sakky
February 22, 2007, 11:56pm
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The prestige factor is usually not a major factor in MBA admission. In fact, I think it is hardly one to begin with. Looking at the student directory of one of the top 10 b-schools, I can say that the undergrad majors and institutions are all over the map. Most top b-schools do make a serious attempt to create a diversed class. E.g. only a quarter of HBS students came from i-banking and consulting [1]. See the class profiles on their websites. </p>
<p>[1] <a href=“http://www.hbs.edu/mba/profiles/classprofile.html[/url] ”>http://www.hbs.edu/mba/profiles/classprofile.html</a> ;
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<p>Well, another 10% came from VC/PE, 3% from investment management, and 6% from ‘other financial services’. That means that 44% came from consulting or some kind of financial services.</p>