Emory Goizueta Business School takes pride in the fact that its student-to-professor ratio is just 6:1 resulting in a close-knit students community and individual attention from the faculty.
However, enrolment went up from 166 to 181 students, despite a lesser number of applications. Average GMAT scores rose from 678 to 683.
According to Dean Brian Mitchell, this was part of the school’s long-term strategy. “This incoming class is special because it is the manifestation of a growth strategy that was implemented five years ago,” he said.
“It is the largest incoming class that we have had in almost a decade, and also the strongest in terms of GMAT/GPA since then. So we are very excited about welcoming them as the latest members of the Goizueta community,” he added.
Explaining the rationale behind smaller classes, Libby Livingston, Director, MBA Admissions, said, “Our small program size continues to be a big draw for students as they look forward to the opportunity to build relationships with our faculty and fellow students,”
Meanwhile, The Class of 2018 comprise students from 16 countries including two Fullbright Scholars from Morocco.
There are also 16 U.S. military veterans representing the Army, Marines and Navy. In addition, eight candidates will pursue a joint degree — six JD/MBAs and two MBA/MPH.
Enrolment went up from 166 to 181 students, despite a lesser number of applications. Average GMAT scores rose from 678 to 683.
The percentage of women, however, dropped from 34% to 24% as also the number of international students from 35% to 32%.
While 37% of the students had majored in Business, 19% of them were from engineering and computer science followed by humanities (13%), economics (13%), social sciences (10%), and math and science (7%).
In work experience, 23% were in finance, followed by consumer marketing and manufacturing (18%) and consulting (13%).
The class also boast of a marathon runner Allyson Boudreaux who has worked for American Express, Darias Damond Holloway, who graduated from West Point and served as Special Forces officer.
Katie Hoppenjans was a former editor at Bridal Guide magazine, Robertson Greenbacker, a marine and scuba diver.
Greenbacker has to his credit, finding a fossilized tooth of a Megalodon, a 70-foot-long prehistoric shark, off the North Carolina coast.
Meanwhile, Emory Dean Brian Mitchell, in a recent interview in the student blog ,The Voice of Goizueta, said he was focusing on “the globalization of Goizueta, in getting the students more opportunities for global experiences and opportunities, getting our faculty research more exposure outside of the US, and getting our brand to spread outside of the US as well.
“We have strategic partnerships that we have been developing with a number of countries that will allow us to continue to globalize in the near future,” he said.
“One recent globalization initiative that we are very proud of is our 1-year program’s summer module, which is in Prague and Munich this year. We implemented this based on previous class feedback, and it has been a great success,” he added.
