In the top 20, which schools, do you think, have the highest number of its graduates starting a business after graduation? I'm looking for a school that not only has an entrepreneurship program, but also has students starting businesses after graduation (or while in school).

I would guess that Stanford, Harvard, and MIT top the list. MIT might actually be at the top, because they do a very good job of commercializing the technology developed there, and much of that involves Sloan professors/alums.

It might be outside of your physical area of interest, but in Europe LBS, Imperial (Tanaka), and Cambridge all have decent percentages of the class starting their own business within 5 years of graduation.

Imperial and Cambridge both pair up their B-school students who are interested with grad students/professors in their science/engineering departments. The students get together, create a business plan out of the technology, and both schools then have their own venture capital funds to start them. Both schools are on par with MIT in terms of pure scientific horsepower, so some of the world's newest an most exciting technologies are being developed there. Cambridge is often referred to as an "entrepreneurial bubble" because the area has such a high number of angel investors and start-up companies.

A very large number of LBS alums have their own business within 5 years of graduation. I believe this is due to the higher than average level of international students there (~90%) as well as the high concentration of VC firms in London.

I am an international applicant in the Notre Dame waitlist for the past 3 months. Does anyone know how many people got pulled out of the waitlist in the previous years? ND is very silent on this and I guess the game is almost over for waitlisted people. Has anyone got pulled out of the waitlist yet?

Is there no one in Notre Dame waitlist? Am I the only person here? Any idea on the ND yield this year and when the decisions are expected?

Please note the time difference and that most, located in the U.S., on the waitlist will read these posts at a later point in time. I suggest that you try later.

FYI, I have decided to matriculate at ND. From my contact with the ADCOM, I think in the next two weeks they will be able to tell you more, as they are very busy with registrations and other paperwork right now.

On the bright side, being an international student on the waitlist may be a definite advantage. They may use you in the latest stages to fill up their international applicant quota.

Thanks Chevalier. Nice to know that you are matriculating at ND. So, the only thing to do now is wait for the next 2 weeks. Not sure how much of an advantage being an international is because I heard they have already given admits to lots of Internationals (particularly Indians) this year.

That surprises me.

Did you have any contact with the ADCOM recently? I would recommend keeping frequent contact to be up-to-date on the latest developments and showing your enthusiasm. I do know that the percentage of applicants that have received an offer and actually accepting is very high at ND, compared to other schools. That being said, still a lot depends on the other Bschools and their waitlist. You often see that once one school starts accepting larger numbers from their waitlist, this drips through to lower ranked schools. With a slight time delay of course.

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