Admissions Director Q&A
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Admissions Director Q&A: Shelly Heinrich of Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
The associate dean of MBA admissions and director of marketing at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, Shelly Heinrich, joins us for this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A. Heinrich leads the MBA Admissions team in both its marketing and operational strategy to build awareness, recruit, yield, and retain the Full-time... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Eddie Asbie of Cornell University’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management
Eddie Asbie, Interim Executive Director of Admissions & Financial Aid at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, has spent the past 16 years of his professional career in higher education, primarily within the admissions field. He has called Ithaca and Johnson home over the last... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Dibyendu Bose of the Indian School of Business
Located in Hyderabad, India, one of the larger urban areas in India, and in Mohali, India, the Indian School of Business offers an accelerated, one-year Post-Graduate Program in Management (PGP). An ISB alumnus and MIT Sloan Fellow, Dibyendu Bose is the Director of Admissions & Financial Aid (AFA) at ISB.... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Luke Peña of the Dartmouth Tuck School of Business
Luke Peña is the Executive Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Luke still vividly remembers the highs and lows of applying to business school 11 years ago. He cares deeply about reducing stress and anxiety for business school applicants, and regularly provides updates... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Benoit Banchereau of HEC Paris
Benoit Banchereau has been working for HEC Paris for 5 years, first as director of marketing and admissions for the MBA program and now as executive director of marketing and admissions for the MBA programs (MBA, EMBA and Trium). He previously worked as marketing, communications and business development director for... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Kirsten Moss of the Stanford Graduate School of Business
If Stanford GSB is on your list of target business schools, be sure to read this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series with the Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, Kirsten Moss. Prior to her current role at Stanford, Kirsten developed tools to assess leadership potential as... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Andrea Flores of IE
In this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series, we visit the leading MBA program at IE University in Madrid, Spain. We hear from Andrea Flores, who is currently Head of Global Admissions & Enrollment for graduate programs of all five schools at IE University, including IE Business School’s MBA... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Anna Farrus of IMD
Located on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, IMD maintains a small class size of about 90 MBA students each year. To talk more about the leading MBA program, Anna Farrus, the Director of MBA Recruitment and Admissions, joins us for this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series.... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Bruce DelMonico of the Yale School of Management
In this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A, Bruce DelMonico, the Assistant Dean for Admissions at the Yale School of Management, joins us to discuss the leading MBA program. He started at Yale SOM, which is based in New Haven, Connecticut, in October 2004 and has led the Admissions Office... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Amber Janke of the University of Washington Foster School of Business
In this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series, we hear from Amber Janke, the Director of Full-time and Evening MBA Admissions at the Foster School of Business, University of Washington. Amber has pursued a career in higher education for the past 15+ years, working with faculty and student affairs... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Cristina Sassot of Esade
We head to Barcelona for this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series. Cristina Sassot is Director of Recruitment & Admissions of the Full Time MBA and Masters of Science in Management at Esade, the first Spanish school to earn the three most prestigious accreditations: AACSB International, EQUIS, and AMBA.... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Emily Thomas of Columbia Business School
Imagine having New York City as your b-school campus—and that being just one of many hallmarks of your MBA experience. Columbia Business School, located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City, may be the place for you. Director of Admissions, Emily Thomas, is here to talk all about... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Bailey McChesney of Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Business
We head to Nashville in this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A, for a deep dive into Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Business. Bailey McChesney began with the Vanderbilt Recruiting and Admissions team in March 2011. She facilitated many of the operational procedures for the department and planned the... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Pasquale Quintero, Jr. of the UMD Smith School of Business
As the Senior Director of the Full-Time MBA and Specialty Master’s Programs, Pasquale Quintero, Jr. leads the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business recruiting and enrollment efforts. He oversees the recruitment team in College Park, and closely collaborates with Maryland Smith’s Global teams. Pasquale has 15 years of higher... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Renee Cherubin of Northwestern Kellogg School of Management
A little north of downtown Chicago in Evanston, Illinois, MBA students enjoy a team-oriented culture and education at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Renee Cherubin, who earned her MBA from Kellogg in 2006, is the Senior Director of Full-Time MBA Admissions for the school. She is an active member... Read more »
Featured Schools
The Paul Merage School of Business - University of California, Irvine
| Class Size | ~90 |
| FEMALE | 50% |
| Mean GMAT | 671 |
| Mean GPA | 3.43 |
Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies
| Class Size | 81 |
| Mean GMAT | 730 |
| % Women | 46% |
| % International | 28% |
