McCombs (UT Austin) 2013 Calling All Applicants

Just got a call from the admissions office, they are increasing my scholarship amount. What a pleasant surprise!

that's an unusually awesome call.. you had 5k/yr before. what'd they up it to? is 10k/year their max?

I got the same call. They are doubling my scholarship as well. Pretty exciting afternoon.

I just received the same scholarship and waiver call. Very nice surprise.

Very nice congrats. I saw you got into Ross with a scholarship as well. Are you leaning one way or the other?

Congrats to those with raised scholarships!

Just out of curiousity -- had any of you accepted your offers yet or paid your deposits yet? My hunch is no and that this was them sweetening the pot? Or had any of you nudged them at all about the scholarships?

I wonder what this means about the larger admissions picture -- more people declining R2 offers? Fewer R3 admits? Pushing for a bigger yield overall? Very interesting in any case.

@R1 & R2 applicants - Are the decisions announced only on the Decision notification Deadline or can I expect them to announce the decisions earlier?

I am an R2 applicant (admitted 2/13). I received the scholarship call yesterday too (3/14). It's 10k/year for 2 years. Neither the phone call nor the letter mentioned out-of-state tuition waive. Do those of you who got the same call receive out-of-state tuition waive in addition to the scholarship? Does the letter clearly state this?
Anyways, a big surprise and I am really happy. Best wishes to all those are still waiting for the results.

I am an R2 applicant (admitted 2/13). I received the scholarship call yesterday too (3/14). It's 10k/year for 2 years. Neither the phone call nor the letter mentioned out-of-state tuition waive. Do those of you who got the same call receive out-of-state tuition waive in addition to the scholarship? Does the letter clearly state this?
Anyways, a big surprise and I am really happy. Best wishes to all those are still waiting for the results.

Greetings from the McCombs School of Business. We are excited to offer you an increased Admissions Recruiting Scholarship. Your new scholarship offer is $10,000 plus and an Out-State Tuition Waiver (worth approximately $15,000 per year). This is a merit based scholarship (worth approximately $25,000 for your first year in the MBA program) given to applicants with strong academic backgrounds, solid career experience and demonstrated leadership and involvement. We view you as a candidate who embodies the values of the McCombs community and believe you will be an integral member of the Texas MBA Class of 2015.

This scholarship awards you $10,000 per year ($5,000 per semester) and the Out-Of-State Tuition Waiver for the two years (60 graduate hours) that you are in our program. The only conditions for this scholarship are your enrollment in the standard 15 hours of graduate business coursework for both semesters of the first year, and that you maintain good academic standing.