Chicago Booth Apps Down 3%

WHARTON’S GENERAL MANAGEMENT THRUST PROTECTS IT FROM A FINANCE DOWNTURN

And Wharton, unlike Columbia, has been the beneficiary of an aggressive admissions strategy that has made it the leader among the elite B-schools in female enrollment. Some 42% of this year’s incoming class at Wharton is made up of women, just three percentage points below the Wharton record of 45% a year earlier. That significantly broadens the appeal of the school because women tend to prefer jobs outside of the finance world in consulting and marketing.

The near-20% fall in applications at Columbia pushed its acceptance rate considerably higher than 16%, its rate for the Class of 2013. Though the school has yet to announced this number, the acceptance rate for the class could be 20% or more, something that could impact the school’s future rankings, particularly at U.S. News & World Report which weighs student selectivity in its methodology.

Columbia said that prior to joining the school, new assistant dean for admissions Carlson worked in campus recruiting for McKinsey & Company. She has served on the board of the Forte Foundation and as a member of the Graduate Management Admissions Council’s (GMAC) annual conference advisory committee. Carlson follows former assistant dean of admissions Miller, who is now program director for EMBA-Global Asia, a joint program offered by the University of Hong Kong, London Business School, and Columbia Business School.

Ms. Carlson holds a bachelor’s degree in religion from Princeton University, a master’s degree in organizational psychology from Teachers College at Columbia University, and will soon begin her final semester in the School’s EMBA-Global Asia Program.

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