Do most students pay full price for top schools or are scholarships common?

I’m thinking about M7/INSEAD/LBS/T15. Between sponsored students and scholarships, does anyone actually pay full price? It feels a bit manipulative how scholarship money is distributed. Does anyone know how many students typically receive aid and the average amounts?

I paid full price, so yes, some of us do. Haha, I guess that answers your question.

Washington said:
I paid full price, so yes, some of us do. Haha, I guess that answers your question.

I’ll be paying full price too. It’s rough.

You might want to check the schools’ websites. For example, HBS shares the percentage of students who get aid and the average award amount.

Drew said:
You might want to check the schools’ websites. For example, HBS shares the percentage of students who get aid and the average award amount.

I’m weak Lmaoo.

Kelley said:

Drew said:
You might want to check the schools’ websites. For example, HBS shares the percentage of students who get aid and the average award amount.

I’m weak Lmaoo.

Using too much jargon can hurt MBA apps according to admissions committees, so it’s actually a valid point.

@Drew
It’s ‘off-putting,’ not ‘offsetting,’ while we’re being picky about vocab.

Drew said:
You might want to check the schools’ websites. For example, HBS shares the percentage of students who get aid and the average award amount.

[deleted]

River said:

Drew said:
You might want to check the schools’ websites. For example, HBS shares the percentage of students who get aid and the average award amount.

[deleted]

Who says ‘varying titrations’ in a casual conversation?

@Sage
Fair point. Jargon typically refers to industry-specific words anyway.

You can find this information online, but it varies by school. I know several people at my school who paid full price.

Sites like ClearAdmit and GMATClub have self-reported data on aid packages and admissions.

There’s an old article on this topic: https://poetsandquants.com/2014/11/20/mba-scholarships-top-business-schools/2/. It’s from 2014, so it might be outdated now.

@Gale
Thank you for sharing!

Yes, scholarships are a scam :wink:

Most people prefer a scholarship over not having one, but others prioritize getting admitted to a good school regardless.