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Immigrants overall are more likely to have a college degree than even the average native-born American, according to a recent Migration Policy Institute study. Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together by Andrew Selee

"An audit [that] examined [U Cal college] admissions btwn 2013-14 [&] 2018-19 found that UCSD, UC Berkeley, UCLA & UC Santa Barbara admitted 64 applicants 'based on personal or family connections to donors & university staff.' The majority of allegations were at UC Berkeley."

"The Harvard psychologist Bob Kegan called Bridgewater 'a form of proof that the quest for business excellence and the search for personal realization need not be mutually exclusiveand can, in fact, be essential to each other.' Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio

Michigan Ross Class of 2022: "The school’s acceptance rate ballooned to 37%, up from 30.9% last year and 25% in 2017. That’s a nearly 50% jump in four short years." Good opportunity for MBA applicants seeking Near Top 10 MBA?

What Top Business Schools Mean by Self Awareness: Successful people are those who can go above themselves to see things objectively & manage those things to shape change. They can take in the perspectives of others instead of being trapped in their own heads Ray Dalio

McKinsey: "Sense of isolation" for Black esp. male employees working w/ mostly white staff because of "microaggressions": judgment doubted w/out due cause, asking for more evidence of competence, mistaken for lower level workers, no recognition for contributions, etc. (FinTech)

MIT Sloan: "If you plan to apply w/out a test score we welcome you to submit other evidence eg, expired test scores (GMAT, GRE, EA); MITx MicroMasters, CORe, edX, MBAMath or any nondegree course; certifications (CPA, ACCA, CFA) which may help Admissions in the evaluation process"

"The top 3 reasons the [GMAC] survey respondents [MBA hiring companies] gave for confidence in business school graduates were their strategic thinking, communication skills and versatility." @FinancialTimes

COVID impact: "The median salary offered to MBA degree holders in 2019 was $115,000, according to the GMAC survey. That figure fell to $105,000" for 2020. @FinancialTimes

It is the rare bird who has the right mix of common sense, creativity, and character to shape change. Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio

90% of consultancies, banks and large tech groups say "they would be hiring MBA graduates next year." "Only 8% said they were rescinding job offers to MBA students graduating in 2020." Financial Times

2015 Stanford study on venture-backed US public companies since 1974: 42% are venture backed representing 63% of total market cap, 35% of total employment & 85% of total R&D. "Pretty good for an industry that invests about 0.4% of US GDP!" Secrets of Sand Hill Road, Scott Kupor

"Because 24 out of the 25 nations with the youngest populations are all African (two-thirds of Africans are under 35), by 2034, the continent will have the world’s largest working-age population (1.1 billion)." George F. Will