HBS and age–just for the record
This chart was published by HBS and official updated data (not in chart form) confirms it–if you apply this year and graduated college in 2004 or before, you got problems. Those 100 folks are mostly military, PHD’s and MD’s.
That view is confirmed by my own mock interviewing of 80 applicants for Round One, almost no one (but docs, mil, phds) got in who was class of 2004.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
What’s your explanation for why that is? Is the school biased towards younger applicants now?
January 21st, 2010 at 10:36 am
A key factor in analyzing this chart is missing….How many people who graduated before 2004 actually applied. People who graduated before 2004 are more likely to be established in their chosen field and either have an MBA or no interest in an MBA. I would wait for numbers on how many people applied in each age group before making any determination on age bias.
January 21st, 2010 at 10:38 am
I neglected to also point out that those who are older and have kids tend to go for EMBAs.