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Did everyone on the waitlist get an e-mail asking about interest in the school and career goals? I just sent them the answers to those questions in letter form yesterday.
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I didn't. I'm curious, though. What round were you waitlisted in?
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I didn't. I'm curious, though. What round were you waitlisted in?
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Round 2.
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Did everyone on the waitlist get an e-mail asking about interest in the school and career goals? I just sent them the answers to those questions in letter form yesterday.

I didn't. I'm curious, though. What round were you waitlisted in?

Round 2.
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From last year's waitlist thread, that sounds really similar to what they did for eventually admitted candidates. I was waitlisted in Round 2, too. Good luck!
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BTW, you guys should also check the promotion section of GMAIL. I didn't get the e-mail there this time BUT I got the e-mail there when I was invited for an interview. So who knows how it will be now. Just in case check it there.
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From last year's waitlist thread, that sounds really similar to what they did for eventually admitted candidates. I was waitlisted in Round 2, too. Good luck![/quote][/quote]

Thanks man! With getting waitlisted at 3 schools, and twice at Tepper, I sort of gave up. This will be amazing!
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I guess I can share my interview story here.

So, I got the interview invite at the end of January, right when I was in training for a deployment. Originally, I'd scheduled the interview to be done via Skype the day before I left, but they moved my timeline forward so I had to reschedule in a hurry. Since I happened to be in Texas, I thought I could do just a normal interview... Now I'm thinking I should have done the interview via Skype, anyway.

At least then I could have hidden the fact that I really didn't have any business attire, since all my clothes were in storage in California. :oops:
I can't remember who did my interview, but it was really standard questions:

Walk me through your resume.
Why Texas/Why MBA?
What are some of the challenges you've faced in your job?
What are some things you've changed?

I thought I did okay with the interview, but c'est la vie! Points of improvement for next year, and there are worse places to be than waitlist hell.
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I guess I can share my interview story here.

So, I got the interview invite at the end of January, right when I was in training for a deployment. Originally, I'd scheduled the interview to be done via Skype the day before I left, but they moved my timeline forward so I had to reschedule in a hurry. Since I happened to be in Texas, I thought I could do just a normal interview... Now I'm thinking I should have done the interview via Skype, anyway.

At least then I could have hidden the fact that I really didn't have any business attire, since all my clothes were in storage in California. :oops:
I can't remember who did my interview, but it was really standard questions:

Walk me through your resume.
Why Texas/Why MBA?
What are some of the challenges you've faced in your job?
What are some things you've changed?

I thought I did okay with the interview, but c'est la vie! Points of improvement for next year, and there are worse places to be than waitlist hell.
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Don't worry. Their interviews are VERY casual. My interviewer was pretty casually dressed. It actually threw me off a bit. So maybe they would allow for more casual attire. Good luck!
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Has any R2 wait-listed candidate from India heard back ?
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Looking at last year it seems like the updates request don't really mean anything. Maybe everyone, or most people get it at some point just not all at once.
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So this is a bit deflating. :( Part of the e-mail I just received.
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As a reminder, we review candidates on the Waitlist many times before a decision is ultimately rendered, therefore we unable to offer a final decision date.
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I am also on the waitlist, sent a professional update, and then got a questionnaire to fill. Sent that too. Do they delay the result after 3rd round result too?
I have an admit from Kenan but still am interested in Austin.
Can anyone enlighten me.
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As an international candidate When can I realistically assume that I will not hear back from them. The reason I ask is that I was waitlisted without interview which in my opinion means that I should hear back much earlier in comparsion to people who have been waitlisted after interviews. I need to understand so that I can start engaging in round 1 for next season.
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McCombs School of Business Advances Plans for New Robert B. Rowling Hall

May 15, 2014

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas Board of Regents today approved the plans for Robert B. Rowling Hall, which will house the McCombs School of Business Texas MBA and Texas MSTC programs. It will double the space available for Texas Executive Education programs and, in conjunction with the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, increase the convention and conference activities at the university.

The 458,000-square-foot building will be on the corner of Guadalupe Street and East MLK Jr. Blvd., across from the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, providing a new and iconic gateway to campus. The project will also provide additional on-campus parking. Construction will begin in the fall of 2014 and is expected to be completed in early 2017.


Rendering of Robert B. Rowling Hall, a 458,000-square-foot building that provides a new gateway to campus.

“Teaching and learning in Rowling Hall will match the diversity and resourcefulness of today’s most progressive organizations,” said Thomas Gilligan, dean of the McCombs School. “Our graduates move into leadership roles within innovative workforces around the world, and our entire program, from faculty to curriculum and facilities, prepares them for that environment.”

The building design enables flexible teaching approaches such as “flipped classrooms,” in which students and teachers seamlessly move from lectures to team collaboration. Rowling Hall will also expand classroom availability allowing additional course offerings and provide many spaces for individual study and group preparation.

