The e-mail itself doesn't say much, just:

Your application for Texas Full Time MBA: Austin has been given a decision. Please log in to the application website to see it.

Then you log-in to the McCombs Symplicity application site where it will have the admit letter.

Thanks for your prompt reply. However, on login it shows:
"Welcome! You are now logged in. Be sure to check for Announcements at the bottom of the page."

and at the bottom of the page : "There are no announcements at this time."

The interview went something like this:

1. Tell me a bit about yourself and what you have done post-undergraduation.
2. Why MBA? & why Texas MBA?
3. What I plan to do after completing my MBA?
4. What my teammates would say are my 3 strongest points?
5. What were my leadership experiences?
6. Toughest situation I've had to face in a team-environment?
7. What would I define/consider as success? And what would I need to be to consider myself as successful today?
8. How would I contribute to McCombs "after" completing my MBA?
9. Finally, he asked me whether I had any other points I'd like to mention that the interviewer might have missed or I would like to highlight during my interview.
10. Ended with me asking him a couple of q's on his experience at McCombs.

Overall, it lasted for about 50mins-1hr - was very conversational and light. He was a current 2'nd year student- it was a Skype interview - so very friendly & casual talk. Just be yourself and don't panic and you'll get through it very well -)

Had my McCombs interview today. I did with an adcom rep here in NYC. The questions were pretty consistent with the posts here.
1. Tell me about yourself and what has lead you to pursuing an mba?
2. Why McCombs?
3. Tell me about a time you resolved a difficult business problem
4. What do you think is the weakest part of your MBA application? - this one was a surprise
5. What is the strongest part of your application?
6. What have you learned about yourself from the MBA application process?
7. Tell me about a time you led a team
8. Tell me about a time you stepped out of your comfort zone.

All in all it went pretty well I think. The conversation was pretty casual with a good deal of back and forth. Good luck to everyone in their interviews.

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Congratulations !
A few questions for you :
1. I'm repeating an earlier question: Are you a R1 or R2 applicant ?
2. Also, I heard that in-state tuition applies to any scholarship recipient, is that true ?
3. Did you already send in the deposit before learning about the scholarship or did you wait ?

Thanks and Good Luck ![/quote]



1. R1 applicant
2. I think that's true, but I'm not positive because I'm technically a Texas resident still - military
3. I found out about the scholarship a couple days after acceptance and then I sent in my deposit

I hope this helps. Good luck to everyone out there![/quote]


That definitely helps.
One more question: how did you learn about the scholarship - email, telephone call or regular mail ?[/quote]

prcst - I learned about it from an email at 7pm on 19 Dec (about 20 hours after my acceptance email). I was out of the country without cell phone service, but I came back to a message from 19 Dec saying congratulations and adding that I would be receiving more information about McCombs in a later email. I don't know if she would have mentioned the scholarship had we spoke.

Prabhakar - Thanks. I was definitely lucky and fortunate to get a scholarship. They mentioned they don't give very many; the scholarships they offer range from $2k-$10k/year.

I was admitted in round 1, but have since checked out of this forum so I'm not sure for round 2.

But at least for round 1, admissions were not rolling. If anything, the interview invites were interspersed throughout the round (with seemingly no rhyme or reason as to the timing e.g. invite vs date your turned in your application). However, the decisions all came out on the week they said they would.

Dates to Remember
January 19, 2012
Round 1 Admit Dinner
January 20, 2012
Texas MBA Friday
March 30-31, 2012
Preview Weekend
April 11, 2012
Registration deadline for International MAP
May 20, 2012
Payment deadline for International MAP
June 1, 2012
Registration for Orientation, Boot Camp and Academic Intensive is LIVE.
June 15, 2012
Registration deadline for Local MAP
June 15, 2012
Early bird discount registration deadline for Orientation
July 2, 2012
Final registration deadline for Orientation, Boot Camp and Academic Intensive
July 28 – August 4, 2012
McCombs Adventure Program (MAP) international trips
August 2, 2012
MAP Fredericksburg
August 3, 2012
MAP New Braunfels
August 6, 2012
Arrival Deadline for all incoming students to be moved to Austin
August 6, 2012
Orientation Packet Pickup and International Student Welcome
August 7-10, 2012
MBA Boot Camp
August 13-21, 2012
MBA Orientation & Academic Intensive
August 22, 2012
First day of MBA 1st Year Core Classes

In off the wait list from R2; I got the email at 11:17 CST. 2 more wait lists in the works.

ACCEPTED!

R2 waitlister, U.S. resident, out-of-state, 720 GMAT, 4 years experience in a small economics consulting firm. Email came 11:15 AM Pacific on Thursday.

Applied R2 = waitlist
Supplied more info = waitlist again
One week after my waitlist email, I got accepted!

Austin, here I come!
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