Harvard MBA Class of 2017 Profile & A Drop in Consulting

hbsdreamer

Harvard MBA Class of 2017

ADMISSIONS       
TOTAL MBA ENROLLMENT        937
APPLICATIONS        9,686
% ADMITTED        11%
YIELD        91%

Class Composition
WOMEN        389        42%
US ETHNIC MINORITIES*        260        28%
INTERNATIONAL*        318        34%
AVERAGE AGE        27       

COUNTRIES REPRESENTED  130

DOMESTIC UNIVERSITIES  135       

INT'L UNIVERSITIES        64

GMAT - MIDDLE 80%        700-760       

MEDIAN GMAT     730

AVERAGE GPA**        3.66       

Citizenship
NORTH AMERICA        665        71%
United States        619        66%
ASIA        126        14%
EUROPE        84        9%
CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA        29        3%
AFRICA        14        1%
OCEANIA        19        2%

Educational Background
STEM        339        36%
ECONOMICS/BUSINESS        421        45%
HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCES        177        19%

Pre-MBA Industry
CONSULTING        146        16%
CONSUMER PRODUCTS        55        6%
ENERGY/EXTRACTIVE MINERALS        56        6%
FINANCIAL SERVICES        107        11%
GOV'T, EDUCATION, & NON-PROFIT        79        8%
HEALTH CARE/BIOTECH        67        7%
HIGH TECH/COMMUNICATIONS        129        14%
INDUSTRIAL/HEAVY MANUFACTURING        49        5%
MILITARY        48        5%
OTHER SERVICES        37        4%
VENTURE CAPITAL/PRIVATE EQUITY        164        18%
*Includes U.S. permanent residents

**Based on 696 students whose schools used a 4.0 grading scale

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hbsdreamer

CONSULTING        146        16%
FINANCIAL SERVICES        107        11%

Anyone noticed this trend? Too amazing!

hbsdreamer

I also heard the same trend in Stanford which has shown obvious increases in manufacturing and technology, and a drop in consulting

myice

Yes, wo did notice it.. It is a bad time for consultants

zhangxp2008

擦！！

bloomingdales

mbb consultant路过

babyface15

I also heard the same trend in Stanford which has shown obvious increases in manufacturing and techn ...
hbsdreamer 发表于 2015-11-10 21:35

    Are you a management consultant? Just shake hands. I also applied to HBS but got dinged in R1

babyface15

mbb consultant路过
bloomingdales 发表于 2015-11-10 22:47

hbsdreamer

Are you a management consultant? Just shake hands. I also applied to HBS but got dinged in ...
babyface15 发表于 2015-11-11 10:24

    comfort...I am targeting hbs r2. work hard and fight hard!!

marcox

我觉得hbs这样做是对的，金融和咨询本身就是很虚很浮的行业，多一些industry的，才能体现商学院的价值