HBS Reveals Some R1 Details

Harvard Business School (HBS) Dean of Admissions Dee Leopold has given a preview of how Round 1 works.

Details: 

* R1 deadline is September 21

* No need to submit earlier

* Interview invitations on October 17 and 24

* Planned interview locations for Round 1include London, Paris, Dubai, Shanghai, Sao Paulo, Palo Alto, New York City and on campus in Boston

* Some candidates will also be invited to join the waitlist on that date and may be invited to interview in Round 2.

*Interviews will then take place from the last week in October through mid-November

* Round 1 decisions – admit, deny or waitlist – will go out on December 12.

Source: Dean's Blog

Yale University President to Resign

The president of Yale University, Richard Levine, is to resign

“It is a source of great satisfaction to leave Yale in much stronger condition – academically, physically, and financially – than it was when I began in 1993,” Levine wrote, noting that the school has been his life since he and his wife, Jane, entered graduate school there in 1970. Having said that, the approach of his 20th anniversary as president seems to signal “a natural time for a transition,” he continued.

The Yale School of Management (SOM) has been under new leadership since Dean Ed Snyder joined from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in July 2011. 

“Our faculty is stronger than ever, and our deans and directors all have clear and ambitious agendas that will keep the University moving forward,” Levine said in his farewell address.

A sucessor for President Levine has not yet been named.

Source: Yale

Texas McCombs Essay Topics 2012-2013

The UT Austin / McCombs essay topics for 2012-2013 are now available:

The two required essays and one optional essay 

Required Essays

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

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

McCombs announced its 2012-2013 admissions deadlines in May.  

Source: Texas McCombs