2000 Rank:    23 1998 Rank:    17 1996 Rank:    16		Grads rate this school most responsive, boosting it seven places in student survey. Recruiters note slight improvements but call overall performance lackluster.		OLIN INSIDER CONTENT Admissions Q&A Admission Interview Tips Sample Application Essays School Tour OLIN PROFILES Full-time '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 Part-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 EMBA '03 | '01 Exec ed '03 | '01 OLIN INFO Admissions Q&A '02 | '01 | '99 | '97 Placement Q&A '05 | '00 | '99 Financial Aid Q&A '99 | Video Views Dean Greenbaum B-School Calendar Search for articles about Olin OLIN RANKINGS Full-time MBA rank: 2004:   23     1994:   --     2002:   24     1992:   20     2000:   23     1990:   --     1998:   17     1988:   --     1996:   16     BW ranking history EMBA rank: 2003:   17     1997:   --     2001:   16     1993:   --     1999:   --

* 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 N/A Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 92% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 33 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 62 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 2

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. Northwest Airlines 5 6. Charter Communications 3 2. SBC Communications 5 7. Emerson Electric 3 3. Bank of America 4 8. Ernst & Young 3 4. A.G. Edwards 3 9. Goldman Sachs 3 5. Anheuser Busch 3 10. Ralston Purina 3

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $75,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $74,936 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $15,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $15,056 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 98% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 79%

Students Report Median total investment $140,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $75,000 Median MBA loans $35,000 Median signing bonus $10,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $10,000 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 99 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $174,000,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Finance/Investment Banking Finance/Corporate International Business Marketing Strategy & Consulting Organizational Behavior Accounting Operations & Manufacturing Management Human Resources E-commerce & Technology

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years N/A

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives M. Gordiner J. Swinkels Competitive Industry Analysis Politics & Power in Organizations

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 25% Case study 45% Other 30% Grading system Modified Pass/Fail Describe other N/A Average number of students in core class 72 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 58 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 23 Number of tenured professors 23 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 17%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $4,970,000 Changes made over the past three years Entire communications infrastructure upgraded to a fiber optic backbone network. The school also upgraded its standard application packages and now runs Windows 2000 on its servers and Exchange Server with Outlook 2000 for its e-mail system. Approximately one third of all PCs have been replaced.

Tuition and Fees Resident $27,140 Nonresident $27,140 Room & board $10,089 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $42,759

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Dec. 4, 2000 International Dec. 4, 2000 Domestic Jul. 1, 2001 Domestic Jan. 16, 2001 International Jan. 16, 2001 International Jul. 1, 2001 Domestic Feb. 12, 2001 International Feb. 12, 2001 Domestic Mar. 26, 2001 International Mar. 26, 2001 Domestic Apr. 30, 2001 International Apr. 30, 2001         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   No

Dean		Stuart I. Greenbaum		E-mail address		greenbaum@olin.wustl.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Joe Fox		E-mail address		fox@olin.wustl.edu
Director of Admissions		Pam Wiese		E-mail address		wiese@olin.wustl.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Karen Margo		E-mail address		Karen_Margo@aismail.wustl.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Cindy Gregory		E-mail address		gregory@olin.wustl.edu
Director of Career Services		Greg Hutchings		E-mail address		hutchings@olin.wustl.edu

Living MBA alumni

4,398

Alumni clubs

44

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

3%

Median gift

$100

Average gift

$341

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Deborah Fite Booker Title Asst. Dean, External Relations