Wake Forest University
Babcock Graduate School of Management
2000 Full-Time MBA Profile | Student Comments
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2000-2001 Student Profile*
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Total enrollment
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654
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Full-time students
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221
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Increase in full-time students
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N/A
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Part-time students
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433
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Female students in class
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23%
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Females in applicant pool
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N/A
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Female applicants accepted
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49%
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Non-U.S. (out-of-country) students
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23%
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Non-U.S. (out-of-country) applicants
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47%
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Non-U.S. (out-of-country) applicants accepted
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40%
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Underrepresented minority students**
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9%
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Underrepresented minority applicants
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5%
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Underrepresented minority applicants accepted
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62%
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Applicants accepted [selectivity]
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51%
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Admitted applicants who enrolled [yield]
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49%
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Number of applicants
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455
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GMAT scores
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Average
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645
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Range (middle 80%)
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580
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to
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710
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Work experience [months]
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Average
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49
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Range (middle 80%)
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12
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to
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97
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Student age [years]
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Average
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27
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Range (middle 80%)
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21
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to
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39
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* 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.
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Estimated percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who took a job at a company with fewer than 100 employees
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27%
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Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation
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91%
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Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships
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37
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Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
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53
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Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment]
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3
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Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires
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Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired
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1.
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First Union
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6
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6.
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American Express
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2
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2.
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Wachovia
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5
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7.
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Deloitte & Touche
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2
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3.
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Bank of America
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2
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8.
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Daleen Technologies
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2
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4.
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Johnson & Johnson
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2
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9.
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Daymon
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2
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5.
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Nabisco
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2
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10.
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Capital One
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2
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Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads
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Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000
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$70,000
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Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000
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$70,000
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Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000
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$10,000
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Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000
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$12,000
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Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information
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96%
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Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus
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67%
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Median total investment
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$119,000
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Median post-MBA starting salary
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$72,000
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Median MBA loans
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$18,000
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Median signing bonus
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$7,000
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Number of job offers by graduation
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2.5
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Median other compensation
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$10,000
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Average number of business plans written
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3
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* The information presented in this section was collected using the MBA Career Services Council's Standards for Reporting MBA Employment Statistics
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Institution is
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Private
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Core MBA curriculum last revised in
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1998
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Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000
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$50,786,196
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Laptop computer requirement
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N/A
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Accelerated MBA program offered
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N/A
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E-learning program
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No
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School Concentrations / Specializations
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Consulting/General Management
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Entrepreneurship
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Corporate Finance/Treasury
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Investment Banking
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Finance
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Marketing
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Operations
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Information Technology Management & E-business
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Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years
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Entrepreneurship
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Information Technology Management & E-business
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Most Popular Professors
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Most Popular Electives
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A. Patel
R. Baliga
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Strategy Games
International Marketing
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Teaching Methods
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Lecture
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25%
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Case study
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50%
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Other
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25%
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Grading system
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9.0 scale
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Describe other
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Problem-solving role play
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Average number of students in core class
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38
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Average number of students in elective class
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26
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Mandatory study trip abroad?
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No
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Exchange programs or campuses abroad?
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Yes
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Accelerated MBA program?
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N/A
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Distance-learning degree program?
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No
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Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year
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41
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Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year
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6
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Number of tenured professors
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25
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Percent of tenured professors who are female
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4%
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Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities
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0%
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Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience
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13%
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Amount school invested over the past three years
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$2,500,000
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Changes made over the past three years
The school overhauled its entire audio/visual system, including laptops for hearing-impaired students. It also established a financial information center for real-time access to financial data. All classrooms and study rooms are networked.
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Resident
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$22,225
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Nonresident
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$22,225
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Room & board
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$5,600
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Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state]
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$34,725
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Application Deadlines for Class of 2003
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| Admissions |
Financial Aid |
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Apr. 1, 2001 |
International |
Mar. 15, 2001 |
Domestic |
Mar. 1, 2001 |
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International |
Mar. 1, 2001 |
Does the school offer rolling admissions? Yes
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Living MBA alumni
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4,064
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Alumni clubs
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10
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Placement Services for Alumni?
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No
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Percent of living alumni who gave to the school's fund-raising efforts in 1999-2000
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31%
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Median gift
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N/A
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Average gift
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$655
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The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by:
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Name
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Patricia Divine
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Title
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Assistant Dean, External Relations
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