Last week, the Admissions Committee welcomed another round of top students to join the Ross MBA Class of 2009. With a 31% increase in applications and a four point increase in the average GMAT score of applicants and admits, gaining admission to Ross is perhaps the most competitive it has ever been.
We are particularly excited about the global diversity of the class. We have representation from 37 countries (up from 31 last year) and 38 states across the U.S. We have significant increases in students admitted from Latin America, Western Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
In addition, the admitted students bring a wide variety of professional experiences. Among the prospective students in the Class of 2009 we have:
- An assistant for Jerry Bruckheimer Films & Television (producer of hit television show CSI).
- A US Navy SEAL and Surface Warfare Officer.
- Let's Go Travel Guide writers for Mexico, Austria, Chile, and New Zealand.
- A marketing campaign manager for The New York Times Crossword Puzzle books.
- An advocate for children's healthcare in Haiti.
- A professional hockey player, an improv comedian, and a former TV weather anchor.
While it was challenging to get through the mountains of applications and hundreds of hours of interviews, the bigger challenge looms before us - getting this group of terrific admits to come to Ross. The large increase in applications to Ross can, in part, be attributed to an increase in the number of applications submitted by each prospective student. The upshot is that each of our admits is likely to have many options so we'll need to work hard to recruit them to Ross.
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发表于 2007-3-20 10:10:00
