MIT Sloan | Ms. Engineering + Extracurriculars
GMAT 695, GPA 3.45
Harvard | Ms. Impact Consultant
GRE 304 ( diagnostic test from ets) , GPA 7.41/10
Kellogg SOM | Mr. Fertilizer Financier
GMAT 735 GMAT Focus, GPA 3.85
Harvard | Ms. Indian Engineer
GMAT 760, GPA 3.5
Wharton | Mr. Private Equity
GMAT 730, GPA 3.2
HEC Paris | Ms. M&A Lawyer
GMAT 700, GPA 3.5
Stanford GSB | Ms. UK In the USA
GMAT 720, GPA 1st class (UK scoring)
Kenan-Flagler | Mr. Do I Have A Shot?
GMAT EA: 151, GPA 3.1
Chicago Booth | Ms. Tech4Good
GMAT 760, GPA 3.76
Columbia | Mr. Underdog
GMAT 695 GMAT Focus (750 Legacy GMAT equivalent), GPA 2.85
McCombs School of Business | Mr. Big Pharma
GRE N/A, GPA 3.1
Kenan-Flagler | Mr. Non-Traditional Undergrad
GMAT 660, GPA 2.9
Kellogg SOM | Ms. Talent Acquisition
GRE 316, GPA 3.6
Ross | Mr. Tax Accountant
GMAT N/A, GPA 3.3
Tuck | Mr. Nothing Is Perma
GMAT 760, GPA 7/10

The New B-School Arms Race for the Best & Brightest

by: John A. Byrne on December 07, 2011 | 33,996 Views

The MBA Scholarship Game: What Leading Schools Give To Students in Fellowships

School 2011

Average Scholarship

 2005

Average Scholarship

 % Change
USC (Marshall) $35,490 $23,000 54.3%
UNC (Chapel Hill) $31,565 $17,274 82.7%
Harvard Business School $28,410 $11,543 146.1%
Virginia (Darden) $28,343 $14,440 96.3%
Vanderbilt (Owen) $25,402 $13,599 86.8%
MIT (Sloan) $25,230 NA —
Yale $25,000 $10,000 150.0%
Cornell (Johnson) $24,330 $24,000 1.3%
Indiana (Kelley) $24,241 $13,800 75.7%
Michigan (Ross) $23,422 $15,830 47.9%
Dartmouth (Tuck) $23,226 $14,818 56.7%
Emory (Goizueta) $22,514 $20,714 8.7%
Berkeley (Haas) $21,900 $29,499 -27.0%
Stanford GSB $20,892 $12,122 72.3%
Georgetown (McDonough) $19,474 $9,750 99.7%
Texas-Austin (McCombs) $15,325 $9,258 65.5%
Northwestern (Kellogg) $15,325 $7,000 118.9%
UCLA (Anderson) $15,082 $7,180 110.0%
Columbia $10,192 $7,357 38.5%
Chicago (Booth) NA $15,000 NA
UPenn (Wharton) NA $12,332 NA
Duke (Fuqua) NA $13,195 NA
NYU (Stern) NA NA NA
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) NA $9,249 NA

Source: Business schools reporting to Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Average scholarship numbers are for one year.

(See next page for the schools that provide the most financial aid support)

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