McCombs (UT Austin) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants!

Make sure you thorougly research the program and that your essays reflect your understanding of the program. If your essays talk about what you want to do and how you can make a difference to the class and community, make sure you have previous experience to support the same. Participate in the chats and the webinars they have online as well and try to connect with a few current students and/or alumni. I found the webinars and current students to be extremely helpful as they give you a feel of what the program is like and what particularly drew them to McCombs - it gives you a real sense of the school culture etc . I understand that you are applying for the Part time Program - I'm not sure if the questions and word limit is the same as it is for the full time application (the word limit was 250 words per essay), but I would suggest writing down eveyrthing you want to communicate first without looking at the word limit and then try shortening it from there. I had started to focus on the word limit at first till I realized that I wasn't happy with my essays. Focus on your top 3 reasons for picking this school and really get into detail as to why and how this would help. The rest of the points can be saved for the interview - atleast that's how I worked around my application. I believe there's still time for the deadline for the next round, so continue to research to see what you can add to your application. Good luck!