The incoming full-time MBA Class of 2019 at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business has to its credit the highest average GMAT score of 716.
It is also the most diverse with a high representation of women, military veterans and also academics.
The 422 member class has a representation of women at 43%, Minorities at 23% and International students at 34%. Those enrolled with GRE scores are at 20%.
The average GMAT score of 716 is eight points higher than the previous record set last year. The Middle 80% GMAT scores are 670–760.
The incoming class boasts of the largest ever group of military veterans and a 15-year high in the number of under-represented minorities.
The average GMAT score of 716 is eight points higher than the previous record set last year. The Middle 80% GMAT scores are 670–760.
More than a third of the class is international, representing 45 countries across the world.
As far as industry background is concerned, 19% are from Finance, 15% Other, 13% Consulting, 10% Military/Government, 8% each in Technology, Healthcare and Education/Non-Profit, 7% Engineering/Manufacturing, 5% Consumer Goods, 4% Retail and 3% Energy.
In academic studies, one-third possesses business degrees, another third STEM degrees, and the remaining one-third has humanities degrees. In undergraduate majors, 36% had Economics/Business while 32% each were from STEM and Humanities.
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The class also has participants who had served as CIA economic analyst, New York Times project manager, Aerospace and space-mission engineer at NASA, Energy and environment analyst in the Obama Administration, Major in the Indian Army and a Humanitarian Director for a relief organization in South Sudan.
Among the students are also those who have performed opera at the Vatican and worked for the United Nations Foundation. One participant had raised $30,000 to open a student-run men’s shelter and a 15-bed shelter for LGBTQ kids while he was a student at Pennsylvania University that is now completing its sixth year.
Another one has worked directly with Sheryl Sandberg on a project for Lean In. There are others who have established Taiwan’s first major corporate LGBT group, attended Peru’s most prestigious engineering university at age 14, performed improv at Second City, competed nationally in chess, served in the Peace Corps in Ecuador and an Army Officer that currently runs a non-profit supporting Gold Star families.(Image Source:wikipedia.org)
