中国大陆考生占GMAT考生总数的20%据美国华尔街日报报道,来至中国大陆的考生,2011年占所有GMAT考生总数的20%,比上一年增加了45%,达到58196人。
GMAT是进入美国商学院必需的一个考试。 下面是华尔街日报的报道: Change in GMAT Equation: Chinese Flock to the Test By MELISSA KORNOne in five people who took the GMAT last year was from China, according to a new report from the Graduate Management Admission Council, which administers the business-school entrance exam globally. The number of tests taken by Chinese citizens rose 45% from last year, to 58,196. U.S.-based business-school aspirants accounted for the largest number of test takers for the 12 months through June. Students from India rounded out the top three. The latest report didn't include details of how the test takers scored. The council will release additional details about testing trends later this fall. Globally, the number of GMATs taken rose 11% to a record 286,529, and the number of test scores sent to schools increased 11% to 831,337. Test takers sent scores to an average of 2.9 programs apiece. The growth may seem surprising, given that the median number of applications to two-year, full-time M.B.A. programs that started this fall dropped 22%, according to an earlier report by the admission council. But while interest is waning in those flagship degree programs, other options—part-time, online, specialized and shorter programs—are attracting more interest. Many students rushed to take the exam before a new section, Integrated Reasoning, was introduced at the beginning of the summer. The council said that test-taker volume in April and May rose "quite significantly" in the lead-up to that change, compared with the previous year. Though the U.S. is still a top destination for many aspiring business students, Asian schools and other overseas programs are growing in popularity among Asian applicants. For the 2010-2011 testing year, Asian citizens sent 69% of their scores to U.S. management programs, down from 74% in 2007, according to data reported in April by the council. The jump in Chinese students reflects a confluence of factors. First, more Chinese citizens are completing college and thus eligible to apply to grad school. Also, schools are recruiting more aggressively overseas, marketing their programs to a wider talent pool. Word of mouth then fuels the trend. Once some students attend a program, they recommend it to friends back home. Ohio State University opened a "gateway" office in Shanghai in 2010 to coordinate recruiting, alumni activities and fundraising efforts. Applications from China to the university's Fisher College of Business jumped 30% between the 2010 and 2011 recruiting seasons. Meanwhile, new specialized master's programs appeal to students, particularly those from China, eager to delve deeper into a single subject and gain a credential to compete with the growing population of educated young adults, without taking much time out of the workforce. The University of Rochester's Simon Graduate School of Business has received a sharp uptick in interest from China, particularly for its relatively young master's degrees in finance and accounting. The school beefed up its recruiting effort in China three years ago, said Dean Mark Zupan, after recognizing that the Chinese education system's focus on quantitative skills would provide a good grounding for students in its finance-heavy programs. After posting a 14% gain in applications from Chinese students for the class that started in the fall of 2011, the M.S. in accountancy recorded a 50% jump for this year. Chinese applications also rose for the M.S. in finance and M.S. in business, though not quite as dramatically. |
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