Stanford GSB

Website http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/

Reputation Leadership & Entrepreneurship

Mission Shape the Future. Make a Difference

Location 518 Memorial Way, Stanford, CA

Geography Stanford is located in one of the most livable and desirable places in the world:
Northern California. The area’s diverse geography ranges from the sandy beaches of the Pacific
coast to the rugged, snow-capped Sierra Nevada Mountains in the east, both a Mecca for those
who enjoy the outdoors, whether biking, kayaking, or skiing. The Stanford campus, dotted with
swaying palm trees and poppies in the spring, is located between San Jose and San Francisco,
which is about a 45-minute drive away from downtown San Francisco. Anyone who has visited
the city inherently understands how easy it is to leave your heart there.

Facilities Four buildings, including one residence hall. Most of the MBA courses at
Stanford are taught in windowless classrooms in the South Building, constructed in 1966. That
will change in 2011 when a new and impressive GSB campus is completed about 500 yards east
of the current location on Memorial Way. The Knight Management Center, named after Nike
founder and Stanford alum Phil Knight who tossed in $100 million of the $350 million cost, will
bring the business school up to nine world-class buildings. Stanford still will have only one
dorm–The Schwab Residential Center–that houses just 220 of its 766 students.
(http://bit.ly/cKIeqZ)

Program Specialties
Management 2 International 11
Finance 5 Information Systems 9
Entrepreneurship 2 Accounting 7
Marketing 4 Sustainability 3
Manufacturing (product/operations) 5 Non-profit management -
Social Entrepreneurship 3

Program length 21 months

Avg GMAT 726

StanfordGSB class profile GMAT range 680-770
Avg GPA 3.66/4
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Selectivity 6.5%
Enrollment 765
Women Class 390
33% 34% Mean work experience 47 months
Minority
Work experience range 24-68
International
Family http://bit.ly/8XJ0nL
Married
21% Student body http://bit.ly/cZAcOB
 Financial Aid
Applicants, % 74%
Receivers, % 66%
Mean Yearly Aid $48,191
Scholarships basis financial need
Full-tuition scholarship awarded 6
How to apply for scholarship? unique application
Guaranteed loan to all No
nationalities
Mean debt upon graduation $75,442

Undergrad degrees
Humanities 47%
Engineering/Math 36%
Business/Economics 17%

Jobs & Pay data http://bit.ly/6HG6MT Hiring companies http://bit.ly/akK4Zk

MBAs employed:
at commencement 69.1% Student-faculty relations small, tight-knit, and
3 months after commencement 85.4% highly collaborative place. The world's leading
Starting salary & bonus $132,769 innovators, pioneers in life science, private
Median pay & bonus: equity firms, technologists,
Where MBAs go
10 years after $149,000
Consulting 32 % Investment Banking 4% and venture capitalists.
20 years after $206,000
Technology 12% Investment Management 6%
over a full career $3,327,145 Faculty staff161 (50% are
Consumer Products 7% Financial services 3%
Healthcare/Biotech 7% Private equity/LBO 9% members of company boards
Nonprofit/government 4% Hedge Funds 4% of directors or advisors). 12
Media/Entertainment 3% Venture Capital 3% living Nobel laureates, 4
Pulitzer Prize winners.

Program

Core courses http://bit.ly/ty4VX Case Study 40%

Electives 107 Experiential Learning 10%
Other courses Available Lectures 20%
Obviously, teaching methods vary by course. Simulations 10%
“There’s an overemphasis on the theoretical, esoteric, and Team Projects 15%
ephemeral” at Stanford. “The faculty members don’t want to Other 5%
teach, and in many cases, aren’t prepared to teach.” We think
that is a wild exaggeration but you get the point.
The new program puts more critical thinking, leadership development, expanded global content,
and a global experience requirement into the MBA. It also allows students more flexibility in
customizing their coursework to account for their ability level. The program begins with a set of
“management perspectives” courses, including one focused on the global context, followed by a
set of customizable core courses in 11 “management foundation areas.” Each of the 11 areas
offers at least three choices for students based on their background and experience. You can take
the base-level course, an accelerated version of the course for students with a reasonably strong
background in the field, or the advanced-applications option for students with very strong
backgrounds in the subject.

Teaching methods http://bit.ly/9vS832

Visiting leaders http://bit.ly/a5hHbu

Requirements
Applicant’s Intellectual vitality, Demonstrated Leadership potential, Personal qualities and
contribution
For graduation Students are required to complete international experience
Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter grade average
Other:
Successfully complete: 100 units (passing grades), all required courses, and 1
course in each of 11 Mgmt. Foundation areas. Fulfill a Global Experience
Requirement. Enroll for 6 quarters (full-tuition).

Career services Most national and multi-national recruiters come to the Bay Area. So if
you’re aiming for a top MBA job at McKinsey, Bain, BCG, or a position at Amazon, Google, or
Yahoo, the Stanford-punched MBA will easily get you in the door. Stanford's grads have gone
into finance over the years. http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/cmc/

Alumni Stanford boasts the strongest alumni network of any business schools in the
world. With 16,852 living MBA alums, Stanford can claim the deepest concentration of MBAs
in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley–and especially in the technology industry.
http://bit.ly/bWenXw http://alumni.gsb.stanford.edu/

Budgeting
2-year Tuition $106,236 Fellowships http://bit.ly/11t6TJ
Living allowance $30,000-35,000 Study Trips $1500-4000
1-year budget $80,677-100,740 Housing http://bit.ly/bPoZsz

Application fee $265