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8/3/2019 Session Prep

1/19

TO FOLLOWYOUR HEART.


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3/19

Learn more about the Stanford GSB
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/


4/19

Official Name:

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Nickname:

The GSB

Founded:

1925

Faculty:

125, including

3 Nobel Laureates

2 John Bates Clark Medal recipients

Dean:

Garth Saloner

AM 81, MS 82, PhD '82

Degree Programs:

Two-year MBA Program, designed

to educate business and social

sector leaders.

Ten-month Stanford Sloan

Masters Program for mid-career

executives.

PhD Program for future academic

researchers and university faculty.

Non-Degree Programs:

Executive Education, Programs

for ongoing professional

development.

Summer Institutes, for college students

and recent graduates, or non-business

graduate students.

Program in Innovation and

Entrepreneurship, 20-week, evening

program.

Research Centers:

Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

Center for Global Business and

Economy

Center for Leadership

Development and Research

Center for Social Innovation

Learn more about the Stanford GSB
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/about/http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/about/


5/19

Learn more about the Stanford MBA Program
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/


6/19

What To Expect Your First Year

Learn more about your first year
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/academics/curriculum_year1.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/academics/curriculum_year1.html


7/19

What To Expect First Year Coursework

AUTUMN QUARTER

Perspectives

WINTER AND SPRING QUARTERS

Analytic Foundations

General Foundations

Learn more about your first year
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/academics/year1_detailed-p.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/academics/year1_detailed-p.html


8/19

What To Expect Your Second Year

Learn more about your second year
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/academics/curriculum_year2.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/academics/curriculum_year2.html


9/19

Learn more about life at Stanford
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/life_at_stanford/http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/life_at_stanford/http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/life_at_stanford/


10/19

Career Services

Learn more about career opportunities
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/career_opportunities/positions_compensation.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/career_opportunities/positions_compensation.html


11/19

Alumni

Learn more about the alumni community
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/alumni_community/http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/alumni_community/http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/alumni_community/http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/alumni_community/


12/19

Learn more about admission criteria
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/admission_criteria.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/admission_criteria.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/admission_criteria.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/admission_criteria.html


13/19

We look primarily at three areas:

Learn more about admission criteria

INTELLECTUAL VITALITYPERSONAL QUALITIESAND CONTRIBUTIONS

DEMONSTRATEDLEADERSHIP POTENTIAL
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/admission_criteria.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/admission_criteria.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/admission_criteria.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/admission_criteria.html


14/19

Learn more about application requirements

ACADEMIC RECORD

Scanned copy of

transcript preferred

No preferred majors

No minimum requirements

Report using your schools

grading scale

ACTIVITIES ANDWORK HISTORY

Activities and work

experience not required

May include charitable and

professional experiences from

college onward

No preferred industries,

functions, or activities

TEST RESULTS

No minimum score for GMAT/GRE

Must be taken by rounds deadline

GRE taken after 1 August

2011 may not apply in

Round 1

Minimum TOEFL 100 (i) 250 (c)

600 (p); IELTS 7; PTE 68 Waived for degrees with

English instruction
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/application_requirements.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/application_requirements.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/application_requirements.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/application_requirements.html


15/19

Learn more about application requirements

LETTERS OF REFERENCE

Two professional / workplace

One peer

Trust your instincts in

picking recommenders

INTERVIEWS

By invitation only; interviews occur

through entire review cycle

45-minute behavioral-event

interviews

Nearly all conducted

by alumni

PERSONAL ESSAYS

The person behind

the achievements

Values, motivations,

aspirations, experiences

1,800 word limit to allocate

among your responses
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/application_requirements.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/application_requirements.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/application_requirements.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/application_requirements.html


16/19

You may apply in one of the following rounds to enroll in Autumn 2012.

ROUND 1

Application Deadline

12 OCTOBER 2011

Notification

14 DECEMBER 2011

ROUND 3


04 APRIL 2012

Notification

16 MAY 2012

ROUND 2


11 JANUARY 2012

Notification

28 MARCH 2012

Learn more about the admission process
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admissionhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admissionhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admissionhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission


17/19

Tuition and Financial Aid

Admission to the Stanford Graduate School of Business is "need- blind, and all financial aid is need-based.

That means that your personal resources for financing your education are not considered in admission

decisions. After you are admitted, the Financial Aid Office determines your financial need and creates an aid

package that may include loans, fellowships, or a combination, based on a variety of factors. International

students are also eligible for need-based fellowships and loans that do not require a US-cosigner. We are

committed to working with you to meet all of your demonstrated financial need.

Learn more about tuition and expenses

ANNUAL TUITION: $55,200

Over half of students receive

fellowship funds

Over two-thirds borrow to finance

an MBA

POST-GRADUATIONFINANCIAL SUPPORT

Non-Profit/Public Service

Loan Forgiveness

Social Innovation Fellowship

SUMMER INTERNSHIPFINANCIAL SUPPORT

Stanford Management Internship

Fund (SMIF)

Entrepreneurial Summer

Program (ESP)
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/financial_aid/tuition_expenses.htmlhttp://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/financial_aid/tuition_expenses.html


18/19

Our Mission

The mission of the Stanford Graduate School of Business is to create ideas that deepen and advance our

understanding of management and with those ideas to develop innovative, principled, and insightful leaders

who change the world.

Its this spirit that enables GSB students and alumni to

Change lives. Change organizations. Change the world.

We look forward to meeting you.

Learn more about admission events
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission_events/http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission_events/http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission_events/http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission_events/


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