Christina Griffith
Real Humans of the UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA Class of 2024
Meet some new members of the MBA Class of 2024 at UNC Kenan-Flagler in this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students. Kenan-Flagler welcomed 242 students to the full-time MBA Class of 2024. Thirty-eight percent are women and 35 percent are international. Twenty-three percent identify as U.S. minorities and 15 percent as U.S. underrepresented minorities. During their undergraduate years, the class earned an average GPA of 3.43 at U.S. schools. They averaged an age of 28 and five years of work experience upon matriculating at Kenan-Flagler. Nine percent have a background in the military, while 69 percent have a non-business background.... Read more »
Real Humans of Vanderbilt Owen’s MBA Class of 2024
This edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series takes us to Nashville to meet some new members of the Vanderbilt Owen MBA Class of 2024. Vanderbilt Owen welcomed 147 new students in the fall of 2022. Twenty-nine percent are women and 31 percent are international, which includes foreign nationals, dual citizens and U.S. permanent residents. A fifth of the new class identify as a U.S. minority. During their undergraduate years, Owen MBAs earned an average 3.43 GPA. Their average GMAT score landed at 690 and the median at 700. The middle 80 percent of scores ranged from 650 to... Read more »
Real Humans of the OSU Fisher MBA Class of 2024
It’s time to head to The Ohio State and meet some new members of the Fisher College of Business MBA Class of 2024 in this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students. Fifty-six new MBA students joined Fisher in the Fall of 2022. Thirty-two percent of the new class are women and 43 percent are international. Nine percent identify as a member of a domestic minority group. During their undergraduate years, 41 percent pursued undergraduate degrees in business. Another 23 percent had studied arts and sciences, and 20 percent studied social sciences. Sixteen percent had majored in engineering. Their average GPA... Read more »
Real Humans of the Cambridge Judge MBA Class of 2023
In this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series, we head to Cambridge University’s Judge Business School in England to meet some new members of the Class of 2023. 210 students matriculated at the one-year MBA program for the Class of 2023. Forty-seven percent are women and the class represents 46 different nationalities. During their undergraduate years, 34 percent had majored in business/accounting/finance. A quarter had studied engineering and 13 percent had studied other STEM disciplines. Fourteen percent earned degrees in economics followed by nine percent in social sciences. Five percent came from the arts. New Judge MBAs averaged... Read more »
Real Humans of the Rice Business MBA Class of 2024
For this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series, we meet some new members of Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business MBA Class of 2024. 160 students matriculated into the Rice Business MBA program in the fall of 2022. Thirty-nine percent are women and 42 percent are international, representing 21 countries. Sixty-one percent identify as U.S. minorities and 35 percent identify as U.S. underrepresented minorities. During their undergraduate years, Rice Business MBA students had an average GPA of 3.43. Fifty-three percent had majored in a STEM discipline. Forty percent pursued degrees in business/economics and seven percent in humanities/other.... Read more »
Real Humans of Carnegie Mellon Tepper MBA Class of 2024
The Carnegie Mellon Tepper MBA Class of 2024 has a lot to share in this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series. 192 students matriculated at Tepper this fall for the full-time MBA Class of 2024. Thirty-one percent are women and 56 percent are international. Seventeen percent of the class identify as underrepresented minorities. Located in Pittsburgh, PA, the Tepper School is the birthplace of the data-informed and emotionally intelligent approach to business: The Intelligent Future. The school offers a STEM-certified MBA program in four formats: Full-Time, Part-Time Online Hybrid, Part-Time Flex, and Part-Time Accelerated. Professors employ lectures, business... Read more »
Real Humans of Rochester Simon’s MBA Class of 2024
We head to upstate New York for this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students to meet some new members of the Class of 2024 at the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School. The new class numbers 112 students. Forty-three percent are women and 46 percent are international. Thirty-five percent of U.S. students identify as African America, Black, Hispanic American or Native American. The middle 80 percent of GPAs during their undergraduate years ranged from 2.9 to 3.9. When it came time to take the GMAT, the middle 80 percent of Simon MBAs’ scores landed between 610 and 720. For those... Read more »
Real Humans of the London Business School MBA Class of 2024
This edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series introduces some new members of the London Business School MBA Class of 2024. The six students profiled here matriculated along with 503 other MBA candidates, who altogether represent 74 different nationalities. Seventeen percent of the new MBA class came from Central/South America. Fifteen percent each represent Europe, North America, South Asia or South East/East Asia. Nine percent came from within the United Kingdom followed by seven percent from the Middle East. Four percent represent Australasia and three percent Africa. Thirty-seven percent of the new LBS class are women. Before matriculation, LBS MBAs... Read more »
Real Humans of MBA Students: Esade MBA Class of 2024
In this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series, we head to Barcelona to meet some new members of the MBA Class of 2024 at Esade. 184 students matriculated in the fall of 2022 at an average age of 30. As a flexible program, students can decide to complete the MBA in 12, 15, or 18 months (most choose the longer one). Thirty-two percent of the new class are women while 97 percent are international. The new Esade MBA Class of 2024 represents 41 nationalities. During their undergraduate years, 46 percent of Esade MBAs earned degrees in economics and... Read more »
Real Humans of Emory Goizueta’s MBA Class of 2024
We head to Atlanta, Georgia, for this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students to meet some new members of the MBA Class of 2024 at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. The Emory MBA Class of 2024 is comprised of 110-150 students. Half of the class are international and a third are women. Thirteen percent of the class identify as African American, Hispanic / Latinx, or Native American / Alaskan. New Emory MBA students averaged 5.6 years of work experience upon matriculating. The middle 80 percent of their GMAT scores ranged from 640 to 740. The smaller class size lends itself... Read more »
Real Humans of the Chicago Booth MBA Class of 2024
This edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series introduces some new members of the Chicago Booth MBA Class of 2024. The five students profiled here matriculated along with 616 other MBA candidates out of 4,352 applicants. Forty percent of the new class are women and 37 percent are international, representing 57 countries. Based on Federal reporting guidelines, 30 percent of U.S. students and permanent residents in the class identify as Asian American, four percent as Black/African American, 10 percent as Hispanic/Latinx, and four percent as multi-race. During their undergraduate years, the new crop of candidates averaged a GPA of... Read more »
Real Humans of Indiana Kelley’s MBA Class of 2024
Get to know some new members of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business MBA Class of 2024 in this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series. 125 students comprise the new Kelley class in Bloomington, Indiana. Twenty-six percent of the new class are women and 45 percent are international students. Seventeen percent of the new class identify as U.S. minorities. During their undergraduate years, Kelley MBA students earned an average 3.38 GPA. Thirty-seven percent of students pursued a degree in business administration before joining the MBA program. Thirty-six percent had majored in science or engineering. Twenty-one percent had studied humanities or... Read more »
Real Humans of the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2024
Find out what it’s like to be a member of the Harvard Business School MBA student community in this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series. The Harvard MBA Class of 2024 is comprised of 1,010 students, a class size larger than usual due to deferrals related to Covid. Women make up 46 percent of the class and 38 percent are international. HBS shares the racial and ethnic identities of its domestic students in two ways. Federal reporting guidelines allow each individual student to be represented in a single race or ethnic group, whereas HBS also employs multidimensional reporting, allowing... Read more »
Real Humans of the CBS MBA Class of 2024
Get to know some new members of the Columbia Business School (CBS) MBA Class of 2024 in this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series. 844 students comprise the new CBS class in Manhattanville, with 629 starting in August and 215 beginning in January. Forty-four percent of the new class are women and 51 percent are international students. CBS reports minority representation using both federal guidelines and multi-dimensional reporting guidelines. Under federal guidelines, students who identify, for example, as Hispanic and any other race are represented as Hispanic only, and students who identify as more than one race are... Read more »
Real Humans of the Duke Fuqua MBA Class of 2024
It’s time to meet some Daytime MBA students at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series. 399 students matriculated for the Duke Fuqua MBA Class of 2024. They hailed from 33 states and 55 countries to pursue their graduate management education in Durham, North Carolina. Nearly half of the class, 48 percent, are women. International citizens, including dual citizens, make up 52 percent of the latest class. U.S. Minority students, identified as African American or Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian American, Hispanic American or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Pacific... Read more »
Real Humans of the Michigan Ross MBA Class of 2024
We are excited to kick off Real Humans: MBA Students with the Michigan Ross MBA Class of 2024. In this annual series, new MBA students provide firsthand insights into the academic and student life at their leading business schools. Michigan Ross welcomed 380 students to the Class of 2024. Forty-two percent of the new group are women and 36 percent are international. Forty-two percent identify as U.S. students of color. During their undergraduate years, the Ross MBA Class of 2024 averaged a GPA of 3.5. Thirty-eight percent had majored in business, 40 percent in STEM and 22 percent in humanities.... Read more »
LBS 2021 MBA Employment Report: “Demand for Talent Transcends Borders”
The 2021 MBA Employment Report from London Business School demonstrates that international demand for LBS graduates remains strong despite challenges that span borders and industries. “The last year has been one of the toughest on record for business school graduates and we are proud that, despite these challenges, our students shone across the board,” wrote Zoe McLoughlin, the head of the LBS Career Centre, in the school’s report. “I am confident that, having dealt with so much uncertainty over the last 12 months and overcoming every challenge with such collaborative spirit, this group of students are more than prepared to... Read more »
Resiliency and Momentum Are the Themes of the 2021 Texas McCombs MBA Employment Report
The employment report for the MBA Class of 2021 at the Texas McCombs School of Business shows a successful post-pandemic year. In 2020, 88% of graduates seeking employment received a job offer three months after graduation, and 85.6% had accepted. This year, those numbers jumped to 94.3% receiving offers and 93% accepting at the three-month post-graduation mark. The median salary for the class is $130,000, up from $125,000 last year. “Thanks to the support of our extensive employer and alumni network, our world-class faculty, industry experts, and our talented career consultants, we had a strong performance in our employment outcomes for... Read more »
INSEAD’s Limitless Campaign Celebrates Alumnae for International Women’s Day
Today, March 8th, is International Women’s Day. Officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, this annual celebration is an opportunity to educate the public and mobilize political will and resources toward addressing women’s issues worldwide. On International Women’s Day, we recognize women’s achievements, honor the growing women’s movement, and support women’s rights and equity in political and economic spheres. INSEAD’s Limitless campaign celebrates women whose strength and determination have driven them to innovate. For 2022, the campaign theme is #BreakTheBias, raising awareness and taking action for equality. These six INSEAD alumnae are leaders in their industries, each with stories of... Read more »
USC Marshall 2021 MBA Employment Report: MBAs Successfully Compete in an Evolving Job Market
See the USC Marshall MBA employment report for the Class of 2022 here. The University of Southern California Marshall School of Business 2021 MBA employment report reveals that more than 94% of its MBAs reported employment within three months of graduation. The median base salary remained unchanged from last year, coming in at $130,000. The average base salary for the Marshall MBA Class of 2021 is $130,976 and average signing bonuses landed at $29,473. A majority of careers were school-facilitated, with 63% reporting they received their job placement through a campus recruiting program, resume pool, job posting, on-campus interviews, or through... Read more »
