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Wake Forest University
Babcock Graduate School of Management
 2000 Full-Time MBA Profile  |  Student Comments
Address: Babcock Graduate School of Management
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
E-Mail: admissions@mba.wfu.edu
Web site: www.mba.wfu.edu
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Admissions
2000-2001 Student Profile*
Total enrollment 654
Full-time students 221 Increase in full-time students N/A Part-time students 433
Female students in class 23% Females in applicant pool N/A Female applicants accepted 49%
Non-U.S. (out-of-country) students 23% Non-U.S. (out-of-country) applicants 47% Non-U.S. (out-of-country) applicants accepted 40%
Underrepresented minority students** 9% Underrepresented minority applicants 5% Underrepresented minority applicants accepted 62%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 51% Admitted applicants who enrolled [yield] 49% Number of applicants 455

Class of 2002 Traits
GMAT scores Average 645 Range (middle 80%) 580 to 710
Work experience [months] Average 49 Range (middle 80%) 12 to 97
Student age [years] Average 27 Range (middle 80%) 21 to 39

* 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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Careers
Recruitment *
Estimated percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who took a job at a company with fewer than 100 employees 27% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 91%
Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 37 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 53
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 3

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires
Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired

1. First Union 6 6. American Express 2
2. Wachovia 5 7. Deloitte & Touche 2
3. Bank of America 2 8. Daleen Technologies 2
4. Johnson & Johnson 2 9. Daymon 2
5. Nabisco 2 10. Capital One 2

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads
Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $70,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $70,000
Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $10,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $12,000
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 96% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 67%

Students Report
Median total investment $119,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $72,000
Median MBA loans $18,000 Median signing bonus $7,000
Number of job offers by graduation 2.5 Median other compensation $10,000
Average number of business plans written 3

* 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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Faculty and Academics
Basic Information
Institution is Private Core MBA curriculum last revised in 1998
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $50,786,196 Laptop computer requirement N/A
Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No


School Concentrations / Specializations
Consulting/General Management Entrepreneurship Corporate Finance/Treasury
Investment Banking Finance Marketing
Operations Information Technology Management & E-business

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years
Entrepreneurship Information Technology Management & E-business

Students Report
Most Popular Professors
Most Popular Electives
A. Patel
R. Baliga
Strategy Games
International Marketing

Academics
Teaching Methods
Lecture 25% Case study 50% Other 25%
Grading system 9.0 scale Describe other Problem-solving role play
Average number of students in core class 38 Average number of students in elective class 26 Mandatory study trip abroad? No
Exchange programs or campuses abroad? Yes Accelerated MBA program? N/A Distance-learning degree program? No

Faculty
Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 41 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 6 Number of tenured professors 25
Percent of tenured professors who are female 4% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 0% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 13%

Technology
Amount school invested over the past three years $2,500,000
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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Investment and Deadlines
Tuition and Fees
Resident $22,225 Nonresident $22,225 Room & board $5,600
Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $34,725

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003

Admissions Financial Aid
Domestic Apr. 1, 2001 International Mar. 15, 2001 Domestic Mar. 1, 2001
International Mar. 1, 2001
        Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes


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Administration
Dean R. Charles Moyer E-mail address charlie.moyer@mba.wfu.edu
Director of MBA Programs J. Kendall Middaugh E-mail address ken.middaugh@mba.wfu.edu
Director of Admissions Mary Goss E-mail address mary.goss@mba.wfu.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Melissa Combes E-mail address melissa.combes@mba.wfu.edu
Director of Financial Aid Donna Agee E-mail address donna.agee@mba.wfu.edu
Director of Career Services Kevin Bender E-mail address kevin.bender@mba.wfu.edu


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni 4,064 Alumni clubs 10 Placement Services for Alumni? No



Percent of living alumni who gave to the school's fund-raising efforts in 1999-2000 31% Median gift N/A Average gift $655

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by:

Name Patricia Divine Title Assistant Dean, External Relations

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