Northwestern JD-MBA Class of 2012 Profile
Northwestern recently announced the JD-MBA Class of 2012 profile. (Click here to see the official stats on Northwestern's website) I wanted to take the opportunity to post the profile stats here and also mention a couple of observations I had on the program. I think this will serve as a good introduction, and will lead into profiling some of the individual incoming students in the program.
Admissions Statistics:
1. Applicants - 246
2. Admits - 36
3. Students - 28
4. Average GMAT - 724
5. Median GPA - 3.5
6. Avg. Work Experience - 5 years
7 . Women - 29%
Comments:
- Class size increased this year to 28 students. Historically, the program aim for 24 or 25 students, but this year we ended up with a larger class. I chatted with admissions, and turns out the difference in number is mostly a matter of yield and less a change in admissions strategy.
- Applications also went up dramatically this year, increasing by about 50% to 246. It will be interesting to see if this is a temporary change based on the economy or a permanent one given that JD-MBA programs are continuing to gain momentum. I suspect and hope it's more closely linked to the second, and I personally intend to be a strong advocate for Northwestern's program and hope to see the numbers go up by another 50% over the next few years.
- The median work experience of those accepted is 5 years. While many MBA programs are trending younger in terms of applicants, Kellogg and the JD-MBA are not. There are rarely any folks in the program with less than 3 years experience, and it's much more common to see those with 4 and with 5.
- Our program has 29% women, which is higher than other years for the program, but still a bit lower than our MBA-only counterpart programs, which are usually closer to 33% to 35%. With the 5 years average work experience and no signs of trending downward, I suspect the program is still trying to find a way to get more woman applicants to the program. I also suspect that JD-MBA students across all schools, where average age at entry is varied, still favors the male population.
- Incoming Northwestern JD-MBA students collectively come from more than 20 different schools , of which a very large majority are considered the best programs in the world. This year, Harvard, Dartmouth, and Princeton each have more than one student in the class.
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3 Comments:
Thanks for the profile. I look forward to hearing more. Do the JD/MBAs meet as a group on a regular basis? Was there any sort of session just for JD/MBAs at Orientation? Are you collecting most of your data on your own (such as the job function data you mentioned in a previous post) or are you receiving it from one of the schools?
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@P2P--Sorry for the confusion. These stats are directly from Northwestern. I have revised my post a bit in hopes to be more clear about the data. In terms of your question about the JD/MBA group, the short answer is YES, but I hope to talk a bit about that in a post later this week, so stay tuned.
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