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specialk · 01-27-2007, 08:54 PM

I would not expect any school to have an explicit requirement. That would be discriminatory. Rather, for example, perhaps international applicants have a more difficult time because of unfamiliarity with foreign undergraduate/MBA programs among admissions committees. Again, I'm just not sure. As an example, though, last year Duke admitted 20/125 domestic applicants compared to 14/333 international. According to their admissions website, these averages have been roughly the same for the past few years. This could be for any number of reasons, and there certainly is no basis for judging causation, but if there were no inherent differences among domestic and international applicants, one might expect a more positive correlation between applicants and admits.

Just a few thoughts, and I'd love to know what others think.

01-27-2007, 08:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
specialk Trying to make mom and pop proud Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5	I would not expect any school to have an explicit requirement. That would be discriminatory. Rather, for example, perhaps international applicants have a more difficult time because of unfamiliarity with foreign undergraduate/MBA programs among admissions committees. Again, I'm just not sure. As an example, though, last year Duke admitted 20/125 domestic applicants compared to 14/333 international. According to their admissions website, these averages have been roughly the same for the past few years. This could be for any number of reasons, and there certainly is no basis for judging causation, but if there were no inherent differences among domestic and international applicants, one might expect a more positive correlation between applicants and admits. Just a few thoughts, and I'd love to know what others think.