To ensure that students and their parents receive accurate and up-to-date information on trends in the business schools admissions process, Kaplan Test Prep annually surveys admissions officers from the top business schools in the U.S. The survey data collected helps Kaplan provided informed insights to the tens of thousands of aspiring MBA students we work with each year. Click Kaplan Test Prep’s 2014 Survey of Business School Admissions Officers for the results. Here are some highlights:
Does your program give applicants the option of submitting a GRE score instead of a GMAT score for admission?
- Yes: 85%
- No: 15%
Compared to the 2014-2015 academic year, do you think the number of applicants to your school will increase, decrease or stay about the same for the 2015-2016 academic year?
- Increase: 60%
- Decrease: 6%
- Stay about the same: 34%
Overall, how confident are you that the number of applications to business schools across the United States will increase in the coming application cycle?
- Very confident: 12%
- Somewhat confident: 43%
- Not too confident: 40%
- Not at all confident: 5%