Question. Would you got a school if you knew acceptance rate was > 50%

Water Cooler
#1

Thoughts?

#2

It is OK if it is a top 10-15 part time program. No full time program worth its weight had such a high acceptance rate.

#3

How is it ok if it is a part time program? I want part-time program to be as selective as full-time

#4

What is the program? Why beat around the bush - it’s case by case and depends on your opportunity cost.

#5

Because part time programs always have a higher acceptance rate.

#6

The question is why?

#7

Um, because fewer people apply for the number of available spots (supply and demand) and yield is high due to geography. NYU part time yield is like 90 percent - better than Harvard or Stanford full time. This is because part time candidates are not going to relocate and generally only apply to one or two schools.

#8

It could happen because I wouldn’t look at acceptance rates if I applied.

#9

And? NYU has over 1900 part time students.

#10

I had a coworker tell me part time MBA at NYU stern was an utter joke, as people barely studied and teachers have to curve it up. her exact words

#11

^But isn’t a PT MBA from NYU still an MBA from NYU? Who’s gonna know the difference after you graduate?

And most of the schools that I went to were virtually open enrollment. But I didn’t know any better at the time.

#12

^ It’ll take you more time so i’m guessing everyone.

Are PT students allowed to sit with FT students during recruitment season?

#13

generally no. many schools don’t even open on-campus recruitment to part-timers. I heard Booth literally segregates you to wear like a different color badge or something in class

#14

NYU recently integrated recuriting for full-time and part-time students. I don’t have a first hand experience since can’t comment on placement quality

#15

how hard isit to get into NYu or Columbia?

#16

you mean part timers have full access to the entire recruiting sessions and compete in the same pools as the FT?

I would be very surprised if true.

#17

Would definitely make people question the extra money forgone to go full time.

#18

^Yeah you get a different color band or badge etc. Thats not to say you cannot be successful with a PT MBA…

#19

FTFY

#20

Often part of the appeal of part time is that your company is subsidizing your education, so of course in those cases they wouldn’t want you participating in recruiting.