Stern Students Work to Help Housing Efforts in Mexico City
During the Spring 2014 semester, New York University’s Stern School of Business MBA students David Baharestani, Laura Fox and Craig Johnson worked with Urbanization Project Research Scholar Alain Bertaud and Marron Institute Research Scholar Alejandra Rangel Smith on a Stern Signature Project (SSP) to contribute to the Marron Institute’s efforts in Mexico City.
NYU Stern’s Director of MBA Admissions Shares Tips for Candidates on the Waitlist
Rabia Ahmed, who serves as the director of MBA admissions for NYU Stern, recently sat down with www.topmba.com, in order to share her top insights and tips for candidates who find themselves on the waitlist for 2014.
1. Be self-aware
The MBA admissions committee has seen strengths in your application, but there may be ways to improve your candidacy. We are looking for people who have the personal initiative to improve themselves. We provide detailed information about what we evaluate and why on our website. We are looking for the kind of person who can take that information, do a self-assessment and take appropriate action.
2. Be proactive
Provide us with updates to your application. New information about employment, updated test scores, as well as supplemental recommendation letters or essays can all potentially enhance your qualifications. New information is most effective when it provides a different or updated perspective to the committee.
3. Be appropriate
Each school has different policies for how to interact while on the waitlist. At NYU Stern, we are open to communication and welcome updates, but not all schools are. We want to know that you continue to remain interested in our program, but we don’t need daily or weekly updates.
4. Be considerate
to your fellow applicants on the waitlist. If you have made other plans, graciously give up your spot for others.
5. Be encouraged
The NYU Stern committee feels that your application has some real strengths and therefore has offered you a place on the MBA waitlist. At the same time, please understand that we do have many more qualified applicants than spots, so if things don’t go your way, take heart and consider reapplying next year.
Former Head of the Bank of England to Join NYU’s Stern School of Business and School of Law
Lord Mervyn King, the former Governor of the Bank of England, will join the faculty of both the business and law schools, starting in the fall 2014 semester. Lord King will be a visiting professor in Stern’s economic department, after stepping down from his 10 year service as head of Bank of England.
NYU President John Sexton announced that “We are delighted that Lord King will be returning to our campus again this fall,” said NYU President John Sexton. “The presence of a leader of his caliber at our University is a measure of the talent that is understood to reside here in our scholars and our students, and of the part NYU plays in the global public discourse on the most important matters of the day.”
Highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of King’s professorship, NYU School of Law Dean Trevor Morrison and Peter Henry, Dean of NYU Stern School of Business, said in a jointly issued statement: “The world’s most pressing problems—and therefore the greatest opportunities to create value for business and society—do not respect disciplinary boundaries. The fields of law and business are no exception. Lord King’s intellectual contributions—from his leadership at the Bank of England to the class he will teach in our law and business program, to his research on the foundations of economic prosperity—draw heavily on insights from both law and business. Our faculty and students will benefit enormously from his experience, and we look forward to welcoming him to Washington Square.”
