Calling All Texas - McCombs Fall 2013 Applicants! https://www.ranking.mbapursuit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/mccombs.jpg Detailed Program Information: GMAT Club's Texas - McCombs School Guide Detailed Applicant List: Add UT-Austin (McCombs) to Your Profile McCombs Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake (Class of 2013) Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add McCombs to your profile) GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Detailed Program Information: GMAT Club's Texas - McCombs School Guide Fall 2013 Application Instructions Round 1 Deadline: 10/16/2012 | Decision Date: Week of December 14, 2012 Round 2* Deadline: 12/4/2012 | Decision Date: Week of February 15, 2013 Round 3 Deadline: 1/23/2013 | Decision Date: Week of March 29, 2013 Round 4** Deadline: 3/26/2013 | Decision Date: Week of May 10, 2013 * Round 2 is Priority Deadline for scholarship consideration ** Round 4 is for Domestic applicants only; Round 3 is the final round for International applicants. Essays Essay 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. Limit: 800 words Essay 2: At the University of Texas at Austin, our motto is “What starts here changes the world.” Here at McCombs, we are looking for students who share this vision. We believe that the MBA experience is a transformative one and that our students are able to have a positive impact, not only on their own lives, but also in their workplaces, their local communities, their professional industries and/or the world generally. a) In your life to date, please tell us about an instance when you felt that you had the most positive impact and why you believe it to be significant? Limit: 200 words b) How do you intend to positively impact the MBA community while you are an MBA student at McCombs? Limit: 200 words c) After graduation from business school, what kind of positive impact would you like to have? Limit: 200 words Optional Essay 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. (For example, 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.) Limit: 200 words Recommendation Questions (2 recommenders) Section I - Questions for the Recommender How do you know the applicant? How long have you known the applicant? LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL - Identify specific personal and professional qualities that demonstrate the leadership potential of the applicant and provide detailed examples to support your recommendations. TEAMWORK - Share your observations of the applicant's ability to be an effective team member and provide detailed examples to support your recommendations. AWARENESS - Through your relationship with the applicant, how open and willing has he/she been to solicit and accept feedback? In your experience, has the applicant been able to handle failures/setbacks in a constructive manner? What weaknesses do you think could impact the applicant's future success? Section II - Rating Scale Leadership Potential Teamwork/Collaboration Initiative/Motivation Ethics/Integrity Maturity Analytical Skills Section III - Overall Assessment Please make any additional comments which you think will help in assessing the candidacy of the applicant Please choose one of the following to express your overall assessment of this applicant: Exceptional Candidate (Top 2%), Excellent Candidate (Top 10%),Good Candidate (Top 25%),Average Candidate (Top 50%),Below Average. Section IV - Upload Letter Option The admissions committee prefers the online form for recommendations. Uploading a letter of recommendation here is optional. Please also complete the form and ratings above. Essay Analysis Clear Admit 2012-13 Essay Analysis

Submitted my R1 application yesterday. Good luck everyone!

I submitted my application today but I am sure I messed up the GIAC part. The McCombs application is just extremely unfriendly. Can someone please tell me what exactly they've done for the GIAC part of the application? I just entered basic information but I was never prompted to upload my transcripts or my GMAT/TOEFL scores. The display was also very weird/cheap. Finally an 'MBA' option was not available when I had to enter the program I was applying for (instead I chose MBA double degree, thinking it was a mistake).

McCombs has to work with the larger, University of Texas during this application process, which is why you have to upload your transcript to an additional website. Once you have paid the application fee, you will be able to upload your transcript to the GIAC website. You will not need to upload your GMAT/TOEFL scores until you have been admitted and accepted your offer. The option you choose on the GIAC website for your degree description is not incredibly important -what you put is fine.

McCombs is definitely my first choice. I had visited McCombs as well as couple of other schools but simply fell in love with it. Applying for R1 and looking forward to be there next year.

It seems I have been short listed for interview. I haven't received any notification but my application page shows that I am selected for an interview. This is really quick. Anyone else? Any suggestion for offsite interview, skype/in person as I could find only one alumini close to my location.

Have received an interview invite on 18th Oct to interview with the adcom members on MBA tour by 1st Nov. Any tips from current students or anybody in my shoes?

Last year, UT sent out virtually all the R1 interview invites on the same day (Nov. 8th). I wonder if Oct. 18th represents that day, or if they're trying for more of a staggered approach this year. I have a hard time imagining they got through ~ 1,000 applications in the three days since the Oct. 16th deadline.

The admissions committee begins reviewing applications as soon as they are received, thus the quick turnaround after the round 1 deadline. There is no preference as to how you choose to conduct your interview. If it is not convenient to travel to campus for your interview, locating an alumni close to you is the next best option. Interviews conducted via Skype are really only for those applicants that have no other options.

To the people who received interview invites, what date did you submit your application? Considering I sent mine in on Oct. 8th and haven't received an invite, I think I may be in trouble.

There is no specific order in which the Admissions Committee reviews applications and not all interview invites have been released. Continue to check the status of your application!