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Darden 2011 Applicants

by dmateer25 » Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:23 pm
If you plan to apply to The Darden School of Business to be part of the class of 2013, please post a response with the round you intend to apply. A moderator will update this thread regularly. Please be sure to update us with any information such as an interview invite, acceptance, waitlist, or ding.

Deadlines
Round 1: October 14, 2010
Round 2: January 5, 2011
Round 3: March 30, 2011

Decision Dates
Round 1: January 12, 2011
Round 2: March 24, 2011
Round 3: May 12, 2011

School Website:
https://www.darden.virginia.edu/html/defaulti.aspx

Essay Questions:
-The Darden MBA program expects students to actively participate in learning teams, the classroom, and the broader community. Please share one or two examples from your past experience that best illustrate(s) how you will contribute to this highly engaging and hands-on learning environment. (500 words)

-Please discuss how a global event that has taken place in the past two years has impacted the way you think about leadership broadly and personally. (500 words)

Applicants:
Round 1: aditya1982, malbec, aru1984, Pdgmat2010, sachdeva_noor
Round 2: sigma2011
Round 3:

Total Applicants: 6
Acceptances: 0
Wait-list: 0
Dings: 0
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Wed Jun 02, 2010 5:55 am
no longer applying.
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by aditya1982 » Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:16 am
Round 1 applicant

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by sigma2011 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:11 am
Round 2

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by dmateer25 » Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:44 pm
Updated the essays and deadlines!

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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:36 am
osirus0830 wrote:Round 1 consortium
No longer applying
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by malbec » Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:33 pm
Applying in 1st round

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by Gmater730 » Thu Aug 19, 2010 7:37 pm
I cant seem to start an application. Am i doing something wrong or have they not opened them up yet?

Thanks

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by malbec » Sat Aug 21, 2010 2:31 pm
Gmater730 wrote:I cant seem to start an application. Am i doing something wrong or have they not opened them up yet?

Thanks
I think that now the application is open.

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by aru1984 » Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:59 am
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by dmateer25 » Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:14 am
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by Pdgmat2010 » Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:42 pm
Do add me to this list of applicants to Darden.
Struggling with the essays so far.
dmateer25 wrote:If you plan to apply to The Darden School of Business to be part of the class of 2013, please post a response with the round you intend to apply. A moderator will update this thread regularly. Please be sure to update us with any information such as an interview invite, acceptance, waitlist, or ding.

Deadlines
Round 1: October 14, 2010
Round 2: January 5, 2011
Round 3: March 30, 2011

Decision Dates
Round 1: January 12, 2011
Round 2: March 24, 2011
Round 3: May 12, 2011

School Website:
https://www.darden.virginia.edu/html/defaulti.aspx

Essay Questions:
-The Darden MBA program expects students to actively participate in learning teams, the classroom, and the broader community. Please share one or two examples from your past experience that best illustrate(s) how you will contribute to this highly engaging and hands-on learning environment. (500 words)

-Please discuss how a global event that has taken place in the past two years has impacted the way you think about leadership broadly and personally. (500 words)

Applicants:
Round 1: aditya1982, malbec, aru1984
Round 2: sigma2011
Round 3:

Total Applicants: 4
Acceptances: 0
Wait-list: 0
Dings: 0

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by money9111 » Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:09 pm
which round are you applying in?
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by Pdgmat2010 » Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:16 pm
Round 1.. just finished with my GMAT.. and since am a weaker applicant, 710 GMAT, 5.1 years work ex in IT consulting and software development, i think R1 is my chance...
are you applying for r1 as well?
money9111 wrote:which round are you applying in?

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by [email protected] » Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:38 pm
I am in for R1.