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Admissions Director Q&A: Carlson School of Management’s Linh Gilles
Last month as part of our Real Humans of MBA Admissions Series, we introduced the Clear Admit audience to Linh Gilles, director of admissions and recruiting at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. Today, we’re pleased to shed even more light on the admissions process she oversees with... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Cristina Sassot of Barcelona’s ESADE
Last week, we learned a little about Cristina Sassot the person as part of our Real Humans of MBA Admissions Series. Among other things, she tries to steer clear of caffeine, has been known to say she’d be in more than one place at the same time, and is a... Read more »
Real Humans of MBA Admissions: Carlson School of Management’s Linh Gilles
Earlier this month, we had the pleasure of getting to know Linh Gilles, director of admissions and recruiting at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. She’s been in admissions at Carlson for the past decade and in the director’s role since 2012, but she also knows the school... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: OSU Fisher’s Alison Merzel
Last week we shared the lighter side of Alison Merzel in our Real Humans of MBA Admissions series. This week, we’ve asked her some more serious questions about the admissions process at the Ohio State University (OSU) Fisher College of Business. Merzel is senior director of graduate recruiting, admissions and... Read more »
Real Humans of MBA Admissions: Alison Merzel of OSU’s Fisher College of Business
Returning to our popular series after a brief hiatus, we are pleased today to share a little about the real human who helps lead MBA admissions at the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business. Alison Merzel is senior director of graduate recruiting, admissions and financial aid at Fisher, a... Read more »
Inside the Revamped Ross Admissions Process
As you navigate the MBA application process, do you ever feel like the websites, brochures and talking points for top MBA programs have blended together? Indeed, it has become more important than ever for schools to rely on innovative ways to differentiate themselves. At the Stephen M. Ross School of... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Vanderbilt Owen’s Christie St-John
Following up on our recent Real Humans of MBA Admissions piece with Christie St-John of Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management, we are delighted this week to feature a more in-depth interview with her about the admissions process she oversees. St-John describes her career as “zig-zaggy,” referring to the... Read more »
Real Humans of MBA Admissions: UC Berkeley Haas’s Morgan Bernstein
Morgan Bernstein is currently in her first year as executive director leading the full-time MBA admission team at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, having taken over last March for Stephanie Fujii, who held the role for four years before that. “I’m excited about growing my team, learning, figuring out... Read more »
Real Humans of MBA Admissions: UC Berkeley Haas’s Peter Johnson
We are looking forward to connecting soon with Morgan Bernstein, current admissions director at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. In the meantime, we’re delighted to have caught up with Peter Johnson, who formerly held Bernstein’s role and has recently returned to Haas as assistant dean, full-time MBA program and admissions.... Read more »
Real Humans of MBA Admissions: Columbia Business School’s Michael Robinson
After a brief hiatus we are delighted to resume our Real Humans of MBA Admissions series this week with an interview with Michael Robinson, director of MBA admissions at Columbia Business School (CBS). A 2001 CBS alumus himself, Robinson returned to work in admissions at the school in 2002, after... Read more »
Featured Schools
Yale School of Management
| CLASS SIZE | 334 |
| FEMALE | 43% |
| MEAN GMAT | 730 |
| MEAN GPA | 3.65 |
Tuck School of Business - Dartmouth College
| CLASS SIZE | 285 |
| FEMALE | 44% |
| MEAN GMAT | 717 |
| MEAN GPA | 3.5 |
Cox School of Business – SMU
| CLASS SIZE | 115 |
| FEMALE | 35% |
| MEAN GMAT | 661 |
| MEAN GPA | 3.31 |
Fisher College of Business - The Ohio State University
| Class Size | 92 |
| Female | 27% |
| Mean GMAT | 671 |
| Mean GPA | 3.52 |
The Paul Merage School of Business - University of California, Irvine
| Class Size | 81 |
| FEMALE | 30% |
| Mean GMAT | 652 |
| Mean GPA | 3.38 |
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