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The GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) is a computer-adaptive standardized test in mathematics and the English language for measuring aptitude to succeed academically in graduate business studies. Business schools commonly use the test as one of many selection criteria for admission into an MBA program. Starting in 2009, many business ...
Nellie Gaynor, an MBA and graduate admissions consultant and former admissions associate director at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, predicts a competitive year for MBA ...
The Wharton School (/ ˈ hw ɔːr t ən / WHOR-tən) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia.Established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton, a co-founder of Bethlehem Steel, the Wharton School is the world's oldest collegiate business school.
Need-blind admission in the United States refers to a college admission policy that does not take into account an applicant's financial status when deciding whether to accept them. This approach typically results in a higher percentage of accepted students who require financial assistance and requires the institution to have a substantial ...
The Wharton School’s Class of 2024 Profile shows applications way down, but strong showings in GMAT scores and gender parity. File photo Applications for Wharton’s full-time MBA program ...
The increased flexibility Wharton allowed, along with the retention of its third application deadline, helped the school gain a 21% rise in candidates seeking admission.
In 2013, an independent research study evaluated student performance at three full-time MBA programs and reported that the GMAT total score had a 0.29 statistical correlation with the first-year GPA (Grade Point Average) of the MBA programs while undergraduate GPA had a 0.35 correlation, suggesting that undergraduate performance was a stronger ...
[6] A second source confirms that post-secondary grade point average is the "most important factor for transfer admission." [10] Other factors entering into transfer evaluations may include high school grade point average (56% of colleges consider this), recommendations and quality of current college or university programs (48%), essays or ...