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This January, Class of 2024 students in NYU Stern’s one-year Fashion & Luxury MBA Program traveled to Florence, Italy as part of an intensive three-credit course designed to immerse students in one of the hubs of the European fashion and luxury industry.

Excerpt from U.S. News and World Report -- "'Letters of recommendation are an opportunity to add an external perspective to your application and to help bring your story to life from the point of view of someone who knows you well,' Lindsay Loyd, executive director of MBA admissions at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, wrote in an email. 'Put yourself in the best position for success by being thoughtful about who you ask and by approaching them early.'"

NYU Stern Professor Aswath Damodaran is the Kerschner Family Chair in Finance Education.
Dubbed “The Dean of Valuation” by the media, his insights frequently drive headlines.

Excerpt from Financial Advisor — "The program, which was developed in collaboration with NYU Stern Executive Education, will offer management and leadership training. The program will be held in April and the deadline for registering is March 22. It consists of an online graduate-level curriculum, workshops at leading industry firms and an in-person residency at the NYU Stern School of Business in New York City, the institute said."

Excerpt from BusinessBecause — "'Take advantage of opportunities in school to build and practice universally desired skills such as communication, critical thinking, and relationship development,' says Genevieve Kenny Boron, director, career coaching, at NYU Stern School of Business."
 

Excerpt from Poets & Quants — "Incoming students at New York University’s Stern School of Business (ranked No. 9 overall) had the highest average SAT score at 1545 with 42% of students reporting. That score is three points higher than the average NYU Stern students posted last year, which was also our ranking high."

Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "With this mindset, I came to Stern and Wagner for a dual MBA/MPA and soon discovered the relatively nascent field of Social Impact Investing, which is founded on the premise that businesses can and should design products and services that create environmental, social and financial returns. NIIF has been a fantastic opportunity to learn about impact funds, network with professionals in the field, and gain the experience of working on a deal." 

Excerpt from Chief Executive — "AI promises efficiency, innovation and unprecedented growth for companies across industries—if only they can get it right. Few, however, are taking the right approach to realize that potential, notes NYU Stern School of Business’s Conor Grennan, one of the most influential and pragmatic thinkers working with ChatGPT today." 
 

Excerpt from BusinessBecause — “'Be yourself and tell us your own unique story. Candidates who spend time on self-reflection and then lean into what truly matters most to them will be well on their way to crafting essays that our team will be thrilled to read,' says Lindsay Loyd, executive director of MBA admissions at NYU Stern School of Business."
 

Excerpt from News India Times — “'Raghu’s tenure as dean has been, in a word, outstanding. On essentially every measure—fundraising, admissions, job placements for students, strategic expansion (both globally and online), research—his deanship has been marked by success after record-setting success,' Mills said crediting him with raising more than $400 million over his 6-year tenure as Dean."
 

Excerpt from Fortune -- “'It’s now increasingly difficult, if not impossible to imagine—taking decisions without the help of computers, algorithms and data,' Ghose says. 'So, you will almost certainly see lots of benefits from that. I think that is just the way of the world today will just continue to be even more ubiquitous as we proceed. So, jump in and join the party.'"

Excerpt from The Economic Times -- “The role of higher education in fostering development and disruption is acknowledged, but less well so is its role in bringing people together and fostering peaceful development and disruption, NYU Stern School of Business dean Raghu Sundaram said.”
 

Excerpt from Poets & Quants — "In his six years as dean, Sundaram raised $400 million, including the three largest scholarship gifts in NYU’s history; broken school MBA and undergraduate records for incoming class metrics and career outcomes; launched new programs like the Andre Koo Tech MBA, the Endless Frontier Labs, and the school’s first online programs, as well as the soon-to-launch joint MBA program with NYU-Abu Dhabi that will start in January 2025; and overseen the opening of other new Stern campuses, in Washington, D.C., London, and Shanghai."

Stern MBA students are getting a front row seat in the rapidly evolving ETA sector through a new Stern Solutions experiential learning project that was first launched in Fall 2023.

Excerpt from Financial Times -- "Rangarajan Sundaram, dean of New York University’s Stern School of Business, agrees that, in the postwar period, 'India was desperately poor'. Its elite, highly competitive Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management 'created models, a middle class and educational aspiration' which then attracted him and his peers to the US. After an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, he received a PhD from Cornell University in New York state."
 

Excerpt from Poets & Quants — “'What we want to do at Endless Frontier Labs is help seed the creation of many other Genentechs by bringing in these brilliant scientists with great technical ideas, and giving them business advice and connections to smart MBAs that are so essential to develop the commercial side of these technical ideas,' Hegde says."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants — "I was fortunate enough to be admitted into NYU Stern’s Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA cohort. The one-year MBA program’s focused curriculum, in the heart of New York City, provided the academic groundwork and practical experience crucial for my entrepreneurial journey. Equally valuable were my experienced classmates, who, despite juggling numerous commitments, remained an unwavering support system. In the midst of the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge, some of my classmates offered invaluable feedback on our pitch deck, ultimately contributing to our victory on stage. Their dedication, even amidst busy schedules, demonstrated an unparalleled commitment to our shared success."

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From Poets & Quants — Increase in GMAT scores from 2017 to 2023: NYU Stern, 18 points to 732. 

Excerpt from Find MBA -- "Not all schools are reporting a reduction in employment prospects. 'I can speak best to what we are seeing at NYU Stern, and the two-year full-time class of 2023 broke records with its employment outcomes, including highest ever mean total compensation at $201,727 and median base salary at $175,000,' says Brian Ruggiero, associate dean for careers at NYU Stern in New York City."
 

Excerpt from Poets & Quants — "Five schools admitted classes that had an average SAT score of at least 1500, with New York University’s Stern School of Business leading the way for the second straight year. Its average of 1545 was 3 points higher than the Class of 2022."

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The NYU Stern community is powered by the challenge to not only embrace but to lead change. This guiding call to action sparks innovation across the School, and the Undergraduate College’s (UC) new capstone course for seniors is the latest case in point. 

Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "But to start, NYU Stern is the only top U.S. business school offering a full-time MBA program in the Middle East with the Stern at NYU Abu Dhabi One-year Full-time MBA Program. Our MBA, a collaboration between NYU Stern and NYU Abu Dhabi, is designed to attract the highest quality applicants from all over the world who share an interest and a desire to build their initial careers in the MENA region, a dynamic region experiencing exponential growth. Enrolled students will not only have the opportunity to earn a top-notch MBA in just one year, but also the chance to study in two world-class cities – Abu Dhabi (in the spring and the fall) and New York City (in the summer)."

Excerpt from BusinessBecause — "For full-time roles outside of the typical summer internship conversions, companies will continue to recruit more of their MBA hiring volume in 'real time' closer to graduation (as opposed to the more traditional timelines of hiring and making offers in the fall, well in advance of spring graduation).

"The 'real-time' hiring affords companies more flexibility to hire for specific skills into roles that are immediately available and gives MBA graduates, especially in more non-traditional areas, added options."