“Rowling Hall will serve as a hub for graduate students to meet with peers, faculty, recruiters and members of the business community to openly exchange ideas, network and work in teams, just as they will in the business world,” said Gilligan.

Graduate students now share facilities with the 4,000 undergraduate business students at the university. Eric Hirst, associate dean for graduate programs at McCombs, explained that graduate students have unique study habits and expectations regarding the use of school facilities.

“Their education is an extension of their career, and they spend 60-plus hours a week at the school,” he said. “Graduate students need team workrooms, technology tools and an environment that promotes professionalism, whether preparing for a crucial presentation or meeting a corporate recruiter.”

Rowling Hall will enable executive education to keep pace with a program that has doubled in size during the past five years.


Rendering of Robert B. Rowling Hall at night.

“Rowling Hall will be transformative for our program, as was the AT&T Executive Education Center when it opened in 2008,” said Gaylen Paulson, associate dean and executive director of Texas Executive Education. “This flexible, cutting-edge learning environment will enable us to continue to expand and evolve our programs, impacting leading executives and organizations from around the world.”

The projected cost for the project is $172 million, of which $58.25 million is being raised through corporate and individual gifts. Robert Rowling, BBA ’76, and his wife Terry Hennersdorf Rowling, BBA ’76, and their family gave the initial gift of $25 million toward the new building.

Rowling Hall was designed by Ennead Architects and Jacobs Engineering. DPR is the construction manager for the project.

For more information, contact: Samantha Harris, Red McCombs School of Business, 512-471-6746; Jeanne Boylan, Red McCombs School of Business, 512-471-8881.

https://www.utexas.edu/news/2014/05/15/r ... ling-hall/

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Any updates, e-mails, or whatever? I'm going a little crazy.
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Pretty cool infographic on flipped classrooms. https://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom/

I imagine McCombs will be making a foray into distance education with the new building. In one of the earlier articles, it discussed how these facilities will allow McCombs faculty to provide specialties rather than a GM focus for the part time programs.
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FROM Mccombs(Texas Austin) Admissions Blog: What Diversity Means at McCombs


By Brodie Reynolds, Associate Director of Admissions, Full-time MBA, University of Texas at Austin



We have a tendency here at the McCombs School of Business of bragging incessantly about how great our students are.  They truly are not only the smartest MBA students there are, but also the kindest, most genuine, and highly capable people that we know.  But what makes them this way?  I could begin to list off their unique work backgrounds, or the interesting things they learned during their undergraduate experiences, or their innovative career plans, but these lists do not really explain what makes them special.  These lists of course matter, but if I were to identify the defining characteristic of the McCombs student, it would be an excitement for learning, and an adventurous spirit that keeps this excitement alive through adversity and change.

Knowing this characteristic is so pervasive within our student body, we work very hard to create an academic environment that supports and encourages innovation, adaptation, and excitement for the unknown.  We insist that our student body is as diverse as possible, so that the unknown can be found not only in the coursework you take, but also in the person sitting next to you in your study group.  Diversity, at its core, is opportunity: opportunity to learn, opportunity to step outside yourself and grow, and opportunity to make a network that can pull you in the directions that will most benefit your future.  It is what makes us different, and we encourage each of our students to be themselves fully, without reservation.

This summer we are celebrating our 30th year of partnering with the Consortium of Graduate Study in Management (CGSM), an organization whose purpose is to promote and develop diverse MBA candidates.  You can learn more about the Consortium and its mission by attending the Information Session they offer during their Orientation Program event, which is in Austin this year from June 5th – 10th, 2014.

This is only one of many ways we support and promote diversity, including our Diversity and Women’s Forums, the Forte Foundation, MLT, and our many, many student organizations.  Each year we are excited to see the countless ways each new student adds to the diversity we have forged over the decades McCombs has existed.  We look forward to the possibility of adding your uniqueness to our community as well.

No matter who you are, you can be successful at McCombs, as long as you, too, are excited about the unknown and want to grow with the people around you. 
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Just got an update on my 3rd round app. I got Wait listed.

As part of my application for the Part-time UT Houston program, I interviewed with an admissions counselor who is also on the admissions committee for the full time program in Austin. I don't think that really qualifies as an interview for the full time program, but maybe it does.

So I'm a 3rd round WL with no interview, maybe?

Do y'all think the WL is huge at this point? I have to get back to another school in a couple of weeks and I'm guessing the WL process will take longer than that.
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I'm surprised more people haven't been getting calls/e-mails. Or is everyone on vacation? In round 2, acceptances were coming in 3 weeks in advance of the deadline.
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R3 probably has very few outright admits. There was one such confirmed admit in the admit thread about 10 days ago, but these forums probably represent only a small sample of the total applicant pool.
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