<p>There is a great deal of information on these threads about the relatively large number of Carleton graduates who get a Ph.D.</p>
<p>Is there any information about the number of graduates who go on to business school?</p>
<p>I assume the number is relatively small, but would be interested to know.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>This has nothing to do with your question, but I’d love to know–did your son end up applying EDII and if so, did he get in?</p>
<p>Thank you for asking, he applied to Carleton ED2 and was accepted. I am very pleased with the outcome, and believe my son will be in a supportive community at Carleton, rather than the confidence-eroding environment he would have found on the campus of his ED1 choice. </p>
<p>My reason for posting this thread was triggered by the excellent Inside Carleton article about Carleton trustee Alan Bauer, Class of 1974, who later went to the University of Chicago Business School and became president of Progressive Insurance’s direct-to-consumer business. I want to know whether Mr. Bauer is one of the few Carleton grads who ever pursued an MBA degree, or are there perhaps 2-3 percent of each graduating class who do it.</p>
<p>There is a great quote in the article. Mr. Bauer said, “Business school taught me the language, the conventions and the methods of business, but it didn’t particularly try to teach me creativity or imagination, and it offered little reward for personal contrariness. Carleton exposed me to so many different things, and the cumulative effect of those experiences gave me preparation for almost any situation.”</p>
<p>I am just wondering whether some of today’s Carleton grads go the MBA route as Mr. Bauer did three decades ago.</p>
<p>searchlight, a number do go to business school…I don’t know the exact percentage. I graduated from Carleton a while ago, and I know one of my good friends got and dual law degree/MBA from a school in Colorado. Also, knew an Econ major that wound up at Harvard Business school. He is in some area of finance in New York. Carleton grads will often be recruited by investment banks(at least they were when the economy was good)…especially econ majors. The Carleton voice(Alumni magazine) has featured some Carleton grads working for Goldman Sachs for example. Also, there is a Business fellowship for Alumni that pays for part of Business school for Carleton Grads. There are one or two awards per year…so it happens. Economics would be a good major if you wanted to go to business school.</p>
<p>The statistics might be tough to come by, since few people go to business school right out of undergrad (because most programs, especially the top programs, require at least a few years of work experience). From a quick check of LinkedIn, 49 members of the Carleton alumni group are also members of the Carlson School of Management (U of Minnesota) group and 20 are members of the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern) group. It’s certainly not unusual for Carls to get MBAs.</p>
<p>A recent Wall Street Journal article profiled about 10 notables who ended up at second choice schools and ultimately thrived (Warren Buffet, Ted Turner, Harold Varmus, etc.).</p>
<p>Relevent to the poster’s question, there’s an interesting perspective offered by John Schlifske, now president of Northwestern Mutual Insurance, back then a rejected Yalie who ended up at Carleton:</p>
<p>“Yet he believes he had a deeper, richer experience at Carleton College in Minnesota. He says he received a “phenomenal” education”</p>
<p>[When</a> Success Follows the College Rejection Letter - WSJ.com](<a href=“When Success Follows the College Rejection Letter - WSJ”>When Success Follows the College Rejection Letter - WSJ)</p>
<p>Worthwhile article just to gain perspective when those thin envelopes arrive.</p>