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Inaugural First Year London Option Students Featured in The Times of London

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This Fall, NYU Stern welcomed the first Undergraduate College (UC) BS in Business program students who are participating in the program’s newly introduced First Year London option. Through this option, students spend their first year at NYU London before transitioning to NYU’s New York City campus to complete the remainder of their four-year degree program.
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Stern's "Inclusive Leadership: Addressing Unconscious Bias to Build Stronger, Diverse Teams" Executive Education course is highlighted: "Top 10 Executive Courses in Diversity Leadership."

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Excerpt from Executive Courses-- "NYU Stern, in New York City, offers the Inclusive Leadership: Addressing Unconscious Bias to Build Stronger, Diverse Teams program. Participants develop an inclusive mindset and focus on working in diverse teams, and how to mitigate bias through self-reflective exercises and group work."
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Undergraduate College students enrolled in the Stern First Year London option are interviewed: "From Zoom to Classroom."

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Excerpt from The Times--  "We asked freshmen at the New York University Leonard N Stern of School of Business, who are spending this academic year at NYU London, to reflect on their experiences. After all, many are likely to become business leaders themselves in the future, with budgets to allocate to training and developing their employees."
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NYU Stern's two-year Full-time MBA Class of 2023 is highlighted, including five interviews with MBA students: "Real Humans of NYU Stern’s MBA Class of 2023."

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Excerpt from Clear Admit-- "When it came time to take the GMAT, 64 percent opted to do so. The Stern MBA class averaged a score of 729, and 80 percent of students scored between 700 and 760 on the GMAT. For the 18 percent who opted to take the GRE, they averaged 162 in both the Quant and Verbal sections. NYU Stern accepts an array of standardized tests; five percent of applicants submitted MCAT/LSAT/DAT, six percent took the Executive Assessment, and seven percent received test waivers."
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Stern's record-breaking two-year Full-time MBA 2021 Employment Report is highlighted; Associate Dean of Career Services Beth Briggs commentary is featured: "These NYU Stern MBA Grads Make More Than $225K After Graduation."

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Excerpt from Fortune-- "NYU Stern is known for churning out highly employable candidates; in 2021, nearly 96% of its graduates received a job offer within three months of graduation, according to the school’s employment report. The median base salary for NYU Stern grads was $155,000, with an average signing bonus of $35,000."
 
"Despite another year of uncertainty, the school’s most-recent full-time MBA class saw historically high compensation and employment outcomes, Beth Briggs, NYU’s associate dean of career services, wrote in the school’s 2021 employment report. 'These outstanding results are built on the strong partnerships we have with our employers and alumni.'”
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​​The TRIUM Global Executive MBA Program is highlighted: "FT Executive MBA Ranking 2021: Agility Amid the Pandemic."

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Excerpt from Financial Times-- "'The words for the past year were resilience and agility,' said Elizabeth O’Neill, executive director of Trium. 'We required it of our teachers, students and staff. We were leading and providing a programme for global leaders who understood because they were in organisations going through incredibly rapid change.'"
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Stern's record-breaking two-year Full-time MBA 2021 Employment Report is highlighted; Associate Dean of Career Services Beth Briggs is interviewed: "Another Leading U.S. B-School Reports Rising MBA Salaries In A Strong Jobs Report."

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants-- "Not that Stern had a huge hole to climb out of — last year’s jobs report, while reflecting the reality of a market in the throes of a global pandemic, included plenty of evidence that MBAs from NYU find the jobs they want, where they want, for the salaries they want. This year continues the trend, with Stern’s Class of 2021 setting new school records in compensation, overall job acceptance rate, and international job acceptance rate — among other (mostly) positively trending numbers."
 
“'For more than a year the world has contended with an unprecedented amount of change, but one constant has been the continued success of our students,' says Beth Briggs, NYU Stern’s associate dean of career services. 'Our talented MBA graduates have proven time and time again that they are adept at not only embracing, but also leading, change. And employers took note as this year yielded record-breaking employment outcomes for Stern’s full-time two-year MBA Class of 2021.'"
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Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions Lisa Rios in-depth Q&A interview: "Admissions Director Q&A: Lisa Rios of NYU Stern School of Business."

