Vanderbilt Owen School of Business – Class of 2015 (Matriculating 2013) Add Your Name to the List https://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/07/0720_vanderbilt_school_tour/image/management_hall_and_old_mechanical.jpg Vanderbilt (Owen) Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake (Class of 2013) Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add Owen to your profile) GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Add Your Profile to This List Questions about this Roll Call ? INFORMATION - APPLICATION FOR CLASS OF 2015 Essays 1. Explain your short-term and long-term career plans as specifically as possible. When combined with your studies at Owen, how will your background, previous experiences, interests and personal attributes enable you to pursue these goals successfully? (500 words maximum) 2. In what ways would you impact Owen as a student and as an alumnus/alumna? How would you create change within the Owen community? (Not required for Accelerator, MMHC and EMBA applicants) (500 words maximum) 3. Optional question: You are strongly encouraged to provide an additional statement to clarify and explain any of the following: gaps of more than three months in full-time employment, lack of recommendation from your current or most recent supervisor, limited full-time work experience (ignore if you are a recent undergraduate), poor academic performance, weak test scores, academic misconduct, violations of the law, or anything else you think is important for the Admissions Committee to know about you that is not already addressed elsewhere in your application. Applicants reactivating a previous application submitted within the last two years should provide their additional statement here. (500 words maximum) Admission Deadlines: Early Admission: 10/02/2012 | Decision Date: 11/16/2012 Round 1 Deadline: 11/27/2013 | Decision Date: 1/11/2013 Round 2 Deadline: 1/9/2013 | Decision Date: 3/08/2013 Round 3 Deadline: 3/5/2013 | Decision Date: 4/26/2013 Application FAQs : https://www.owen.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/admissions/mba-admissions/faqs.cfm Historic GMAT Club Applicant Threads Fall 2012 - Calling All Vanderbilt Owen Applicants Fall 2011 - Calling All Vanderbilt Owen Applicants Fall 2009 - Calling All Vanderbilt Owen Applicants Fall 2008 - Calling All Vanderbilt Owen Applicants

benpack - I'm sure that properly explaining why MBA and why Owen will carry a tonne of weight in the admissions process. Also diversity isn't just ethnicity, it's age, too fv113 - How did your interview go?

It went well, but I thought I could have done better. It was with Jill, who is awesome and really makes you feel at ease, but I wasn't prepare for some of the questions, so we will see what happens. Guess ill find out in 16 days PM if you would like me to tell you more about it.

With regard to admission, is round 3 at Owen similar to round 2 at other schools since Owen's first round is an Early Action round?

Anybody coming this weekend to Discovery Weekend?

I'm here in Nashville for the Discovery Weekend. Had my interview earlier today. Very basic questions: (Small talk about ballet and dancing....of all things ) Tell me your story. Why MBA, Why Now, Why Owen? Longterm, shortterm goals. When did you best show leadership? (few things specific to my background) What is a preconception people have about you that isn't true? What is the most important thing about you for me to take to the committee? Any Questions? Look forward to it tonight. Lots of folks to be there. The applicants and adcom seem fantastic. Interviewer kept saying I seemed like a fantastic fit for Owen, so hopefully that's honesty and not blowing smoke.

I saw this on of my friend's page. WTF vandy???? What really amazes me is that according to him, over 100 Owen MBA saw the post over the course of A DAY, and no one took the time to respond to Sonupe. I'm disappoint in this kind of behavior from a top 30 b-school.

Krudget, any other info? I didn't get to go at the last minute. Btw, it must have been packed because both hotels they had for the visit were full.

First decisions go out tomorrow. Anyone heard anything from Vanderbilt?

I was planning on going to Discover Weekend in November 2012 but had to cancel at the last minute and travel to NYC on business related to storm damage. While in NYC, I attended an MBA fair and spoke with a representative from Vanderbilt. She seemed pretty adament that I should do an EMBA which kind of turned me off. I am a bit older, 35 14+ years experience which I can see why I would do an EMBA, but given my desire to career shift I feel a full-time program would be best. I was a little disturbed by the exchange and have begun having thoughts about not applying. I like the school, plan to stay in the south, and Marketing is a specialty of theirs. Was that just a one-off vibe or is Vanderbilt really that unfriendly to candidates with my background?