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16 Jan 2013, 18:10
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- A question on the app. reads, "Other Graduate Applications." If it says something similar to, "Stanford, Wharton, HBS," did you properly justify in your application what unique characteristics make McCombs stand up to the others?[/quote]
When they ask you this question always put one school much higher ranked (when applicable) and then other schools in the same bracket.
For instance if McCombs ask you it should be something like: Wharton (the much higher ranked) and then the likes to UCLA, Cornell, Rice, Notre Dame.
McCombs was my first choice but the lowest ranked school I applied to. It would have been absurd for me to tell implicitly they were the lowest ranked school I was applying to. They would have thought they were my safety school.[/quote]
I am not sure if it was the best approach, but I completely ignored this question. I feel like that is a question that should be answered after you have been admitted. The application process is stressful enough without having to worry about the potential ramifications of your school list. Plus, I'd hope that if I am willing to churn out some essays, corral recommendations, and ultimately shell out $200 for an application, the school would at least review my application on the good faith that I am an interested applicant. If McCombs is rejecting applicants based on the fact that the adcom thinks the applicant will reject them down the road (unless it is completely obvious), then admissions playing a silly game of cat and mouse. That being said, for anyone writing an application to McCombs or any school that asks a similar question, I would flag this as a sign that you really need to tailor your essays for that school. "Generocide" will not pay dividends.
16 Jan 2013, 19:35
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Yeah, the wait sucks, and it seems like you have a strong case. I'd agree w/ you that it'd be more of an issue of leadership/managerial experience than # years WE. However, have you spoken to them about how they view diversity of applicants? At my undergrad institution, the MBA program specifically said they try to avoid people who already got another business degree from the school because they won't receive as much added value as someone else the second time around. Conversely, I did notice a few profiles on the McCombs MBA site of UT undergrads. Do you know any of the 2nd-yr. students or AdCom members?
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Given the timing of my application, I don't know anyone on the AdCom. I did build relationships with finance and accounting professors that I know would remember me. However, I don't know how much it will help my case to mention that I am an applicant. I do agree with your thoughts about diversity. I think the argument would be that I would take more value than I would add. There are already MPA students in MBA classes, so my skill set may not seem unique. However, my counter is that I have practical work experience about the practice (not theory) of accounting. Still, there are some MPAs that have prior work experience, which makes my skill set less unique.
UT's #1 accounting rank is widely known. If McCombs doesn't work out for me, I certainly think that I have other options for my MBA.
17 Jan 2013, 01:08
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I cant comment with full certainty but as far the experience with first round goes, they are going to intimate you of a ding on the decision date only. But if you are selected you will in all probability be contacted a few before the decision date.
