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B-Schoolers Bike the Bridge
Erica Furfaro, Alexandar Karlan, and Stefan Jeschonnek were among the 100 first-year MBA students who biked across the Golden Gate Bridge in one of several mid-September social events planned so new students could get acquainted before the fall quarter started.
For the Record
MBA Class of 2011 Profile
| General | |
|---|---|
| Total Applications | 7,356 |
| New Students |
385 |
Women |
34% |
International (includes Permanent Residents) |
33% |
US Minority |
21% |
| Advanced Degree Holders | 15% |
| Years of Work Experience | |
| Range | 0-21 |
| Median | 4 |
| School/Geographic Representation | |
| US Institutions | 85 |
| Non-US Institutions | 66 |
| Countries (including the US) | 53 |
| Undergraduate Majors | |
| Humanities/Social Sciences | 47% |
| Engineering/Math/Natural Sciences | 36% |
| Business | 17% |
| Top 5 Previous Industry Experience | |
| Investment Management 1 | 30% |
| Consumer Products (manufacturing & services) | 26% |
| Consulting | 20% |
| Nonprofit/Government | 9% |
| High tech (manufacturing & services) | 6% |
1Investment Banking, Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Venture Capital. Source: MBA Admissions Office as of October 2009 |
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