1999 Profile Update
School Statistics
Graduates' Comments
STRATEGY FOR APPLICANTS
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Cox has pushed hard over the last couple of years to increase student quality, which means it's now much harder to get into this school than it once was: While the B-school accepted 62 percent of applicants to the Class of 1998, just 32 percent of those who applied to the Class of 2000 were admitted. Over that same two-year period, the average GMAT increased from 601 to 636; the average GPA rose from 3.0 to 3.2; and the number of entering students with less than a year's work experience plunged from 13 percent to less than 3 percent. Meanwhile, the number of applications the school received jumped from 491 in 1997 to 595 in 1998, an increase of more than 20 percent.
One way you can distinguish yourself from the growing pack is through a personal interview, not required but strongly encouraged (about 60 percent of those admitted in 1998 interviewed on campus or at one of several MBA Forums the school attends around the U.S.). The admissions office says selection criteria focus not only on academic record, but on "distinctive achievements, commitments, and motivation for a graduate business education." Among the qualities the school seeks in candidates: "leadership ability, international experience, initiative, management potential, communication skills, international experience, and interpersonal skills," plus "an entrepreneurial spirit." So you should look to play up those aspects of your background in your interview and essays. Those who apply by November 30 will receive a response by January 30; if you wait until the April 15 deadline, you won't hear until May 30.
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CURRICULUM
| | Electives available in 1998:
58
New electives in past three years: 22%
The core curriculum was
last revised in: 1998
Accelerated MBA program offered? No
New Courses in Past 3
Years
Mergers & Acquisitions, Graduate Seminar in
Federal Taxation, Marketing Planning, Customer Analysis, Graduate
Seminar in Financial Accounting, Tax Factors in Management, Energy
Economics, Managing Global Operations, Supply Chain Management,
Managing Lean Operations, Managing the Global Firm, Strategic Mergers
and Acquisitions, Marketing Models for Consulting
Most Popular
Electives
Advanced Managerial Finance, Financial
Statement Analysis, Marketing Policy, Decision Making, Negotiations
Most Popular
Professors
Jim Smith, Mike Vetsuypens, Gordon Walker,
Jody Magliolo, Roger Kerin
Majors or Concentrations added in
past 3 years
SMU is in the process of converting to a modularized
curriculum, allowing for concentrations in finance, marketing,
accounting, management information sciences, and organizational
behavior/business policy.
Teaching
Methods
Lecture: 40%
Case Study: 40%
Group
Projects: 20%
| Full-time faculty members: | | 77 |
| Adjunct or visiting faculty: | 16 |
| Average core class size: | 53 | | Average elective class size:
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Laptop computer
required? No
Grading System
Grades are based on a 4.0 system. No A+ grades are given out, but +/- values are otherwise used.
Exchange Programs or
International Campuses
Sao Paulo Escola de Administracao de Empresas de Sao Paulo da Fundacao Getulio Vargas (Brazil); Monterrey Instituto Technologico y de Esudios Superiores de
Monterrey (Mexico); Caracas Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion
(Venezuela); Manchester Business School (United Kingdom); Antwerp Center for Business Administration (Belgium); Paris Ecole Nationale Superieure du Petrole et des Moteurs (France); Dijon Ecole Superieure de Commerce (France); Barcelona Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas - ESADE (Spain); Madrid Instituto de Empresa (Spain); Niigata International University of Japan; Singapore Nanyang Technological University; Melbourne Graduate School of Management(Australia)
Best Areas of Study
Finance, Marketing, and Accounting
Areas School Would Like to
Improve
N/A
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1998 PLACEMENT
| | On-campus recruiters for
graduates: 115
On-campus recruiters for first-year internships:
72
On-campus student full-time job interviews: approx. 746
On-campus student internship interviews: 548
Job opportunities
posted via the Internet or email: 140
Top
Employers/Number of 1998 Hires
| Ernst & Young | | 6 |
| American Airlines | 3 |
| Arthur Andersen | 3 |
| Associates First Capital | 3 |
| SABRE Group | 3 |
| GTE | 3 |
| Nortel | 2 |
| Schering Plough | 2 |
| J.P. Morgan | 2 |
| Deloitte & Touche | 2 |
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ALUMNI NETWORK
| | Number of living alumni:
6,000
Alums who gave to the school during the 1997/98 academic
year: 16%
Median alumni gift: N/A
Number of alumni clubs:
15
Number of dues-paying members: 400
Number of staffers
devoted to MBA alumni relations: 2
Placement services offered for
alumni?
Yes
Description of
Services
Through the Career Management Office, alumni
have access to Internet job postings and an electronic resume center
among other services. Alumni may also contact the CMO for career
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Key
Contacts
School Web
Site
E-Mail:
mbainfo@mail.cox.smu.edu
Address:
Cox School of Business
6212 Bishop Boulevard
PO Box 750333
Dallas, TX 75275-0333
Dean:
Albert W. Niemi, Jr.
(214) 768-3012
Director of MBA
Programs:
N/A
Director of Admissions:
Donna Lau
Smith
(214) 768-3149
Director of Alumni
Relations:
Debbie Dewees
(214)
768-2679
Director of Financial
Aid:
Mike Novak
(214)
768-0202
Director of Career
Services:
Lois Jacobs
(214)
768-3534
Application
Deadlines:
U.S.
November 30,
1998; February 15, 1999; April 15, 1999
International
November 30, 1998; February 15,
1999; April 15, 1999
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