Admission rate 21%

Average GPA of admits: 3.71

Average GMAT of admits: 730

Average GRE of admits: 165 verbal, 163 quant

Class size: 347

Average Age of admits: 27

Women: 43%

International: 45%

• Write clear, concise essays which clearly answer the question asked, paying attention to word limits.
• The school is trying to show that it is not just a ‘non-profit’ school, that has strong finance and marketing programs as well.
• If completed BA after less that 16 full years of education (i.e. did the BA in three years), it is recommended though not required to complete the 16 years by doing an additional Masters degree.
• More open to people from non-traditional backgrounds.
• Seem to be trying to increase international orientation of school.

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Non-profit, (Corporate Social Responsibility)

• Small school.
• Have a somewhat more theoretical (as opposed to practical) orientation than other business schools. Has been characterized as ‘the thinking person’s b-school’.

• Strong emphasis on ethics and corporate social responsibility.
• Generous loan forgiveness program for those entering non-profit/government jobs.
• Ability to take courses at other Yale schools.

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Unique ‘integrated curriculum’- rather than individual courses in the traditional disciplines (i.e. finance, accounting etc.), first-year courses are structured around the constituencies a manager must successfully engage – the Investor, Customer, Operations Engine etc. The courses are taught by teams of professors from different fields.

• Someone interested in business ethics and corporate social responsibility.
• Someone interested in academic side of b-school experience.

The school has an academic-theoretic orientation (as opposed to other schools which emphasize a practical orientation), and stresses ethics and social responsibility. The school is relatively open to applicants from unconventional backgrounds, and is trying to strengthen its international orientation.

Alumni include the following individuals, with current or past positions in parentheses: James Kelley (President of Vestar Capital Partners), Daniel Weiss (President of Lafayette College), Indra Nooyi (CEO, Pepsico), Tom Ascheim (CEO, Newsweek) and James Firestone (President of Corporate Operations at Xerox).