Has there been a significant dropoff in the number of companies that visit campus?
It hasn’t been a significant decline. It’s down a bit, but I think our traditional recruiters are still coming. Or if they aren’t, they’re maintaining high visibility on campus. The number of students they hire is down compared to previous years…. But they’re still here. Q: Has that been an adjustment for students — not being able to rely on campus recruiting as much as they had in the past? A: It definitely has. Because there are fewer opportunities, students have had to say: “I gotta go to them.” That has been maybe the biggest story of this year — that students have had to take more initiative than in the past to make themselves attractive. That started early in the fall, that adjustment. Q: Is it a common misperception among MBA students at top schools that offers will just fall in their lap? A: I think you have better opportunities when you make the investment and the decision to go to a well-known business school. But your expectations also increase. So I think it’s relative.
