Newswise — Members of the Olin Business School MBA class of 2012 arrived on the Washington University in St. Louis campus with a reputation for breaking records.
“This class has broken virtually every relevant admissions metric in the history of Olin,” Evan Bouffides director of admissions says. “This includes total application volume, GMAT average, GPA average and selectivity.”
Contrary to national trends, applications to Olin’s full-time MBA program hit an all-time high this year — up 26 percent over one year ago and 49 percent higher than in 2008. Of the 1,529 applications received this year, 437 were admitted, yielding a 29 percent selectivity rate.
Other stats on the Olin MBA class of 2012:
• The majority of incoming Olin MBA students have undergraduate degrees in business, engineering and economics; 21 percent come from the social sciences and humanities
• 18 MBA students are pursuing joint degrees in fields such as law, social work, engineering, accounting, finance and architecture
• The median age of the students is 27
• Countries of origin are Australia, China, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates and the United States.
• Three students are Iraqi war veterans, several are black belt martial arts experts, a number are accomplished musicians and one is a stand-up comic.
First year MBA students at Olin get a head start on the school year with a two week program called Gateway: Olin or GO! The program is designed to prepare first-year MBAs for the rigors of graduate school and to give them a jump-start on the curriculum.
GO! involves team-building exercises in and outside the classroom combined with a non-stop schedule of courses on critical thinking and organizational behavior, career counseling and a community service project.
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