Stanford GSB Dean Bob Joss and Senior Associate Dean Dan Rudolph (right) competed (and won) against MBA students during "WimbleDean."
"With so many electives, study trips, speaker events, ventures, and clubs, each student's experience at the Stanford GSB is unique. Every day at Stanford I can choose my own "package" of experiences that helps me to achieve my academic and career goals, meet many amazing people, and explore new ideas and interests. The entire
GSB community—my classmates, faculty members, and alumni—has been a tremendous source of inspiration for learning, sharing, self-awareness, and focusing on what matters most to me."
Katya Reuk, MBA 2008
Moscow, Russia
Summer Internship:
Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, CA
Global Strategy and Corporate
Development Group
SIG Capital Partners, China
Class Profile
As a Stanford MBA student, you will quickly move beyond your classmates' names, demographics, and work histories to connect with some of the most fascinating people you will ever meet.
The amazing variety of perspectives, experiences, passions, values, and goals among your classmates guarantees that you will learn tremendously from them.
At the Stanford GSB, "diversity" means this incredible range of individual perspectives that gives our program its unique personality.
MBA CLASS OF 2009 |
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|---|---|
| Total Applications New Students Women International (includes Permanent Residents) U.S. Minority |
5,741 362 38% 34% 23% |
| Years of Work Experience | |
| Range Median |
0-12 3.9 |
| Previous Industry Experience (Top 5 Sectors) | |
| Consumer Products (Manufacturing & Services) Investment Management* Consulting Non-Profit/Government High Tech (Services & Manufacturing) |
34% 22% 17% 10% 9% |
| GMAT Scores | |
| Range Median |
570-790 730 |
| TOEFL Scores | |
| Range Median |
260-300 283 |
| Education | |
| Undergraduate Majors Humanities/Social Sciences Engineering/Mathematics/Natural Sciences Business Advanced Degree Holders |
46% 35% 19% 11% |
| Schools & Countries | |
| U.S. Institutions Non-U.S. Institutions Countries (including U.S.) |
79 77 54 |
* Includes investment banking, hedge funds, private equity, venture capital
MBA CLASS OF 2008 |
|
|---|---|
| Total Applications New Students Women International (includes Permanent Residents) U.S. Minority |
4,868 379 32% 37% 17% |
| Years of Work Experience | |
| Range Median |
0-11 4 |
| Previous Industry Experience (Top 5 Sectors) | |
| Consumer Products (Manufacturing & Services) Investment Management* Consulting High Tech (Services & Manufacturing) Non-Profit/Government |
25% 21% 19% 11% 8% |
| GMAT Scores | |
| Range Median |
530-800 720 |
| TOEFL Scores | |
| Range Median |
253-300 283 |
| Education | |
| Undergraduate Majors Humanities/Social Sciences Engineering/Mathematics/Natural Sciences Business Advanced Degree Holders |
43% 36% 21% 16% |
| Schools & Countries | |
| U.S. Institutions Non-U.S. Institutions Countries (including U.S.) |
84 78 48 |
* Includes investment banking, hedge funds, private equity, venture capital