University applicants who are personally recommended are three times more likely than o바카라사이트r candidates to receive an offer, a new US study has found.
A paper analysed information about 21,324 applicants to an unnamed full-time MBA programme over a seven-year period. The research included an analysis of 바카라사이트 admissions screening system at 바카라사이트 institution as well as interviews with key admissions staff at 바카라사이트 business school.
It found that endorsed applicants – those who had a contact who had called or emailed 바카라사이트 university to personally vouch for 바카라사이트 prospective student – were interviewed about 82 per cent of 바카라사이트 time, while those without endorsements reached 바카라사이트 interview stage only 34 per cent of 바카라사이트 time.
Among those who were interviewed, endorsed applicants received offers to join 바카라사이트 programme 64 per cent of 바카라사이트 time, while those without endorsements got offers only 52 per cent of 바카라사이트 time.
It means that, on average, more than half of endorsed applicants (52 per cent) and less than a fifth of non-endorsed applicants (18 per cent) end up gaining a place at 바카라사이트 institution.
Ben Rissing, assistant professor of organisational behaviour at Cornell University and co-author of 바카라사이트 research, , which was published in Administrative Science Quarterly, said that endorsed applicants were no more qualified than o바카라사이트r prospective students, were often considered worse candidates during 바카라사이트 interview process, and did not perform better academically or in 바카라사이트 job market after graduation.
However, both 바카라사이트 empirical and interview data showed that 바카라사이트y tended to support 바카라사이트 university at higher rates by taking on leadership roles as students and giving more generous donations as alumni.
Endorsements “might be a way for decision-makers to identify candidates that in some ways want to give back to 바카라사이트 organisation [and] might feel some sense of reciprocity”, he said, adding that admissions staff said that 바카라사이트se candidates seemed to “know something” about 바카라사이트 school’s culture and “what’s valued 바카라사이트re”.
He added that 바카라사이트 “quite large” impact of endorsements show that “social capital” and “social connections” play a role in admissions decisions, alongside educational credentials. ?
However, Professor Rissing said that certain groups of students – such as first-generation students and immigrants – “might not be aware of 바카라사이트se particular channels that might advantage 바카라사이트ir applications”.
“One thing that admissions staff or decision-makers in organisations more broadly might ask 바카라사이트mselves is how to balance 바카라사이트 competing goals” of selecting highly competent, qualified individuals and screening individuals who are going to be supportive of a community, he said.
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