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Over 150 people participated in this poll.
Here are the results and our analysis.
Question: Have
the September 11 terrorist acts affected your MBA application
decision?
MBA
Applications Rose Dramatically
Believe it
or not, there was concern immediately following September
11 about the impact of the terrorist attacks on business
school applications. However, in hindsight, we now know
that MBA applications rose dramatically in the fall
of 2001. If anything, the terrorist attacks convinced
more people to apply as there has been a historical
inverse relationship between the economy's health and
the number of business school applicants.
While there
was a slight drop in the number of international applicants
from certain countries due to visa and other immigration
concerns, those numbers were more than cancelled out
by the large increase in domestic applicants.
Here are 3 quick examples of schools that
reported significant increases in enrollments in the
fall of 2001:
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Duke:
First-round applications were up three fold from
last year. Over 1,000 applications were received
by November 1. Granted the first round deadline
last year (fall 2000) was in early October, but
Duke still only has an enrollment of 341 students!
- Columbia: Reports its first-round
business school applications are up 70% over last
year.
- UCLA: Received 1,400 applications
-- a 90% increase -- through November 12 for an entering
class of only 330 students.
We update
our poll periodically and we will continue to archive
the results of the previous polls so you can see how
other business school applicants voted on those topics
as well.
Do you have
an idea for a poll topic or any comments on our analysis?
Please email us at
mba@admissionsconsultants.com
with your thoughts.
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