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Calling All Texas-McCombs Fall 2010 Applicants 29 Jan 2010, 13:57
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Trying to setup my interview in Dallas. I didn't get a response on my first alumni request. Just sent a request to a second one.

Has anyone had trouble getting interviews with Alumni?
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well I've been following this forum lately and wanted to share my experience with McCombs. I think the school's admissions process is highly ill-managed and bureaucratic. Starting from the transcripts to the interview process, i have had trouble with the school through and through. I met one of the admissions officers during an event and when had some issues with my transcripts I emailed home several times but there was no response. I am quite surprised because other schools that I have applied in are very responsive and easy to work with. I think McCombs needs to change their admissions process otherwise they will continue to frustrate applicants. And some of them like me will not join the program even after being admitted, fearing how bureaucratic the school itself must be if the admissions process is as such.

This is just my opinion, others might have had better experiences with them!
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I didn't have any problems, but I think it's because I applied early (Nov. 1). It sounds like they've become overwhelmed by the post-Christmas application diluge.
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Calling All Texas-McCombs Fall 2010 Applicants 29 Jan 2010, 15:19
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Hello,

New to the forum and impressed by the site. I'm visiting campus next week and was also curious about interviews. Has anyone been caught off-guard by unusual questions? It looks like the interviews have been informal and typical. I'd appreciate any info on the interview experience, especially if conducted on-campus.

Thanks for your help!
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Got an admit offer today. Interview on Jan 25th.

Application experience - Applied on Nov 3rd and got the interview invite in December. Interviewed with 2nd year which was pretty standard.

GPA - 3.6 - if converted from 63% in India
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well I've been following this forum lately and wanted to share my experience with McCombs. I think the school's admissions process is highly ill-managed and bureaucratic. Starting from the transcripts to the interview process, i have had trouble with the school through and through. I met one of the admissions officers during an event and when had some issues with my transcripts I emailed home several times but there was no response. I am quite surprised because other schools that I have applied in are very responsive and easy to work with. I think McCombs needs to change their admissions process otherwise they will continue to frustrate applicants. And some of them like me will not join the program even after being admitted, fearing how bureaucratic the school itself must be if the admissions process is as such.

This is just my opinion, others might have had better experiences with them!
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I had no problems with them and found their program to be run much better than, say, UCLA (where I did have problems).

The school at large processes all the transcripts and only forwards it onto the MBA office, so you really can't fault the MBA office directly. The school at large has 48,000 students and probably gets 12,000 grad school applications throughout the season. (assuming 1 in 3 is admitted, which is probably about right. I think there are 10,000 grad students, assume 2500 are PhD, so you have about 3700 first-year grad student slots).

Sorry you had a bad experience - don't procrastinate next time.
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well I've been following this forum lately and wanted to share my experience with McCombs. I think the school's admissions process is highly ill-managed and bureaucratic. Starting from the transcripts to the interview process, i have had trouble with the school through and through. I met one of the admissions officers during an event and when had some issues with my transcripts I emailed home several times but there was no response. I am quite surprised because other schools that I have applied in are very responsive and easy to work with. I think McCombs needs to change their admissions process otherwise they will continue to frustrate applicants. And some of them like me will not join the program even after being admitted, fearing how bureaucratic the school itself must be if the admissions process is as such.

This is just my opinion, others might have had better experiences with them!
I had no problems with them and found their program to be run much better than, say, UCLA (where I did have problems).

The school at large processes all the transcripts and only forwards it onto the MBA office, so you really can't fault the MBA office directly. The school at large has 48,000 students and probably gets 12,000 grad school applications throughout the season. (assuming 1 in 3 is admitted, which is probably about right. I think there are 10,000 grad students, assume 2500 are PhD, so you have about 3700 first-year grad student slots).

Sorry you had a bad experience - don't procrastinate next time.
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Just got a response from the 2nd Alumni. Very quick turn around.

I agree with TexanINsf. I haven't had any issues with getting a response from the school.
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I didn't have a problem contacting an Alumnus, I was able to finalize mine within 24 hours. Though I imagine Dallas would have a lot of application, and not so many from my geographic location.
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Congrats to all w/ good news....

I feel like my UT application stalled out very early. I have been stuck at "we've received all the items needed to review your application for admission" for at least 10 days. Anyone else in the same boat? I wish my package was at least with adcom!
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My application still says

"We've received all the items needed to review your application for admission."

but I received my interview invite 7 days ago. Not sure if others have had this discrepancy. This could also explain the transcripts issue everyone seems to have. Perhaps they are reviewing your app but they status hasn't been updated.
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I am able to schedule an interview as of this morning - have not received an official invite e-mail yet !! Looks like the 'Saturday morning invite mela' is on this weekend as well.
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I am able to schedule an interview as of this morning - have not received an official invite e-mail yet !! Looks like the 'Saturday morning invite mela' is on this weekend as well.
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where do you see that?
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Follow the link to the Application Status -> Interview Site from the Dean's letter page. You will see the Interview Scheduler on your left hand side navigation panel.
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Has anyone received any information regarding scholarships? Have they been sent out already?
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I was accepted at the beginning of the month and didn't hear anything about scholarships until yesterday evening. They sent an email saying they were offering a $10K Merit Scholarship and In-State tuition, which would bring the price tag down by $42K. Sweet!

I thought that if you didn't get a scholarship at notification, you wouldn't get one. Maybe they gave it to someone else first who ended up declining.
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I'm R2 international applicant. anyone who is not from the states got the interview invitation?
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congrats ultraeasy. I think $10K is the maximum amount of scholarship McCombs offer. $42k is definitely a good deal for a McCombs MBA.
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Has anyone received any information regarding scholarships? Have they been sent out already?
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I posted this on the Admitted to McCombs thread, but I'm sure not everyone's checking that... I was admitted back in the beginning of December and I just got an email last week regarding scholarships. When I was accepted I was told I would be notified about scholarships in two weeks, but it actually took closer to two months. :) So if you've been admitted but haven't heard about merit aid, I would be patient.

For roll call purposes, it's $10k (over the two years), but no in-state tuition waiver. Not huge, but definetly appreciated!
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Hi,

Need some guidance.
I received an admit email last Friday for Class of 2012 and should be getting the acceptance package next week. I am still waiting on other schools so don't want to make a decision. At the same time, I certainly want to be considered for scholarships at McCombs.

The email says - "If you’ve been selected for a scholarship you will be notified by e-mail from our Director, usually within a couple weeks of receiving your acceptance notification".

So, that tells me that I need to accept the offer and have a few questions:
1) Is everyone accepting the offer to be considered for scholarship? Yes, the email says that but I just want to confirm.
2) How much do I need to pay to accept the offer?
3) What happens if I want to decline it later for another school?

Thanks for the help.
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