But prolonged economic uncertainty is leaving many prospective students wary of the significant investment of both time and money required for a two-year, full-time program.
To assess the impact of these changes, and better understand what MBA admissions are looking for in their applicants, I asked Pete Johnson, former executive director of Admissions for the full-time program at Berkeley-Haas, and now colleague and advisory director at Fortuna Admissions, and vice president of Student Services at Central European University in Budapest for his perspective.