You

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Youre in Now what?

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• Program Overview
• Whats Next? Academic Preparation Financing
  Your MBA
• Registration
• Housing

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Overview of the Stern Program

• Pre-Term Orientation begins August 24th
• First Year The Core taken with your Block
• Internship Between 1st and 2nd year
• Second Year Devoted to your specialization(s)

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Your First Year

• Fall 15 credits
• 3 Managing Organizations
• 3 Firms Markets
• 3 Statistics Data Analysis
• 3 Financial Accounting Reporting
• One of 3 Breadth Core
• 3 Marketing Concepts
• 3 Foundations of Finance
• 3 Competitive Advantage from Operations

• Spring 16.5 credits
• 3 Strategy
• 3 Global Business Environment
• 1.5 Business Communication
• 6 Remaining 2 Breadth Core
• 3 Elective

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Your Second Year

• Specializations (9 credits)
• Accounting
• Digital Economy
• Economics
• Entertainment, Media Technology
• Entrepreneurship Innovation
• Finance
• Global Business
• Information Systems
• Law Business
• Management Organizational Behavior
• Marketing
• Operations Management
• Quantitative Finance
• Statistics

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Whats Next?Academic Preparation

• Self-Assessment
• Core Course Substitution

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Quantitative SkillsREQUIRED Self-Assessment

• Quantitative Skills Online Pre-Assessment
  (Admitted Student Website) REQUIRED BY JULY 1st
• Pass (80 or better) Done!
• Did Not Pass (80 or below)
• Do MBA Survival Kit Quantitative Skills
  Interactive
• Take Online Post-Assessment (Admitted Student
  Website) before Pre-Term

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Other Stern MBA Preparation Skill Building

• Microeconomics, Accounting, Statistics
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet

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Core Course SubstitutionUG Majors
Core Course UG Majors
Firms Markets Economics
Financial Accounting Reporting US Accounting Majors, US CPAs
Foundations of Finance Finance
Competitive Advantage from Operations Industrial Engineering Operations Management
Marketing Concepts Marketing
Statistics Data Analysis Mathematics Statistics
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Core Course Substitution Proficiency Exams

• Firms Markets (Micro)
• Statistics Data Analysis
• Financial Accounting Reporting
• Global Business Environment (Macro)
• Foundations of Finance
• Competitive Advantage from Operations
• Marketing Concepts

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Whats Next? Financing Your MBA
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Financial Aid TerminologyThe FAFSA

• FAFSA Free Application for Federal Student Aid
• http//www.fafsa.ed.gov/

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Financial Aid Terminology

• Federal Stafford Loans
• Domestic Students Only
• Low interest loans (91 day T-bill rate 1.7)
• 18,500 maximum per year
• Subsidized 8,500 max
• Government pays interest while you are in school
  
• Need-based Eligibility depends upon your income
  and other aid information
• Unsubsidized 10,000 - 18,500
• Not need-based
• If you do not qualify for the subsidized, you can
  get full 18,500 in unsubsidized

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Financial Aid Terminology

• Private Loans
• Domestic International Students eligible to
  apply
• Preferred Lender Citibank
• Eligibility Amount (domestic) Budget Federal
  loans other aid

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Estimated Budget 2003-2004Financial Aid
Eligibility for the Academic Year

• Tuition Fees 34,300
• Living Expenses 23,810
• (2,645 per month)
• Total Budget 58,110

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Typical Financial Aid PackageDomestic Student
No Scholarship

• 18,500 Federal Loans
• 8,500 Subsidized
• 10,000 Unsubsidized
• 39,610 Private Loans
• 58,110 TOTAL LOANS

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Typical Financial Aid PackageDomestic Student
With Other Aid

• 10,000 Scholarship
• 18,500 Federal Loans
• Subsidized
• Unsubsidized
• 29,610 Private Loans
• 58,110 TOTAL AID

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Whats Next?Financial Aid Domestic Students
File FAFSA (002785)
Receive SAR KEEP IT
Fill out MPN MAIL BACK
Fill out Private Loan
Application
Tuition Fees Worksheet
Receive Award Letter
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Whats Next?Financial Aid International
Students

• Eligible to apply for up to 35,000
• 15,000 from the Citibank Global program
• and
• 20,000 from either the Global SLC program or
  the Citibank Supplemental loan program depending
  on country of origin
• Apply starting June 1st

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Whats Next?Financial Aid International
Students

• With a U.S. co-signer, international students
  are eligible to apply for up to the full budget
  amount (58,110).

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Whats Next? Financial Aid FAQs

• What if I dont want the full amount of the
  suggested loans?
• When are my loan funds credited to my account?
• Can I be a teaching fellow or graduate assistant?

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Whats Next?Registration
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Whats Next?Registration

• Registration packets mailed out June 18th
• Blocks assignments will be in registration
  packets
• Can access registration information through the
  admitted student website

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Whats Next?

• Log on to the Admitted Student Website to
• View keep track of the checklist
• Meet chat with your classmates
• Be on the lookout for E-mail for more Stern
  information
• Find a place to live!

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Important Dates

• April 30 Deposit deadline
• June 18 Registration packets mailed
• July 1 Quantitative Pre-Assessment deadline
• July 15 Registration Tuition Payment
  deadline
• August 18-23 Proficiency Exams
• August 20 International Orientation
• August 24-28 Pre-Term
• September 2 First day of classes

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Whats Next?Housing
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Housing Options

• On-Campus Housing
• The Palladium (14th Street, Union Square)

• Conveniently located minutes from Stern
• Includes fully-furnished studios and shared
  two
• bedroom apartments
• Four floors reserved exclusively for Stern
  Students,
• with a separate entrance
• Amenities include computer lab, fitness
  facility, rock
• climbing wall, and Olympic-size swimming pool
• Monthly rent compares very favorably to the
  market

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Housing Options

• Off-Campus Housing
• Begin your search early
• Determine your needs
• Consult materials provided by Admissions
• Purple Admissions Folder
• Admitted Student Website
• Off-Campus Housing Guide
• Use external resources
• The New York Times
• The Village Voice
• Online postings (e.g. http//newyork.craigslist.or
  g/)

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See you at Pre-Term!
See you at Pre-Term!