{"id":4112,"date":"2010-08-12T23:00:32","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=4112"},"modified":"2010-08-14T23:04:18","modified_gmt":"2010-08-15T07:04:18","slug":"ut-mccombs-2011-mba-application-questions-deadlines-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/ut-mccombs-2011-mba-application-questions-deadlines-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"UT McCombs 2011 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

UT McCombs 2011 MBA Essay Questions<\/a><\/h3>\n

This UT McCombs<\/em> 2011 MBA Application tip post is one of a series of posts providing\u00a0 2011 MBA application and essay advice for applicants to top MBA programs around the world. You can access the entire series at https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/acceptedcom_blog\/tag\/2011-mba-application-tips<\/a>. My tips for answering McCombs' essay questions are in blue below.<\/em><\/p>\n

Required Essays:<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

1. <\/span>Describe how your experiences, both personal and professional, have led you to pursue an MBA at this time. What are your short- and long-term goals and how will a Texas MBA help you achieve them? (900 words)<\/em><\/p>\n

This question is a classic goals question -- with a Longhorn twist.\u00a0 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. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0McCombs 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 aWorldview of Business and Society. How are they a part of your reasons for applying to UT Austin?
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2. <\/span>Discuss a defining experience in your leadership development. What did you learn from this experience about your strengths and weaknesses as a leader? (650 words)<\/em><\/p>\n

First, this question asks for 1 leadership <\/a>experience. Not two. Not ten, and not zero. You want an experience that shows you in a leadership position, ideally, having success leading an entity, be it a small team, club, department, or your own business. <\/span><\/p>\n

Then analyze the experience. What did you do right? How did your character strengths contribute to the successes? What could you have improved upon? How did your weaknesses play a role?\u00a0 It is natural to spend more essay real estate on the strengths than the weaknesses<\/a>, but discuss a real weakness. If you can, (and this isn't a requirement) also touch on a subsequent occasion when you mitigated the impact of this weakness.
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3. <\/span>At the McCombs School of Business, you will be part of an active and diverse community. How will you use your personal strengths and unique experiences to enrich theMcCombs community during your two years in the program? (500 words)<\/em>
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This is a great place to show a non-professional side of you -- perhaps a hobby or a community service commitment. Perhaps something from your background. You can also reinforce here the concept that you have done your home work onMcCombs by revealing exactly how you will participate in and contribute to its community. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Some of you may write in terms of ethnic diversity, but don't think that the schools think of diversity exclusively in ethnic or socio-economic terms. Varied experiences, interests, hobbies, and backgrounds all play a role in \"diversity.\"\u00a0 Let your individuality and humanity shine through.
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Optional Essay:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

I encourage you to write the optional essay<\/a>. 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.\u00a0 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. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you would like help with your UT Austin McCombs MBA application, please explore Accepted's MBA <\/span>essay editing <\/span><\/span><\/a>and <\/span>admissions consulting.<\/span><\/a>
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UT McCombs 2011 MBA Deadlines:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

November 1, 2010: <\/strong>Early deadline for all applicants<\/p>\n

January 14, 2011: <\/strong>Final deadline for all international applicants;
\nSecond deadline for all domestic applicants<\/p>\n

April 1, 2011: <\/strong>Final deadline for all domestic applicants<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span> By Linda Abraham<\/a>, President and Founder of Accepted.com<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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