upper age at top schools

[Guest]

While looking through the class profiles, I have seen that the oldest candidates at some of the top schools (H/S/W) are in the region of 38-40. What do these schools look for while admitting folks greater than 35?

[MBAApply]

They're literally a handful (read: 1-3 individuals) in these extremes at each of these schools per year (i.e. on average 10% of those are over 31 or 32 upon matriculation, and of that 10% virtually everyone except a handful are in their early 30s).

So it's a case-by-case basis. They typically have come from non-traditional career paths (i.e. anything but engineering, banking, consulting, corporate). Think teachers, ministers/clergy, military, pro athletes, public service, etc.

Alex Chu
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