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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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12 Mar 2013, 10:41

gtg279v wrote:

Any R3 applicants heard back?

Submitted 1/16
Interviewed 2/9

Still waiting.

Accepted!!

. This is my number 1 school, so I'm stoked.

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12 Mar 2013, 10:43

gtg279v wrote:

Any R3 applicants heard back?

Submitted 1/16
Interviewed 2/9

Still waiting.

Accepted!!

. This is my number 1 school, so I'm stoked.

Posted from my mobile device

wow, that's awesome... and really early. Must have wowed them

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12 Mar 2013, 11:29

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jiggedyjared wrote:

gtg279v wrote:

Any R3 applicants heard back?

Submitted 1/16
Interviewed 2/9

Still waiting.

Accepted!!

. This is my number 1 school, so I'm stoked.

Posted from my mobile device

wow, that's awesome... and really early. Must have wowed them

It's most likely a different timeline for gtg279v because he is going in the PT program. Congrats, gtg!

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12 Mar 2013, 12:15

Submitted my app on 1/20 and still have not heard back one way or the other, I think I know what that means, but can someone confirm i am SOL?

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12 Mar 2013, 12:19

bzrorg wrote:

Submitted my app on 1/20 and still have not heard back one way or the other, I think I know what that means, but can someone confirm i am SOL?

most likely you are, but Ad Com states that they can send out interview invites as late as the week of the decision deadline, and that date of interview invite is not related to likelihood of admission. Good luck.

I've been beating my head against my desk for about a month now having not been invited for an interview. So, I can relate. Realistically, I assume that today was the last day that invites would go out (since it would take a week to set it up, a week to review the findings, and decisions usually go out from the 22-29th). So, the only hope I can hold onto now is that my EMBA interview is being used for both programs.

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12 Mar 2013, 14:27

I was waitlisted without an interview. Not a DECLINE, but not a yes. So, I think its still possible that I could get an interview, or they would have dinged me pretty quickly. Supposedly you will have a chance to prove your case when they review the wait list...hopefully soon.

Good luck to everyone.

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

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14 Mar 2013, 14:17

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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?

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Updated on: 14 Mar 2013, 15:11

old1442 wrote:

rjdunn03 wrote:

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?

Yes it was 5k per year plus since I am out of state I got the out of state waiver. They upped it to 10k per year plus the waiver. So it will save me about 25k per year. I wasn't expecting that call.

Looking at the website I think you're right that 10k is the max at least for the general merit scholarships. They might give more for consortium/forte, not sure since I wouldn't qualify for those.

Originally posted by rjkaufman21 on 14 Mar 2013, 14:30.
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14 Mar 2013, 14:58

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

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14 Mar 2013, 15:18

Chateau16 wrote:

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

yea.. im still surprised that they cap it at 10k/yr.. its not much compared to other schools top offering even w/ state tuition.. and ut has a decent endowment

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14 Mar 2013, 15:26

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

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14 Mar 2013, 16:59

llapin wrote:

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?

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14 Mar 2013, 17:15

rjdunn03 wrote:

llapin wrote:

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?

Thank you! Counting my blessings this week. I'm unfortunately not going to be able to attend Go Blue Rendezvous because I have my college 5-year reunion that weekend, but I'm definitely planning on making it to McComb's Preview Weekend. Basically, I'm trying to stay as open-minded as possible until then.

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14 Mar 2013, 18:01

What are my chances of being accepted if i haven't been invited to interview?

I'm an international applicant, Venezuela.

Thanks guys!

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14 Mar 2013, 19:34

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.

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14 Mar 2013, 19:42

I got to attend the Faculty Speaker Series this week with Dr. Hasler and part of the presentation was introducing the new MS in Business Analytics program McCombs is doing. I am curious if anyone on here has applied to the inaugural class this fall. I know someone that I want to recommend it to and I am hoping someone can talk their experience in the admissions process thus far.

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14 Mar 2013, 19:42

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