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Just found this online regarding the GMAT: http://www.mbapodcaster.com/MBA_MoreInfo/GMATnotRequired.asp?iEpisode=37 With so many EMBA programs deciding to cut the GMAT requirement, you could imagine the GMAT is a hot issue among business schools. Some of these schools that aren’t requiring the test include Kellogg, Chicago GSB, Ross, Anderson and Cornell’s Johnson School. Meanwhile other schools take a hard line on requiring the GMAT like Wharton and the Macomb School of Business of University Texas Austin. These schools claim that the GMAT is a dependable way to test that an applicant’s analytical skills and work experience may fall short in this area. But the GMAT isn’t the best measure for all students say David Ardis EMBA Program Director at the Ross School of Business of the University Michigan he says for the targeted audience a standardized tests wasn’t necessary, “We turned out typically to attract an older audience for the executive MBA program than most of our peers, our average is about 15 years of overall work experience with an average of 10 to 11 in a managerial supervisory capacity and in looking at our admissions process what we felt was most critical to this audience was first and foremost recognizing that the needs of someone with 10, 15, 20 plus years of experience they’re very different than the needs of our typical MBA student who you know is coming into the program with four, five, six years of experience and so in this respect the admissions process is most interested in looking at the overall work experience. So for us it’s understanding that work experience, the track record of achievement, their growth, their level of responsibility and then you know also looking at their future growth potential within the organization. Yes we are an academic institution and we have to be concerned to make sure that students can adequately you know function in the class as far as their academic backgrounds, their quantitative skills, etc. But to have you know a 40 – 45 year old take a standardized placement test doesn’t necessarily really evoke to us the most important things in an admissions process. There are lots of other way for us to assess their quantitative skills you know we’re confident that anyone we’re admitting in to the program, they can handle the program academically. The faculty have told us, we can teach them everything they need to be successful in the program.” AND This: http://www.accepted.com/mba/emba.aspx The competitive benefits and drawbacks of EMBA admissions. There are unique benefits and drawbacks to EMBA admissions. First, EMBA acceptance rates are somewhat higher than regular admissions rates are. Compare, for example, Kellogg's 2008 EMBA acceptance rate of approximately 33% with its 2008 MBA acceptance rate of 24%, or UCLA’s 2007 EMBA acceptance rate of 59% with its 2008 full-time MBA acceptance rate of 20%. Second, there is a relative de-emphasis on the GMAT score. Many EMBA programs such as Duke and NYU Stern do not even require the GMAT. Even for other top programs, you simply do not have to knock yourself out to score in the 700s, as these 2008 EMBA average scores show: Wharton - 696, and UCLA/Anderson – 655). These schools had average MBA GMATs above 700. (See http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/ for access to data on specific EMBA programs. There is one major drawback to EMBA applications: there are fewer EMBA programs to apply to, and not all of those will fit your scheduling needs. Most EMBA applicants apply to two or three programs at most. Thus, each application has more weight for the applicant. To ensure admission, you must prepare a compelling profile by distinguishing yourself from other accomplished applicants and making the admissions committee excited about your goals.
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