We were so close, honestly, but I for sure would want to see more, because I think that in general I did miss a lot of an international perspective in our classes and more points of view in the class from people from all over the world.”Īpplicants do not need to apply separately for the Sí Se Puede Latin America Fee Waiver, and the salary currency conversion to U.S. “We were like 36 or something - I don’t remember the exact number. The previous class, which included Yohanna Maldonado, was a similar number, with about three dozen students - “a very tiny community, for sure,” she says.
The Stanford MBA Class of 2021 that enrolled in the fall of 2019 was comprised of 9% Latin Americans. “The $275, I know it sounds like not much here, but in Latin America, that is a significant amount of money.” We even have a fee waiver.’ I think that that messaging is very important. “Three people reached out,” she tells Poets&Quants, “and they were like, ‘Oh, I was thinking about it, and I saw your post, and it seems like they want Latin Americans - so they’re going to take some time to look at my curriculum vitae because if not, they wouldn’t be doing this.’ And I think that that’s a really, really good message to send as a university: ‘We are looking for Latin people. Stanford’s round one deadline is September 15.Īfter posting about the fee waiver on her LinkedIn page, Maldonado says she was swiftly contacted by Latin Americans curious about applying. 1- ranked program - a big deal for a part of the world where per capita income is under $10,000.
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Maldonado, a Venezuela native, is among those applauding Stanford’s move, announced today (August 11), to suspend its application fee for Latin American MBA applicants making less than $40,000 per year. The Sí Se Puede Latin America Fee Waiver, effective immediately, means residents from Puerto Rico to Peru can apply for free to Stanford’s No. But Stanford Graduate School of Business Class of 2020 MBA Yohanna Maldonado knows the cost to apply to B-school has long been a major barrier for a huge number of people from one region of the world: Latin America. In a world where MBA students pay more than $200,000 to attend an elite business school for two years, a $275 application fee may not seem like a lot.
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