Does the GMAT score confer more weight on an international students candidacy?
After all, foreigners tend to do better on the GMAT than U.S. test takers. A: We actually evaluate all candidates on the same scales and measurements. We’re really looking for the same key characteristics in the pool. We’re trying to build diversity in the student population and bring in the most qualified applicants that we can. In doing so, [we’re being] more selective in, say, the [applicants we accept] from India, [or those that we accept] from China. We’re not going to fill the entire class with students from one area. Regardless of [where they’re from], we’re really trying to build diversity in the class. We understand historically what our applicant pool has looked like… We only have so many seats in the class, and naturally it works out as you’re evaluating applications that [prospective] students either have not done their homework and don’t really understand what the program is about, or don’t meet our criteria benchmarks for admission in terms of academic scholarship or ev
