Here at Knewton, we know that business school applications can be a lot of work. We’re eager to do everything we can to help simplify the process. While we can’t write your personal statement (keep dreaming!), we can do some of your b-school research!
In our B-School Profiles series, we’ve compiled key deadlines, stats, and fun facts about MBA programs around the globe. We’ll be adding many more schools to the series as time goes on, so stay tuned!
Featured B-School
Southern Methodist University (Cox)
When to apply
Application Deadlines 2010 – 2011:
November 3, 2010
January 12, 2011
March 9, 2011
April 27, 2011
Who gets in
Mean GMAT: 643
Median GMAT: 640
Acceptance Rate: 35%
Mean Age of Entering Class: 27
How it compares
Ranking: #12 (Businessweek), #49 (U.S News)
The Cox School is one of eight programs (the others being Harvard Business School, Stanford Business School, UCLA Anderson School of Management, University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business, NYU Stern School of Business, University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and the MIT Sloan School of Management) to rank in the top 30 for research achievement in marketing, strategy, finance, economics, and information systems.
What it costs
Tuition: $87,980 (Resident), $87,980 (Non-Resident)
Graduating Salary: $80,052
What the future holds
Top recruiters for 2009 include Turnberry Advisors, Hilton Hotels, and Deloitte.
How to follow
Where it is
Christina Yu works in marketing at Knewton. She holds an A.B in English from Dartmouth, where she graduated summa cum laude. She also holds an M.F.A in fiction writing from Notre Dame where she was the Diversity Fellow and Sparks Fellow at Hachette Book Group. In recent years, her fiction has appeared in various literary journals nationwide and has been nominated and cited for several Best American anthologies. Previously, she worked as a lecturer in English at Kean University and Southern Connecticut State. Check out the literary magazine she founded and publishes LitCouture and her blog, English Majors Unite.
