The folks who make up the MBA Class of 1993 are a hardy bunch. In fact, they survived the most competitive year ever, says former admissions director Karen Nierenberg. The 342 matriculating students were selected from 4,592 applicants. They come from 93 U.S. colleges and 47 foreign institutions.
Engineers make up one-third of the class.
At least one class member was born and raised in a hippie commune. All have been out of undergraduate school for at least a year many for much longer. Ranging from 23 to 40, their ages average 27.7 years. But that's all that's average about them. Not to be forgotten are a national horse champion, a Junior Olympics gold medalist in diving, and a female Ironman triathlon world champion.