Simon Students Adopt Credo

MBA students at the University of Rochester's Simon Graduate School of Business have adopted an ethical creed formulated by a team of 2006 graduates.

The credo, inspired by the pledge that Johnson & Johnson has long asked its employees to adhere to, is as follows:

The Simon Graduate School of Business represents the center of my deeds. It is my responsibility to uphold its good name among my colleagues and the world at large.

Integrity is my watchword. I will endeavor to fulfill my promises, to say what I mean, and to mean what I say.

I recognize that I am an important member of the Simon community.

I will take responsibility for my actions and omissions at all times.

I will conduct myself with nobility in private and in public at all times.

Printed copies of the credo were included in the orientation packets for this year's incoming students. A panel of last year's students also gave a presentation on the development of the credo to the new first-year students.

Source: "Simon Students Script a New Credo," by Matthew Daneman, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, September 26, 2006

WSJ Survey Gives Ross Top Rank

The Wall Street Journal has just released its annual business school rankings for 2006. As in past years, the rankings are based on corporate recruiters' assessment of U.S. and international b-schools as sources of management talent.

The WSJ ranks the top 5 national b-schools as:

1. U. of Michigan - Ross
2. Dartmouth - Tuck
3. Carnegie Mellon - Tepper
4. Columbia Business School
5. UC Berkeley - Haas

The top 5 international b-schools named are:

1. ESADE
2. IMD
3. IPADE
4. London Business School
5. Thunderbird - Gavin

Columbia and MIT - Sloan are also named among the top 10 international b-schools.

Recruiters also named top schools for particular recruiting goals:

Harvard - top school for general business and strategy
Kellogg - top school for marketing
Wharton - top school for finance
Chicago - top school for accounting
Stanford - top school for entrepreneurship
MIT / Sloan - top school for information management

Ross, Howard, Harvard, Columbia, and Haas were named the best schools for companies seeking to recruit minority MBAs. Columbia, Kellogg, Haas, Harvard, and Ross were named the top schools for recruiting women MBAs.

Fisher and Krannert '07 Apps Coming Soon

Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business and Purdue University's Krannert School of Management both say that they will have application sites for fall 2007 MBA admissions up and running shortly.

For more information see:

For Krannert - www.krannert.purdue.edu/programs/masters/home.asp

For Fisher - fisher.osu.edu/prospective/graduate/mba/admissions

Simon Launches B-School Blog

The William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester has launched a new blog to promote the School and its programs.

One of the blog's main purposes is to inform prospective MBA students about Simon's highly-ranked MBA degree programs.

To view the blog, go to:
simonschool.typepad.com/communicationsblog/

GMAT Average for Tuck Students Hits Record High

This year's incoming MBA class at the Tuck School of Business has an average GMAT score of 710, marking the highest average GMAT score of any class in the School's history.

The average GMAT for members of Tuck's Class of 2007 was 699, and for the Class of 2005, 696.

GMAT scores for members of Tuck's Class of 2008 range from 560 to 790.

Tuck's incoming MBA class also set records for the percentage of women students (33 per cent) and international students (30 per cent).

All of this year's entering students have full-time work experience, with 5 years being the average. Approximately 30 per cent of the class worked in investment banking, private equity, or finance. 16 per cent worked in technology, 15 per cent worked in marketing, retail, consumer goods, or manufacturing, and 11 per cent worked in consulting. 12 per cent served in the military or worked in the governmental, educational, or nonprofit sectors.

The average undergraduate GPA for the students who attended U.S. colleges is 3.6. 20 per cent of the students already hold advanced degrees.

These numbers reflect the large size of Tuck's 2005-2006 applicant pool, which was almost a third larger than the applicant pool in 2004-2005. The growth in application volume was driven in part by Tuck's efforts to increase its outreach to prospective international students.

Profile of Haas' Class of 2008

UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business welcomed 242 new students to its full-time MBA program this August.

Haas offered admission to 17 per cent of the 2,727 applicants for its Class of 2008. The 242 students matriculating at Haas represent 36 different countries and come from a wide range of professional backgrounds. Students include a former Navy SEAL, a regional press secretary for the Kerry/Edwards presidential campaign, a marketing specialist for the Portland Trail Blazers, several social entrepreneurs, and an economist who served on an advisory team for former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.

A statistical profile of the class includes the following:

Average GMAT score: 707
Average age: 29
Average years of work experience: 5.9
Women: 34%
Minorities: 34%
International: 30%

2007 Deadlines & Essays for Stern

NYU's Stern School of Business has released its deadlines and application for fall 2007 admissions.

Stern's deadlines are:

1st Round: Apply by December 1, receive initial notification by February 15
2nd Round: Apply by January 15, receive initial notification by April 1
3rd Round: Apply by March 15, receive initial notification by June 1

An initial notification consists of either an admissions interview invitation, an offer of a place on the waitlist, or denial of admission.

To view the essays and other components of Stern's application, go to:
http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/admissions/fulltime/
applyingtostern.cfm?doc_id=837