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UT McCombs 2012 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips

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UT McCombs 2012 MBA Essay Questions

This UT McCombs 2012 MBA Application tip post is one of a series of posts providing MBA application and essay advice for applicants to top MBA programs around the world. Check out the entire 2012 MBA Application Tips series for more valuable MBA essay advice.

Required Essays:

1. Describe how your professional and personal experiences have led you to pursue an MBA at this time. Please share with us your short and long term goals and why the Texas MBA at McCombs is the program best positioned to help you achieve them. (900 words)

This question is a classic MBA goals question -- with a Longhorn twist. How have your past experiences molded your goals? The response should highlight achievement while illuminating your clear, realistic goals, which happen to require an MBA.

The Longhorn twist is "how will a Texas MBA help you achieve [your goals]?" McCombs' location in Texas puts it in the midst of one of the fastest growing economies in the US and at a gateway to Latin America. Does its location have anything to do with you wanting to attend UT? Say so! Perhaps location is not the driver for you, and its elements of McCombs program that appeal. Reveal how those elements will help you achieve your goals. Finally McCombs is very proud of its four core principles: Knowledge and Understanding; Responsibility and Integrity; Communication and Collaboration; and a Worldview of Business and Society. How are they a part of your reasons for applying to UT Austin?

2. At the McCombs School of Business, we are proud to have an active and diverse student community. What do you consider to be your personal strengths and how have you leveraged them in the past to enrich your work and non-work communities? (500 words)

Some of you may write this MBA essay in terms of ethnic diversity, but don't believe for a second that McCombs thinks of diversity exclusively in ethnic or socio-economic terms. Varied experiences, interests, hobbies, careers, and backgrounds all play a role in "diversity." Let your individuality and humanity shine through.

Optional Essays:

If your standardized test scores are low or if you have not had coursework in core business subjects (i.e. calculus, microeconomics, statistics, financial accounting), please tell us how you plan to prepare yourself for the quantitative rigor of the MBA curriculum. (200 words)

Tell them what they want to hear: How are you going prepare yourself to handle the number crunching demanded by a top-MBA program. If you feel you have already taken the classes, let them know it? Keep it short and sweet.

Please provide any additional information to the Admissions Committee that you believe is important and/or will address any areas of concern that will be beneficial to the committee in considering your application. (350 words)

I encourage you to write the optional essay. Just make sure you are submitting an informative optional essay that complements the required essays and adds to the reader's knowledge of you and your qualifications. If you do not have "an area of concern to address," this optional would be a great place to explore in depth a non-professional interest or commitment of yours not addressed in your application. As always, if you have nothing to say, don't say anything.

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UT McCombs 2012 MBA Deadlines:

October 24, 2011: Round 1

December 5, 2011: Round 2

January 23, 2012: Round 3 (Final deadline for international applicants)

March 26, 2012: Round 3 (Final deadline for domestic applicants)

Linda Abraham By Linda Abraham, President and Founder of Accepted.com.