# In a Q&A interview, Executive Director of MBA Admissions Lisa Rios highlights the School's program and admissions innovations, offers advice for prospective MBA applicants and underscores Stern's deep industry relationships

1 School News August 29, 2019 ![Clear Admit logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030869.jpg?itok=C5_PIeFj)>

Excerpt from [Clear Admit](https://www.clearadmit.com/2019/08/admissions-director-qa-lisa-rios-of-the-nyu-stern-school-of-business/) -- "The development we are most excited about this year is that Stern now offers more flexibility and choice than ever with three paths to the full-time MBA: the two-year Full-time MBA and our newly introduced focused one-year MBA programs – the Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA and the Fashion & Luxury MBA. We’ve also introduced more flexibility and choice in our admissions process. Beginning with the current 2019-2020 admissions cycle, we’re excited to announce we will now be accepting GMAC’s Executive Assessment as one of three standardized test options."

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