NYU Stern – MBA Admissions 2021-22
Motto
CHANGE. DARE IT. DREAM IT. DRIVE IT.
Founded in 1900, NYU Stern or Stern or Stern School of Business is one of the oldest business schools in the world. Stern Business School offers many options for an MBA such as Full-time MBA (2 years), Tech MBA (1 year), Part-time MBA, Dual Degrees (MD/MBA, JD/MBA, MBA/MFA…), and Fashion & Luxury MBA (1 year).
Visit the school’s website to learn more about the various options: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/programs-admissions/mba-programs
Application Deadline 2021-22
| Round | Application Deadline |
| Round 1 | 20 September, 2021 |
| Round 2 | 15 October, 2021 |
| Round 3 | 15 January, 2022 |
| Round 4 | 15 March, 2022 |
The Essay Topics
Essay Topic 1
What are your short-term career goals? (150 Words Maximum)
Essay Topic 2
Change: _________ It
In today’s global business environment, the only constant is change. Using NYU Stern’s brand call to action, we want to know how you view change. Change: __________ it. Fill in the blank with a word of your choice. Why does this word resonate with you? How will you embrace your own personal tagline while at Stern? (350 Words Maximum)
Essay Topic 3
Personal Expression (aka “Pick Six”)
Describe yourself to the admissions committee and to your future classmates using six images and corresponding captions. Your uploaded pdf should contain all of the following elements:
– A brief introduction or overview of your “Pick Six” (no more than 3 sentences).
– Six images that help illustrate who you are.
– A one-sentence caption for each of the six images that helps explain why they were selected and are significant to you.
School Data – Class of 2022
Total Applications: 3,652
Admits: 1,059
Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrolled: 317
Women: 43%
International: 32%
Average GMAT: 723
Average Work Ex: 5.2 years
How is the MBA Program Structured?
NYU Stern has initiated the Change: Studio curriculum for all its 2 year MBA students. It begins at orientation with all students participating in four programs during MBA orientation:
– Leadership Simulation
– Social Identity Exercise
– Inclusive Leadership Training
– Design Your Life
Each student has to choose at least one program in each area – Dare it. Dream it. Drive it. – for their MBA.
Dare It Curriculum
– Leadership Fellows
– Leadership Learning Modules
– Stern Speaks
Dream It Curriculum
– Stern Solutions
– Doing Business in….Courses
– Case Competitions
Drive It Curriculum
– Endless Frontier Labs
– Business Startup Practicum
– Venture Building for Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs
– Entrepreneurs Challenge
– Future of Work Bootcamps
For the first-year, you have to take two required courses – Financial Accounting & Reporting and Statistics & Data Analysis – and choose 5 other core subjects among 8 more core courses. During the second year, you have to select electives from a list of more than 200 options to specialize in as many as 3 fields. Specializations offered by the Stern School of Business are Accounting, Banking, Brand Management, Business Analytics, Corporate Finance, Digital Marketing, Economics, Entertainment & Media, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Finance, Financial Instruments and Markets, Financial Systems and Analytics, FinTech, Global Business, Healthcare, Law and Business, Leadership and Change Management, Luxury Marketing, Management, Management of Technology and Operations, Marketing, Quantitative Finance, Real Estate, Sustainable Business and Innovation, Strategy, Supply Chain Management and Global Sourcing, and Tech Product Management.
The NYU Stern Business School offers unparalleled Experiential Learning curriculum through various programs such as Tech & the City, Consulting Lab: Branding + Innovation, Endless Frontier Labs, Board Fellows Program, Investment Funds, Fellowship Programs.
NYU MBA Rankings
| Ranking | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Poets&Quants | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| US News | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 20 |
| Forbes | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 18 |
| Businessweek | 13 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 17 |
| FT | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
| The Economist | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
NYU Stern MBA Employment Stats
NYU Stern Median Salaries
Evaluation Criterion
Academic Profile
Professional Achievements
EQ Endorsements
Essays
Leadership Ability
Strong Communication Skills
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