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Real Humans of Cornell Johnson’s MBA Class of 2023

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We head to “gorges” Ithaca, New York, for this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students to meet some new members of Cornell Johnson’s Two-Year MBA Class of 2023.

The Johnson Two-Year MBA Class of 2023 is comprised of 304 students. Thirty-nine percent of the first-year students are women, which represents an eight percent increase from the prior class. Twenty-five percent are underrepresented minorities, which refers to students of African American, Native American, and Hispanic American backgrounds. International citizens account for 35 percent of the class, representing 30 countries.

Students in the Class of 2023 had a median GMAT score of 710 and a median undergraduate GPA of 3.34. The class also had an average of five years of work experience with an average age of 28.

Read through the Q&As on the following pages to learn what key factors drove these students to the leading MBA program, their best advice for making it through MBA admissions and more.

Lauren Wakal
Lauren Wakal has been covering the MBA admissions space for more than a decade, from in-depth business school profiles to weekly breaking news and more.