Thanks
Hadamard this is excellent information.
Why do you think you were accepted to Stanford and not Sloan? Especially surprised by that because of the director's comments. Very curious. Did you have a different approach to the app, do you feel the application for Stanford was better suited for your strengths/mission/passions?
Also the most admits are from R2; you recommend R1; are you figuring this because you estimate some round 1 admits were WL and actually admitted in R2?
Have a great year in Palo Alto - make sure to spend time in Monterey, Carmel a bit south....Central California is amazing.
Congrats!
Hadamard wrote:
Hi prospective MSxers,
I am a new admit in MSx 2020 and I thought I will start a thread for you to share some admission statistics from our year:
- Graduating class of 2020 year was the MOST COMPETITIVE year in MSx history. Previous years they received something like 400-450 applications, this year received 500 applications.
- R1 admitted 34 people, R2 admitted 56 people, and R3 admitted 13 people.
- Depending on the yield-rate, MSx class of 2020 might be 90 to 95 students strong. The previous record for class size was 103.
- Director Mike Hochleutner said that he doesn't see MIT SFMBA as a competitor program. Out of 6-10 dual-admit students each year, usually 1 chooses SFMBA while rest choose MSx.
For MSx 2021 prospective students it is clear that applying in R1 is the best strategy. I hope to see some of you during class visits. If you want to learn about our admission journey, please check out the previous year's thread here:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/calling-stan ... l#p2252662Good luck!