April 11-13, 2008
More than 120 admitted MBA, Master of Accountancy and Master of Science in Finance applicants visited Nashville during the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Welcome Weekend, April 11-13. Applicants attended a variety of events to learn about the Owen curriculum, community and career paths while enjoying the sights and sounds of the Vanderbilt campus and Music City. For the first time, Welcome Weekend took place during Alumni Weekend, allowing for a fun and exciting blend of events for admitted students, current students, alumni, faculty and staff.

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 | How Owen is Shaping My World Ryan Dix, MBA 2009, OSGA President Saturday, April 12, 2008 – Vanderbilt University Ryan welcomed admitted applicants to Vanderbilt while reflecting back to his 2007 Welcome Weekend experience. He shared his thoughts on how the past year at Owen has begun to shape his world and career. [watch video] |
 | Welcome Weekend Photos Admitted applicants attended a variety of events during Welcome Weekend, allowing them to dive deeper into the Owen curriculum and community while also enjoying the scenic Vanderbilt campus and exploring the sights and sounds of Nashville. [view slideshow] |
MBA - Class of 2010 Profile
| Geographic Regions - U.S. Students (as of 5/20/08) |
Northeast – 16% Mid-Atlantic – 12% | Southeast – 39% Midwest – 9% | Southwest – 8% West Coast– 15% |
| Citizenship (as of 5/20/08) |
Argentina Bangladesh Brazil* Canada China* France Germany Ghana Greece | India* Japan* Lithuania* Mexico* Nigeria Panama* Peru* Russia South Africa | South Korea* Spain Taiwan* Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States* Vietnam *multiple students |
| Undergraduate Background (as of 5/20/08) |
University of Alabama University of Alaska Arizona State* Auburn* Baylor Boston College* Brigham Young* Bryn Mawr Bucknell* Cal-Berkeley Cal-Davis* Cal-San Diego Cal-Santa Cruz University of Chicago Clemson* Colgate* Colorado Cornell* Dartmouth Delaware Drexel Duke* Emory* Florida George Washington* Georgia* Georgia Tech Harvard* Hobart Howard* Illinois Indiana* James Madison* Johns Hopkins Kansas Kentucky Korea University McGill University* Miami of Ohio* Maryland Miami* Michigan* | Middlebury Mississippi MIT New York University North Carolina* Northwestern* The Ohio State University University of Pennsylvania* Penn State* Pepperdine Princeton* Randolph-Macon Rhodes* Rutgers SMU* South Carolina Syracuse Tennessee* Texas* Texas A&M Trinity College Tulane* UC Berkeley UC Davis UC Santa Barbara* Universidad de Lima University of the South* U.S. Coast Guard Academy U.S. Military Academy-West Point* U.S. Naval Academy USC* Vanderbilt* Villanova* University of Virginia* Virginia Tech Wake Forest* Washington University University of Washington Washington & Lee* Wisconsin Xavier Yale *multiple students |
Master of Accountancy - Class of 2009 Profile
| Undergraduate Background (as of 5/20/08) |
Auburn University Belmont University Boston College College of Charleston Davidson College Georgetown University Harding University* | Johns Hopkins University Rhodes College Samford University Smith College Stetson University Transylvania University | University of Alabama University of Florida University of Illinois University of Mississippi University of South Florida Vanderbilt University* *multiple students |
| Undergraduate Majors (as of 5/20/08) |
Accounting Business Administration | Economics Finance | Information Systems Sciences & Humanities |
Master of Science in Finance - Class of 2009 Profile
| Undergraduate Background (as of 5/20/08) |
Boston University Brigham Young Cal Poly Elon Hampden-Sydney LSU | Princeton SMU Temple University of Georgia Unversity of Hawaii University of Kentucky | University of Memphis University of Pennsylvania University of Tennessee Vanderbilt University Wesleyan |
| Undergraduate Majors (as of 5/20/08) |
Business Economics | Engineering Finance | Math |