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Excerpt from Clear Admit-- "To best meet the needs of candidates, we have refined the 2021-2022 application and also created a new element that is especially relevant. As we’ve found many applicants are ready to apply earlier than ever, we moved up our first two application deadlines by a month because we’re eager to provide decisions to those individuals as soon as we can. As far as our essays, we introduced a new prompt based on Stern’s brand call to action around embracing change – a prescient call we launched before the pandemic whose relevancy increased by the day. This essay gives candidates a creative opportunity to demonstrate how they align with our values and respond to change, a skill which is more important than ever for their future careers."
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Stern's Langone Part-time MBA Program is highlighted: "See the Top 13 Part-Time MBA Programs."

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Excerpt from U.S. News -- "NYU's part-time MBA students may choose to participate in an accelerated two-year program that requires classes on weeknights, or they can pursue their MBA with a flexible timetable and take classes on either weeknights or Saturdays."

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NYU Stern's two-year Full-time MBA Class of 2023 is highlighted, including eight interviews with MBA students; Vice Dean of MBA Programs JP Eggers is interviewed on recent innovations at Stern: "Meet NYU Stern’s MBA Class Of 2023."

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants-- "By the numbers, Stern enjoyed one of its best years ever during the 2020-2021 cycle. Notably, the school received 3,958 applications for a spot in the Class of 2023. That’s up 306 applications from the previous years. However, that’s not the best number. Stern’s acceptance rate dropped from 29% to 19%, making it one of the most selective MBA programs in the United States."
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Stern's "Sustainable Finance and ESG Investing" Executive Education course is highlighted; Professor Tensie Whelan interview: “Executive Courses Tap the Sustainable Investing Boom.”

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Excerpt from Executive Courses-- "Stern integrates real-world experience into the course too. 'We have the students work on cases in small groups and then work together, also in small groups, to create an ESG investment product using one of a variety of sustainable investing strategies we share with them,' says Whelan."
 
"Demand among executive participants is extremely high, she says, because it is becoming very clear that ESG issues will be affecting corporate performance and viability and thus investor performance for years to come."
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Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions Lisa Rios podcast interview: "NYU Stern MBA Admissions With Lisa Rios."

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Excerpt from MBA Schooled -- "Lisa Rios is the Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions at NYU Stern. This past month, NYU Stern’s Full-Time MBA program announced that they received an 8% increase in applications and welcomed 360 full-time MBA students into the class of 2023. During our conversation, Lisa spoke about some of the highlights from last year’s MBA application cycle at NYU Stern and some of her reflections and learnings on the application cycle."
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NYU Stern Welcomes MS in Quantitative Management Program Class of 2022 and Class of 2023 to Campus for Residential Immersion Opportunity

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In August, NYU Stern’s Master of Science in Quantitative Management (MSQM) Program, the first online Master’s in Management in the US at a top-ranked business school, welcomed the Class of 2022 and Class of 2023 to campus in NYC for one of two immersive residential opportunities that are part of the MSQM curriculum. 
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Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions Lisa Rios interview: "NYU Stern’s MBA Class of 2023 Demonstrates the Applicant-Centric Approach."

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Excerpt from Clear Admit-- "Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions Lisa Rios credits Stern’s applicant-centric approach and coronavirus response measures in adding additional test options and waivers for the increased demand and growth in the program. 'The combination of a more seamless process for applicants and continued strong demand for our rigorous program led to an 8% increase in applications as well as a total enrollment of 360 students in the Class of 2023,' said Dean Rios. That is up from 317 for the previous year."
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Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions Lisa Rios interview: "5 MBA Admissions Trends For 2022."

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause-- "In 2020, many business schools introduced waivers on standardized tests like the GMAT. However, according to Lisa Rios, assistant dean of admissions at NYU Stern, few students took up the offer.
 
