The Commons

In a crushing economy, people frequently turn to grad school. Out-of-work adults do it to retool their skills. Recent grads with newly-minted bachelor’s degrees do it to delay the agony of searching for a job in a tight market. What are their chances of acceptance at the top schools? According to the associate dean for student recruitment at Chicago Booth School of Business, a long-term client, the applicants with work experience are likely to have the edge, and Tim Westerbeck agrees.

Read the article in the Times of India.

Tags: economic downturn, higher education, trends