Tepper School of Business is a private business school of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It was originally known as The Graduate School of Industrial Administration, or GSIA, and was founded in 1949 by William Larimer Mellon. The alumnus David Tepper donated an amount of $55 million in March 2004. In honor of David Tepper, the school was renamed as the David A. Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon.
The Tepper Business School has around 100 faculty members. Over 400 students are enrolled in its undergraduate programs, while there are more than 800 postgraduate students and more than 90 doctoral students.
Degrees offered
The Tepper School of Business in Carnegie Mellon University offers a wide range of specializations. These include Finance, Operations Management, Information Technology, and Entrepreneurship. The programs that the school offers include undergraduate business degreees, MBA Program, MSQE (Masters of Science in Quantitative Economics ) program, MSCF (Master of Science in Computational Finance) Program, Doctoral Program, and Executive Education. In Tepper School of Business, the MBA program is offered in two types, the part-time MBA and the full-time MBA programs.
Alumni
The school’s famous alumni include Paul Allaire, the former chairman and CEO of Xerox. Aside from Paul Allaire, the business school also prides itself in producing many famous alumni who have made their mark on the field of business and entrepreneurship.
Rankings and reviews
The Tepper School of Business is one of the business schools in the US that offer excellent programs. The school is actually one of the highly ranked schools in the country. In 2007, the Wall Street Journal ranked the MBA Program of the school number 5 nationally. Its Information Technology is ranked number 2 in the Top Schools list. In the 2011 edition of the US News and World Report, the graduate program in Economics falls at number 19 and the Information Systems was ranked 2nd for the Top Schools list.
Admission tips
The Tepper School of Business is one of the most competitive business schools not just in the country but also in the whole world. In order to ensure better chances of admission, applicants must ace or at least aim for a good score in entrance exams. They must also do well during the interview. A personal statement is also a requirement. Having an excellent scholastic record is a plus factor when applying to the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.
Admission facts
As of 2008-2009 (from GMATCat.com list):
Percent of Applicants Admitted: 29%
Test Scores — 25th / 75th Percentile
GMAT score of newest entering class:
Mean GMAT score: 696
Median GMAT score: 700
Middle 80% range GMAT score
From: 620 to: 750
TOEFL
Minimum TOEFL score required for MBAs: 600
Mean TOEFL score of new entrants: 640
Contact info
Mails can be sent to Carnegie Mellon University at 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. The university representative can be reached by calling 412-268-2268. For more information, applicants can also visit the official website of the school at http://business.tepper.cmu.edu/
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