'The overwhelming majority of applicants for Fall 2021 admitted a standardized test,' she says."
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Stern's MBA experiential learning opportunities are highlighted: "Top 10 MBA Programs for Experiential Learning."

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Excerpt from Find MBA--  "Stern leverages its unique location in New York City to facilitate opportunities for MBA students to solve real-world business problems. MBA students can, for instance, immerse themselves in an early-stage technology company, or work in partnership with a company to solve their most critical branding challenges. In addition, students can join the board of a nonprofit organization."
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Assistant Dean of Experiential and Global Education Bryan Ramos interview: "Experiential Learning gets MBA Students out of Their Comfort Zones."

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Excerpt from Find MBA-- “'We know they will need to reskill multiple times over the course of their careers,' says Bryan Ramos, assistant dean for experiential and global education at NYU Stern. 'Learning and reflecting through the experiential learning cycle helps students to build muscle they need to take into future learning environments.'”
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MBA Alumna Alejandra Ramirez (MBA '20) in-depth Q&A interview: "Meet the Boston Consulting Group’s MBA Class of 2020: Alejandra Ramirez."

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants-- "What did you love about the business school you attended? 'The people and the culture. Stern has a very collaborative and diverse culture. It was a great place for me to create friendships that will definitely last a lifetime.'"
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Langone Part-time MBA student Lassamy Sesay in-depth interview: "'All My Eggs In One Basket': An Applicant Goes Big On A Long Shot And Scores."

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants-- "The part-time program has proved to be valuable for his job. 'I can come back to work the next morning and apply whatever it is that I’ve learned into my job,' he says, whether it’s strategy, accounting, or finance."
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Stern is spotlighted for its top-five ranking among undergraduate business schools: “U.S. News Ranking of Best Undergrad Business Programs."

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants--  "As the table below shows, with the exception of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, which dropped one spot out of a tie for third place, the top seven schools remain ranked the same as last year: MIT Sloan School of Management second, UC-Berkeley Haas School of Business third, and two schools tied at fifth, NYU Stern School of Business and Texas-Austin McCombs School of Business, just as they were last year."
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Current two-year Full-time MBA student Phan Hoang (MBA '22) column: "It’s My Stern: The ROI Of Building Relationships."

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants--  ""Here at Stern, where I’m earning my MBA, IQ + EQ (intelligence and emotional quotients) is a core value. Sternies are living testaments to these qualities. Not only does the entire application require a minimum of 2 EQ endorsements, your essays and interviews need to showcase them as well. Stern also has a smaller cohort (our class size is 320). This creates a more tight-knit community; you’re not just another face nor number. Being in the most diverse city in the world, it attracts people who crave diversity or embody it. EQ is not something that’s desired at Stern, it’s necessary."
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Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions Lisa Rios is interviewed: “Apps Up 8%, New Record GMAT For NYU Stern’s MBA Class Of 2023.”

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants-- “If you’re Stern, you’ve got to like where things are headed in the full-time MBA. For a bonus, the new class set a school record for average Graduate Management Admission Test score, putting Stern in rarefied company in that key metric, too."

"The 'applicant-centric approach' will continue in the next admissions cycle, Rios says, noting that ‘the combination of a more seamless process for applicants and continued strong demand for our rigorous program’ led to the 8% increase in applications and the enrollment of 360 students in the Class of 2023, up from 317 last year and even surpassing the 359 who enrolled in fall 2019.’”
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Professor Paul Hardart interview: “What is the Future of Cinema?”

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause-- “'People are getting exposed to remarkable content from around the world that five,10, 15 years ago, there’s no way they would have watched,'” Paul [Hardart] points out. “'I'm hopeful that it’s engendering empathy, and an understanding of different cultures.'”
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Professor and Undergraduate College Dean Emeritus Geeta Menon interview: “Can Celebrity Endorsements Boost Covid Vaccine Uptake?”

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause-- "Geeta Menon, professor of marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business, agrees that using celebrity influencers can be a great way to access certain population groups. “'It’s important to disconnect vaccines from politics. It shouldn’t be about your political leanings,' she says."

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