Dartmouth Tuck Deadlines 2012-2013

Early Action Round
Deadline: October 10, 2012
Notification: December 14, 2012
November Round
Deadline: November 7, 2012
Notification: February 8, 2013

January Round
Deadline: January 3, 2013
Notification: March 15, 2013
April Round
Deadline: April 2, 2013
Notification: May 24, 2013
November Consortium Round
Deadline: November 15, 2012
Notification: February 8, 2013
January Consortium Round
Deadline: January 5, 2013
Notification: March 15, 2013


For more information: Tuck’s admissions website.

Cambridge Judge Deadlines 2012-2013

The Cambridge/Judge deadlines for the 2012-2013 admissions cycle are now available online.

Round 1
Deadline: September 21, 2012
Interview Day: November 9, 2012
Decision Release Date: November 12, 2012

Round 2
Deadline: November 16, 2012
Interview Day: January 18, 2013
Decision Release Date: January 21, 2013

Round 3
Deadline: January 11, 2013
Interview Day: February 22, 2013
Decision Release Dates: February 25, 2013 and March 4, 2013

Round 4
Deadline: March 8, 2013
Interview Day: April 26, 2013
Decision Release Date: April 29, 2013

Round 5
Deadline: April 26, 2013
Interview Day: June 7, 2013
Decision Release Date: June 10, 2013

The Cambridge/Judge essay topics will be updated later this summer. For more information about Judge’s application process, visit the program’s admissions website.

Source: Cambridge Judge

UT Austin McCombs Deadlines 2012-2013

The 2012-2013 deadlines for the full-time MBA program at UT Austin / McCombs have been announced  The four rounds of deadlines are as follows:

Round 1
Deadline: October 16, 2012
Notification: December 14, 2012
Round 2
Deadline: December 4, 2012
Notification: February 15, 2013
Round 3
Deadline: January 23, 2013
Notification: March 29, 2013
Round 4
Deadline: March 26, 2013
Notification: May 10, 2013

Source: UT Austin McCombs 

Chinese Applicants are Flooding U.S. Graduate Schools

Key facts:

1. Applications from China now comprise nearly half of all international applications to U.S. graduate programs.

2. China the largest country of origin for international graduate students in the U.S.

 

This is a slightly older story but important: Chinese student application volume rose 18% for U.S. master's and doctoral programs starting this fall, according to a new report from the Council of Graduate School based on a 514,298 applications tracked.

This is on top of a 21% jump last year and a 20% rise in 2010—and is the seventh consecutive year of double-digit gains from China, according to the graduate-school industry group.

According to the WSJ, China's expanding middle class has fueled an interest in expensive U.S. schools, as has corporations' interest in hiring local talent with Western exposure. And as more Chinese students attend U.S. schools,burgeoning they encourage friends and colleagues to apply in what is called a "multiplier effect."

Overall, international application volume rose 9% this year, according to preliminary results. International students comprise about 14% of students at U.S. graduate schools, says the Council of Graduate Schools.

The  growth in China is due in part to effort by some U.S. schools to attract Chinese students, says the WSJ:

For example, Ohio State University, with more than 10,000 graduate students, opened a "gateway" office in Shanghai in 2010 to coordinate recruiting, alumni activities and fundraising efforts in those markets. 

According to the Institute of International Education, the U.S. enrolled 20% of all international students—undergraduate and graduate—in higher education in 2010, down from 28% in 2001.

Source: WSJ 

McCombs gets $6 Million for Startup Accelerator Texas Venture Labs

Jon Brumley, a Fort Worth businessman and entrepreneur has given more than $6 million to the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin to fund the growth of the school’s startup accelerator program, Texas Venture Labs. 

Brumley, who holds a BBA from McCombs and an MBA from the Wharton School, hopes his gift will help to grow the Texas economy while giving a leg up to young entrepreneurs who remind him of himself.

Brumley, founded six oil and gas companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, was Forbes magazine’s 2005 “Entrepreneur of the Year” along with his son, Jonny.
 

McComb's accelerator has worked with 40 companies that have raised more than $25 million in investment capital just in the two years since it was established. It also sponsors the annual Venture Labs Investment Competition, underway now on the McCombs campus.

The 2012 investment competition is entitled “Investor Ready.” Taking place this year from May 2-5, the annual event draws graduate schools from around the world to Austin each spring

Source: University of Texas McCombs

UCB Haas to Launch New Digital Courses

The Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley this summer plans to introduce three pilot digital courses for the Evening & Weekend MBA Program, a popular MBA elective for both fulltime and evening and weekend students and an undergraduate course.

“Data and Decisions,” will be rolled out in June for Evening & Weekend MBA students. “Professional Judgment in Accounting,” an undergraduate course, will begin online in July, and “Power and Politics,” a popular MBA elective, will be offered online to fulltime and evening and weekend students in the Fall B semester.

Funding for the pilot digital courses comes from a $1 million matching gift from Steve and Susan Chamberlin, MBA 87, former members of the Haas faculty.

For more details, please see the link below.

Source:  Haas School

INSEAD Announced Deadlines for 2012-2013

The INSEAD deadlines for the program’s September 2013 intake have been released! The three deadlines are as follows:

Round 1
Deadline: October 3, 2012
Interview Decision Notification: November 9, 2012
Final Decision Notification: December 21, 2012
Round 2
Deadline: December 5, 2012
Interview Decision Notification: January 18, 2013
Final Decision Notification: March 1, 2013
Round 3
Deadline: March 13, 2013
Interview Decision Notification: April 19, 2013
Final Decision Notification: May 31, 2013
Applicants should note that applications must be submitted by midnight Central European Time on the day of the deadline. The deadlines for INSEAD’s January 2014 intake have not yet been announced.

Source: INSEAD