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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

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Has any one accepted got the notification about the scholarships as mentioned in the official acceptance mail?

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Has any one accepted got the notification about the scholarships as mentioned in the official acceptance mail?

According to the front page chart, one person has gotten a scholarship.

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22 Dec 2012, 13:43

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No, not all interview invitations have been distributed. The University is closed from December 21-January 1 so I would not expect any activity during that time.

Thanks for the information! hopfully i will hear from mccombs soon

Another quick question:

I am located in upstate NY, about 3.5 hours away from new york city. I see some applicants were invited to the NYC interview as mccombs adcom tours to nyc in Jan. In term of the geographic location, if i had an invite, am i eligible for that NYC interview? or that is for people from nyc only?

Thanks & Happy Holiday!

Yes, if you were invited to interview and did not mind the travel to the city, you could certainly interview with an admissions committee member during that timeframe.

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Hi! Just got my interview invitation on December 20th! Is there any forum that discusses what type of questions are asked in the interview? I scheduled mine with Ms. Clifford. Thanks!

Cheers

Oh, and there's this interview guide:

https://blog.clearadmit.com/category/int ... l/mccombs/

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Do you guys bring business card to the interview and give it to your interview at the end?

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Do you guys bring business card to the interview and give it to your interview at the end?

I did have my resume with my business card attached to it for the interview, but when I asked the interviewer if he required the same he said that he already had my resume. No harm in taking your business card along. But I suggest that you present one to the interviewer only if asked.

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Anyone received the application packet yet?

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Anyone received the application packet yet?

Not yet... no news on scholarship either...

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Anyone received the application packet yet?

Not yet... no news on scholarship either...

I know of a Chinese citizen residing in USA, who has got the admit package last Friday.
She is in Autin BTW, so no surprise that she got the package first.
Hence, I assume that we will also get the packets soon.
It does not contain much - Admit Letter and the Surprise Gift

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Spoiler:: Surprise Gift is a...

+1 for the surprise...

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Is there a thread discussing about interview techniques?

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Hi,

I have got invite from McCombs for interview. And I am looking for practice. Please let me know if anybody want to prep for mock interview to familize with the actual interview (using skype).
drop me a line or pm me if you are interested.
I could not find any thread on this, please let me know if I should move this to a new thread.
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Hi,

I have got invite from McCombs for interview. And I am looking for practice. Please let me know if anybody want to prep for mock interview to familize with the actual interview (using skype).
drop me a line or pm me if you are interested.
I could not find any thread on this, please let me know if I should move this to a new thread.
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Hi ,

Please browse through the pages of this thread, you should find some relevant questions and people putting up their experience.

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First off Happy New Years to everyone on here...

Quick question -- have any other Round 1 admits received an admit package or any other communications from the UT office since the initial decision notification?

I am wondering if you need to accept the offer before receiving the additional info -- was hoping to get everything first to make a more informed decision.

Any input here is certainly appreciated!

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First off Happy New Years to everyone on here...

Quick question -- have any other Round 1 admits received an admit package or any other communications from the UT office since the initial decision notification?

I am wondering if you need to accept the offer before receiving the additional info -- was hoping to get everything first to make a more informed decision.

Any input here is certainly appreciated!

Hi mw3,
I am based out of India and yet to receive my package. And by "additional info" you mean scholarship info, then if you haven't get the additional mail from the adcom, then most likely you haven't got any schol (as is the case with me :cry:

) Additionally you do not need the admit package to accept your offer as it will not contain anything substantial that could affect your end decision. So if you are sure, go ahead buddy and become a Longhorn :thumbup:

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Just writing to say that I hope that UT interviews haven't all been sent out yet....hoping to hear in the next week or so (starting tomorrow)! I'm assuming that all the invites will be out by about Jan 15, to give people time to schedule travel to Austin if they to.

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I'm still waiting on an interview invite too

... I'm getting nervous.

Does anyone know the best way to update the admissions committee on a GMAT retake? I want to update them on my better score post R2 deadline and I am not sure how. Is it just an email to the general admissions email address or something else?

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