I know it'll be more difficult to track alumni outside US, but it would be helpful for all International applicants.

My proposed grouping would be: 

US & Canada.
Western Europe.
Eastern Europe (including Russia & all FSU states).
Asia.
Latin America.
Middle East & Africa.

The grouping is somehow similar to The Economist's classification for news, excluding the special focus on Britain , subdividing Europe and grouping US with Canada.

Hope it helps and keep enlightening us. 
Cheers. L.

Hjort · Answer

Lepium,

I see what I can do in the next few months on international alumni.

Hjort · Answer

Here is a delightful summary of Stanford's admissions process from 1996. While parts of it are clearly dated, the discussion of a strong essay is still useful.

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/community/b ... 96/ten.htm

Hjort · Answer

Here is a BusinessWeek summary of Stanford's new curriculum: https://www.businessweek.com/bschools/co ... han=search

lepium · Answer

Thanks for your all your dedication and help to all of us.

Cheers. L.

dukes · Answer

What is Stanford known for? Where are they strong? Do most grads end up in Silicone Valley? Is it's selectiveness somewhat related to the fact that its by far the smallest ultra-elite?

pelihu · Answer

Silicone Valley - is that Los Angeles? :lol:

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