2000 Rank:    8 1998 Rank:    8 1996 Rank:    18		Grads say they'll urge friends to apply, citing school's responsiveness to adults. Career services gain steam as recruiters notice grad skills.		CORNELL INSIDER CONTENT Admissions Q&A Admission Interview Tips Sample Application Essays School Tour CORNELL PROFILES Full-time '04 | '03 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 EMBA '03 | '01 Exec ed '03 | '01 CORNELL INFO Admissions Q&A '06 | '03 | '02 | '99 | '97 Placement Q&A '06 | '03 | '00 | '99 Financial Aid Q&A '01 | '99 | Video Views Dean Robert Swieringa | B-School Roundtable | Prof. Stuart Hart | Dean Bob Swieringa - 2006 B-School Calendar Search for articles about Cornell CORNELL RANKINGS Full-time MBA rank: 2004:   7     1994:   15     2002:   11     1992:   14     2000:   8     1990:   16     1998:   8     1988:   5     1996:   18     BW ranking history EMBA rank: 2003:   14     1997:   --     2001:   --     1993:   --     1999:   --     Exec Ed rank: 2003:   --     1997:   20     2001:   --     1993:   --     1999:   --     1991:   17

* Business Week uses the Graduate Management Admission Council's standards for reporting data.

** Underrepresented minority students are defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American. They do not include Asian Americans.

Recruitment * Estimated percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who took a job at a company with fewer than 100 employees 6% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 94% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 121 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 150 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 2.3

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. PriceWaterhouseCoopers 13 6. American Express 7 2. Salomon Smith Barney 9 7. Andersen Consulting 6 3. Bain & Company 8 8. McKinsey & Company 6 4. Hewlett-Packard 8 9. Warburg Dillon Read 6 5. Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath 8 10. Deloitte & Touche Consulting 5

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $85,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $87,700 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $20,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $21,700 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 94% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 87%

Students Report Median total investment $154,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $85,000 Median MBA loans $31,000 Median signing bonus $20,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $20,000 Average number of business plans written 2

* The information presented in this section was collected using the MBA Career Services Council's Standards for Reporting MBA Employment Statistics

Basic Information Institution is Private Core MBA curriculum last revised in 1998 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $140,000,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Investment Banking Immersion Brand Management Immersion Managerial Finance Immersion Semester in Manufacturing Immersion E-business Immersion

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Brand Management Immersion Investment Banking Immersion Managerial Finance Immersion Semester in Manufacturing Immersion (1995) E-business Intensive (2000) Immersion (2001)

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives Bhaskaran Swaminathan Charles Lee Financial Statement Analysis Judgement & Negotiations

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 25% Case study 40% Other 35% Grading system Letter grades Describe other Discussions, projects,etc Average number of students in core class 80 Average number of students in elective class 35 Mandatory study trip abroad? No Exchange programs or campuses abroad? N/A Accelerated MBA program? N/A Distance learning degree program? No

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 51 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 8 Number of tenured professors 26 Percent of tenured professors who are female 12% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 4% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 12%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $6,700,000 Changes made over the past three years In 1998 Cornell's Johnson School moved into a competely reconstructed building with state-of-the-art technology. In addition to wireless networking, students have access to over 1,000 dataports, and the Parker Center for Investment Research (which replicates a Wall Street trading floor).

Tuition and Fees Resident $27,600 Nonresident $27,600 Room & board $7,650 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $39,975

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Nov. 15, 2000 International Nov. 15, 2000 Domestic Jan. 15, 2000 Domestic Dec. 15, 2000 International Dec. 15, 2000 International Jan. 15, 2000 Domestic Jan. 15, 200 International Jan. 15, 2000 Domestic Mar. 15, 2000 International Mar. 15, 2000         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   No

Dean		Robert J. Swieringa		E-mail address		jsdean@cornell.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Cathy S. Dove		E-mail address		csd3@cornell.edu
Director of Admissions		Natalie Grinblatt		E-mail address		mba@cornell.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		John Nozell		E-mail address		jgsmalum@cornell.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Ann Richards		E-mail address		js_aid@cornell.edu
Director of Career Services		John Nozell		E-mail address		jscso@cornell.edu

Living MBA alumni

9,612

Alumni clubs

28

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

Percent of living alumni who gave to the school's fund-raising efforts in 1999-2000

24%

Median gift

$310

Average gift

$4,850

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Cathy S. Dove Title Associate Dean, MBA Program & Administrations